What is a podcast?

• What is a podcast?
• There are lots of detailed definitions of podcasting all over the Internet. Don't believe me? Just Google, "What is a podcast?" to find out for yourself. Here is my scaled down version: A podcast is a recording created by you and saved as a file on your computer. This recording can be either audio or video. Then the file is uploaded to a server for others to download and listen to on a computer or mobile device, such as aiPod or MP3 player.
  
• For this step-by-step instruction, we will be dealing only with an audio podcast being produced on an Apple computer. The only real difference in producing a podcast on a PC will be the recording software used. I will discuss that in the next section on hardware and software. There are many ways to produce a Podcast but because these instructions are for educators, I tried to show the free to low-cost options for producing a podcast.
• So on to the next post.