The instructor reserves the right to lower the
final grade by a letter grade for absences.
Students
who do not complete the requirements of the course must contact the instructor
prior to the end of the course to complete an Incomplete Course form.
Incompletes are not awarded except in emergencies, as defined by the
instructor.
NB: An Incomplete may only be awarded to a
student who has maintained a passing grade up to the point of the emergency.
Incomplete grades will change to a grade of F or NC unless the requirements
stipulated on the incomplete form are met by the date listed on the form or one
calendar year from the end of the course, whichever comes first.
9. OTHER
All Lab fees will be used to purchase MP3
players for each student.
10. STANDARDS / GOALS: International Society for Technology
in Education (ISTE) -National
Educational Technology Standards for Teachers (NETS) – http://cnets.iste.org/teachers/t_stands.html
ISTE NET Standards:
1. Technology
operations and concepts.
Teachers demonstrate a sound understanding of
technology operations and concepts.
2. Planning and
designing learning environments and experiences.
Teachers
plan and design effective learning environments and experiences supported by
technology.
3. Teaching,
learning, and the curriculum.
Teachers
implement curriculum plans that include methods and strategies for applying
technology to maximize student learning.
4. Assessment and
evaluation.
Teachers
apply technology to facilitate a variety of effective assessment and evaluation
strategies.
5. Productivity and
professional practice.
Teachers use technology to enhance their productivity
and professional practice.
6. Social,
ethical, legal, and human issues.
Teachers understand the social, ethical, legal, and human issues
surrounding the use of technology in PK-12 schools and apply those principles
in practice.
The School of Education
(SOE) Goals:
1. The knowledgeable
learner:
Education
candidates will demonstrate knowledge of the subject matter, knowledge of the
learner, and knowledge of pedagogy based on inquiry and scholarship.
2. The informed
instructor:
Education candidates will incorporate multiple
assessment and instructional strategies to support effective educational
practices based on research and theory.
3. The reflective
collaborator:
Education
candidates will reflect on the roles educators take as leaders of change
through collaboration with colleagues, students, and families in schools and
communities.
4. The responsive educator:
Education candidates will demonstrate respect for
diversity through responsive teaching and learning that values individual
differences.
The progress of students in this course toward
ISTE Nets or School
of Education goals may be
recorded for the purpose of program evaluation, not for student assessment. If
you have any questions about this, please contact your instructor.
This syllabus is subject to change at the discretion
of the instructor.
Sansa c240
MP3 Player 1GB - SDMX7-1024-A18
Price: $59.99
Features
- Plays MP3, WMA, WAV and
protected WMA DRM
- By capacity, holds large
number of MP3/WMA songs and hours of playback (see above capacity
matrix)
- Affordable, compact MP3
Player with color screen
- Color screen (up to 64,000 colors) displays cover art and photo
thumbnails
- Easy-to-use interface for
sorting and playing back your music
- Digital FM tuner with 20
preset stations
- FM ‘on the fly’ recording
and voice recording
- Supports Subscription Music
Stores
- High-speed USB2.0 for fast
and easy file transfer
- Rechargeable &
Removeable Battery
- MicroSD™ Slot
Features
Storage Media (Integrated)
Playback Duration 16 Hour(s) 240 Song(s)
MP3
32 Hour(s) 480 Song(s) WMA
Manufacturer SanDisk Corporation
Storage Capacity 1GB Flash Memory
Manufacturer Part Number SDMX71024A18
Standard Warranty 1 Year(s)
Interfaces/Ports 1 x Audio Line In
1 x USB 2.0 USB
Formats Support MP3 Playback
WMA Playback
Audible Playback
Product Name Sansa C240 1GB MP3 Player
Product Type Flash MP3 Player
Product Features FM Tuner
FM Recorder
Voice Recorder
Photo Viewer
Minimum
System Requirements
- Windows XP
- Windows Media Player 10+
- CD-ROM drive
- USB 2.0 port required for
hi-speed transfer
Note: 1 megabyte (MB) = 1 million
bytes; 1 gigabyte (GB) = 1 billion bytes. Some of the listed capacity is used
for formatting and other functions, and thus is not available for data storage.
Product Summary
Manufacturer: SanDisk
Mfg Part#: SDMX7-1024-A18
UPC: 00619659029968
Buy.com Sku: 203245650
Item#: C3NEYN
Buy.com Sales Rank: 5
Product
Guides
Introducing the Sansa Sansa C240 1GB MP3
Player. Created by the leaders in flash memory, this flash-based player
provides everything you need to play music in
vibrant color! This affordable, compact
color-screen MP3 player has an amazingly easy-to-use interface. It supports
Microsoft PlaysForSure subscription music and
is available in 1GB capacity. Extra
features include the digital FM tuner with 20 preset stations, FM on-the-fly
recording, voice recording, and photo thumbnail
playback.
Tech
Specs
Package Contents Sansa C240 1GB MP3
Player
LanyardStereo headphones
AAA battery
USB Cable
Quick Start Guide
CD with User Guide
Additional flyer inserts
Storage Media Flash Memory - Integrated
Playback Duration 16 Hour(s) 240 Song(s)
MP3
32 Hour(s) 480 Song(s) WMA
Manufacturer SanDisk Corporation
Display Features Up to 64,000 colors
Formats Support MP3 Playback
WMA Playback
Audible Playback
Interfaces/Ports 1 x Audio Line In
1 x USB 2.0 USB
Batteries AAA
Standard Warranty 1 Year(s)
Manufacturer Part Number SDMX71024A18
Storage Capacity 1GB Flash Memory
Battery Life Up to 15 Hour(s) Playback
Continuous Play (For 128 Kb MP3 file)
Product Line Sansa
Platform Support PC
Product Model C240
Product Name Sansa C240 1GB MP3 Player
Product Type Flash MP3 Player
Product Features FM Tuner
FM Recorder
Voice Recorder
Photo Viewer
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MP3 Players and Podcasting
Mary Beckmann - Mon. and Wed. July 7 and 9 – MP3 players and iTunes - 9 –
3:30
beckmann@webster.edu
314-968-7490 (leave a message)
Scott Wagner – Podcasts – Fri., Mon.,
Wed., Fri., July 11, 14, 16, 18 – 9 to 3:30
wagner@webster.edu 314-968-7490 (leave a message)
Monday & Wednesday, July 7 & 9, 2008 - with Mary
Beckmann
Friday, Monday, Wednesday, & Friday, July 11, 14,
16, & 18 - with Scott Wagner
Module 1
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Basic
operation of an MP3
player, transfer of a CD music file to an MP3 player,
headphones, differences between iPods and MP3 players, models and features,
memory and memory cards, battery power, digital and non-digital readout
displays, types and uses of MP3 players, and file formats
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Module 2
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iTunes continued, locating,
converting, and transferring music, podcasts, and conversion techniques and
free programs, podcasts, music, and audio books, and file formats, and
transferring each to an MP3 player. Software programs, music stores,
Rhapsody, Napster, iTunes, file sharing, and tips on buying music and audio
books, and copyright issues.
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NOTE: For a Mac,
CTRL in place of right click
INTRODUCTIONS
MP3 PLAYERS – handout, general info, and how the player
works
Experiment with
microphone, headphones, sound recorder, buttons, etc. using the manual
1. What can you do with an MP3 player
Listen to audio books and
podcasts, make podcasts, listen to music from a CD, or purchase music to listen
to – of listen directly on your PC or Mac, but if you do that it’s not portable!
2. Types of MP3 players and buying info
·
A generic MP3
players can do everything that an iPod does
·
iPods are more expensive,
but easier to transfer files and easier to use than an MP3 player
·
MP3 players can
be either a flash drive player or a USB cable connected player or harddrive
·
MP3 players come
as 1.1 USB, or 2.0 USB which are faster
·
MP3
players may come with a software CD,
cables necessary to connect to your computer, sometimes batteries, and usually
headphones
·
Software may be
needed for Windows 98 operating systems and if a player comes with software there
are usually has two components: one to converts or ''rips'' CD music for MP3
players and one as a file manager that helps to organize music files into
playlists
3. The procedure – If you don’t use iTunes, you can
easily find low cost audio books and music, and free podcasts and some free music
and audio books too for generic MP3 layers – but you need to do a little work
to get the files from one format to another:
- cda is the format of
music files on a music CD, you must convert the cda to a wma format and if
your MP3 player has the capabilities to play wma files, you’re ready to go
– otherwise you must convert the wma to an MP3 file format – taking music
from a CD is called ripping the CD
- to make the process
easier you can purchase programs that do it all for you - http://www.smartcdripper.com/
for example the free version allows you to rip only the first five songs
off of any CD).
- you can also
download a free program in shareware or freeware that will convert wma to
MP3 – this will convert Windows Media files to MP3 files which can be played in MP3
Players - all Windows Media formats (*.wma, *.wmv, *.asf) are supported - http://www.hitsquad.com/smm/programs/JodixVidMP3extractor/
- Windows media player version 10 works too – insert a CD and a
window pops up
- Podcasts and audio books – locate podcasts and audio
books using any search engine, then download and maybe convert, but will
need an aggregate reader to update podcasts automatically
- Videos – locate a video then convert
- OR, use iTunes to do it all without the need for any
other converters or aggregate readers - and that’s why we’ll basically be
using iTunes for music and podcasting and audio books in this class – it’s
free and easy to use
- http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,1895,1651347,00.asp
iPod or NOT?
4. A glance at iTUNES (one of a few
methods to locate music, videos, podcasts, etc.)
- Open iTunes – open the iTunes store
- On the right side under the Quick Links, click
Browse
- Three windows will appear at the top of the next
screen and one larger window on the bottom
- In the first of the three windows at the top,
click on Music and five windows appear
- Experiment and notice how the search is narrowed
down
- Do the same for audio books and podcasts
5. How much
music can you store on an MP3 player
A general guide is that 1 MB (1 megabyte) of memory gives you about a minute of
near-CD quality music in the WMA format. So a 64 MB player using flash memory
will hold about an hour's worth of music.
The chart below gives
examples of some common capacities.
Mp3 wma
Memory Number of songs number of hours number
of songs number of hours
256 MB 60 2 120 4
1 GB 250 8+ 500 16+
20 GB 5,000 166+ 10,000 333+
Taken from http://www.walmart.com/
6. FYI – TIPS, HINTS, SUGGESTIONS
·
iPod – accepts
MP3 and AAC (their own file format)
·
Most other
players accept Windows Media Audio (WMA) files - others
include WMA, WAV, ATRAC, WMV, ASF, OGG, in addition to MP3
·
If you don't
convert songs off a CD, the songs will go over as an Audio CD and play in media
player when you click on them, and won't work on MP3 players
·
If
you don’t want portability, you can play audio and music files right from
iTunes
·
If
you use Windows Media Player, version10 is a necessity (as is stated on the
Sansa SanDisk MP3 players
·
Can
always upgrade headphones so don’t make that a factor when buying
·
Consider how
much memory you will need - the limiting factor is usually price, but buy as
large a memory as you can afford, but if you only need the space to hold a
thousand tunes, there is no reason to spend the extra money for a 40GB player.
·
If you want a
player to listen to while at the gym or out on a jog, check out the many
available sports players - usually utilize Flash memory, which is immune to
playback interruptions when jostled, unlike hard-disk systems that don't
appreciate being shaken -sports MP3 players often have handy features such as
stopwatches, meters that measure speed and distance, and even water resistance
to protect against sweat and rain. Small and light enough to be worn just about
anywhere, sports MP3 players usually include clips or arm straps so they can be
secured to clothing or the body.
·
Digital audio
players are available in a multitude of styles, from tiny players that can clip
onto your sunglasses or keychain to (relatively) large units that can store
tens of gigabytes of music and other content. Many players can hold other types
of data (in addition to music files), serving as portable data storage devices.
·
Apple's video
iPods incorporate a small LCD screen for the display of digital video and image
files. Competing manufacturers are following suit with screen-equipped MP3
players that can store and play music videos, television shows, and even DivX
movies. Other MP3 player options include integrated FM tuners, voice
microphones, and line inputs that let players record directly from other audio
sources. Panasonic even combines an MP3 player with a digital camcorder in some
members of its D-Snap line. Quite a few cell phones now incorporate MP3 players,
from: http://products.consumerguide.com/
·
Most
MP3 players let you expand the built-in memory by adding removable memory
cards, like those used in digital cameras. The advantage of this is that you
can create your own albums of music mixes.
·
All the
compressed music files now available wouldn't mean much if they took ages to
transfer from your computer to your portable player. Fortunately, we have USB
2.0 and IEEE 1394. USB (Universal Serial Bus) was once considered fast but USB
2.0 is up to 40 times faster. And yet protocol, IEEE 1394 (called FireWire by
Apple and iLink by Sony), is equally as fast, meaning you can transfer a full
hour of music in only 15 or 20 seconds. When
purchasing an MP3 player, check to make sure your computer has the minimum
system requirements needed to work with the player. - check your computer/player compatibility -
·
If you plan on listening to music on your PC, don't choose a PC speaker system by wattage
alone: amplifier power is only one of many factors that determine a system's
ability to shake the floor. It's common for systems with smaller amplifiers to
play louder and have more bass than higher-powered units.
·
If
your PC's sound card offers multi-channel analog line-out jacks (and most do),
don't spend extra money on a speaker system with digital inputs and a Dolby
Digital decoder. You can connect multi-channel speakers directly to your
computer's analog audio outputs with virtually no difference in sound quality.
·
If
you primarily listen to stereo CDs and MP3s, a two-channel system will sound
almost as good and will cost a lot less.
7. FILE FORMATS
·
ape - the .ape file format from Monkey's
Audio is claimed to give about 50% compression without loss in audio quality.
·
atrac
(.oma, .omg, .atp) -
the newer style Sony proprietary format designed for minidisc use. It always
has a .oma, .omg or .atp file extension. It is similar to mp3 and probably only
useful if you are reading files from minidiscs or writing for minidiscs. (Adaptive
Trans-form Acoustic Coding) - Sony’s, used in MiniDiscs, DATs (digital audio
tapes), SDDS theater sound, and Sony’s MP3 players.
·
atrac
(.wav) - the older
style Sony ATRAC format. It always has a .wav file extension. To open these
files simply install the ATRAC3
drivers.
·
au - the standard audio file format used
by Sun, Unix and Java. The audio in au files can be PCM or compressed with the
ulaw, alaw or G729 codecs.
·
aac -
the Advanced Audio Coding format (aac) is a particular codec, or encoding
scheme. It is used in Apple iPods and iPods by Hewlett Packard.based on the
MPEG4 audio standard owned by Dolby. A copy-protected version of this format
has been developed by Apple for use in music downloaded from their iTunes Music
Store.
·
aiff - the standard audio file format used
by Apple. It is like a wav file for the Mac.
·
dss - Digital Speech Standard files are an
Olympus proprietary format. It is a fairly old
and poor codec. Prefer gsm or mp3 where the recorder allows.
·
dvf - a Sony proprietary format for
compressed voice files; commonly used by Sony dictation recorders. You might
need a Sony plugin to load this.
·
dct - A variable codec format designed for
dictation. It has dictation header information and can be encrypted (often
required by medical confidentiality laws).
·
flac - a lossless compression codec. You
can think of lossless compression as like zip, but for audio. If you compress a
PCM file to flac and then restore it again it will be a perfect copy of the
original. other codecs are lossy which means a small part of the quality is
lost). The cost of this losslessness is that the compression ratio is not good.
·
gsm - designed for telphony use in Europe, gsm is a very practical format for telephone
quality voice. It makes a good compromise between file size and quality. This
format is recommended for voice - wav files can also be encoded with the gsm
codec.
·
midi - not an audio file format really – it
is a list of musical notes which a synthesizer can play.
·
mp3 - the MPEG Layer 3 Audio format
is the most popular format for downloading and storing music and is easily transferred to your Sansa SanDisk MP3 player, in this class.
By eliminating portions of the audio file that are essentially
inaudible, mp3 files are compressed to roughly one-tenth the size of an
equivalent PCM file while maintaining good audio quality - not that good for
voice storage. MP3 (MPEG-1 Layer 3)
Refers to a specific codec’s outputted digital audio file - many new players
can play both MP3 and WMA file formats - MP3 is an
abbreviation for Motion Picture Experts Group Level 3. A format for compressing
files so they'll not only take up less memory, they'll also download faster.
MP3 is not the only compression system used, but currently it is the best
known. Many players are called MP3 players, regardless of the type of
compression system they use.
·
msv - a Sony proprietary format for Memory
Stick compressed voice files. You might need a Sony plugin to load this.
·
ogg - a free, open source container format
supporting a variety of codecs, the most popular of which is the audio codec
Vorbis. Vorbis files are often compared to MP3 files in terms of quality.
·
ram - a text file that contains a link to
the Internet address where the Real Audio file is stored. The .ram file
contains no audio data itself.
·
raw - a raw file can contain audio in any codec but is
usually used with PCM audio data - rarely used except for technical tests.
·
ra - a Real Audio format designed for
streaming audio over the Internet. The .ra format allows files to be stored in
a self-contained fashion on a computer, with all of the audio data contained
inside the file itself. - often referred
to as RealAudio G2. RealAudio G2, etc.
·
SDMI (Secure
Digital Music Initiative) - A way of protecting the copyright of electronically
distributed music.
·
vox - the vox format most commonly uses
the Dialogic ADPCM (Adaptive Differential Pulse Code Modulation) codec - similar
to wave files except that the vox files contain no information about the file
itself so the codec sample rate and number of channels must first be specified
in order to play a vox file. Vox a very old file type and is pretty poor.
·
WMA stands for Windows Media Audio. Like MP3, it's a way to compress files,
but it's far more effective. A song downloaded and stored in the WMA format
takes only half the space that the same song would if you used the MP3 format,
and it sounds just as good. Unlike MP3 files, WMA files can be protected and
come with licensing, meaning when you get a WMA file, it is generally from a
legal, legitimate source and is protected with certain rights. wma - the
popular Windows Media Audio format owned by Microsoft. Designed with Digital
Rights Management (DRM) abilities for copy protection. Wal-Mart's Music
Downloads uses the latest version (DRM9) of the WMA format, which is protected.
Not all MP3 players are compatible with this version.
·
WAV - The file format used by many PCs for sound files - standard audio file format used mainly in Windows PCs.
Commonly used for storing uncompressed (PCM), CD-quality sound files, which
means that they can be large in size, around 10MB per minute of music. It is
less well known that wave files can also be encoded with a variety of codecs to
reduce the file size (for example the GSM or mp3 codecs).
8. Terminology
·
ADPCM
(Adaptive Differential Pulse Code Modulation): If you buy a portable digital audio player and it has a
voice recording feature, the recordings you make will be encoded in the ADPCM
format. ADPCM encoding creates much smaller files than MP3 does because it's
best suited to spoken audio that doesn't have complex sound.
·
Bit Rate: The number of bits occurring per unit of time. Bit rate is
usually expressed in bits per second. Bitrates - In MP3 Bitrate mode you can provide
a bitrate that should be used, either in CBR (Constant Bitrate) or in VBR
(Variable Bitrate) mode. If you want VBR mode, check the "Use Variable
Bitrate mode". Note that CBR mode is recommended.
·
CDDB: Now called Gracenote, this Web site
provides an online database of information about audio CDs. Virtually every
digital audio player has the ability to access information from Gracenote over
the Internet. This information includes artist, album title, song title, track
length, and other information when you play, record, or rip CDs.
·
CD
Quality: A term
frequently used to describe the minimum bit rate level needed to equal
CD-quality sound. A CD-quality MP3 file is encoded at 128kbps and above,
whereas a CD-quality WMA file is encoded at 64kbps and above.
·
CD
Ripper: An application
that converts compact disc audio files to MP3 files or other audio encoding
formats. Popular CD rippers include RealJukebox and MusicMatch Jukebox.
Codec: Codec is the compression technology that reduces the
size of a digital audio file - short for coder/decoder or
compression/decompression algorithm. Codecs are used to encode and decode or
compress and decompress data. The way the audio is compressed and stored
is call the codec, which determines how small the file size is. Some
file types always use a particular codec. For example, ".mp3" files
always use the "MPEG Layer-3" codec. Other files like
".wav" and ".dct" files support selectable codecs. For
example, a ".wav" file can be encoded with the "PCM",
"GSM6.10", "MPEG3" and many other codecs.
NOTE:
Don’t confuse the file type with the codec - it often surprises people to know
you can have a "MPEG Layer-3" encoded ".wav" file. Some file types
just contain the audio. But other file types can contain additional header
information which can contain other information about the file (eg .dct
files have information about the sender, priority, notes and other data in the
file itself). The type is usually determined by the file extension (what
comes after the "." in the file name). For example, ".wav",
".mp3" or ".dct".
·
Firmware: Firmware is defined as software or data
that is in the read-only memory (ROM) of a hardware device. Firmware is found
in all types of devices such as printers, fax machines, and portable digital
audio players.
·
SDMI
(Secure Digital Music Initiative): SDMI is a forum that brings together hundreds of companies and
organizations. SDMI's goal is to develop open technology specifications that
protect the playing, storing, and distribution of digital music.
·
Variable Bit
Rate: VBR is an encoding method used
by popular CD-ripping utilities. It provides a better and more consistent audio
quality throughout an entire encoded file than Constant Bit Rate (CBR)
encoding. VBR-encoded files are usually larger than CBR-encoded files, but they
generally sound better.
·
Output sampling frequency: Sample Rate - Select ouptut sampling frequency. There are three options: 32000 Hz,
44100 Hz and 48000 Hz. 44100 Hz means that you have 44100 values per second
coming in from your sound card (or input file).
·
MP3 and
other formats utilized by digital audio players are data-compression techniques
that drastically reduce the size of the original CD music files. This
data-reduction amount is variable: a higher reduction rate (i.e., a
lower bit rate) results in a smaller file, but the smaller the file, the
poorer the sound quality. At higher bit rates (least compressed, best
sounding), the sound comes closest to the original CD recording quality.
High-quality audio should at least be sampled at 128 kilobits per second
(kbps), which results in an MP3 file of about 4MB for a 3- or 3-1/2-minute
track. To combat the loss of sound quality, a number of newer digital audio
players incorporate technology that helps restore sound details lost during the
compression/decompression process. Taken in part from http://products.consumerguide.com
9. MUSIC FROM A MUSIC CD to iTUNES to MP3
PLAYER
1.
On your desktop,
create a new file folder and name it
'music'
2.
Insert a music
CD into the CD-ROM drive on your computer
3.
Open iTunes
(start, programs, iTunes)
4.
When the program
opens you'll see the music CD that you inserted on the left side (called the Library or Source window),
and the songs that are on the CD in the window will appear on the right side
5.
Click off
the left window, the songs will disappear
- click again on the music CD title in thee left window and the songs will
reappear
6.
We are going to
convert all the songs on the CD to MP3 music so music will be in the MPEG Layer
3 Audio file format and able to play on an MP3 player
7.
In iTunes,
go to 'Edit' and choose 'preferences' on a PC or iTunes tab on a
Mac
8.
Select the 'advanced' tab, select the 'Importing'' tab
9.
In the 'Import Using' window, choose 'MP3 Encoder' - click 'OK'
10.
Select the music
CD in the left window under 'devices' so
all songs appear in the right window and shift click to select all the songs
11.
Go to 'advanced' in the menu tool bar at the
top and hoose 'convert selection to MP3'
- this mean that all the songs will be connverted from the CD format to a format
that will play on iPods or generic MP3 players
12.
You can also
right click songs and choose 'convert...'
from the list of choices
13.
Click on library and wait until all the songs
are converted - they will have green/white check marks next to each song when
the conversion is successful if you click on the music CD icon
14.
Note: If
you want to hear a song in iTunes, double click the song - the control panel is
at the top left – similar to a DVD or VCR panel
15.
If you don't
have an iPod, and have a generic MP3 player as we do in this class, we will
manually move each song from the Library
in iTunes, to the Music file folder
on your desktop
16.
Open the Music file folder and make sure that both
iTunes and the Music folder show
17.
Manually move music from iTunes to the Music
folder
18.
Connect the MP3 player to the computer
19.
If a window pops
up, select ‘open folder to view files’
- if a window doesn’t pop up, double clickk My
Computer then double click the MP3 player to open the MP3 window
20.
Situate the
windows so you can see both and manually move the music files from the music
file folder to the MP3 window
21.
Remove the MP3 player - click on the Safely Remove Hardware button on your
task bar or hold down the shift key and click once on the Safely Remove Hardware button and click on the MP3 player that pops
up to safely remove it
22.
When you see the
‘safe to remove’, disconnect the MP3
player, insert headphones, and listen to your music
ITUNES RADIO
- Open iTunes and click on the Radio icon at the left
- Select a genre and choose a station to listen to
WEBSTER STUDENT’S SHARED MUSIC on iTUNES (may not always appear)
Look at the ‘Shared’ icon and click on it – these
are files from students on campus who share their music
23.
TO REMOVE SONGS FROM THE MP3
PLAYER
To
remove files from the MP3 player, insert the player into the computer, select ‘open folder to view files’ if the
window pops up, or go to my computer to open the MP3 player, and manually move
files from the MP3 player to the recycle can or right click on a file and
choose delete
10. MUSIC FROM
iTUNES to MP3 PLAYER – NOTE: you must establish an account with iTunes before you can
get even the free music and then you can
only listen to the music on the computer, these files are locked and protected
and can’t be converted for MP3 players – they only works on iPods – ALSO you
must have a charge card – you will NOT be charged though unless you actually
purchase music – this does not apply to podcasts – you do not need to establish
an iTunes account to obtain podcasts
- Open iTunes – start, programs, iTunes
- Click on the iTunes Store icon in the source window
- Scroll down to locate Free on iTunes
- Scroll through the offers and select one – click on the song
titled free Note the songs with
a price next to them – that’s
what you’d click to purchase songs
- Listen
to it on your PC before
downloading by clicking once on the song and once on the large arrow at
the top left - or double click the song
- To get back to the Free on iTunes area to change your selection, click the house at the top
- When you find one you want, click on the get song button next to free
11. CONVERTERS IF YOU DON”T USE ITUNES
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Free WMA to MP3 Converter -
can convert Windows Media files to MP3 files which can be played in MP3
Players. All Windows Media formats (*.wma, *.wmv, *.asf) are supported. The
program is a freeware from Jodix Technology Co.,
Ltd. http://www.wma-mp3.org/free-wma-mp3-converter.exe
and http://www.jodix.com/downloads/free-wma-mp3-converter.exe
·
for an entire
list of rippers and converters, go here: http://www.audioutilities.org/cda-to-wma/easy-cda-to-wma-ripper.htm
·
http://www.sonicspot.com/multimediaconverters.html
go here for a list of converters, etc.
12. MUSIC STORES - there
are a variety of places that offer music besides iTunes
- Walmart music is 94 cents each http://musicdownloads.walmart.com/catalog/servlet/MainServlet
- iTunes songs are .99
cents each
- Napster $12.95 a month
http://www.napster.com/choose/index.html
- RealRhapsody http://www.rhapsody.com/home.html
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No
matter what method you use, you will need to convert the song to work on an MP3
player -unless you’re using iTunes and an iPod
13. BURN A CD FROM ITUNES
To burn a cd from iTunes,
use the ‘burn’ button at the bottom or the one at the top, depending on the
version of iTunes that you have
14. Visit the PC lab if available for PC users
LUNCH break
15. iTunes U FOR EDUCATORS take the
tutorial:
- Open
iTunes
- Click on the iTunes Store icon in the Library/Source Window
- In the iTunes Store window (top left) area click
on iTunes U
- Click
on ‘teaching and education’ - explore
- Click
on universities and college - explore
16. AUDIOBOOKS –
an audio book and ‘podcast’ are generally the same – one is a talk radio broadcast, and the
other is a talking book
Why audio
books: write a story - read a story - record it for later - kids on trips – ESL
students, kids read to themselves then hear themselves - great way to reinforce
what they're reading - multitask - read while running - auditory learners -
choice in learning styles - right now it's new so they’re enthused
You can either download one
episode, or subscribe to all episodes (almost always free) of an audio book. This
mean that your MP3 player software (if your have a higher end player) will automatically
find the most updated episodes of a podcast or audio book, and upload it for
you every time you connect your mp3 player to your computer.
17. FILE FORMATS – Go to music file folder on the desktop,
change view to details, expand
window to see file formats - audio books
and music files are different formats
Files purchased from the iTunes Store end in ".m4b."
Files purchased from outside sources such as the Audible website
end in ".aa."
18. AUDIO
BOOK SITES (audio books
and podcasts are basically the same – more below)
free downloadable audio MP3 books
http://www.free-books.org/download.php
hobby podcast http://www.digitalpodcast.com/browse-hobbies-13-1.html
called digital podcasts at
this site http://www.digitalpodcast.com/index.php
http://kayray.org/category/audiobooks/
http://www.linkslearning.org/Kids/2_Reading/1_Introduction/index.html
audio stories for kids
http://www.kidsaudiobooks.co.uk/mp3_downloads.htm audio
books by alphabet
http://www.kidsaudiobooks.co.uk/ audio books in mp3 file formats for kids
http://www.chicopee.mec.edu/Curriculum/History/sites_for_kids.htm Educational for kids
DOWNLOADING AUDIO BOOKS
iTunes has audio books but
they cost, we’re going to download free audio books. Keep in mind, that these
are free classics, not current popular audio books, but they ARE free. You can of
course locate audio books through iTunes, or through any search engine.
- Go to http://www.freeclassicaudiobooks.com/
- Choose a book, usually two choices - ‘listen’ or
‘download’ – in this case, click on the MP3 button because we’re going to download one section
- if you choose ‘listen’ you will hear the
story immediately over your computer speakers or headphones
- When the list appears, left click on a segment -
choose save – on a Mac CTRL to
download, double click when iTunes opens, stop it from playing, move the
file to the music file folder on the desktop – it may download directly to
the desktop
- Don’t change any information or settings in this
window other than make sure it saves to your desktop, click save, wait
- The book will appear on your desktop
- Click on the book that appears on your desktop when
the download is complete, iTunes opens and the book will appear in the Library/Source
window under Music
- If in iTunes, double click on the file or right
click and choose convert to aac... so
you can convert it to play on an MP3 player
- Wait
- Open your music file on your desktop and move
the file from iTunes to your music file
- Connect the MP3 player and move the file to the
MP3 player
- Listen to an audio book the same way you listen
to music on the MP3 player
- Samples
of classics (free audio books)
- Transfer directly to MP3 player and listen to it
Go to iTunes and look at audio books there, but they
cost so don’t download any
AUDIO BOOK HELP
http://www.audiobooksforfree.com/xMP3/
http://www.booksonmp3.com/help.htm
http://www.booksonmp3.com/portables.htm
http://www.booksonmp3.com/index.htm
19 PODCASTS
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Podcast – What are they: Podcasts are digital files recorded for
downloading through RSS feeds for playback. RSS allows users to download
podcasts to computers or mobile devices for playback at any time.http://rss.softwaregarden.com/aboutrss.html
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What are
podcasts http://www.podcastalley.com/what_is_a_podcast.php
History of podcasting
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sudaFr5Uywk&feature=related
TUTORIAL
How
to get podcasts on iTunes:
1. go to 'store' on iTunes
(open iTunes, on the left side look for the word 'Store' and under 'store'
click on ITunes store)
2. directly on the right look for the box titled 'iTunes store'
3. click on 'podcasts'
4. look at the far right in the iTunes window for 'Top Podcasts'
5. in the long list of podcast that interests you and choose one beneath
this window 'Topics in Focus' or look in the center panes where the colored
icons are, 'Daily news' for example
6. Podcasts are wonderful ways to keep up on current events, and they work well
for classroom is you purchase the inexpensive MP3 players that are under $20,
sometimes as low as $10 - record your lesson for an auditory learner for example
- and podcasts are fun, I've been listeninng to the author Dean Koontz as he
goes through how his books were made into movies - humorous - and of course
there are religious podcasts, sports, and even podcasts on how to make podcasts
7. when you find one you like click on it and you're taken to another window
8. in that window click on 'get episode'
9. notice the new item under the iTunes store on the far left side of your
window - 'downloads' - click on this and you'll see the progress as your
podcasts download - you can do more than one at a time
10. when complete, connect the MP3 player and move the file from iTunes to the
MP3 player
Terms:
syndication - this is a complicating term, but basically means
that someone published something on their computer and makes it available to
others, as in a podcast - it is distributed material
subscribe: when you download a podcast you will usually be
provided with two choices - download one 'episode' or 'subscribe' - subscribing
refers to signing up to receive all episodes, this means if you choose to
subscribe to CNN Newscast, you might be receiving 24 a day because they might
put their podcast up hourly
RSS feeds: this is a protocol, or set of rules, whereby podcasts are
'caught' by a client (called podcatching clients) iTunes is a podcatching
client
These are very basic descriptions, detailed
explanations are at the end of this document.
To subscribe to a podcast using iTunes
- Copy the URL
- Go to iTunes and
click on Advanced in the menu
bar and select Subscribe
- In the Subscribe box that appears, paste
the URL you copied above
- To update podcasts in
iTunes, right click on it and choose update
podcast
- Find another podcast
- Go to Advanced then Subscribe in iTunes - insert a comma between each subscription
URL so each podcast will appear
in iTunes (HINT: go to Edit then find in this page and in the bottom left side window, type URL, hit Enter - the URL tags
will be found for you quickly)
To erase podcasts on iTunes - under Preferences - delete the podcasts - look for
selection options for podcasts - under the iPod/Music tab, not the following 'Only
update checked songs'.
PODCASTS
and About podcasts - some are repeats from above
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http://www.westga.edu/~distance/ojdla/fall2006/donnelly93.htm podcasts
- ed ideas
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http://www.mpsomaha.org/willow/radio/podcasts.html podcasts
by kids for kids
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http://www.kid-cast.com/ podcasts
for kids and by kids
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http://www.history.org/kids/ colonial
williamsburg
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http://www.history.org/media/audio.cfm audio
and video from williamsburg
- podcasts dont' have to be on mp3 playerss or ipods - games here too
·
http://itunes.stanford.edu/ stanford
itunes podcasts
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http://www.cnn.com/services/podcasting/
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http://podcasts.digitaltrends.com/
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Hobby podcasts http://www.digitalpodcast.com/
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http://www.whirlpool.com/custserv/promo.jsp?sectionId=563
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Podnova
http://www.podnova.com
podcast search
·
http://productivity.strategy-blogs.com/2005/10/list_of_academi.html
academic lecture podcasts
·
iPodder http://www.ipodder.org/directory/4/ipodderSoftware
a way to subscribe to podcasts –Podcast Alley
·
Odeo (http://www.odeo.com) Find audio and video –
search site
·
http://www.cnet.com/2001-1_1-0.html?tag=hdrgif
best MP3 players for kids for adults - tech reviews in general – changes topics
often
·
Easy to use
aggregator /reader for Macintosh. FREE 30 day demo, after which there is a user
fee. http://ranchero.com/netnewswire/
20. What is RSS? - RSS stands for "Really Simple Syndication".
It is a way to easily distribute a list of headlines, update notices, and
sometimes content to a wide number of people. It is used by computer programs
that organize those headlines and notices for easy reading.
E-mail is a
two-way communication channel. RSS merely keeps content current. However, they
both work together, and you can receive RSS content through e-mail.
"RSS aggregators"
have been developed that automatically access the RSS feeds of websites you
care about on your behalf and organize the results for you.
What problem does RSS solve?
Most people are interested in many websites
whose content changes on an unpredictable schedule. Examples of such websites
are news sites, community and religious organization information pages, product
information pages, medical websites, and weblogs. Repeatedly checking each
website to see if there is any new content can be very tedious.
Email notification of changes was an early
solution to this problem. Unfortunately, when you receive email notifications
from multiple websites they are usually disorganized and can get overwhelming,
and are often mistaken for spam.
RSS is a better way to be notified of new
and changed content. Notifications of changes to multiple websites are handled
easily, and the results are presented to you well organized and distinct from
email.
How does RSS work?
RSS works by having the website author
maintain a list of notifications on their website in a standard way. This list
of notifications is called an "RSS Feed". People who are
interested in finding out the latest headlines or changes can check this list.
Special computer programs called "RSS aggregators" have been
developed that automatically access the RSS feeds of websites you care about on
your behalf and organize the results for you. (RSS feeds and aggregators are
also sometimes called "RSS Channels" and "RSS Readers".)
Producing an RSS feed is very simple and
hundreds of thousands of websites now provide this feature, including major
news organizations like the New York Times, the BBC, and Reuters, as well as
many weblogs.
What information does RSS provide?
RSS provides very basic information to do its
notification. It is made up of a list of items presented in order from newest
to oldest. Each item usually consists of a simple title describing the item
along with a more complete description and a link to a web page with the actual
information being described. Sometimes this description is the full information
you want to read (such as the content of a weblog post) and sometimes it is
just a summary.
For example, the RSS information for
headlines on a local news website could contain the following information:
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Item 2:
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Title:
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Governor to visit
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Description:
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The governor is scheduled
to visit the city on July 1st. This is the first visit since the election two
years ago. The mayor is planning a big reception.
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Link:
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http://www.gardencitynews.com/news/2004/06/gov-visit.htm
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The RSS information is placed into a single
file on a website in a manner similar to normal web pages. However, the
information is coded in the XML computer language for use by a program (the RSS
aggregator) and not by a person like a normal web page.
RSS aggregator programs
Think of an RSS aggregator as just a web
browser for RSS content. RSS aggregators automatically check a series of RSS
feeds for new items on an ongoing basis, making it is possible to keep track of
changes to multiple websites without needing to tediously read and re-read each
of the websites yourself. They detect the additions and present them all
together to you in a compact and useful manner. If the title and description of
an item are of interest, the link can be used to quickly bring the related web
page up for reading.
Here is a screen shot of an RSS aggregator
in action. On the left is a list of the RSS feeds being monitored, along with
an indication of the number of unread items in each feed in parenthesis. On the
right are the details of the most recent items in a selected RSS feed (in this
case, the New York Times). 
There are many RSS aggregators available.
Some are accessed through a browser, some are integrated into email programs,
and some run as a standalone application on your personal computer.
How do I find out if a website has an RSS feed?
It is getting more and more common for
websites to have RSS feeds. They usually indicate the existence of the feed on
the home page or main news page with a link to "RSS", or sometimes by
displaying an orange button with the letters "XML" or
"RSS". RSS feeds are also often found via a "Syndicate
This" link. Text "RSS" links sometimes (there are lots of variations)
point to a web page explaining the nature of the RSS feeds provided and how to
find them. The buttons are often linked directly to the RSS feed file itself.
Once you know the URL of an RSS feed, you
can provide that address to an RSS aggregator program and have the aggregator
monitor the feed for you. Many RSS aggregators come preconfigured with a list
to choose from of RSS feed URLs for popular news websites.
How is the RSS feed file produced?
Unless you are maintaining a website or
want to create your own RSS feed for some other purpose, how the RSS feed is
produced should not be of concern and you ma ywant to skip this section.
The special XML-format file that makes up an
RSS feed is usually created in one of a variety of ways. Most large news
websites and most weblogs are maintained using special "content
management" programs. Authors add their stories and postings to the
website by interacting with those programs and then use the program's
"publish" facility to create the HTML files that make up the website.
Those programs often also can update the RSS feed XML file at the same time,
adding an item referring to the new story or post, and removing less recent
items. Blog creation tools like Blogger, LiveJournal, Movable Type, and Radio
automatically create feeds.
Websites that are produced in a more custom
manner, such as with Macromedia Dreamweaver or a simple text editor, usually do
not automatically create RSS feeds. Authors of such websites either maintain
the XML files by hand, just as they do the website itself, or use a tool such
as Software Garden, Inc.'s ListGarden program to maintain it. There are also
services that periodically read requested websites themselves and try to
automatically determine changes (this is most reliable for websites with a
somewhat regular news-like format), or that let you create RSS feed XML files
that are hosted by that service provider.
Tying it all together
Here is a diagram showing how the websites,
the RSS feed XML files, and your personal computer are connected: 
The diagram shows a web browser being used
to read first Web Site 1 over the Internet and then Web Site 2. It also shows
the RSS feed XML files for both websites being monitored simultaneously by an
RSS Feed Aggregator.
Other uses – RSS Aggregates and Readers
In addition to notifying you
about news headlines and changes to websites, RSS can be used for many other
purposes. There does not even have to be a web page associated with the items
listed -- sometimes all the information you need may be in the titles and
descriptions themselves.
Some commonly mentioned uses are:
- Notification of the arrival of new products in a store
- Listing and notifying you of newsletter issues, including email
newsletters
- Weather and other alerts of changing conditions
- Notification of additions of new items to a database, or new
members to a group
One RSS aggregator is all that you need to
read all of the RSS feeds, be they headlines, alerts, changes, or other
notifications. RSS is shaping up to be a very popular and useful means for
communicating.
What is RSS?
RSS, or Really
Simple Syndication, is an XML-based format for content distribution on the
Internet. It’s an excellent way for Internet users to get updated news content
and online articles -- the stuff you want -- without having to search for it.
How Does RSS Work?
Basically, when
a new article is posted or a change made to a webpage, RSS keeps track of the
changes and delivers them to you. RSS feeds are most often attached to text,
images, podcasts and video, but they can be used with any document (word processing
and spreadsheets) that has content that changes.
Who Benefits From RSS?
Anyone who has
been frustrated at the time it takes to find what you want on the Internet can
appreciate the timesaving feature of RSS. If there are web pages you visit
daily or regularly – let’s say you always read the front page of The New York
Times and your best friend’s weblog – RSS eliminate the need to check for
updates. Every time something changes on the page, it comes to you. RSS always
shows the most-recent changes.
How Do I Use RSS?
To view RSS
feeds, you need an RSS reader (also called an aggregator), which trolls RSS
feeds across the Web to regularly update content. All are pretty easy to use,
offering users the chance to read, e-mail, save or clip content with a click of
the mouse. There are many free, web-based readers, all which compile and update
feeds, all which allow anonymous access to their feeds from any computer with
Internet access. For heavier users, there are desktop, application-based
readers that offer more features.
What Can RSS Help Me Do?
One of the
original uses for RSS is the ability to create a personal newspaper with new
content updated every morning. Beyond that, on the short list of things RSS can
do is make it easy to search for and organize information about a particular
topic, keep up with your kid’s homework, track packages, find cheap airfares or
follow e-Bay auctions and sales. You can get your horoscope, search for jobs,
read your favorite comics, get software updates, keep up with other people’s
schedules and follow calendar listings for your favorite clubs and venues. You
can see what others are saying about your favorite sports teams or keep up with
what others are saying about your favorite (or least-favorite) celebrity. All
without surfing through pop-up ads, slow downloads and poorly navigated sites.
RSS saves time. It’s as simple as that.
Can I Access RSS Only Through a
Computer? You can access RSS feeds on mobiles device and many
cell phones or via e-mail as well as on a computer.
What is a Feed? A feed
is similar to a bookmark in a web browser. If you subscribe to the feed of the
New York Times home page, for instance, you will always see the latest content
from that page in your reader. You can create special search feeds for specific
words or phrases, which can be extremely useful for research, or clip content
you find for later use or sharing with others. Put another way, a feed is a
website that changes.
What is a Post? In your
web reader, each feed shows new articles, or posts, in a list. The reader
allows you to read the article on its original page, mark the article as read,
rate it, e-mail or IM it to friends or clip it for future reference in a
folder.
Who Publishes Content in RSS?
Most online news and information sites publish RSS feeds, and more are being
added every day. Part of the popularity of weblogs, or blogs, is that the
software that creates them have RSS capability, which allows friends and other
people to subscribe and share content.
How Do I "Subscribe" to a
Feed? You may see the big orange symbol on web pages, which is
a link to the RSS feed or a page of feeds. Copy the url (the web address) of
the feed you want and paste it in your reader to subscribe. Many pages offer
one-click subscription to well-known aggregators like NewsGator, Bloglines,
Rojo and Google Reader. The latest versions of the popular web browsers
Internet Explorer and Firefox and Apple’s Safari now incorporate RSS feeds into
their bookmark programs. If you see updated content, you are subscribed to RSS
feeds and you don’t even know it!
21. AUDACITY –free software program for recording and editing audio
for Macs and PCs
·
Open Audacity on the Mac and
experiment
·
If you have a PC and don’t have Garageband
like Macs, to create podcasts, download Audacity http://audacity.sourceforge.net/
and download LAME download page.
How do I get the Audacity files to become MP3
files?
Audacity can import all MP3 files. Using the optional
LAME encoder, Audacity can also export MP3 files. Companies hold patents on the
MP3 encoding process, and charge royalties for MP3 software, hardware, and
streaming. Because of this, Audacity cannot include a built-in MP3 encoder
How do I download and install the LAME MP3 encoder?
The first time you convert audacity will ask for the lame_enc.dll
file is – see directions below.
Because of software patents Audacity is
unable to distribute MP3 encoding software. Follow the instructions to use the
free LAME encoder to export MP3 files with Audacity.
- Go to the LAME
download page.
- Click on any link from the
list of identical "lame-3.96.1" links.
- When you have finished
downloading LAME, unzip it and save the file lame_enc.dll anywhere
on your computer.
- The first time you use the
"Export as MP3" command, Audacity will ask you where
lame_enc.dll is saved.
