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Bobcast #40 - Dr. Debbie Martin

noreply@blogger.com (Robert) — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 21:13:00 +0000

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I recently spoke with Dr. Debbie Martin of the Student Affairs Division of the South Campus of Broward College which is located in Pembroke Pines, Florida. Dr. Martin spoke of her long association with Broward College and the role of Student Affairs and the services that it offers to students at the college. This video podcast is part of a larger set of videos that showcases some of the Student Success workshops offered at the college. I hope you enjoy this presentation featuring Dr. Debbie Martin.

Bobcast #39 - Kyra Belan - Earth Mother

noreply@blogger.com (Robert) — Fri, 06 Feb 2009 18:12:00 +0000

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Welcome to BobCast #39
In this bobcast we will have a presentation by Dr. Kyra Belan of the Communications Department of Broward College South Campus located in Pembroke Pines, Florida. Dr. Belan discusses her art work on display in the Art Gallery located on the campus. This installation is entitled : Mother Earth, Thought Woman: Mixed Media Installation and can be seen at the Gallery until February 27, 2009. If you can not make it to the event, you can view the video of the complete display at the website http://bccmovies.blogspot.com. I hope you enjoy this bobcast presentation.

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BobCast 38 Scootin

noreply@blogger.com (Robert) — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 14:42:00 +0000

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Welcome to Bobcast 38. In this podcast we take a look at the world of motor scooters. The different types and sizes. With the price of gas at an all time high it makes since to explore other ways to go from point "A" to point "B". Many people are looking at motor scooters and motorcycles as an answer to this problem. Besides saving money at the pump these devices are fun to ride.

Bobcast 37 - BCC As It Use To Be Part 4

noreply@blogger.com (Robert) — Thu, 29 May 2008 08:56:00 +0000

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For this last podcast in the series I talked with two men who held important positions at the college when I first came to work here. Clete Siefker and Jon Peterson worked in the business end of the college. Clete Siefker was for many years the comptroller at the college and Jon Peterson worked with Clete as a senior accountant. Both of these men worked here starting in the 1970's when the College was smaller and the employees were a closer knit group. The term "College Familty" really meant something in those days. I hope you enjoy visiting with Clete and Jon as they discuss BCC As It Used To Be.

bobcast #37 BCC As It Used To Be Part 3

noreply@blogger.com (Robert) — Tue, 13 May 2008 20:45:00 +0000

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If you can remember BCC looking like the picture on the left, you should have been retired long ago. This was the way BCC looked in the beginning. Someone who has retired from BCC but wasn't here in the beginning ( close 1970) is Steve Eliot. Steve visited with me in the bobCast Studio to talk about old times and his teaching career at BCC. This is a great look at a guy who really made a difference in his student's lives. I know because he taught two of my sons when they were students.

Bobcast 37 - BCC As It Used To Be - Part 2

noreply@blogger.com (Robert) — Fri, 02 May 2008 08:15:00 +0000

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This is the second in a series of podcasts about Broward Community College as it was in the "Good Old Days". In this podcast I talk with Professor Carol Langlois and Professor Bill Long who taught in the Math Department on North Campus. People of the past who are discussed are:
Dr. Will Holcombe, Dr. Steve Barker, Dr. Larry McFarland, Dr. Carl Crawford and others who helped to build the College that we know today. Broward Community College is one of the outstanding Community Colleges in the country and there have been many people to thank for making it so. These podcasts cover a few of these people.

Bobcast 37 - BCC As It Used To Be - Part 1

noreply@blogger.com (Robert) — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 19:00:00 +0000

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Welcome to the first in a series of podcasts on Broward Community College in the early years. These podcasts are created for Community College Month which is celebrated during the month April.

Broward Community College was started in the 1960's, and we just short of our being around for 50 years. Two ladies who were around from the early years are Terry Justice and Cindy Thuma. Recently they came together to talk about their experiences as students and as employees of the college.

Bobcast #36 Dominique Charlotteaux

noreply@blogger.com (Robert) — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 19:32:00 +0000

Dominique Charlotteaux is a Professor of Education on South Campus. She shares her thoughts and experiences on using technology in education, her history at the college, and where she feels education will go in the future. She is not only a successful classroom teacher but also a faculty mentor, an iLeader, and a e-learning associate for the department of Instructional Technology.

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bobCast 35 Fred Searcy and Macworld Podcast

noreply@blogger.com (Robert) — Fri, 01 Feb 2008 17:06:00 +0000

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The Fred Searcy and The Macworld Podcast

This year Fred Searcy of the South Campus Biology Department attended the Macworld Conference in San Francisco, California. He was kind enough to share his experiences with us this past Friday in our new Podcast Studio. He not only talks about the conference, but among other things, his podcasting plans for the future, how he uses his podcasts in his classroom and the impact of his podcasts on other faculty.
You can find out more about Fred and his podcasts at the following links:

Fred's Backyard
http://web.mac.com/searcyf

Fred's BCC Faculty Page
http://www.broward.edu/~fsearcy

Up coming Podcast Workshops through the Instructional Technology

Feb. 15th - Itunes University- Beg. Podcasting for Educators

March 28th - Itunes University - Intermediate Podcasting

April 18th - Itunes University - Adv. Podcasting for Educators

Building 17/ room 219

Link to sign up:
https://www.broward.edu/FCCSC/personnel/employee/profdevsearch.jsp
type podcast into the keyword field.

bobCast # 34 The Shouan Pan Podcast

noreply@blogger.com (Robert) — Tue, 22 Jan 2008 21:17:00 +0000

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A few days a go Dr. Patrick Ellingham and I spent some time with Dr. Shouan Pan and spoke with him about his new appointment as President of Mesa Community College, his background in education, his experiences as a Chinese -American and his future plans. We are in the process of making a video podcast of the interview which will be out in a few days. But I wanted to share some of the interview with in the form of an audio podcast while Dr. Pan is still among us. He is scheduled to take his new position as of the first of February.
Of all the things he spoke about, I was most impressed with his story of growing up in China during the time of the Cultural Revolution, and how it affected not only his boyhood but the impact it have on his family. Many of the liberties that we as Americans take for granite Dr. Pan was not afforded while growing up. In the selected segment taken form the interview he relates some of his experiences to us.

We wish Dr. Pan well in his future adventures, and hope he will keep us in his heart as we will keep him in ours.

bobCast 33 - The Christmas Podcast - Two

noreply@blogger.com (Robert) — Thu, 13 Dec 2007 20:10:00 +0000

Bobcast #33

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1. This is the last podcast before the Christmas break here at the college. And the bobCast wishes you and yours a Very Merry Christmas and a happy new year.

2. On this podcast we will talk about some of the events that have happened since our last podcast:

A. Podcast by Eli Kavon on the Mysteries of the Dead Sea Scrolls.
B. Professor Chris Casper’s Presentation on using technology to do library research
C. The Grand opening of the new podcast studio on South Campus

bobCast 32 The What's Happening Podcast

noreply@blogger.com (Robert) — Fri, 26 Oct 2007 21:00:00 +0000

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It has been a while since the last bobCast, and I wanted to bring folks up-to-date on the podcast scene here at Broward Community College.

Since the last bobCast on August 16th the Department of Instructional Technology here at Broward Community College has held two podcast workshops. One for Beginning podcasters and one for the Intermediate. Our last workshop had a full house and several people had to be asked to wait until next semester. If you missed the workshop or were not able to sign up, we are planning to offer all four of the workshops again next semester.

In September, I was able to attend the Podcast and New Media Expo held this year in Ontarino, California. Several people who have been successful in the New Media business (as podcasting is known in professional circles)were on hand and one of these was a young man was Hayden Black. What makes Hayden Back stand out is he is very good at what he does and he is a Broward Community College graduate who attended Central Campus in the late 1980's.
If you would like to check out Hayden's latest production you can do so at http://www.goodnightburbank.com .

One other high point of the conference was a young couple (Eric and Cat Susch ) who produce a kitting podcast called "Lets Knit 2 gather". While there are many podcasts about knitting, I was impressed with the professional level of their show. They even gave a workshop on producing a quality video podcast, and they were right on target. Not only do they shoot their own video but they write the script, rehearse and do their own scenery and lighting and Cat knits her own costumes. You don't have to take my word for it just check out the podcast at http://www.letsknit2gether.com .
The bobCast has also started a video section for all those videos that get made and need a place to be shown. The videos can be found in two places. The first of these is http://bccmovies.blogspot.com and by going to the second at http://www.thebobcast.com and click on the videos tab.

The bobCast has a new home on South Campus. It is a part of the South Campus Student Broadcast project funded last year by SPD. We are trying to introduce students to podcasting by training them to "broadcast their ideas to the world using podcast technology. So far we have produced several videos and a bi-weekly production of the college newspaper, The Observer called the "Ob-cast". Members of The Observer staff read and discusses the top stories and the feature editorials. The Obcast is produced about a week after the paper comes out every other Friday.

Itunes University known as itunesU will soon come on line here at BCC and as we stated in an eariler podcast this will give us an additional 500 giga-bytes of storage and a new platform from which to reach the world through podcasting.

Music for this podcast was furnished by blues artist Cheryl Arena. You can check her out and purchase her music from her website at http://www.cherylarena.com .

bobCast 31 the Opening Day Podcast

noreply@blogger.com (Robert) — Thu, 23 Aug 2007 20:36:00 +0000

Every year Broward Community College in Ft. Lauderdale conducts a Opening Day event called "The Marketplace". This year's event took place on the North Campus of Broward Community College on August 16, 2007, and provided those in attendance information about some of the projects that people at the college have developed to aid their colleagues in improving their experience whether in the classroom or the office setting. This year several of these people shared their information with me and I video taped them for the bobCast. I hope you enjoy this video bobCast #31.

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bobCast#30 The Willis Holcombe Podcast

noreply@blogger.com (Robert) — Fri, 06 Jul 2007 16:39:00 +0000

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Dr. Willis Holcombe has served as President of Broward Community College in Fort Lauderdale, Florida for the past 17 years, and in this bobCast he shares his reflections on his tenure as president and his plans for the future. He is interviewed by Russ Adkins who is the Associate Vice-President of Instructional Technology at the college. Dr. Holcombe will be replaced by our new President Dr. David Armstrong.

bobCast #29 The iTunes U Podcast

noreply@blogger.com (Robert) — Tue, 08 May 2007 14:26:00 +0000

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In this bobCast we cover the news and events on the latest in the podcasting efforts at BCC.

1. On March 17^th we held our first training session for our new iLeaders. The iLeaders program provides the money and equipment for specific faculty members on each campus to act as podcasting gurus and work with faculty on that campus who might want to get started with podcasting or who might need help along the way.

North Campus– Marci Carabelli and Bobette Woselensky

Central Campus– Susan Finazzo, Steve Obenauf and Mary Diaz

South Campus– Dominique Charlotteaux and Abe Biggs

College-wide – Robert Buford you can reach me on South Campus at 8925 or by email at rbuford@broward.edu.

We plan on doing additional training this semester and by the end of the summer and the start of the new academic year in August these folks should be up and running and we will be shifting podcasting here at the college into high gear.

2. In April, I attended the A.D.C.L.I. which stands for Apple Digital Campus Leadership Institute. This was held at Georgia College and State University in Milledgeville, GA. This Institute centered on preparing ourselves as Faculty and educators to deal with the Digital Native student.

A. Students for whom cell phones are their chief form of communication or at least it seems that way. I was born into a world where only a few people had telephones. The world of “party lines” and operators who were real people and sometimes you knew their names.

B. Students who write few letters but hundreds of emails, and take their classes on line.

C. Students who many times prefer to “text message” someone as opposed to speaking with them personally.

D. Students who do not remember what the world was like before the personal computer.

E. Students who are the “Youtube”, “Facebook” and the “My Space” generation.

The members of the Institute talked about how they used Macintosh based technology and podcasting to provide instruction to their students and many of the faculty brought their students to the sessions and demonstrated the projects that they had completed. I saw a young female student who had done a video project that I was sure was a graduate project,and when I commented on what a good project this was for a graduate student, she informed me that she was only in her second year.

It is a different world and we must be ready or like Douglas Mc Arthur said about old soldiers, we might just “Fade Away”.

3. Dr. Patrick Ellingham and I wrote an SPD grant, which has been funded, to establish an experimental student radio station on South Campus using podcast technology to “broadcast” our students programs to the world. With older student radio stations the radio signal could only extend out about 10 miles or less. With podcast technology the podcast can be made available to the World. Anyone with a computer and an Internet connection can “receive” our radio shows. We hope to set that facility up over the summer and have it in operation in the Fall of 2007.

I would like to thank Dr. Ellingham for all the support and encouragement that he has given to the “Podcasting” efforts here at BCC. Thanks to Pat and the SPD committee we have a better podcasting program than many of the larger Universities not only in Florida but around the country. I also owe a big thank you Russ Adkins and the Instructional Technology Department who had the vision to make podcasting a part of the distance learning efforts of the College.

4. If things go as planned, BCC will become a part of iTunes-U in the near future. On May 23 Dr. David Armstrong the Chancellor of the Community College System for Florida will sign an agreement that will allow all of the Community Colleges to become part of Apple’s iTunes-U.

What is iTunes-U? It is apart of the Apple iTunes system that allows schools to have their own iTunes page on the iTunes system that Apple uses to market it’s audio and vedio products. This has several things going for it:

A. Our students already know know how to use the system. It is the same one that they use to download music and videos for their personal use.

B. It gives the College and Faculty their own iTunes page where their can post their podcasts either on a public or private basis. This would allow students easy access to their assignments and review materials.

B. And it gives the college an additional 500 gigabytes of storage in addition to our present terabyte of server space.

We will join the ranks of the big schools such as Stanford, UC Berkeley and many other schools across the nation.

As soon as the iTunes-U becomes a reality at the college I plan on making it the main topic for a podcast focusing just on iTunes-U and how to take advantage of oll the things it has to offer.

5. The bobCast has made it to the “Funny Papers” ! On April 30 “NON SEQUITUR” featured a cartoon of The bobCast. It showed a old guy named Bob sitting on his porch with a telescope and a sign that read “Ask me about the neighbors”. The caption read “Before there was podcasting there was bobCasting” and I though Adam Curry was the first podcastor.

A special thanks to Holly Gilly, Fred Searcy and Jerry Enloe for thinking enough of the bobCast to send the clipping to me in the mail.

THE FUTURE

We hope to start doing more video podcasting in the near future. We have some new equipment coming on board and hope to start working with people to produce podcasts that can not only be heard but seen as well. Video is such a powerful medium that we need to start producing as much of this as we can.

The Sciences and Nursing are two areas that jump right out but there are others as well.

I hope you enjoyed this podcast and hope to be back real soon.

Podcast #28 PDD at BCC

noreply@blogger.com (Robert) — Mon, 26 Feb 2007 12:00:00 +0000

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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

noreply@blogger.com (Robert) — Fri, 16 Feb 2007 15:18:00 +0000

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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.

This podcast can be accessed at http://feeds.feedburner.com/thebobcast

bobCast #26 The Steve Eliot Cast

noreply@blogger.com (Robert) — Fri, 02 Feb 2007 15:24:00 +0000

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

bobCast#25 The Christmas Cast - Teachers talk Tech

noreply@blogger.com (Robert) — Tue, 19 Dec 2006 13:31:00 +0000

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bobCast #25 The Christmas Cast – Teachers Talk Tech

This is the Christmas Cast for December 19^th 2006

In this bobCast we will be talking about some of the new MP3 players on the market and talking about the the different Apple iPods and the Archos 504 and 604 models.

And we take a look forward to the new semester where we will be launching our new podcast training for the new iteam associates for podcasting here at BCC.

And we give you the new schedule for professional development training for the spring semester.

There will be two Professioanl Development Workshops for the Spring Semester. They are Feb. 01,2005 and Feb. 20, 2006. Each of these workshops will last from 1:30pm to 3:30pm and the room(s) and building information will be posted as soon as I know.

In this podcast we will cover:

A Steve Elliot sighting

Discuss and review several MP3 players.

Elvis even drops by for a Christmas song.

The bobCast wishes everyone and very Merry Christmas and joyous holiday season.

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http://www.thebobcast.com or http://thebobcast.blogspot.com

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bobCast #24 The Kyra Cast - Teachers Talk About Teaching

noreply@blogger.com (Robert) — Mon, 13 Nov 2006 14:06:00 +0000

bobCast #24 The Kyra Cast
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In this bobcast we meet and talk with Dr. Kyra Belan of the BCC South Campus Art Program. Dr. Belan is the Head of the Art Program on South, and she takes time out of her busy schedule to talk with us about herself, the ArtProgram and the new galley show that is being presented this month in the Art Gallery on South Campus. This new show features the work of Mr. Zammy Migdal. We include a short recording of the lecture that Mr. Migdal presented at the November 2nd Art Opening. You can hear the entire recording by clicking on the Faculty readings link above.

We have a new website for the bobCast. It is located at http://www.TheBobCast.com this site will soon contain all The bobCast Links as well links to some of the podcasts recommended by The bobCast. Hope you will stop by soon and check it out.

bobCast #23 The Podcast Expo Podcast

noreply@blogger.com (Robert) — Sat, 14 Oct 2006 15:49:00 +0000

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I. Introduction - What is the Podcast Expo?
The Podcast Brothers
The Business of Podcasting

II. Trip Out To California - Ontarino Convention Center.

III. First Day Of The Expo
A. Leo Laporte -The TWIT Network
B. Ron Moore -BattleStar Galaticia
C. Workshops -Podcasts 101
1. Producing For The Ear: Using the Craft of Audio to Capture and Keep the Listener�s Attention -Stacy Bond (NPR) Audiolux
2. Planning your Podcast -Avoiding the Ready FIRE Aim Syndrome - David Jackson: School of Podcasting
3. How to Create and Optimize Your RSS Feed for Maximum Effectivness -Rick Klau -Feedburner What is feedburner?
4. Planning and Building a Podcast Production Studio- Paul Figgiani -The Point Podcast -Putting together the equipment and why.
D. Reception -Meeting Dawn and Drew

IV Second Day of the Expo
A. Andrew Michael Baron -Rocketboom.com -video podcast
B. Workshops -Podcast 101
1. Before You Hit �Record� -Planning Content for Podcasting -Tee Morris -Podcasting For Dummies
2. The Sheer Audacity: How to Get More, in Less Time, from the free Audacity Digital Audio Editing Software -Jerry Franklin -The Good Dog Show Podcast - Recording and post production techniques for creating podcasts.
3. Doug Kaye -IT Conversations -Offered a workshop on audio file types.
4 .Killer InterviewingTactics: How To Get The Most From Your Guests - Gayl Murphy - InterviewTactics.com - Interview Coach for many Authors, Celebrities (Russell Crowe), Politicians (Rudy Giuliani) - Put the shoe on the other foot and talked about how to do a dynamic interview.

V. Things I Learned
A. Techniques for making not only my podcasts better but things I can pass on to my students in my classes and my fellow faculty in the workshops that I do through the Department of Instructional Technology.
B. New audio and video equipment that can be used to improve the quality of my podcasts and help me in recommending equipment to others at the college.
C. And lastly the sheer excitement of the new podcast industry and the impact that it is making on the world of mass communications, and how it offers freedom to people to express themselves in business and in the classroom. This is a great mobile technology both from the listener and the producer as well.
VI. Idol Worship of Younger People.
People in the podcast business are much younger than myself.

VII. Don�t forget to sign-up and attend the podcast training workshops held in Central Campus this semester. These are held on the first Friday odf each month. Check the Instructional Technology Department Website for details.

bobCast #22 It is Not a Sin to Byte an Apple

noreply@blogger.com (Robert) — Thu, 12 Oct 2006 15:46:00 +0000

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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.

Closing Music selection

Mike Chappelear�s recording entitled �Endings�. This like all the music on the bobCast is from the Pod-show Network at http://music.podshow.com

bobCast #21 The Mentor & Mentee Podcast

noreply@blogger.com (Robert) — Thu, 07 Sep 2006 19:03:00 +0000

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Outline for bobCast21

From the South Campus of Broward Community College this is the bobCast #21

Music

I was fortunate to speak this week with Mary Diaz who is the director of the Mentor/Mentee program at the college.
We met in Mary's Office on Central Campus-------

Mary tells about herself. How she came to BCC & how she uses technology in the classroom.

"Sorry" by Adrina Thorpe

Mary told us about this year's Mentee /Mentor program -----

If you would like to take part in this year's program, I hope you will fill out a application and get it into Mary As soon as possible.

Don't forget we have the first workshop in our podcast series this coming Friday Sept. 8th from 1 to 3 on Central Campus. Building 9 / Room 102.
We will show how you can learn to podcast and podcatch.
We will show how to download and install iTunes.
We will show how to use itunes to subscribe to podcasts that you might find useful in your classroom.
We will show how to plan and format your own podcast program.
You too can be a star!
Hope to see each of you at the workshop.

bobCast #20 The Welcome Back Podcast

noreply@blogger.com (Robert) — Thu, 31 Aug 2006 15:09:00 +0000

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The Welcome Back Podcast

Welcome to bobCast #20 This is the Welcome back podcast for Friday August 25, 2006.

The first Duty Day for Fall semester 2006 was at the Omni Auditorium on North Campus. There were a lot of tables setup and people were presenting the things they were doing at the college. This was done last year and it seems that it was an even bigger success this year.

Of course, Instructional technology was there and we had several tables set up showing the things we are doing to incorporate technology into the classrooms of Broward Community College.

Sharon Rifkin and company had a table showing off their E- Learning Group program.
Included in their demo was WebCt lite and the new WebCt version 6.

Mary Diaz was promoting The Mentor&Mentee Project. This is a project where faculty work with faculty to complete a project allowing them to bring one of the technologies into their classroom.

We had the bobCast booth setup and we had several people stop by to say hello. I attempted to record all these folks but I was unable to get my equipment to work so I am going to do the best I can to remember what they had to say.

The first to drop by was the lovely Kate LeGrand.
Kate was followed by Terri Hayes.
We had a visit from Neil Linger
Pam Kull stopped by.
A member of the South Campus OST Faculty .... Husan Abbasi
Several others stooped by but we too shy to say anything on the record.

Tech Events for the Fall Semester on developing podcasts for the classroom:
We have several Podcasting workshops scheduled for the Fall Semester at BCC.

Beginning Podcasting
Description: This is the first of three workshops on podcasting. Faculty will learn the fundamentals of podcasting, including locating and subscribing to educational podcasts, outlining presentations, and scripting.
Presenters: Robert Buford & David Shulman
Workshop Date: 09/08/06
Time 1:00 PM to 3:00 PM
Central Campus
Bldg/Room 9/ 102
Pre-Approved Hours 2.00 Professional Development Credit

Intermediate Podcasting
Description: In this second of three podcasting workshops, faculty will move from the beginning level into the intermediate stage of recording podcasts with hardware and software tools. Use of microphones, headphones, & audio file editing will be covered.
Presenters: Robert Buford & David Shulman
Workshop Date 10/06/06
Time 1:00 PM to 3:00 PM
Central Campus
Bldg/Room 9/ 102
Pre-Approved Hours 2.00 Professional Development Credit

Advanced Podcasting
Description: In this final, advanced podcasting workshop, faculty will also learn to use application software to create feeds for publicizing and publishing their podcasts. Faculty will also be introduced to video podcasting.
Presenters Robert Buford & David Shulman
Workshop Date 11/03/06
Time 1:00 PM to 3:00 PM
Campus Central
Bldg/Room 17/ 219
Pre-Approved Hours 2.00 Professional Development Credit

Advanced Video Podcasting
Description: This is an advanced workshop that requires faculty comfort with basic video techniques and podcasting. Special topics will enable faculty to create, edit, and publish educational video podcasts.
Presenters: Robert Buford & David Shulman
Workshop Date: 12/05/06
Start Time : 1:00 PM To 3:00 PM
Central Campus
Bldg/Room 17/ 219
Pre-Approved Hours: 2.00 Professional Development Credit

Podcasting Resources:

http://www.Lynda.com ...instructional resource website
Movies on Technology
In-depth online instruction
Can be subscribed to Monthly or Yearly
DVDs can be purchased for each on-line workshop/demo

The TWIT Podcasting Network ... radio for geeks
Nine different podcasts about technology presented by Leo Laporate
Some of the ones that I listen to or watch are:
This Week In Tech ... News from the world of technology
Security Now ... Now to improve youe computer security
Inside the NET ... what is happening on the internet
Daily Giz Wiz ... all types of techno gadgets
Mac Break ... Podcast about the macintoshcomputer

Musical Selection
The closing music for today's bobCast is by Mark Heimonen ... entitled "Celebration". This songs as well as all the music on the bobCast can be found at http://music.podshow.com. This is a part of the Podshow Network. If you haven't checked it out yet, you should give it a try. These songs are not that expensive, and most of the money that you pay (if not all) goes to the artist and not some large music company.

bobCast #19 A Mid-Summer Night's bobCast

noreply@blogger.com (Robert) — Sun, 20 Aug 2006 15:11:00 +0000

To listen to the bobcast click here!

In this bobCast, I talk about setting up of two roundtable podcasts, and introduce the newest podcast in town known as the "ToddCast".
The ToddCast
This podcast is produced and presented by Dr. Todd Westerfeld of the Student Affairs Department on Broward Community College's South Campus. Todd covers events that come under area of Students Affairs which includes some of the workshops to help improve student performance. The ToddCast can be accessed at http:www.broward.edu/~twesterf/podcasts . Check out this podcast and drop us an email and let us know what you think of the new show or even the old show for that matter. You can reach me at rbuford@broward.edu and Todd at twestf@broward.edu .
Roundtable Discussions
The Broward County Library approached me a few weeks back about creating a podcast on a couple of events they were having at the South Campus. The first of these was Roundtable discussion on Terrorism and the second was Roundtable on Fatherhood in different cultures. The first event was to be held in the "Mass-media Room" of the Library and the second was to be held in what we refer to as the "South Campus Theater" also known as the Teaching Auditorium by some of the old timers at the campus.
I learned several things about location recording from working on these programs. One was do not assume that your recording equipment will interface with the house systems without a good deal of trial and error, and one has to check out the scene and the equipment in person to make sure that things will go as planned. You might think that any old idiot would know such things, but I soon discovered that I was somehow a special type of idiot when I found myself running around trying to get things to work at the last minute.
At any rate, things did work out and the events were posted to the web at there own website. You can link to the podcasts at http:www.broward.edu/~rbuford/podcasts/roundtables . This was the first podcast to be posted to our new podcast webserver which was funded by a grant from SPD this past year. I would like to thank the folks in the Information Technology Department for their help and support in getting us up and running. We will be gearing up for several workshops this next year on how to create your own audio podcast and/or video podcast and upload it to the new server.
Music Featured On This Podcast
The music on this podcast was by a group know as 20-2-12 and featured a very talented young lady named Nina Black. You can checkout more of Nina's music at her website http://www.ninablackmusic.com/. Nina not only sings but writes music as well. We are very glad to have her talents on our podcast.
Next bobCast
Our next bobCast will be on opening day at the Omni on North Campus on August 17,2006. Be sure to drop by the Podcast Group Table and be a part of the next bobCast.