Vocabulary

(for example: “Radio For Kids, by Kids”)
 * Aggregators** - Collects and organizes the content such as podcasts, news and other content generated in an RSS feed.
 * Audio** - recorded sound
 * Audiocast** - an individual broadcast of content, made up of several segments that are introduced by a host and lasting between three and ten minutes in length
 * Blog** - Blog is short for weblog. A weblog is a journal that is frequently updated and intended for general public consumption. Blogs generally represent the personality of the author or the web site.
 * Broadcast** - a single radio program (see Audiocast)
 * Bumper music** - short music clips used between segments in a podcast
 * Digital audio** - sound created or played by a computer
 * Feed**- An xml file containing headlines and descriptions also called news feed, content feed, xml feed or web feed ususally gathered by an aggregator.
 * Host** - a person who introduces the Audiocast or podcast and each of its segments
 * iPods** – These devices play audio files known as MP3s. Apple makes three versions: the Shuffle, the Nano, and the iPod. The full size iPod can also display pictures and video. See iPod 101 for more info: http://www.apple.com/support/ipod101.
 * iTunes** – iTunes is a media player, written by Apple Computer, for playing and organizing digital music, video files, and purchasing digital music files in the FairPlay digital rights management format. The iTunes Music Store (also sometimes referred to simply as "iTunes" or "iTMS") is the component of iTunes through which users can purchase digital music files from within iTunes.
 * Jingle** - music clip to serve as "trademark" in a podcast
 * Microphone** - a device that changes sound into electronic signals
 * M4A** - Most people are familiar with MP3 and how it shrinks down the file size of songs and other audio files. M4A and MP4 do the same thing as MP3 does, but even better. Quality is better and file sizes are usually smaller than MP3 files. But unlike MP3, no licenses or payments are required to be able to stream or distribute content in M4A format (unlike MP3 which requires you to pay royalties on content you distribute in MP3 format). This fact alone, is more than enough reason (due to the extreme cost savings) to use M4A files instead of MP3 files. In addition, M4A files tend to sound much better than MP3 files encoded at the same bitrate.
 * M4V** - A popular video format in the QuickTime framework; good quality for iPods and iPhone.
 * MP3** - (MPEG-1 Audio Layer-3) Is the standard technology and format for compressing a sound sequence into a very small file while preserving the original level of sound quality when it is played.
 * Online** - connected to the internet (or world wide web)
 * Online Photo Galleries** - Digital photos are published to the Web means and become a part of a community of photographers sharing ideas and experiences.
 * Playlist -** A shortcut to the original song
 * Podcast** - a kind of broadcast invented 2004 that automatically delivers digital audio to portable players and handheld computers through RSS feeds.
 * Recorder** - putting sound into electronic form
 * RSS**- Really Simple Syndication or Rich Site Summary; RSS is a defined standard with the specific purpose of delivering updates to web-based content. Using this standard, webmasters provide headlines and fresh content in a succinct manner. Meanwhile, consumers use RSS readers and news aggregators to collect and monitor their favorite feeds in one centralized program or location. Content viewed in the RSS reader or news aggregator is place known as an RSS feed. [Lucy’s note: You can also subscribe to podcasts this way.]
 * RSS Reader** – A piece of software or a web site that allows one to subscribe to a newsfeed.
 * Segment** - a complete part of an Audiocast or podcast, usually written and spoken by one or two
 * Social Bookmarking** - Bookmarking sites allow users to save URLs to web pages which can be shared. Teachers and students can build monitored, subject specific resource lists that they can easily share.
 * Tag line** - clerver, cool, or witty slogan used throughout an Audiocast or podcast
 * Teaser** - the first audio heard in a Audiocast where the host gets the audience excited to hear more in a podcast
 * Video-casting** - Voice and video files distributed via the Internet.
 * Weblogs** - Websites that allow an author to publish instantly on the internet. They can be interactive, allowing teachers and students to begin conversations or add to the information published there. Weblogs can be classified as online journals that can have comments from readers.
 * Wiki** - A collaborative Webspace and discussion area where anyone can add content that has already been published; comes from the Hawaiian word meaning "quick".