2. Podcast From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia A podcast is a collection of digital media files which is distributed over the Internet using syndication feeds for playback on portable media players and personal computers. The term, like "radio", can refer either to the content itself or to the method by which it is syndicated; the latter is also termed podcasting. The host or author of a podcast is often called a podcaster.

3. Podcast From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia The term "podcast" is a portmanteau of the acronym "Pod" – standing for "Portable on Demand" – and "broadcast". The iPod name was coined with Pod, prefixed with the "i" commonly used by Apple for its products and services. The first podcasting scripts were developed for the iPod (see history of podcasting). These scripts allow podcasts to be automatically transferred to a mobile device after they are downloaded..

4. Podcast From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia... a podcast is distinguished from other digital media formats by its ability to be syndicated, subscribed to, and downloaded automatically when new content is added, using an aggregator or feed reader capable of reading feed formats such as RSS or Atom.

5. Podcasting Don Youngs Florida Conference of The United Methodist Church

6. Podcasting Podcasting is a way to post and distribute electronic media files online. Podcasts provide an easy way to get engaging content out to a dispersed group of people, who can listen to it whenever and wherever they like.

7. Podcasting Podcasts are generally a regularly- produced series of posts, similar to a series of radio broadcasts. Podcasts can be produced and broadcast relatively inexpensively

8. Podcasting Podcasts can be downloaded automatically as soon as they are available with no special action on the listeners part. Podcasts can also be manually downloaded by the user.

9. Podcasting To make full use of podcasts' syndication features appropriate software, often referred to as a podcatching client is needed. The most dominant podcatching client is Apple's iTunes player. There are other alternatives, such as Juice, iPodder, Doppler and many more. Receiving and using podcasts

10. Podcasting Through a specialized hardware such as an iPod or other MP3 player On a computer using media player In March 2006 it was reported by StreamingMedia.com that 80% of podcast "episodes" are "consumed" on the PC onto which they are downloaded... Podcast listeners can listen in one of two ways:

11. Podcasting So how is podcasting relevant to the church? How can you use podcasting?

12. Podcasting To create your own podcasts, you need: Recording and editing software A way to publish your podcast A website or place to post your podcast and ? ? ?

13. Podcasting CONTENT