Make a podcast of your SMS lecture
A podcast (POD = Personal on Demand)is just an audio file of sound (voice, music). Think of it as a kind of radio show. Except when you create a podcast you are "broadcasting" on a computer or ipod instead of a radio. You upload it to an mp3 player (computers and ipods are mp3 players). Your audience chooses when they want to "turn on the radio show" (podcast on demand).
Here's a handy comparison of a podcast to a radio broadcast
Four great reasons to make podcasts of your SMS lecturesYou know that there will always be one or two of your students who may need to be absent even if they wanted to be there – illness, life crisis, whatever.But if you create a podcast, they can get the next best thing – they can listen to your lecture somewhere convenient to them – on the bus, at home, wherever works for them. It tells your students the lecture is important. If you take the extra trouble to make a podcast for students who couldn't attend, they automatically absorb the point that this is an important lecture. It tells your students they are important. How nice is it for your students that you took the trouble to give them another way to hear it? You reinforce two messages: that this is important stuff, and that you are concerned about them. It takes some of the pressure off you. If you are ill or unable to give your lecture on schedule you can breathe easier knowing your students can listen to the podcast. It engages your students. You are using technology they use on a day-to-day basis So there are four important reasons that podcasts are valuable tools for SMS trainers and teachers.
How your students listenTo listen to a podcast, your students will need an mp3 player and the software to play the podcast.Luckily, they have one or two mp3 players already, and chances are you do too. For example, a computer is an mp3 player. So is an iPod. So anyone with a computer and/or an iPod can listen to your podcasts on the go. To open and play the podcast you and your students need some free software such as Itunes or Windows Media Player. Both of these are free and easy to download for anyone who doesn't already have them on their computer.
Super-easy tutorials let you create your first podcast in just one evening
A little farther down you will see a link to a set of tutorials for making your podcast.You can even add intro and fade out music if you want to get a little fancier. If you’ve never made a podcast before, set aside about two to three hours. After you've done it once, it will be very easy to do it again. The tutorials take you step-by-step through
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