Reflection of Podcast

My podcast experience was interesting and it was my first podcast experience. Preparing to record was kind of a challenge. I had to find a ride to the park and get the timing all right. Plus I recording right after I got surgery on my knee which was difficult since I was on a lot of pain medication. I also had to worry about people bumping into my knee, keeping kids away from me, and working through the pain. I also thought about being by myself and not having an opportunity to run away from a dangerous situation or really sticking up for myself and protecting myself from people or situations around me. So I guess I was a little anxious when recording. Recording it was pretty simple, I just used my phone to record it and there was very minimal background noise, just the wind. Editing wasn’t a challenge after I was able to find a program that easily converted my audio file to work with Audacity, it was actually really easy ad only took like five minutes of less. It felt really strange narrating in the middle of a park. It was just weird because it felt like I was talking to myself and I got some funny looks from people. It wasn’t frightening, natural or empowering. It just felt really awkward. I wouldn’t say there were hard parts, it was all relatively easy to do but I wouldn’t want to do something like this again. Mainly because I don’t like hearing my voice in a recording. I didn’t do a whole lot of editing to my podcast. I didn’t feel like it needed editing. It was similar in way to writing out an assignment just going through the natural process of thinking things through and deciding what to say. I guess I would say it was a lot harder to think of something to say when recording than it is writing.

My podcast was just about what I saw at Moitozo Park in San Jose. And I ended up writing about parenting styles that I witnessed in the park. You read and listen all about it at http://webpages.scu.edu/ftp/naveningo/Podcast/revised_media_page.html.