Podcasts
Podcasts are a great resource to record a lesson or ideas on a topic to share with faculty and students. Podcasts have gained traction and are quite popular and audiences continue to grow. Podcasts can be broken up into topics and listeners can search topics to find a podcast that may provide interest. There are many podcast application on the market but the three I reviewed are; SoundCloud, AudioBoom, and Anchor by Spotify.
SoundCloud 
SoundCloud is a free application where the user can create any number of podcasts. Listeners can place your podcast on their playlist easily in order to share with other users. Users get limited upload time for their podcast and will not upload existing podcast episodes automatically. SoundCloud is still a great resource to create and share podcasts as well as music.
AudioBoom
There are many good aspects to use AudioBoom for a podcast. AudioBoom application has a great management for new or existing podcasts. It has some interesting features to create and distribute a podcast. A bonus to AudioBoom is the ability to manage more than one podcast at a time. There is the ability to publish 5 episodes per month. Of course AudioBoom has different levels of accounts and is priced accordingly.
Anchor by Spotify 
Anchor by Spotify is another starts out as free application with the ability to create a podcast. It is a beginner friendly application where content can be edited and arranged by episode. Podcasts can even be made by using a smart phone. I chose this application because of its ease of use and the ability for a beginning to create a podcast without breaking down in tears.
I used Anchor to record my podcast and I really liked it! I found it very easy to navigate and I loved the flexibility of being able to record from my phone, Ipad, or computer. -Kristen
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