The Podcast
This podcast is recorded during class lectures for History of Photography, Photo 1105 at College of DuPage. The podcasts are intended as review for students in the class, but thousands of people around the world have found them useful to their education as photographers. Please be aware that there are many links to relevant class information on the class’ main web page, as well as a course syllabus - use the links to the right to find that information.
Listening, Watching & Subscribing
You can listen to and watch the podcasts from these pages or you can subscribe to them using a podcast reader. The most popular podcast reader is Apple’s iTunes. If you subscribe using this link, each time there is a new class session posted on the internet, the software will automatically download it to your computer.
Enhanced Podcasts
The podcasts are presented in what’s called the “enhanced” podcast format. This means that they are embedded with still images that change along with the audio, sort of like an old filmstrip or synchronized slide show, but better because they have random access to the entire class. They can be viewed on a computer (using QuickTime or Apple’s iTunes software, both free to download and use) or they can be viewed on any video-capable iPod. The files are .m4a files, so they need QuickTime to view them, or an iPod that can show video.
iPods
Despite their name, you don’t need to have an iPod to listen to podcasts. However, if you have a color-screen iPod that is capable of displaying videos, you should be able to load the podcast files on your iPod and see the images along with hearing the audio. Simply download the podcasts to your computer using iTunes, sync your iPod and it the software will transfer the files to your iPod.
See the Class Slides
If you can’t see the slides on your iPod or if you want to listen somewhere where watching your iPod or computer would be tough or dangerous (like your car), another way you can see the slides is via links for each individual class session. You’ll find a set of regular web pages linked at each class session posting.
Podcasting to the World
For those interested in how podcasts can extend a class beyond the classroom’s walls, see Globalizing Education One Podcast at a Time, an article I wrote for the journal Technology in Higher Education.
