He offers basic definitions of both, "To define it: Podcasting is the process of capturing an audio event, song, speech, or mix of sounds and then posting that digital sound object to a Web site or "blog" in a data structure called an RSS 2.0 envelope...RSS stands for Real Simple Syndication." p.64
"VODcasting...the "VOD" stands for "video-on-demand" ...almost identical to podcasting. The difference is that the content is video versus audio." p. 64
Personally, my mother knows more about Podcasts then I do, for some reason I have always steered clear of these foreign files that seemed to big fo me to bog my computer down with.
However I could see their budding usefullness for our modernday classrooms.
Mengs goes on to say, "Both of these technologies are evolving rapidly and will become significant players in media distribution.As the tools to capture content become more prevelant and easier to use variations on the theme will occur at a surprising rate." p. 68-69
This insight will most likely holdtrue when one can observe the common trends with media that are similar to pod and VOD casting. The author argues that this new technology is not a fleating fad, but a form of file storage that is here to stay. They are very efficient and easy to store, access and share. So this means that teachers should become familiar with these forms of technology.
Meng ends his article saying, " The portable and on-demand nature of podcasting and VODcasting make them technologies woth persuing, implementing, and supporting." p. 69
Even though I can easily see these forms of media making their way into my daily curriculum, I think it may be a difficult adaption for all techer to make. Especially since even though SMART classrooms are seen as a necessity, they are not as common as one might hope.
Meng, Peter, "Podcasting and VODcasting: A White Paper," Computers in Education, Annual Editions, 12th ed, 2007, McGraw Hill, pp. 64-70.
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