Blog Podcast Resources

Blog-Podcast-Vlog-Screencast Resources

• ACIDplanet (8-pack every Tuesday) -

• ASCAP - Copyright Issues -

• Animoto - upload your pics, select music, and have your own music video mixed in just minutes to email out to friends & family

• Audioblogger - audio posts from your phone

• Auto Screen Recorder - free download, record deskstop area, window, or full screen & pointer (sound recording $$)

• BMI - Copyright /Licensing -

• Basic Podcasting Gear - Jason VanOrden

• Beginner's Guide To Podcast Creation - good section on Converting Your Podcast & Compression

• Blip.tv - get video & podcasting on your blog

• Bluwiki - yet another option for creating a collaborative wiki space

• Byrd Links - Harry F. Byrd Middle School - links & resources blog for teachers

• CNET Podcast Tutorial - 4 hour tutorial via CNET.com

• Citation Machine - select APA or MLA - interactive web tool to help you cite sources

• Class BlogMeister - David Warlick’s classroom blog site – new & improved

• ClassCaster - course blogging/podcasting system (must be member of CALI – Computer Assisted Legal Instruction)

• Creative Commons - Creative Commons is a nonprofit organization that offers flexible copyright licenses for creative works.

• Dr. Hotlist's Emerging Web Technologies - When you get tired of THIS page, go to Dr. Hotlist's Emerging Web Technologies, by Odvard Egil Dyrli. Web technologies bring powerful new dimensions to K-12 education. Share our key resources in your district.

• DrawAnywhere - spiffy little drag & drop drawing application for diagrams & flow charts; tools are kind of all over the place until you figure it out, but this could be useful

• Edublogs.org - free blogs for educators

• Example - Room 613 Student Blogs - exampler of learner blogs - students team up to comment

• Feed2JS - Feed to JavaScript code converter

• Feed2Podcast - instantly turns your blog’s RSS feed into a podcast

• FeedJumbler - compile your students’ 60+ blogs to read regularly in one place

• Free ACID Loops -

• Gcast - create your own podcast

• Gliffy - online charts & organizers to share

• Google Blog Search -

• GovTrack - independently tracking the U. S. Congress

• How to Plan Your Podcast - Jason VanOrden

• How-to-Podcast-tutorial.com -

• Jo McLeay - Australian high school English teacher

• Kirk's Eight Rules For Effective Podcasting -

• Lame MP3 Encoder - Download for Audacity -

• Learnerblogs - Directions for Setting up from Mike Hetherington -

• Making It Out Alive Podcast (mp3 file) - WGBH Morning Stories -

• Making It Out Alive Video - WGBH Morning Stories -

• Mindmeister - web-based collaboratiave mind-mapping tool

• My Podcast - Free podcast hosting

• MyPodcast.com - podcast hosting

• Odeo - listen, download, create your own “odeo” file podcast

• Pluck RSS Reader - Add a Feed Wizard

• Podcast Hosting - Jason VanOrden

• Podcasting 101 - Subscribing -

• Podcasting 102 - Recording Your Show -

• Podcasting 103 - Recording Interviews at a Distance -

• Podcasting 104 - Building Your RSS Feed -

• Podcasting Underground - Jason's Blog - Writing for the ears is different than writing for the eyes.

• Podcasts For Kids, By Kids - from Tony Vincent's site

• Publishing a Podcast - Yahoo Directions -

• Pushing Information to Others' iPods (Apple PDF) -

• Radio WillowWeb Guide To Podcasting (PDF) -

• Rubric Maker - customized assessments for student work - choose and edit a variety of existing performances as well as create performances specific to your class content

• Safety - Cyberethics for Kids -

• Safety - Ms. Frizzle's Classroom Blog Rules -

• Safety - MySpace Safety Tips - filtered on site

• Safety - NetSmartzKids - interactive for parents, teens, educators, kids & law enforcement

• Safety - SBC Internet Safety Game for Kids -

• Safety - SafeTeens.com -

• Safety - Web Wise Kids - Does your school have a program to promote Internet safety for kids?

• Safety - iSafe - Does your school have a program to promote Internet safety for kids?

• Scribd - Sign up for a free account, and upload a PDF, DOC, PPT, XLS, TXT, etc. to the Scribd library, where it is turned into an Adobe Flash Paper document Simply browse/upload your text document, publish, have the ability to have it read aloud, then download the doc as PDF, plain text, and the read-aloud audio can be downloaded as an MP3 file. However, it will become a PUBLIC document once it has been published. Simply upload to Scribd, download the MP3, and load it onto an iPod or other audio device. To check out a test doc go to: http://www.scribd.com/doc/27167?secret_password equals b6ta2iws7l71c

• Streamload - STREAMLOAD gives you a private and secure place to upload, store, access, and share your personal videos, photos, music, and files.

• Switchpod.com - podcast hosting

• The Carol and Steve Show - just for fun

• The Internet Public Library's List of Blogs -

• Weblogg-Ed: The Read/Write Classroom – Will Richardson -

• WikiJunior Big Cats - Here's an example of a book for K-12 students that is being written collaboratively using a wiki:

• WikiMedia Commons - find some free-use music that's legal to add to your podcast

• Wikis - How Stuff Works -

• Will Richardson's Video About Blogging With Students -

• Zoho Creator - Create an online database in minutes!