To me the word podcasting is nothing new. I usually go to http://www.npr.org/ at times to listen to their programs and usually download stuff on “Cartalk” or “All Things considered” sometimes even other news and music programs that they offered.
One thing about podcasting, though it is not new to me, the process and tools that are involved can be quite expensive and also that when trying on podcasting, I have to think of what issues or thing that I want to use as materials. Vodcasting, that’s another story. I’ve heard about it but never use it. I read that article and it seems that the equipments are quite expensive if you want to have vodcasting to be something to do, let alone the time that you have to spare to do so.
One interesting thing that I read in the article is that vodcasting is very helpful for students and teacher in the classroom. I think that this is a good idea, since sometimes students can’t make it to class because of an illness, they can download vodcasts that had been uploaded to the school’s site and not missed what the professor or the teacher discussed with other students that day. I’ve heard something about Harvard and Yale are starting to do this, aside to them having online classes last year, but I can’t remember as to when they started this.
With the development of technology and mobile computing, I think that more and more people would be able to do podcasting and vodcasting, specially with the prices of technology are getting cheaper and cheaper by the year. I think that as an Art School, the Art Institute should do this, have their classes be vodcasted or podcasted to the school website, that way it will help students and help prospective students in the long run.
Jansen.
