Recording the podcast was not very difficult to carry out technology-wise because the only steps were to press record and then stop. The problem that I ran into was keeping the podcast under the 5-minute required limit. It was very easy to go over the 5-minute mark and not even realize it. I think limiting the amount of time of a podcast is smart because after a certain point the students will lose interest. After redoing the podcast several times, I was able to edit it to the point of only providing the necessary content and eliminating the fluff.
Creating the video was somewhat more difficult than recording the podcast. There was more involved in making the video just right. The images had to line up with text and they then had to align with the audio component. Bringing all three of these elements together was tedious but the end result was worth it. I used iMovie to create my video and thankfully it is quite user-friendly.
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