Itunes

Itunes and Podcasting

Itunes is a free download apple.com. used for playing and organizing digital music and video files. The program is also an interface to manage the contents on Apple's popular iPod digital media players as well as the iPhone. Additionally, iTunes can connect to the iTunes Store via the Internet to purchase and download music, music videos, television shows, applications, iPod games, audiobooks, various podcasts, feature length films and movie rentals. (wikipedia.com)
 * __Itunes:__**

--//you do not need an Ipod to be able to use Itunes//.

__**Podcasting:**__

A **podcast** is like a radio program except people can download a podcast to a portable media player (such as an iPod or other mp3 player) and listen to it at their convenience. Podcasts can be created by anyone with the right equipment (computer, internet connection, and audio recorder) and uploaded to a server on the internet where they can be found and downloaded by podcatchers (programs that can identify a podcast.) The podcatcher //reads// an rss feed to identify the podcast and download it to a computer. (wikipedia.com)


 * __Other Podcasting Resources__**

[|www.audacity.com] --- A free download to record podcasts. [|www.podbean.com] -- a place to host your podcasts [|NECC Podcasting Wiki]--A great resource for everything podcasting created by Todd Lindbloom and Phill Miano

//*** Itunes is a download and you need to be familiar with your policy regarding downloading and installing software. Also some features in Itunes may not be available in your district.//