Found an excellent app today for the iphone.
AudioBoo - allows you to make an instant podcast (mp3) and publish it online. Even gives you auto RSS/iTunes feeds.
Yet to try it out in the classroom. My daught did the first one. My podcast URL here: http://audioboo.fm/users/30973/boos.atom
Free. Awesome. 3 minute timelimit on casts.
I have to constantly straddle the security vs the practicality restrictions with students using school owned devices. Software restrictions, account and filesystem permissions all constantly ensure that ones time is often spent trying to circumvent the security you put in place yourself.
Portable apps are applications which can run entirely without installation. They range from pirated versions of Office and Adobe CS4, through to open-source ported solutions like OpenOffice. OpenOffice is an excellent ‘thing’ to have around when dealing with students work. It will open almost any file that you need, from the pesky MS Works files, through to the old school WordPerfect.
Very handy!
We use Audacity extensively at school. Unfortunately because of restrictions on the students login, it is difficult to use the LAME library to export the files to Mp3s when created a pod-cast.
What I have found works a treat then is to use something called FlicFlac - this is a single executable that allows you to drag/drop your completed WAV file onto the program, and it simply exports it to Mp3. Super simple!
Further info:
Audacity – http://audacity.sourceforge.net
FlicFlac – http://sector-seven.net/software/flicflac
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