BISS

=**Podcasting: Lessons From The Trenches**=

[|Hosting The ISB Middle School Podcast.pdf]
 * Below are links to some of the tools and resourcs I use when putting together ISB's middle school podcast. **
 * **Headphones**--we currently use some USB based headphones from Logitech. Most individual stories are done using headphones. The sound quality varies.
 * **Microphones**--we use the [|Snowball] by Blue Microphones and they are great. They are usb based. They are available in Beijing. Blue also makes the [|Snowflake] which are smaller and a little cheaper. I've seen them at the Apple Store here in Beijing. I'll likely be trying these out in the future.
 * **Mp3 players**--I've tried a bunch of different mp3 players that can record. They're handy for interviews on location. Unfortunately, the quality varies greatly. We've gone through many. Right now we have the Samsung YV-150. It's okay and seems to have outlasted the others we've tried.
 * [|Audacity]--Good open source audio recording software. It's not Garageband but it'll get the basics done in a pinch.
 * [|Garageband] --I can't say enough about Apple's Garageband. It's the best!
 * [|Levelator] --is handy for equalizing volume levels in .wav files.
 * [|Apple Leopard Server] --This is where we go public with our work.
 * [|iTunes] --"Podcatching Software" It's great and almost everyone has it.
 * [|Google Docs] is a great shared writing space that students and I use to keep track of story ideas and to track progress. Some students even use it to write their stories.