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7. when you find one you like click on it and you're taken to another window
8. in that window click on 'get episode'
9. notice the new item under the iTunes store on the far left side of your window - 'downloads' -
click on this and you'll see the progress as your podcasts download - you can do more than one
at a time
10. when complete, connect the MP3 player and move the file from iTunes to the MP3 player
Terms:
syndication - this is a complicating term, but basically means that someone published
something on their computer and makes it available to others, as in a podcast - it is distributed
material
subscribe: when you download a podcast you will usually be provided with two choices -
download one 'episode' or 'subscribe' - subscribing refers to signing up to receive all episodes,
this means if you choose to subscribe to CNN Newscast, you might be receiving 24 a day
because they might put their podcast up hourly
RSS feeds: this is a protocol, or set of rules, whereby podcasts are 'caught' by a client (called
podcatching clients) iTunes is a podcatching client
These are very basic descriptions, detailed explanations are at the end of this document.
To subscribe to a podcast using iTunes
1. Copy the URL
2. Go to iTunes and click on Advanced in the menu bar and select Subscribe
3. In the Subscribe box that appears, paste the URL you copied above
4. To update podcasts in iTunes, right click on it and choose update podcast
5. Find another podcast
6. Go to Advanced then Subscribe in iTunes - insert a comma between each subscription
URL so each podcast will appear in iTunes (HINT: go to Edit then find in this page and
in the bottom left side window, type URL, hit Enter - the URL tags will be found for you
quickly)
To erase podcasts on iTunes - under Preferences - delete the podcasts - look for selection
options for podcasts - under the iPod/Music tab, not the following 'Only update checked songs'.
PODCASTS and About podcasts - some are repeats from above
• http://www.westga.edu/~distance/ojdla/fall2006/donnelly93.htm podcasts - ed ideas
• http://www.mpsomaha.org/willow/radio/podcasts.html podcasts by kids for kids
• http://www.kid-cast.com/ podcasts for kids and by kids
• http://www.history.org/kids/ colonial williamsburg
• http://www.history.org/media/audio.cfm audio and video from williamsburg - podcasts dont'
have to be on mp3 players or ipods - games here too
• http://itunes.stanford.edu/ stanford itunes podcasts
• http://www.cnn.com/services/podcasting/
• http://podcasts.digitaltrends.com/
• Hobby podcasts http://www.digitalpodcast.com/