Odeo

(Online podcasting and recording) Odeo.com uses http:// .mp3 streams
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Home to millions of audio & video episodes from thousands of podcasts and media sites across the web, Odeo.com is part search engine, part media directory, and part social network. Users can search & explore media channels covering just about any topic or area of interest – from automotive to technology, comedy to cooking, education to entertainment. It’s easy to subscribe to channels and be alerted when new episodes are published, save favorites & create playlists to share with friends. [|Blog for Odeo]
 * Resources **
 * __SWOT ANALYSIS __**

Strengths:

 * Free with email signup
 * Ability to delete, rename, and tag audio files
 * Easy to navigate category resources
 * Option to embed a player on your wikispace, blog or website, so that podcasts can be played directly on the page as they listen

Weaknesses:
· Sign up account with password to remember · Automatically saves broadcasts, which can overload files you never meant to keep

Opportunities:

 * Create multiple channels to sort podcasts of similar purpose
 * Students can find podcasts for different categories for example: technology, internet etc

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· Because the content is audio, it will be difficult to monitor inappropriate files without listening to each one  ====== = IDEAS FOR THE CLASSROOM =
 * Teachers could set up a homework channel and have updates sent directly to their blog
 * Students record educational topics they are learning about such as: foreign language
 * Teachers can link to audio on the web and upload recorded lectures or other verbal directions to be posted on their site
 * Can be posted to student electronic portfolio
 * Examples of Use in the Classroom **
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 * Here is an example of Odeo being used on a class wikispace[| -Mrs. Abernethy's Cyber Chickens Blog]