How to Use Podcasting to Create a Multimedia Scrapbook
Technology is changing the way that we record things. Babies born now will all have millions of pictures chronicling their every movement, due to the fact that digital cameras are so accessible and easy to use. The general public is becoming very savvy with computers and the internet, and one of the pluses of technology is that people from all over the world can communicate and be updated on each other's lives very easily.
Which brings us to creating a scrapbook of sorts to share with friends and family, using the technology of podcasting. In addition to sending the grandparents lots of pictures, why not have the kids record audio letters, play the piano, sing a song for them? It'll create more lively and creative interaction for loved ones who are far away. And you'll have the memories captured and organized as well.
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Things You'll Need
- audio recording tools
- podcasting software
- video camera
- computer
- creativity
Instructions
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Think about what you want to share, and who you want to show this to? Is it for your own personal collection? Is it for friends and family? Is it for your kid's soccer team? Do some initial brainstorming to visualize what your podcast is going to consist of, how to organize it, and what you can create to get started.
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Capture your memories (Baby's first step!). Create videos (Unleash the writer-director inside). Prepare an audio recording (Let your friends hear the guitar piece you wrote). This is the creative and fun portion of the putting together the podcast.
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After you've got the audio or video recording, upload it onto your computer. If it's audio, you want to convert it to mp3 format. For video, usually it's .mp4, .m4v, and .mov that you want to work with.
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If you have the skills, you can edit it on a program like GarageBand or iMovie. Add music, supplement art, create chapters. Or, you can just keep it simple. Sometimes simple and organic works best.
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Upload the completed video or audio file onto a web server. Then post it on your website or create an RSS feed.
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Add descriptions and make sure it gets to the right people, and now you'll have utilized the technology of podcasting to organize your memories on the internet.
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Tips & Warnings
Have fun. Do it more for your own personal enjoyment than for others.
Think about the things that you are putting up if you're going to make this completely public. Cached pages on the internet means things are saved forever.
