Podcasting for art teachers.The boom in portable MP3 players A digital music player that supports the MP3 format, which was the audio format that started a revolution in online music downloads and distribution. All portable music players, the iPod being the most popular, support MP3 along with one or more other audio formats. , most notably Apple's iPod series, has spawned many new innovations in how people make use of this technology in their daily lives. Perhaps the most popular application to emerge recently is podcasting, a new form of multimedia broadcasting over the Internet. While podcasting is still in its infancy, it has the potential to make art education content available to anyone, anytime and anyplace an·y·place adv. To, in, or at any place; anywhere. See Usage Note at everyplace. Adv. 1. anyplace - at or in or to any place; "you can find this food anywhere"; (`anyplace' is used informally for `anywhere') anywhere . What Is Podcasting? Wikipedia defines podcasting as a "method of distributing multimedia files, such as audio programs or music videos, over the Internet for playback on mobile devices and personal computers" (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Podcasting). Although the term originated from combining "iPod" and "broadcasting," you don't actually need an iPod to listen to a podcast--any MP3-compatible media player or computer will do. Podcasts are usually produced as a series of radio-style programs, with different episodes broadcast over the Internet on a daily, weekly, or monthly basis. For example, the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA) is a major modern art museum and San Francisco landmark. It opened in 1935 under founding director Dr. Grace Morley (Grace L. offers monthly podcasts that feature interviews with exhibiting artists, gallery talks by curators, and lectures by art historians (www.sfmoma.org/education/edu_podcasts.html). Once a podcast has been aired, it is typically archived on the Web as a downloadable MP3 audio file. How to Listen to a Podcast There are two ways to listen to podcasts. You can subscribe to Verb 1. subscribe to - receive or obtain regularly; "We take the Times every day" subscribe, take buy, purchase - obtain by purchase; acquire by means of a financial transaction; "The family purchased a new car"; "The conglomerate acquired a new company"; a podcast series with special aggregator software (such as iTunes or Windows Media Player Digital jukebox software for Windows from Microsoft that plays a variety of audio, video and streaming formats including MP3, WMA, CD audio and MIDI. Starting with Version 6.2 in 1999, the Windows Media Rights Manager was added for securing copyrighted content. ) which uses RSS feeds to inform you when new podcasts are available, which you can then choose to download to your computer. Your other option is to download individual podcasts manually from a Web site to your computer. Either way, once you add a podcast to your iTunes or Media Player library, you can listen to it on your computer or transfer it to your MP3 player for portable listening at a later time. Please note that most podcasts currently are in the MP3 format and emulate radio talk-show programs. However, with the advent of video iPods, more and more podcasters are using the MP4 format that allows them to combine audio and video content in their broadcasts--voice, music, graphics, animation, and video--a trend that will undoubtedly appeal to artists and art educators. Where to Find Podcasts Although podcasting is only two years old, it has experienced phenomenal growth. There are thousands of amateur and professional podcasts being produced daily, covering everything from art to movie reviews, to news and sports. An excellent place to begin searching for podcasts is the iTunes Music Store (www.apple.com/itunes), which lists hundreds of freely available K-12 podcasts in its education directory alone. How to Create Podcasts An excellent site for students and teachers to learn how to create and publish podcasts is Yahoo! Podcasts This article or section contains information about computer software currently in development. The content may change as the software development progresses. (podcasts.yahoo.com). You can click on "Getting Started" and "Publish a Podcast" for a clear tutorial on creating your own podcasts. Yet another site worth checking out is the Education Podcast Network (epnweb.org), sponsored by the Landmark Project, which lists a growing number of educational podcasts including many related to visual arts visual arts npl → artes fpl plásticas visual arts npl → arts mpl plastiques visual arts npl → education. Students as Podcasters To get some idea of what art students can do with podcasting, check out the podcasts created by Advanced Placement Art History students from two Washington, DC area high schools who were assigned to research a work exhibited at the Renwick Gallery of American Craft American craft consists of the United States' contributions to the family of artistic practices conducted by independent studio artists, working singly or in small groups, using traditional craft materials such as wood, glass, clay, textiles and metal and creating works that and then produce a podcast about the piece (eyelevel.si.edu/2006/05/a_sound_take_on.html). Also, see the "unofficial" audio guides that a group of students (who call themselves "Art Mobs") from Marymount Manhattan College Marymount Manhattan College is a small, coeducational liberal arts college located in Manhattan, New York City, New York. Marymount Manhattan's campus is located in the desirable Upper East Side. It's often referred to as MMC. produced for the Museum of Modern Art (homepage.mac.com/dave7/ArtMobs/FileSharing52.html). Craig Roland is an associate professor of art education in the School of Art and Art History at the University of Florida University of Florida is the third-largest university in the United States, with 50,912 students (as of Fall 2006) and has the eighth-largest budget (nearly $1.9 billion per year). UF is home to 16 colleges and more than 150 research centers and institutes. in Gainesville, Florida Gainesville is the largest city and county seat of Alachua County, Florida.GR6 Gainesville is home to the University of Florida, the largest university of the State University System of Florida and the third-largest university in the United States. . He is the author of The Art Teacher's Guide to the Internet (Davis Publications. 2005). rolandc@uf1.edu |
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