Podcast

Making a podcast for this week’s session was quite interesting. It was easy to make however really difficult at the same time. The technological part of creating the podcast was really simple, which I did through SoundCloud. My friend and I share a SoundCloud account to listen to one of our favourite bands. Since I was already familiar with SoundCloud, creating the podcast was literally as easy as a touch of a button however, it was the recording of the podcast where I ran into some difficulties. I have listened to many podcasts on iTunes and on the radio and they always make it seem like an easy task to complete but it was not; I had to start over probably 10 times until I was happy with the outcome but once I finally liked what I had recorded, I was happy with my podcast.

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http://music3point0.blogspot.ca/2014/05/3-reasons-why-twitter-killed-soundcloud.html

Podcasts can greatly contribute to my digital literacy, if used correctly. There are many academic podcasts and podcasts for a wide variety of interests. They are yet another way to have information presented to you, instead of you having to go out and look for it which makes it a great time saver. My favourite radio station does podcasts for a couple of their shows and later upload them so people can listen at any time. With podcasts, I am also able to expand my digital citizenship by getting my voice out there on the Internet while expressing myself and my ideas. Therefore, podcast screencast tools help make it easier to improve my digital literacy because of the visual and audio aspect that are combined. It enhances my ability to learn about digital tools and software quicker and with more depth. In addition, it can help improve my digital communication by talking to the viewers in a concise and respectful manner. Overall, making my podcast was a fun and educational experience and I would like to try making one again in the future. I recommend SoundCloud to anyone thinking about making a podcast because of its easy-to-use set up.

Creating my podcast got me thinking more about digital responsibility since I wanted to share an aspect that I thought was most important. In previous posts I had mentioned that I thought proper technology use was the most important aspect of being a digital citizen. For example knowing when and where is the appropriate time to use technological devices. However, now that we have been discussing citing and copyright in the past few sessions, I have moved towards believing that citing is a more important aspect of being a digital citizen. I was happy to gain the opportunity to tell my readers my new and altered thoughts on which aspect I find to be the most important through the creation of my podcast. 

Do listen to mine below :)