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8 Best Sites to Host Your Podcast. With the increasing popularity of podcasting, everyone now days seems to have their own podcast or an idea for one, but finding a host for your podcast isn’t as easy.

8 Best Sites to Host Your Podcast

The size of your podcast can determine the best host for your show, and even then it can be tricky choosing the best one. First and foremost, having your own website is your first step in getting your podcast hosted and out there the best way, but not all website hosts are good hosts for podcasts and other media. Many have strict rules and will ban users from storing large downloadable audio or video files as they bog down their servers, hence the need of separate podcast hosts. Our guide will outline the 8 best hosting options for your podcast. SoundCloud You may have heard about SoundCloud which allows users to upload and share music with everyone.

When you sign up for some cloud you’ll get your personal profile with a dedicated URL. Soundcloud offers free as well as paid plans, and they are pretty reasonably priced. Libsyn. TouchCast. Croak.it! - speak to the web! Create a Live internet Radio Show Free.

Record and send voice emails. Phonecast live to the web from any phone, anywhere. Podcasting. Students and teachers from all over the world are learning from audio and video programs on desktop computers, laptops, tablets, netbooks, and other devices.

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Hundreds of free educational programs are available online. With a couple clicks, you can be learning about grammar, science, history, algebra...just about anything! A podcast typically has a web feed (known as RSS) that allows it to be cataloged in various podcasting directories like iTunes. When a podcast has a web feed, software and apps can subscribe to it. That means that new episodes are automatically downloaded. In most classrooms the teacher will find podcast episodes for students to listen to or watch. Creating podcasts has many educational benefits. Below are a collection of links that can be helpful when it comes to podcasting in schools. Podcasting Toolbox: 70+ Podcasting Tools and Resources.

Podcasting may not have lived up to the early hype, but with iPods and other MP3 players still selling like crazy, the potential audience for these audio shows is huge.

Podcasting Toolbox: 70+ Podcasting Tools and Resources

We've compiled a monster list of 70+ tools and resources for podcasters and wannabes. Podcast Creation Guides How To Create a Podcast - About.com's step-by-step tutorial for podcast beginners.iLounge Guide to Podcast Creation - another guide for creating your own podcast for absolute beginners.Podcasting Legal Guide - find about legal issues relevant to podcasting in this Creative Commons guide. Podcast Hosting, Sharing and Networking (Free) Pickstation - A Digg for podcasts and music.Collectik - "Mixtapes for podcasts": find, share and organize podcasts.Podbean - Free podcast hosting and publishing.Castpost - Free hosting for audio and video clips.HeyCast - A tool to create video podcasts.

10 Podcasts for Teachers and Kids. What!

10 Podcasts for Teachers and Kids

A podcast? I know what you’re thinking. Sounds complicated. Sounds expensive. Sounds, well, technical. Podcasting - K12 Handhelds. What is all the buzz about podcasting?

Podcasting - K12 Handhelds

What is podcasting, and why is it relevant to education? Podcasting is a way to post and distribute electronic media files online. Podcasts are of interest because they provide an easy way to get engaging multimedia content out to a dispersed group of people, who can listen to it whenever and wherever they like on a variety of readily-available platforms. A podcast is generally a regularly-produced series of these posts, similar to a series of radio broadcasts, episodes in a television series, or entries in a personal journal. For example, the popular news show “Meet the Press” podcasts the audio portion of their television show weekly.

Because podcasts can be produced and broadcast relatively inexpensively, a large number of both amateur and professional podcasts are available. Podcasts can be downloaded to you automatically as soon as they are available with no special action on your part. So how is podcasting relevant to education? Best Free Podcasts - Rankings. Kid-Cast.COM - Podcasts for kids and by kids.