Burks' Thoughts on iTunes U

Hi everyone! Today's podcast has my thoughts about Apple's new iTunes U initiative. See:

http://www.apple.com/education/solutions/itunes_u/

Here are some references:

http://www.ilounge.com/index.php/news/comments/6828/

http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/news/local/states/california/northern_california/13730681.htm

http://mmeiser.com/blog/2006/01/stanford-and-apples-itunes-taking.html

http://weblog.infoworld.com/udell/2006/01/15.html

http://www.darcynorman.net/2006/01/25/itunes-u-critiques-its-not-as-simple-as-that

http://www.gardnercampbell.net/blog1/?p=312

The transcript of this podcast is at:

http://www.online.uillinois.edu/oakley/podcasts/iTunesU_Transcript.html

The music in today's podcast is J.S. Bach's Prelude and Fugue in C - BWV 553, recorded by David Sanger. See:

http://www.peoplesound.com/artist/davidsanger/

Best regards,

Burks

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Technorati Tags: podcast, iTunes, iTunes U, Jon Udell, Gardner Campbell, D'Arcy Norman, Michael Meiser

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Best of Web2.0 Software

Hi everyone! Today's podcast covers outstanding Web2.0 software in a number of different areas. I talk about:

Mr. Dion Hinchcliffe
http://web2.wsj2.com/the_best_web_20_software_of_2005.htm

Prof. Bryan Alexander
http://del.icio.us/rss/DoctorNemo

Tim O’Reilly
http://radar.oreilly.com/archives/2005/10/web_20_compact_definition.html

Jeff Clavier
http://blog.softtechvc.com/2005/10/on_web_20_defin.html

del.icio.us
http://del.icio.us/

Netvibes
http://www.netvibes.com/

Voo2do
http://www.Voo2do.com/

Backpackit
http://www.backpackit.com/

Flickr, Metaatem, KrazyDad

http://www.flickr.com/
http://metaatem.net/words/
http://krazydad.com/colrpickr/

Openomy
http://www.openomy.com/

Writely
http://www.writely.com/
http://www.techcrunch.com/2005/12/10/writely-is-kicking-a/

CalendarHub
http://www.calendarhub.com/

Emily Chang
http://www.emilychang.com/go/ehub

The transcript of this podcast is at:

http://www.online.uillinois.edu/oakley/podcasts/BestWeb2.0Software_Transcript.html

The music in today's podcast is Hadyn's Trio in C - Hob:XV.27 - Presto, recorded by the Dussek Piano Trio. See:

http://www.peoplesound.com/artist/thedussekpianotrio/

Best regards,

Burks

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Technorati Tags: podcast, Best of Web2.0, Web2.0, software

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Podcasting Using Audioblogger

Hi everyone! Today's podcast covers how to use the free Audioblogger.com service to record podcasts, using just a telephone. It's really a very low threshold application to get students involved in creating their own podcasts.

For more information about Audioblogger.com see:

http://www.audioblogger.com/



The transcript of this podcast is at:

http://www.online.uillinois.edu/oakley/podcasts/Audioblogger_Transcript.html

The music in today's podcast is Mozart's Sonata In F Major, K.377 (374e) - Allegro, recorded by David Ward (piano) and Yossi Zivoni (violin. See:

http://www.peoplesound.com/artist/david%20ward-yossi%20zivoni/

Best regards,

Burks

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Technorati Tags: podcast, audioblogger.com, blogger.com, how to

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Impatica for PowerPoint

Hi everyone! Today's podcast covers how I used Impatica software to create narrated PowerPoint presentations. I recorded four of these presentations for the IEEE Education Society's Distinguished Lecture Series - covering the topics of wikis, blogs, RSS, and podcasting. They will be made available starting on 16 January 2006 - see:

http://www.ewh.ieee.org/soc/es/oakley.html

For more information about Impatica, including how to download a demo version, see:

http://www.impatica.com/



As always, the orange title at the top of this posting is a direct link to the mp3 file with the podcast. Remember that you can subscribe to these podcasts using the link on the orange POD button at the lower right.

The transcript of this podcast is at:

http://www.online.uillinois.edu/oakley/podcasts/Impatica_Transcript.html

The music in today's podcast is Haydn's Sonata 38 in F - Finale - Presto, peformed by Julia Cload - see:

http://www.peoplesound.com/artist/juliacload/

Best regards,

Burks

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Technorati Tags: podcast, Impatica, PowerPoint, IEEE

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Various Podcastings Set-ups

Hi everyone! Today's podcast covers several different hardware configurations for recording podcasts, as well as some information about post-recording editing and mixing. Audio recorded with various set-ups is included - everything from an entry-level system costing less than $10 to a high-end digital recorder and condenser microphone.

Samson C01 cardioid microphone:


Shockmount for microphone:


As always, the orange title at the top of this posting is a direct link to the mp3 file with the podcast. Remember that you can subscribe to these podcasts using the link on the orange POD button at the lower right.

The transcript of this podcast is at:

http://www.online.uillinois.edu/oakley/podcasts/PodcastingSetup_Transcript.html

The music in today's podcast is Handel's Concerto Grosso in G major Op.3 no.3 HWV 314 Allegro, as performed by Paul Goodwin & The St. James's Baroque Players - see:

http://www.peoplesound.com/artist/paulgoodwinthestjamessbaroqueplayers/

Best regards,

Burks

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Technorati Tags: podcast, podcasting, Marantz PMD660, Samson C01

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Here are links to some of the hardware and software covered in the podcast:

Audacity:
http://audacity.sourceforge.net/

Marantz PMD660:
http://martelelectronics.com/pmd660package.html

Samson C01
http://www.zzounds.com/item--SAMCO1