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Broadcast Yourself: Podcast, Videocast and Screencast. http://ec.l.thumbs.canstockphoto.com/canstock13762719.jpg http://media.rodemic.com/images/mic-chooser/soundbooth-button-broadcast.png http://www.sokalmediagroup.com/images/Broadcast-Button.jpg http://us.cdn1.123rf.com/168nwm/myvector/myvector1306/myvector130600104/20084211-antenna-smartphone-icon.jpgc Tips for general boadcasting 1. Fun: The most important part of blogging is having fun and loving your blog. 2. Other media: Why not transmit your message using video, audio and text? 3. Promotion: Commenting on other blogs and getting your blog noticed joins up with social networking sites, but do NOT SPAM ! 4. Collaboration: Use online relationships to collaborate on blog posts and expand your readership – encourage comments, comment on other people’s blogs, link freely and share traffic. 5. Social networking: link your newest blog post to your Twitter/FB/Google+ etc. account for more exposure. 6. Diversity: Multi-media is almost a must these days. Text, video, photo, audio use them all and use them frequently to back up your comments. 7. Brevity: Break up text with cuts, subheadings, bullet lists, photos to better catch the readers eye. 8. Personality: Write what you know, Write from your heart but don’t take the comments personally. There are mean, anonymous people out there surfing the web leaving rude, baseless comments, but there are also plenty more people with constructive comments to offer. 9. Originality: Find your Niche and hold tightly to it 10. Consistency: Posting once a day is considered normal. If you post three times a week, every week, this is considered the bare minimum for attracting and maintaining a strong readership. 1. Protect your computer • A computer should always have the most recent updates installed for spam filters, anti-virus and anti-spyware software and a secure firewall. http://cdn.greenprophet.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/frying-pan-kolbotek-neoflam-560x475.jpg Communications software • This type of software allows two computers with modems to communicate through audio, video, and/or chat-based means. – These Programs are part “Application software” and part “Cloud Services” • Skype, MS NetMeeting, AOL Instant Messenger, IRC, ICQ, CU-SeeMe, ... Broadcast Yourself: • A podcast is aPodcast type of digital media consisting of an episodic series of audio radio, video, PDF, or ePub files subscribed to and downloaded through web syndication or streamed online to a computer or mobile device. The word is a neologism derived from "broadcast" and "pod" from the success of the iPod, as audio podcasts are often listened to on portable media players. • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Podcast Blogging & Podcasts • Blog = Short for "Web Log," this term refers to a list of journal entries posted http://www.techterms.com/definition/blogon a Web page. • Podcasts = The name "podcast" combines the terms iPod and broadcast into a single catchy word. As the name suggests, podcasts are audio and video broadcasts. http://www.techterms.com/definition/podcast • Looking for a good podcast? Checkout this list. http://www.podcastawards.com/ and http://www.podcast.com/ and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Podcast_Awards • Podcasts – For audio podcasts, Skype.com is undoubtedly the king. – Call Recorder ($20) is my personal favorite OSX app for really easy to use Skype recording, which will give you both your own recording and any other sides of the conversation in a separate track. Bear in mind that for group Skype video conferencing you’ll need Skype Premium, which starts at around $5/month. • Vodburner.com will let you record Skype video calls for free, You will need to pay if you don’t want the watermark on all calls. – if you need to seriously edit a video you’ll want to use a standalone video editing application like Windows Movie Maker or iMovie Sound Editing Programs • This software allows you to record from microphones and edit audio already stored on the computer. • Popular Sound Editing Programs include: Adobe Soundbooth, Roxio, Sony Sound Forge, Steinberg Wave Lab, audacity http://usarmy.vo.llnwd.net/e2/c/images/2012/08/24/261736/size0.jpg Broadcast Yourself: http://www.eyepartner.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/Internet-Video-Broadcast-2.jpg Videocast http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v337/palmaddicts/MoreMoreMoreMore%20Palm%20Addict/xxxxPalmAddict/extra% 20extra%20palmaddict/goodness%20more%20Palm%20Addict/PhewmorePA/zippymore/zipzip/ziiipppppy/aimage1052.jpg http://img.applesfera.com/MacSpain%20Videocast.jpg Broadcast Yourself: Videocast • A videocast, often referred to as a video podcast or vodcast, is a video produced for the Internet and made so that viewers can stream or download the clip onto a personal mp3 player. Creators of videocasts can distribute the video as a file or a stream. A stream allows the view to watch the videocast directly on a website. A file allows a viewer to download the videocast directly to a handheld mp3 device. Several applications may be used to create a videocast including Apple QuickTime, Pinnacle Studio, Sony Vegas and Adobe Premier. QuickTime is a popular choice due to being free of charge and its compatibility with both Mac OSX and Windows operating systems. Read more: http://www.ehow.com/how_6715166_create-videocast.html#ixzz2WmmFq6bx Broadcast Yourself: Videocast • Youtube.com is the primary place people post their videos right now. Every second an hour of new content is added to youtube. • Justin.tv - a good place to set up your own regularly recorded video station, once it’s approved. • www.ustream.tv – an easy way to broadcast live streaming video. Video Editing Programs • Video Editing Programs allow for the input of video from cameras, video cameras, webcams and will allow the user to manipulate the images to create movies of intense quality • Popular Video Editing Programs include: • Sony Vegas Pro / Windows / $450, • iMovie / Mac / $79, • Adobe Premiere Pro / Windows/Mac / $799 • Final Cut Pro / Mac / $1299, • Windows Movie Maker / Windows / Free, • Avid Media Composer / Windows/Mac / $2500, Best Video Editing Software? 1. Sony Vegas Pro 17% (1082 votes) 2. iMovie 10% (641 votes) 3. Adobe Premiere Pro 22% (1369 votes) 4. Final Cut Pro 28% (1761 votes) 5. Windows Movie Maker 9% (567 votes) 6. Avid Media Composer 7% (441 votes) 7. Other 6% (364 votes) Broadcast Yourself: Videocast: Skype http://www.slideshare.net/skokielibrary/skype-101210 WHAT IS SKYPE? • Skype uses technology called VOIP “voice over Internet protocol” • Is a software application that allows users to make voice and video calls over the Internet. • Calls to other users of the service and, in some countries, to free-of- charge numbers, are free, while calls to other landlines and mobile phones can be made for a fee. • Additional features include instant messaging, file transfer and video conferencing. • Skype is an IP telephony service provider that offers free calling between computers and low-cost calling to regular telephones that aren't connected to the Internet. Included in the free service is a soft-phone application that can be downloaded to any laptop or desktop computer. http://i2.wp.com/lotsofhumor.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/462.jpg?resize=594%2C613 To Use Skype, You Need Only Three Things 1. A computer, tablet or cell phone with access to the Internet. 2. The free software program downloaded from Skype.com (currently version 6.5) 3. A Microphone and Web camera. HOW DO WE MAKE A CALL? You just log into Skype , click on the contact you want to call, and press the call button . It will then ring them – like a phone – and they can answer. Just like a real phone HOW DO WE MAKE A VIDEO CALL? Video calls work just like phonecalls but if they have video set up it will appear on your screen. Contact those you Love from far away for free http://usarmy.vo.llnwd.net/e2/c/images/2012/08/24/261736/size0.jpg Screen Shot http://armymomstrong.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/download_41_gold_header.png How big is this Skype thing? • there are 23 million users online 30% users are use Skype for business 13% of global long distance happens over Skype.(2010) 560 Million users (accounts) worldwide (2010) Skype is available in 28 languages Image above courtesy of http://prism-break.org/ Other Similar Products to skype: • Gizmo5 www.gizmo5.com • Ooma www.ooma.com Google +, Hangouts • Google+ Hangouts are live video chats. • Communicate with up to 10 people simultaneously. • Unfortunately participants need Google+ account to participate in a Hangout. Reasons to choose Hangouts over Skype • If you want to talk to more than 1 person – It can be slightly more difficult to set up than Facebook/Skype because not everybody has a Google+ account yet. • When you want to call and text phones and land lines Hangouts is better because it is free. • It also allows several people to watch a youtube video at once and watch each others reaction. • Add fun hats to people and several other free features and apps. http://www.slideshare.net/chernan7/google-hangouts-15907068 Broadcast Yourself: Screencast • A screencast is a digital recording of computer screen output, also known as a video screen capture, often containing audio narration. The term screencast compares with the related term screenshot; whereas screenshot is a picture of a computer screen, a screencast is essentially a movie of the changes over time that a user sees on a computer screen, enhanced with audio narration. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Screencast Screencasts can help demonstrate and teach the use of software features. Creating a screencast helps software developers show off their work. Educators may also use screencasts as another means of integrating technology into the curriculum.[8] Students can record video and audio as they demonstrate the proper procedure to solve a problem on an interactive whiteboard.