Podcasts
Podbean is a simple tool for creating, promoting, and monetizing your podcast.
Currently, there are over 600,000 podcasters who use Podbean. You’ll find a huge
variety of podcasters, anywhere from newbies to professionals, so even if you are
new to the podcast world, the tools provided will help you create a
professional-quality podcast that is sure to wow your listeners!
Advantages
- Basic package gree
- easy to publish podcast
- publish episodes at designated times set by user
- embeddable players
- own domain integration
- no limits on downloads, episodes, or recording time
- user friendly
- monetization options (ability to get paid)
- professional podcast website with every account
Disadvantages
- No recording options
- 3 other package options starting at $14/month
- User friendly
- Integrates with a large network of podcast directories including Spotify and Apple
- Can upload 2 hours of content each month
- Has an audio mastering filter
- Able to embed a blog with a podcast
- How-to blog posts on the website
- Numerous how-to videos on the website
- Podcasting Q&A
- Schedule publishing
- Monetization options
- No recoding options
- Upload limits
- 3 hours or more starts at $12/month
- Basic plan expires in 90 days so any existing podcasts will be deleted
Anchor is a podcast app owned by Spotify that allows users to create,
distribute, and monetize podcasts for free. This is the app we chose because
it allowed us to do everything we needed using one platform - built-in
uploading, recording, and editing tools. The best part? It is free! It is hard to
find the ability to have several people podcast together, especially when not
in the same location, unless you buy expensive equipment. This app made
it easy to invite others using one link and create professional-sounding
podcasts from the comfort of our own homes.
Free
Ability to record and edit in one platform
Multiple options to add music or sounds, without having to do a lot of editing to make it sound professional
Unlimited hosting
Ability to invite other to join your podcast
One tap to publish to Spotify
Distribution to all major listening apps
Performance tools to help grow your audience
Monetization options
- Inserts ads into your podcast in order to keep it free
- Can only host one show
- Editing the podcast on a desktop was not as easy as on a mobile device and had limited options
- Recording could not be edited as you went, so you had to start over if mistakes were made
How Librarians Can Use Podcasts:
Introduce new digital tools for teachers
Give book reviews
Talk about important events coming up in the library or promote an upcoming program
Communicate with parents and the community
Provide professional development for teachers
How Students Can Use Podcasts:
Document research process along the way
Present a final research project
Oral reading, dramatizations, or interviews
Where can you find educational podcasts?
A quick Google search for “top educational podcasts” yields a plethora of results
that may seem overwhelming at first. A great starting point would be this blog that
provides details and rankings for the top 50 educational podcasts available: https://blog.feedspot.com/educational_podcasts/. This particular blog gives readers
a summary of each podcast, as well as details on the physical location of the
podcast, number of Facebook followers, number of Twitter followers, how many
new episodes are released each week/month, how long the podcast has been
broadcasting, and the average length of an episode. Additionally, many of the
podcasts listed have websites and ways to contact the podcasts via email available
right from the blog.
Personally, we like to browse the Podcast App available on Apple devices.
Two educational favorites include: The Literacy Dive Podcast with Megan Polk,
Confetti Moments with Courtney Hinshaw. The Literacy Dive Podcast “offers
actionable steps and information for ELA teachers” with new episodes released
every Monday and Confetti Moments highlights all things picture books from new
releases and reading tips to special interviews with picture book authors and
illustrators. Check them out today!
References
Mabee, M. (2020, October 26). How to genrefy a library: A beginner's guide to getting started.
BOOK RIOT. Retrieved July 8, 2022, from https://bookriot.com/how-to-genrefy-a-library/
Sultanik, A.G. (2020, July). Genrefying the children's fiction collection.
Research Journal of the American Association of School Librarians.
Retrieved July 8, 2022, from https://www.ala.org/aasl/sites/ala.org.aas/files/content/pubs/slr/vol23/SLR_Genrefying_ChildrensCollection_V23.pd
Thank you for sharing your podcast about genrefying your libraries. I really like the calmness in your voices when explaining what you are doing in your libraries. I also had an opportunity to explore the same podcasts you picked. I have used Podbean before, and I like the simplicity it offers. I learned about the audio correction in Buzzsprout and that was a feature I had not seen in a free subscription. The free features were really easy to use. My partner picked Anchor for us and it was fun to record together. Thank you for sharing.
ReplyDeleteYou did a great job of clearly explaining the advantages and disadvantages of each podcast platform, and your blog is easy to read. I had not thought about using Podcast to share information with parents and the community, but that is a great idea!
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