Website Builders
Being able to build your own website without writing all of the code is amazing. I had an opportunity to work with wix.com and weebly.com, two free website building sites. I was surprised at how user friendly and easy they were to work with. Its nice to know that those options are available and FREE! Having this great technology at your fingertips is a total blessing. If you are starting a small business or want to make a website for fun, free website builders are your ticket.
Building a great site with wix.com
Here is a tutorial for using weebly.com
Here is a video with one persons take on some of the best website builders
There are many different free website builders, I suggest taking a quick look at various website builders and see which one suits your fancy. Each builder has pros and cons and it is important that your feel comfortable and not frustrating when building a unique website for yourself. I have provided a link below to a site with comprehensive reviews for various website builders. Get creative and have fun building your site!
At the moment I am a student in the Comm 350 class at Western Washington University, and we are building a website for a small local restaurant. We have a great opportunity to use these free website builders and make something creative and unique. It is a work in progress so I will provide a link once we get the design up and running.
Pod-casts and You
Have you ever dreamed of having your own radio or talk show? A podcast is your way to make that dream happen. Pod-casting has blown up in recent years and become a great medium where you can get creative and have fun. Broadcast your thoughts with style with a podcast created with your own unique touch. Pod-casting can bring in money if you work at it. Pod-casts are a great way to learn about various topics without time constraints or having to "tune in" to radio. Below is a fun fact that shows why pod-casts are for you."Maybe it’s the intimacy of hearing soothing voices piped into your ears through a pair of headphones — or maybe it’s just how much time people need to kill listening to something. Americans spend more than three hours a day commuting, working out and doing household chores that can be accompanied by audio entertainment, according to census data studied by Matt Lieber"
taken from http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/technology/podcasts-are-back--and-making-money/2014/09/25/54abc628-39c9-11e4-9c9f-ebb47272e40e_story.html
Fortunately we live in 2015 and technology is available with a few clicks. I have been working with a great free audio editing program called audacity. This program is free and fairly simple to use. Audacity allows you to build your own podcast from the ground up. Below is a link to a free download as well as a video on how to podcast with Audacity.
Editing the audio only works when you have audio to edit, so a few helpful tools include: a microphone (for quick voice recording), sound proof room (or as quiet as possible), a script to read from to make it easy on yourself, and a good attitude. It can be frustrated at first when working with new technologies, but hang in there. Audacity is pretty easy to use and you can do a lot of cool things fairly quickly. Some essential parts of a great podcast include sound effects and music.
Below are some links to a couple sites that you can pull sound effects and music beds.
Below are some links to a couple sites that you can pull sound effects and music beds.
Some information sourced from http://computer.howstuffworks.com/internet/basics/podcasting.htm
