Introduction
Workshop Podcast
On Friday September 8th the Instructional Technology Department presented the first workshop in the Podcasting series that will be offered this semester. The workshop was held on Central Campus in Building 9 room 102. The workshop covered �Podcatching� or how to go about finding and subscribing to Podcasts. We talked about and showed how to use podcatching software � iTunes being the most outstanding of the applications.
The recording made during the workshop can be downloaded at:
http://www.broward.edu/~rbuford/podcasts/workshops
ThePowerPoint presentation can be down loaded from the same page and viewed while listening to podcast recording.
Apple in the Technology News:
Over view of the changes in the iPod and iTunes
BCC uses mostly Windows based machines. Windows is the main computer supported by the college as it is in most of Corporate America. The network used by the college supports the Windows platform even though the email software that we run on these windows machines is not the Microsoft Product which is Outlook but is GroupWise. GroupWise is a Novell Product. A lot of people think that the PC, which stands for �Personal Computer� (a term in the early days (less than 30 years ago) that allow one to separate it from real computers which at the time was mainframes and minicomputers) is the only real computer. The Apple computer falls into the �other� category. This is ironic since the Apple personal computer predated the IBM PC by several years. And of course it was not the �first� personal computer, but it was the first to give the Personal Computer a real role in the computer business.
This passed Tuesday September 12th Apple introduced several new additions to the world of Media. The world of media is a world in which Apple is a major player if not the industry leader.
New iPods
80 Gig Video iPod
New iPod Nano
New iTunes 7
Interface
Supports video better 640x480 resolution
Code named iTV
Will allow the wireless interface for video on your computer to be viewed on the �big Screen TV �in the den. This could be good news for the video podcast effort since you can watch Professor Searcy�s �biology� videos on the BIG Screen. It will be more comfortable than watching on your computer at a desk.
Interview with Pat Ellingham
Pat Ellingham who is at professor of English on BCC South Campus and the Faculty Advisor for the college's magazine publication talks to us about the use of Apple Macintosh computers in the publication of the School�s Magazine P�an Ku and his thoughts about using technology to teach.
Up coming Podcast Expo Sept 29 & 30 in Ontario, CA
Second Annual Podcast Expo
Some of the biggest names in the world of podcasting will be in attendance. Leo Laporte and the TWITs will be doing a live podcast from the floor of the showroom, and several other podcasters will be doing the same. The bobCast will be broadcasting from the hotel room and I am hoping to make this a special podcast production.
