Wednesday, May 9, 2007
Recording Lectures
I purchased a voice recorder for my iPod video and I brought it to my EDU 603 class. With the permission from my instructor, I was able to record the lecture on Monday 5-7-07. The voice recorder is made by Belkin, not by Apple Inc. It cost me $70 from Apple.com. I attached the voice recorder at the bottom of my iPod and I started it at the beginning of class. I put the recorder on my instructor's desk in the front of the class. I could hear the instructor's and even students from the back of the class. I could also hear my iPod's hard drive on the recording which I don't mind. I probably will ask my EDU 603 instructor if I can upload his lecture as a podcast where the students can download it on their computer. The students do not need to have an iPod. They only need a computer, internet connection, and iTunes downloaded free from Apple.com. I just need to figure out how to submit a podcast.
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2 comments:
Nouldy,
Sounds like a really fun project. Good idea to start working on the learning process of creating, developing and submitting podcast at this point prior to having to fully complete the project. Podcasting can be quite easy yet so complicated. Your project seems a bit general at this time, have you considered maybe focusing on something like developing some "best practices" for the use of podcasting in an educational setting or will this be included in your project as a whole. I think podcasting is cool, however there is little out there about the guidelines, best practices and appropriate uses of it in the various settings. Podcasting can very easily become the next "PowerPoint". Anyhow, good luck.
Davena
I bought the Belkin TuneTalk for one of the projects that I did for ETEC 623 and was very happy with it. In fact I plan to use it to create the narrations for my project. The sound quality of the recording was far superior to what I was able to do in ETEC 500 using a regular mic with a 1/4 plug into my computer. Many people recommend USB mics at $50 or more to get studio quality audio for projects, but I think the TuneTalk/iPod combo can't be beat for quality and portability. Just remember that your audio notes are created in *.wav format and need to be converted to a more efficient format such as *.mp3 for transportability and economical use of bandwidth and storage.
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