Blog #6

1) I used Audacity to create the podcast above about the differences between a true podcast and an audio file that is downloaded from a website. I used Audacity to edit the podcast as well, by removing some of the added noise during the recording.

2) The main obstacle I encountered was trying to get the mp3 into my blog. I was having trouble getting the downloads (Audacity and LAME mp3 encoder) to correctly download on my computer. Then I found the instructions to be confusing and I found that in using Internet Explorer, the media file in this post would not play instantly. The object would appear, but when clicking play it would take forever to start.

3) To resolve the obstacles, I reached out to the tech services on campus and after an hour on the phone with a guy named Ken and a girl named Stormy...we worked it all out. Supposedly Internet Explorer would not use the code in the blogger template and/or the post correctly, but we when tried the same thing in Mozilla Firefox, it worked fine. As far as the downloads go, the file was originally downloaded incorrectly, but with the help of Stormy, I was able get it downloaded correctly and exported the file as an mp3.

4) The biggest success was getting the file into the blog and having it work! It was very frustrating looking back over the code again and again and not seeing any mistakes and then come to realize...if I tried a different browser, it worked just fine. It was frustrating, but it is done now and I'm proud of it.

5) I don't know if I'll use the Podcast much for future projects -- other than what I'm required to do for this major. I can see how it would be a beneficial thing for a website...perhaps having someone direct you through the website. I might someday do a podcast of a lesson and post it to Edmodo for my students to listen to. I'm not a big fan of my recorded voice, so I don't really see myself doing that, but the possibility is there I guess...since I now know how to do it.