My Podcast Assignment: Podcasts/Web 2.0

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Hello!

This is Jessica Lerfold and in this recording, I will be briefly talking a bit about what exactly podcasts are and how they fit into Web 2.0. This casting is being recorded for American Military University’s course Web 2.0 Fundamentals – all music is royalty free from Kevin MacLeod, which can be located at Incompetech.

So, what is a podcast you ask? These are audio, or sometimes video recordings of content. There are one or more hosts to the show and more often than not there is collaboration involved in the form of sharing information, interviews, or additional added content within the cast. These recordings are meant to be available for playback on a variety of media – think gaming consoles, personal computers and mobile devices. Here’s a fun fact for you: Did you know where the word podcast comes from? It is the result of a combination of iPod and broadcasting.

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Ok, so now that we know the basics of a podcast, let’s talk a bit about how it relates to the term Web 2.0. If you’re unsure about what that is, don’t worry – it’s something you probably are involved in on a daily basis without even realizing. To keep it simple, Web 2.0 is a term used to encompass a variety of the tools and services we use on the web to make content. Have you ever used a social media site, wiki or open source software? Those are examples of what is included in the broad spectrum of components making up this term. If you can contribute or collaborate – it relates to Web 2.0.

If you think about it, podcasts will often have their own website. Users can submit ideas, questions and comments to the host, which they may or may not address during their casts. Mash ups of music, commercials, skits, and various other things are often created and included during an episode; many of these mash ups are a collaboration between the shows host, viewers, and other outside sources.

Sometimes they may record live through a streaming service with video or no video – but they have a chat room to interact with viewers while the show is being recorded. There may be some podcasts that don’t use social media sites such as Facebook and Twitter to promote and interact with the public, but I have yet to listen to one that hasn’t personally.

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I’d like to thank everyone for listening today. You can find the written transcript for this cast, as well as credits on my blog: my20path.blogspot.ca. You can also find RSS feeds and reviews for a few other podcasts. The blog contains more Web 2.0 content and discussion, so if that interests you, please make sure to check it out! Have a good one!

OUTRO MUSIC

Starak, Y. (2014). What is a Podcast? Retrieved from https://www.entrepreneurs-journey.com/230/what-is-a-podcast/ 

Children and Television

The “Did You Know 2.0” video offered the statistic that at least 20,000 hours of television had been watched by people by the age of 21. Within the shifthappens wiki, a topic on Sesame Street had been brought up by the user drewman152. He mentioned that the studio was letting go of 25% of their staff who were not main characters. Later he goes on to state, “Maybe this will give parents an incentive to spend more time with their kids and not rely soley on television programs for educational assistance.” (drewman152, 200) This was not something I thought about often, but I can see how the hours of television we watch as children growing up can look from the outside. (XPLANE, 2007)

As with anything, moderation is going to play an important role moving forward in this type of discussion. Are educational programs bad simply because they are on the television, tablet, phone, etc.? Not necessarily. While they do eliminate the experience of interaction between people, they are still learning when watching the right programs. It is when smaller children are spending more time and watching inappropriate programming for their age that issues may arise. Kids Health warns that watching over 4 hours a day, violent acts on programs, and risky behaviours are the most concerning watching behaviour seen among children and should be avoided.  (KidsHealth, 2016)

Drewman152. (200). Shifthappens – World Education by International Collaboration. Retrieved from http://shifthappens.wikispaces.com/share/view/2001131

KidsHealth. (2016). How TV Affects Your Child. Retrieved from http://kidshealth.org/en/parents/tv-affects-child.html 

XPLANE. (2007). Did You Know 2.0. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pMcfrLYDm2U

Brag About Your Tech Skills

While searching YouTube videos for Web 2.0 related content, I came across this class project video. It is a parody of a popular song. They exchanged the original lyrics to talk about social media and technology. While it isn't the most informative media about the subject, I couldn't pass up sharing this!