How to Podcast, easy as 1.2.3…

Podcasting is actually very simple to do. Anyone with internet access can create their own podcasts, and, as we have seen, podcasting is a cool and different way to communicate social information. Podcasting can enhance your blog or deliver your information to the pockets of all your followers. Sometimes, people are more interested in audio data than written information anyway. In this class, we learned how to use several programs to podcast. I prefer to use podomatic, soundcloud, and audacity. The first thing to do is to figure out what you’re going to talk about. On podomatic, you can create a profile that pretty much walks you through how to podcast in a step by step process. You can also do the same thing using Audacity, and this program allows you to edit your content. You can select blank spaces and delete them using trim. You can tighten up spaces between words or even delete whole words. Next, you can upload the content to a program like soundcloud. The program eventually will allow you to copy a hyperlink, and then, you can go on your blog and paste the url. Its as easy as that! The podcast player will then appear on your blog. Podomatic is a cool program because it organizes all your podcasts and you develop a podcast personality. You can explore other programs like Blip.tv or Ivoox on your own, but I prefer audacity and soundcloud, because it was very easy to export the material to my blog. You literally press record, say what you want to say, edit the sound, save the material, export it to a program like podomatic, and post the hyperlink to your blog, or upload the material and transfer it to iTunes, etc. Podcasting is extremely easy, and can definitely add a little spice to your blogs or webpages, giving the material you usually post more of a personality. Record, Upload, Distribute, and share with friends now using these programs!

Moroccan and Rollin’

Morocco, Africa is one of the coolest places anyone could ever lay eyes on. Marrakech is a place that is often overlooked by students studying abroad, maybe because the exotic aspect or the fact girls shouldn’t travel alone or at night is a little frightening to most people. However, since Morocco was my best trip of abroad, I wanted to share some of the details with all of you, so you can maybe take what I say into consideration before departing for America, because I really feel that Morocco should be experienced by everyone, especially when the flights from  Barcelona, price of the hostel, and cost of virtually anything you buy (10 euro, 7 person meals) is so low. I feel so strongly about the subject that I even recorded a podcast for all of you!

Click Here to learn a little more about other sights/activities you can do besides what I did