Yesterday was 'podcast day' and I have been successful to a certain degree.
Sorting and editing the hundreds of photos taken took a while. I wanted to ensure that the children in the images were not recognisable for privacy reasons. Deciding which photos to reject became a mission as I wanted to share them all.
With a folder of photos the next step was to create the podcast using Garageband.
This was a relatively simple exercise:
- choose create a podcast
- using the microphone on my macbook, I recorded my script
- photos were added to the podcast track
- a jingle was added
- the file was shared to itunes and able to be viewed in Quicktime
How to share the podcast online was not so simple! My google Blog page did not appear to have the facility to host a podcast. After much searching I discovered that podcasts can be exported through iWeb for which I needed to have a .Mac account.
My trial one was still going so ....
- clicked on iWeb
- chose a podcast template
- added my information and header photo
- added my first podcast
- previewed it .... and it looked great!
The actual podcast looks okay and sounds okay but takes a while to load and for some unknown reason stays blank when loaded until the forward button is dragged along!!
I explored a button named 'web widgets' and discovered that I could put a map of NZ on the home page of my podcast. This is amazing - just type in your address (town) and the Google map appears like magic!
It is a digital world out there!!
In my next podcast my aim will be to limit the photos and find out why it does not immediately appear when loaded.
All in all, it is another small step along the road to being more mac and 'digital native' savvy!!
My Podcast link - you will need Quicktime (Windows or Mac) to view it:
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