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Sound Bytes is a project developed by Tom Clauset, middle school science teacher. Our goal is to experiment with using portable mp3 sound recording equipment to begin to capture and catalog interviews, sounds, and activities at school. We’d like to give you, our visitors, a flavor of life as a middle school student. What better way to provide that insight than through sound recordings?
Many of the podcasts found on the internet feature recordings that last 15, 20, 30 or even 60 minutes. Our podcasts will be quite a bit shorter, and hopefully, we’ll be able to provide more of them.
A Podcast is:
1. An audio file you create in .mp3 format…
2. Which contains your own radio show or interview or any audio you wish others to have…
3. That you upload along with an RSS (Really Simple Syndication) file to a server (your website for instance)…
4. In Wordpress, you will be able to listen to audio files right on the website if you choose, or, you can download the file to your home computer.
Now, why would we want to produce podcasts?
1. It’s a great way to have our own internet “radio station.”
2. Students and parents can listen in to the latest orchestra or band pieces.
3. Speakers and visitors to the school can be interviewed.
4. We’d like to capture the great things happening at our school and share them with the world via the internet.
5. Teachers can advertise their programs and students can brag about their accomplishments!
6. Or, maybe we’re all just a bit crazy…. and want to rant to the world about conspiracies, UFOs and Men in Black.