Podcast #28 PDD at BCC

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Podcasting has become a part of the distance learning program at Broward Community College in FT. Lauderdale, Florida. On Friday the second of February David Shulman and I presented a workshop presentation at the College's Professional Development Day entitled "Becoming a Podcast Professional at BCC". Professional Development Day is a day of workshops and activities designed to help the staff and faculty of the college sharpen their skills and knowledge in many different areas. We were honored to be included in the line up. As a service to those who missed the presention by attending other activities or for those who just could not get enough of podcasting the first time around we have included the entire workshop as a bobCast podcast. This podcast runs almost an hour in length but it includes all of the workshop from beginning to end.
In the workshop we show you what a podcast is, and discuss how podcasting fits into the world of education and even take a quick look at commerical podcasting. We cover podcatching software programs such as Apple's iTunes and explain RSS technology and show how this technology can be used to deliver information by "pushing" the data to the student. And a bonus, we show several examples of how other faculty at the college are using the technology and creating their own podcasts for use in their classes.

Showcased are:

Michael Minassian Eye on literature Podcast which can be located at:
http://eyeonliterature.blogspot.com

Sharon Rifkin who's wellness podcast is located at:
http://rifkinsblog.blogspot.com

Fred Searcy who is using podcasting to teach his students lab safety for his biology classes at:
http://www.broward.edu/~fsearcy

If you missed the real thing on Professional Development Day, click on the link above and get caught up.

bobCast 27 M&M meets PDD

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In this bobCast we speak with Professor Mary Diaz of the Mentor/Mentee Project and Professor Michael Minassian of the English Department on Central Campus. Michael has started a new podcast at the College entitled "Eye On Literature". He uses the podcast to highlight writers that he is covering in his online literature classes at the college. He shares one of my passions which is visiting the homes of famous (dead) writers. In my case, they can come from other walks of life. Mary explains the Mentor/Mentee project, and expands on the importance of the project to the Instructional Technology Department and the College as a whole.
I talk about the up coming podcast workshop and the day of workshops at the College which we cakll Professional Development Day.

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bobCast #26 The Steve Eliot Cast

The world famous Steve Eliot joins us today to bring us up to date on all the things he has been doing since his retirement 5 years ago. Steve is a special person in my life. He introduced me to the computer and the wonders of technology way back in 1983 right after I came to BCC as the technical director of the Theatre Department on Central Campus. Two of my sons took Steve for Art, while they were students here at the college, and he had them running all over South Florida looking for art. His classes were always the most creative and interesting my sons ever had, and they still talk about them today. Steve is a real teacher's teacher. When you were in Steve's class and the classtime was over, you hated to leave the room. Steve always marched to the sound of a different drum and sometimes the drum didn't even look like a drum at all. The slogan "Why be normal?" fits Steve's approach to life. He has traveled and created video with his trusted Macintosh computer which he was using long before most of the rest of us.
Anyway, click on this link to hear my interview with Steve. I hope you enjoy hearing it half as much as I did in recording it.

Link to bobCast 26 The Steve Eliot Cast