Equipment Needed for the Class

A few quick thoughts about equipment for the class:

For your stories, a good digital audio recorder - one you can dump files from into your PC - will be a big help. I have one that I'd be happy to lend you. Let me know.

If you'd like to add a podcast-like file to your story, you'll also need a standalone microphone - one that is compatible with your PC. The microphone that likely came with your PC when you bought it is one possibilty, or you can check with IMS and borrow one there.

And although most of the blogging sites (including this one) will allow you to embed audio files and photos in your blog, if the story requires many of either, it might be worth setting up a free account with either the Internet Archive or Ourmedia.

These kind folks allow you to stash your audio and video files, and then call them up (or link to them) to use them in your blog. For photos, you can accomplish the same thing if you have an account set up with flickr.

But for our journey, it will be enough to take the photos, store them on your computer, and then post them using the instructions from your blog host (like blogger.com) in your blog.

We'll pick this up in class. Take care.