After having spent some time trying to find the best way to deliver some MathMojo, I have arrived, so far, at podcasting. But not that old “audio-only” stuff. I’ve made an “enhanced podcast” about the very basics of addition, which you can access here.
What is an “enhanced podcast?” It’s one with visuals, like a PowerPoint presentation. Not every browser can see it, though, although most can. You may need a fast connection to hear and view it - at least a bit faster than dial-up, although it will work with dial-up if you have a lot of patience. You don’t need iTunes or an iPod to listen to or watch it, although if you want to subscribe to it, iTunes is the way to go. iTunes is free, and if you don’t have it, you can find out all about it and get it at apple.com.
What is “subscribing” and why should you do it? When you go to the above site, to view the podcast, there will be a button on it, from which you can “subscribe.” That means that every time a new episode is published, it will automatically be sent to your computer the next time you open your iTunes program. That way, you will always be up-to-date with new podcasts from MathMojo, without having to do anything further.
A word about the podcasts. They were made on a mac. I love my mac. I never was a geek, but this thing is user-friendly. It’s user-promiscuous! Using Garageband, iWeb and a dotMac account, it is pretty simple to do podcasts. I hope to get more heavily into this technology, because it is a great way to communicate with the world.
I’ll also be putting up some videos on this blog, and on the main Mathmojo.com site, and on YouTube in the near future, so stay tuned. By the way, if you are at all interested in the kind of magic I do, you can check out a very old video I made (in about ‘91 or so, when I was living in Germany), below.
