Emerging Technology 1-Podcast

I decided to go with Yodio to create my very first podcast. My podcast, like any other, can be used to distribute audio files in periodic episodes. However, my host website takes it a step further by adding images to chosen audio clips. I've always seen the podcast tab in the iTunes Store, but never really explored in it until recently. Some of the podcasts are radio stations that shares daily songs and other podcasts feature video from some leading websites like Current and College Humor. You can really grab some sweet stuff from podcast if you subscribe to them on iTunes. Yodio doesn't seem to have the capability of video, but images and other audio files can be loaded.

Yodio has a unique way to upload your audio on the go. You can call a number after registration and use your phone to speak the audio you wish to use. After you have you audio clips there, and later if you want to add some pictures too, it's just a simply matter of drag and drop into the timeline.

The method of dragging and dropping is not new to me. I've worked with Windows Movie Maker before so I got the hang of it quick when producing my own podcast. I hope I can work with iMovie in the future now that I have a MacBook and haven't really had the opportunity to mess around with it. I used other MacBook features such as iPhoto, iTunes, and Garageband to construct my podcast. I didn't want to mess around with calling Yodio so I decided to record my voice clips on Garageband. I had to later convert the ten audio clips onto iTunes to make it become a MP3, since those are the files Yodio prefers. I choose from my existing pictures on iPhoto so I could have images to go along with the podcast. Like I said earlier, once everything was uploaded onto Yodio, I was able to compile everything together.

It was user-friendly for me because of my experiences with other technology. I just messed around with Yodio once I signed up and went directly into "Create Yodio." I would suggest to others creating a Yodio to speak then upload all the audio first and later upload your photos. Once everything is your queue, construct the podcast. That's the easiest part.

I'm sure in the future, being an educator, Yodio could be useful. If running low on time, I could call the Yodio number so I had my audio ready for a podcast presentation for the class. All I would have to do at that point would be to add pictures if any. I could also leave a sub a message when I was out. The message could also go out the students in the class if need be. Yodio gives a easy way to create a simple presentation.

The final product can be found the "Learn More About Me" tab.