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Local Podcast in Rocori

Today, technology is making just about anything possible. With all the different devices available, people are easily able to stay connected with each other. Podcasting is a recent way He that people have been using to stay connected and also a way that people have been using to bring their ideas to large audiences. Podcasting is creating and audio or video blurb and then putting it online and making it available for people to download to their Ipods, computer, or other devices. The St. Cloud Times featuered a local podcaster today who creates a Podcast about Rocori, about 6 times a week. He produces small shows that are available for download that talk about events and news happening in the Rocori area. Thanks to technology, this man is able to spread his ideas very easily to others. The vast movement in technology has helped to make globalization possible; people are able to not only share thoughts with people in their neighborhood or local city, but people all over the world can access web content and very fast as well. This man who podcasts is using technology to help spread his ideas locally, however the information is global. Not only is the news he's presenting for Rocori, but for the world. Anyone in any country could download his podcasts and listen to them or read his blog, which is certainly different than 20 or 30 years ago when personal thoughts of people stayed only within a small range of people, unless you were an author or a writer for a newspaper. Thanks to technology, this man has been able to take his creation not only locally but globally.

The Podcaster's Website

If you're interested in listening to his Podcast on your Ipod:
-Have your Ipod hooked up to your computer and go into ITunes. Click on Podcasts and search for "DigElog"...
-When you find it, you can subscribe to the Podcast and the latest episode should download to your computer. Transfer it to your computer and then to your Ipod like you would with a song. If you don't have an Ipod you can still listen to it through I Tunes or watch it from his site.


I've also started a little podcast of my own. I have my first episode out and it's available by following the same steps above, except type in KH Blog instead of DigElog in the search box. Last week in Collge Geo we recorded Mrs. Hartman's lecture and are thinking of making parts of it podcastable to download or listen to online. I still have to edit the recording and then have Mrs. Hartman approve it, but when it's done it will be available for listening. Be sure to check out my Podcast by clicking to KH Blog on I Tunes or visiting here.

posted by Kevin Hurd @ 5/08/2006 12:01:00 AM