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PoducateMe: Practical Solutions for Podcasting in Education

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Ableton’s LIVE 24-Bit Recording Software ($399.95)

Ben Shanfelder’s Audio Recorder (Free, Mac,

http://versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/17392) is another freebie recorder with

very limited features (it doesn’t even have an icon!). But it is stable and very easy to use

if all you need to do is record sound, sans effects or other frills.

Audio Recorder brings simplicity to recording.

Another recording program you might want to investigate is Humble Daisy’s ProfCast

($29.95, Mac, www.profcast.com/). ProfCast makes it easy to not only record class

lectures, but also turn the recordings into “enhanced” podcast files. Enhanced podcasts

contain chapter markers where titles, images and links are placed. The images in these

files can be viewed on iPods with a color screen, through iTunes or even in QuickTime.

Later, I’ll show you how to create an enhanced podcast.

Since its debut in January 2004, Apple’s GarageBand has sprouted some attractive

podcasting features, including the ability to produce enhanced podcasts,. However, the

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