Social (Media) Science
Soo Podcamp session: Social (Media) Science
- building communities even if your audience in NOT a bunch of geeks
- been podasting since July 05
- just posted his 500th lecture podcast
- brocasarea.ca
- Why? THe science show for kids
- tangentialconvergence.com
- all sites he podcasts to I think
- over a million views to his lectures
- 739 thousand downloads
- his mom is busy
- he is great at his job
- why so many downloads and why were people listening?
- What motivates ppl to listen to his podcasts?
- his students listen for a reason
- despite being at the smallest university in Ontario, and having catchy titles like Animal Navigation, still gets a ton of people to listen - why? Because of the quality.
- Lesson today - if you've got a big ego and nowhere to feed it, think about podcasting...
- this is incredible
- he asked his students why they listen
- to his podcasts or other podcasts
- 84 responses over the last few months
- none has listen to podcasts before his class
- some students said "I use them to study"
- "I listen to the previous class before coming to class"
- it helps him to concentrate on new stuff
- if ppl miss class, they can listen
- "I show my friends at other school how cool my prof is"
- Does this mean they won't go to class?? Maybe not.
- where are you Sue?
- none of the students said that the availability of lectures changed their attendance pattern....wow
- if students are in class, they can ask questions while they are thinking about it
- processing things more deeply in class
- uses a digital recorder, bought on ebay
- takes it off his iRiver and downloads to his computer
- podcasting doesn't have to be expensive - microphone $2.99, recorder for $48
- downloads some podsafe music, mixes the lecture and posts to his blog
- doesn't get paid to do it, this is all on his own.
- get audio into an MP3
- archive.org
- blogspot.com
- insanity helps with your popularity....the more the better
- this is fascinating
- first time is hard but gets easier
- careful music isn't copyrighted
- Who's Blogging
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Maureen- Ray Escasa
- Susan Hunter
- Melanie
Rick Scott
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