Resources

Want to find podcasts? Try the [|PodScope] search engine.
Here's a blog page highlighting some of the most popular web 2.0 podcast pages: []

Found a favorite or two (hundred)?
You can subscribe to your favorite podcasts. Here's how: []

Make sure you are being responsible users of information...Use photos that are labeled for re-use or else cite your sources for pictures and music. Here's a link to a quick MLA guide: []

=Online file sharing : Box.net= Need Copyright and Fair use help? Try this website: [] =Refresher Tutorials = [|EmbedVocaroo.doc] || =Presentation Tools = Great for poetry or foreign language pronunciation drills ||
 * Podcasting in Plain English || [] ||
 * Everything you could need to know about Podcasting || [] ||
 * Pod101: Introduction to podcasting || [] ||
 * Podcasting Tools: help with every aspect of podcasting || [] ||
 * Subscribing to podcasts using an RSS feed || [] ||
 * Podcasting 101: How to Subscribe ti iTunes, Podcast.net, and stand-alone podcasts || [] ||
 * Using Garage Band to record your podcast || [] ||
 * ITunes Podcasting Resource Page || [] ||
 * Internet 4classrooms: tutorials on Audacity, Voki, Garage Band, PodOmatic, and much, much more || [] ||
 * Using Garage band: [[image:http://www.wikispaces.com/i/mime/32/application/msword.png width="32" height="32" link="http://2009tbcpodcasting.wikispaces.com/file/view/Using_Garage_band_to_create_your_podcast.doc"]] [|Using_Garage_band_to_create_your_podcast.doc] || Ebedding your Podcast into a wiki:
 * **Pod Guide** || [] || PodGuides.net gives you free access to spoken tour guides (PodGuides) for your mp3 player. ||
 * **Audacity ** || [] || Easy to use audio editor for PC's ||
 * **Blabberize** || [] || Take any picture from the internet and record your audio. The mouth of the picture will move along with the words ||
 * **Vocaroo** || [|www.vocaroo.com] || Record your voice and email or embed it. ||
 * **Voki ** || [|www.voki.com] || Create an avatar and record your audio. The eyes follow the computer mouse and the mouth will move along with the audio.
 * **Animoto** || [] || Three step slideshow creation. Select photos, upload audio, and they do the rest for you. ||
 * **Stupeflix** || [] || This slideshow option gives the creator more control, but students must create individual free accounts. ||
 * **Slide Six** || [] || Popular with many DPS teachers, this is free and easy to use, but can have a powerpoint feel. ||
 * **Sliderocket** || [] || Think powerpoint on steroids. Offers some great transition options, but recommended for advanced users with the time to learn. ||
 * **Flixtime** || [] || Like animoto, allows students to have 3 90-second videos for free. ||

 **Music Sites** [|http://findsounds.com] || Need sound effects? This list will direct you to a variety of sources. Find sound effects by keyword (i.e., "creaky door") || ** Photo options **
 * **Aviary** || [] || This is a one-stop shopping option for students with sound effects, screen capture, music and video editing options. ||
 * ** 10 free music sites ** || [|Last 100] || Ten sites for legal free music for use in podcasts and presentations. ||
 * **Royalty Free Music .com** || [] || Sign in as an educator and download dozens of free stock music clips. ||
 * ** Free Byte ** || [] || This web site offers links to free music, software, music lessons, and sheet music. ||
 * **Mus Open** || [] || Free Public Domain Classical Music. Access to copyright-free Mp3 files and sheet music. ||
 * **Freeplay Music** || [] || Free Play Music is a great site for school multi-media projects. You can browse music categoriess with over 2500 tracks of music ||
 * **Pod Safe Audio** || [] || [|PodSafe Audio] is a webite run by a collective of musicians who create music and share it for the purpose of fair-use in podcasts. ||
 * **The Free Music Archive** || [] || Initially funded by The New York State Music Fund, this archive contains a number of common use music in a variety of genres. ||
 * **Sound Bible** || [|http://soundbible.com] || Offers aton of sound effects, sound bytes, and clips. ||
 * **Sound Effects** || []
 * **Free SFX** || @http://www.freesfx.co.uk || A large searchable collection of sound effects for podcasts. ||
 * **Google** || Advanced search || By choosing the advanced search option, students can set Google to search for pictures licensed to share. ||
 * **Copyright Friendly wiki** || http://copyrightfriendly.wikispaces.com/ || This page offers links to a myriad of copyright-friendly search options. ||

=Podcast Presentation options =
 * **Voice Thread** || [|www.voicethread.com] || An online slideshow presentation option. Write your script, upload your pictures, Record your voice, and publish. ||
 * **Animoto** || [|www.animoto.com] || create professionally animated reports. Record your voice and then upload the pictures. ||
 * **Click Caster** || [] || Supports podcasting and vodcasting (with both still pictures and video) ||
 * **Wiki Spaces** || www.wikispaces.com || Create a page for your class and embed the podcasts on the page. ||
 * **iTunes** || [] || You can upload your podcasts to itunes. ||

=**File Converters **= = Sample Lesson Plans =
 * **Any Video Converter** || [] || Got a youtube video you want to show in class? Having a PC-Mac compatibility issue? This converter willchange any video file into the type you need. It's easy to use, but requires download. ||
 * **Media Converter** || [] || Having trouble getting the song you downloaded from itunes to work in audacity? This online application will convert any file into the format you need. It works so well I put a shortcut on my desktop. ||
 * Zamzar || [|www.zamzar.com] || converts almost everything and emails you when it's ready ||
 * Online Convert || [|www.online-convert.com] || Very user-friendly ||

from ReadWriteThink: []

Examples from Smithsonian Education: []

=Find some Great Examples = [|Podcasting Sites.doc]