Friday, July 14, 2006

Why haven't you podcast?

As with most new technologies, podcasting seemed a bit mysterious at first. SOMEHOW, the folks at a conference had captured my presentation and then just sent me a link. I clicked the link and suddenly iTunes was talking to me.

True to form, the folks at Apple (iPod + broadcast= podcast) made things a lot easier. Now students, teachers, and friends are sending me links to podcasts and I've managed to whip out a few podcasts of my own. And these days, the podcast can include video as well as audio!

When the phone rang from the publisher asking what I'd like to write about next, I (naturally) answered podcasting. There are already a lot of books about "how-to" podcast, but not many, if any, providing a directory for educators to high-quality, content-relevant podcasts. So... it's off and running for the next Bard-book.

If YOU have a podcast to recommend, please send me an email. If I use it, you'll get credit ("name in lights") in the book!

Email me at bard@techthree.com.