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The PPE Presentation; October 24, 2009
Materials from Presentation:
- Jeff's
Session Handout - PDF of my handout
from the presentation
- Presentation
Slides - Jeff's presentation slides in PDF format
(8.6Mb)
- Presentation
Podcast - an Enhanced Podcast" of the presentation.
It has images embedded in the file. To see those images
larger, View it in QuickTime Player or in iTunes. You can
also just play it in the browser window.
- GarageBand
Demo Podcast - The audio-only recording of the
demo I did in GarageBand. No visuals, but you should be
able to follow along.
- The
Walking Podcast! - The demo blog where we posted
the podcast we produced
Podcasts Mentioned in Presentation:
Podcasting Resources
Start Podcasting right away with these
basic tools
Microphones (all platforms, all uses)
- Inexpensive USB Microphone - Logitech
Desktop Microphone (around $30)
- Better USB Microphone #1- Samson
CO1U (around $80)
- Better USB Microphone #2- Blue
Snowball (around $100)
- Plug your existing mic into your computer - iMic -
(around $30; if you've already got a simple mic, but
it's not USB, this is an adapter)
Macintosh - Audio Only Podcast - Record to your Mac
- Free Audio Recording Application - GarageBand (allows
mixing and creates finished file)
- Free Audio Recording & Editing Application - Audacity (open
source for Windows and Mac)
- Inexpensive Audio Recording Application - QuickTime
Pro ($30 for the "pro" version that allows
recording and multi-format export)
- Wonderfully Flexible Audio Recording Application - Audio
Hijack Pro (if it makes noise on your Mac, you
can record it; great for recording multiple sources
on one computer)
- Free FTP Software - Fetch (free
to education users)
Macintosh - Enhanced Podcast - Record to your Mac
- Excellent "All-in-one" package for enhanced
Podcasts - ProfCast (take
your existing presentation and create an enhanced podcast,
complete with RSS feed creation and file uploading)
- Free Audio Recording Application - GarageBand (allows
mixing and adding of images, links and metadata, then
creates final file)
- Free FTP Software - Fetch (free
to education users)
Windows - Audio Only Podcast
- Free Audio Recording & Editing Application - Audacity (open
source for Windows and Mac)
- Free Audio Recording Application - Windows
Media Encoder - (free; allows for capture of audio)
- Inexpensive Audio Recording Application - QuickTime
Pro ($30 for the "pro" version that allows
recording and multi-format export)
- Free FTP Software - SmartFTP
Windows - Enhanced Podcast
Enhanced Podcasts on Windows in a reasonable alternative
to the Mac's ProfCast - SnapKast ($100,
very similar to Profcast in that it can take PowerPoint
slides and integrate them into presentations)
- ProfCast - A Windows version of ProfCast is currently
in Beta; check it out
- SnapKast -
A Windows-based method for producing enhanced podcasts
- Free FTP Software - SmartFTP
- Free RSS Generator - FeedSpring
Microphones, Mixers & Sound Cards (computer sound interfaces)
Location Recorders
- iTalk
Pro - This is cool; a small mic that plugs into the
bottom of your iPod (iPod Video or iPod Nano) and turns
it into a stereo recorder. Next time you sync your iPod
to your computer, your Mp3 files transfer! (~ $45)
- Roland
Edirol R-09 - This thing is amazing! Great, 24-bit
stereo WAV or MP3 recording through its own or external
mics (~$280)
- Samson
H-4 Zoom Handy Digital Recorder - A less expensive
high-quality digital audio recorder (~ $260)
- Samson
H-2 Zoom Handy Digital Recorder - Fewer features
than the H-4 above, but still great sound at a lower price
(~ $160)
Software for Recording & Mixing Podcasts
Music for your Projects:
- Triple
Scoop Music - low-cost, royalty-free music specifically
designed for photographer's presentations
- Freeplay
Music - Royalty-free music that you can use in your
Podcasts
- Podsafe
Audio - Music created specifically for use in Podcasts
- Podsafe
Music Network - More established than the above resource,
another place where you can download good music created
specifically for use in Podcasts or other shared media.
- Freesound -
An "open-source" style resource for free music
- Moby Gratis - Platinum-selling artist Moby has free music
available for non-profit and educational uses on his site
Storyboarding Resources:
Tips for Audio Recording :
- Recording Sound on your Computer - A very good, brief
overview of how to record sound of all sorts on your
computer. If you've never done it before, this is a good
place to start for information, especially for Windows
users.
- Part
1 - Hooking up Hardware (Microphones, Tape
Decks, Etc)
- Part
2 - Figuring out software
- Brian Storm on Gathering Audio - Brian Storm of MediaStorm has
some great pages on gathering audio for media projects
- Mastering
the Craft - A great set of tutorial pages about
audio from the Association of Independents in Radio.
They also have some great links
that can be found here
- Microphones
101 - From Apple; A beginner's guide to Mics and
Macs. Probably a bit of "overkill" for your
project, but great info for the future if you decide
to start getting serious about sound.
- Digital
Audio Principles - From the Lynda.com training
website; some freebie samples of their online audio
class
- Build
a field audio recorder for under $100 - A nice "do
it yourself"
project for high-quality field audio recording
- Dave
Schroeder on Lynda.com - Dave Schroder's online "course" on
digital audio. The first few lesson bits are free (and
quite good) you've got to pay for the rest.
- The
Pen is Mightier than the Mic - A nice piece by
an author who is making his transition to the spoken
word.
- Recording Sound on your Computer - A very good, brief
overview of how to record sound of all sorts on your
computer. If you've never done it before, this is a good
place to start for information, especially for Windows
users.
- Part
1 - Hooking up Hardware (Microphones, Tape
Decks, Etc)
- Part
2 - Figuring out software
- PC
Recording - A nice tutorial site about how to record
any audio to your computer.
- Sound
in the Story - A really fine long-ish (21 pages)
PDF on the art of location recording, mostly from the
creative standpoint (what to do as opposed to "how" to
do it)
Social Networking Resources
Blogging Platforms
WordPress
WordPress comes in two different "Versions," each with
its own set of web pages, support sites, etc. The two versions
are based on exactly the same technology, but with different
capabilities. Think of it them as "Lite"(WordPress.COM)
and "Regular" (WordPress.ORG)
versions of the same product.
WordPress Version 1:
- WordPress.COM -
The "Lite" version of WordPress. It's free, and
it's hosted on the servers at WordPress. This is by far
the easiest way to get started in WordPress; you can be
up and running a blog in minutes.
To get started,
you create an account with WordPress. That account
creates your "WordPress User," and from that
account you can create as many WordPress.com blogs
as you want. So, the name of your blog can be different
from your user name.
Another feature of your WordPress.com user name is
that it can be used by other bloggers to give you the
correct permissions to allow you to author articles
on another blog.
All WordPress.com blogs have a web address that looks
like this: http://yourblogname.wordpress.com.
It's possible to "tie" a WordPress.COM blog
to a custom domain name like www.myblogname.com, but
you have to pay a fee for that privilege, something
WordPress.COM offers as an "upgrade."
Also note that with WordPress.COM sites, if you are
planning to use one as a host for a Podcast, you'll
need to find another online space (like Libsyn)
to host your Podcast files.
There are some ways that a WordPress.COM blog can
be extended and changed, but you can only choose from
a somewhat limited set of options that include a few
very useful "Widgets"
for the sidebar of your blog and around 70 "Themes" that
change the appearance of your blog.
WordPress.COM offers a great set of support pages,
including Getting
Started with WordPress.com - A
guide to the simple setup for WordPress.com
WordPress Version 2:
- WordPress.ORG -
The "Regular" version of WordPress. This
is an "Open-Source"
blogging solution with a huge community of users and developers
who develop (mostly) free "plug-ins" to
make WordPress do a lot more than it can do "out of
the box."
This solution is substantially more flexible than
the Lite "they host it" version, but... you're
hosting it, so there is a bit more legwork to get
WordPress installed and set up. If you
are reasonably
"tech savvy" the famed "WordPress
5-Minute Install" shouldn't be
too daunting.
WordPress.ORG is also free, but you have to host
it on your own server, not on WordPress' servers.
Your hosting provider
may already have it installed for you; many do. This takes
a lot of the legwork out of setting up a WordPress blog.
Check with your hosting provider for details. A self-hosted
WordPress blog is generally considered the best blogging
platform for businesses and is very, very popular.
There are hundreds and hundreds of "Widgets" available
for customizing the functionality of your blog and
thousands of "Themes" available
for customizing the appearance of your blog.
Some support pages for setting up a self-hosted WordPress
blog:
Getting
Started in WordPress - A really clear "get
going guide"
First
Steps with WordPress - Another "get
started"
guide
For both "Lite" and "Regular" versions of WordPress, a
fun and potentially useful tool is WordPress
for iPhone which allows you to write and post
(or even save as draft) blog entries from your iPhone.
Blogger
- Blogger -
Google's entry into the free blog-o-sphere
Facebook
- Facebook -
The darling of the social networking world; if it were
a country, it would be the world's 4th largest.
Twitter
- Twitter -
Call it microblogging, social networking or a marketing
tool... it's very useful and can be very viral
- Twitter
Support - Twitter has really great support
pages
- What is Twitter? - A very nice one-page intro to
what it is and how it works
- Getting
Started with Twitter - A good overview
- TweetDeck -
A application for your computer that makes it easier
to interact with Twitter. Also available for your
iPhone
- Tweetie
2 - A very full-featured Twitter client
for your iPhone
- TwitterFeed - Very cool and a great time-saver;
feed your blog posts to Twitter automatically
- Link
Facebook to Twitter - Have your Tweets appear
in your Facebook status
- Hashtags.org - Follow hashtag (#) trends, search
for relevant hashtags
- Monitter - Monitor keywords of your choosing
on Twitter
- 100
Tips & Tools for the Social Web - Yowza!
A great clearing house of really excellent and
useful tips
- Basic Twitter terminology:
- DM - a Direct Message - a conversation
between you and one other Twitter user
- RT - "Re-Tweet" - forwarding
a twitter message that originated with
another twitter user to all of your followers.
A way to make something "viral"
- Use (via ________ ) when you don't
want to RT a message as it was originally
tweeted
- # - the "number sign" is
also referred to as a "Hashtag" and
it's a way to add context or metadata
to your tweets. So, if you are at PhotoPlus
Expo, you might include the hashtag #photoplus in
a tweet so that others can search for
tweets that are about PhotoPlus Expo.
- Basic Twitter concepts:
- Be clear
- Be consistent
- Be Transparent
- Be kind and generous
- Listen as much as you speak; listen
MORE than you speak
- Don't always
be "selling;" also
tweet useful
or helpful
information
to your user
- Contribute to conversations
- Quality is better than quantity
- Give credit to others; shine the spotlight
on others
- Search on Hashtags (#) that are your
businesses' keywords to find followers
and people to follow
Flickr
- Flickr -
The most popular photo-sharing site is a way to get
your work in front of different eyeballs
YouTube
- YouTube -
Google's ubiquitous video sharing site is actually a
great social networking tool.
LinkedIn
- LinkedIn -
Though perhaps a bit more suited for the corporate
world than the arts world, Linked in has value
Ideas and Inspiration
Resources that discuss podcasting as an education and
communication tool
Inspirational Examples
Great Audio (As Inspiration)
- SoundPortraits.org -
Amazingly good audio documentaries by an independent
production company dedicated to telling stories that
bring neglected American voices to a national audience
- American
RadioWorks - ARW is public radio's largest
documentary production unit; it creates documentaries,
series projects, and investigative reports for
the public radio system and the Internet.
Examples of Digital Storytelling Movies & Slideshows:
- Stories
by Dana Atchley - The guy who first showed
me the power of sound and images was Dana Atchley.
You'll need to click on the movie screen to play
the movies. Use the links at the bottom of the
page to select a few of his other stories.
- The
Photography Channel - Photographic Storytelling
for Electronic Media... these are very strong examples
of what's possible
- Brothers -
An example of the power of a well-written text, archival
images and a bit of new video footage in this touching,
tragic story
- Barista -
Done in Soundslides; a simple set of images that
uses location recording effectively
- Dallas
Morning News State Fair - Click the links for "Slideshows" on
the left side of the page
- Essence
of Atmosphere - A nice show from New York Times
photographer Nicole Bengiveno
- Community
Digital Storytelling - Ordinary folks from
Georgetown, Kentucky use archival images to tell
stories about their lives
- Digital
Stories from Arizona - Great, simple stories
from students (not necessarily photographers) from
Scottsdale, AZ
- Chicago
Tribune - a page of multimedia stories
- Iraqi
Kurdistan - An excellent still-photo slideshow
that takes advantage of rapid image sequences (ya
gotta sit through an ad first)
- Four
Years On - A photojournalist's take on events
of 9/11 four years after the date (click picture
to launch show)
- Magnum
Photographers In Motion - A nice set of Magnum
photographers' photographs. Also
available as a Podcast here.
- Stefan
Rohner - Rohner's B&W slideshow "Humans"
- Couple
Lacks Sight, Not Vision - A Soundslides example
with voice over
- Wrestling -
Pro wresting mixing music and on-site recorded sound
- Coryn -
Simple images, simple images, clear voice over and
a powerful message
- Dulcimer
Festival - Nice mix of images and sound
- Granada,
Nicaragua - A short Soundslides show that has
some great animation/editing effects
- Punk
in Drublic - Check out all the different formats
that this presentation is available in. Note the
tradeoff in size vs. quality. Also note the very
cool use of a stationary camera and moving subjects
- Life
Through Time - Franz Lantig's and engaging
work in a beautifully told story format
- Media
Storm - A very interesting clearing house for
multimedia content
- Visual
Edge - A website for a workshop for journalist
storytellers with some great stories. Also be sure
to check out the lessons
page.
- Bridges
to Understanding - Photographer Phil
Borges has established a cross-cultural storytelling
program that's designed to help people learn about
other cultures. Here's
a great example of what they are doing.
- Soul
of Athens - Great stories about Athens, OH
- On
Assignment - Excellent combination of audio
and still images to tell the story of the California
Democratic Party State Convention
- The
Crossing - An audio/visual story about a railroad
crossing tradgedy
- Interactive
Narratives - a nice clearing house for multimedia
presentations
Digital Storytelling Resources:
Created for PhotoPlus Expo- October
2009
Jeff
Curto
www.jeffcurto.com
www.cameraposition.com
http://photohistory.jeffcurto.com
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