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NECC2006 > Program > Podcasting
Program - Podcasting

Tune into podcasts collected at NECC and experience an additional slice of the NECC conference and the educational power of the podcast from anywhere in the world!

Sessions to be Podcast

Wednesday, July 5
Spotlight Leading from the Edge: Moving Forward without Falling Off!
Chris O'Neal, University of Virginia
Spotlight Teaching Zack to Think
Alan November, November Learning
Concurrent Electronic Constructivism: Compelling Ideas, Engaging Resources, A Dozen Ready-to-Use Techniques
Maureen Yoder, Lesley University
Concurrent Podcasting with Purpose: Getting Your Message to the Masses
Matt Gehrett, Kevin Silberberg

Thursday, July 6
Keynote One Laptop Per Child
Nicholas Negroponte, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Concurrent How to Secure a Wireless Network
Brent Williams, Kennesaw State University
Spotlight March of the Penguins: Linux Comes to Student Desktops
David Thornburg, Thornburg Center
Concurrent Choose Your Own Wiki Adventure: Using Wikis with K-12 Students
Dan McDowell, West Hills High School
Spotlight Preventing Your One-to-One Dreams from Becoming Nightmares
Gary Stager, Pepperdine University
Concurrent Projects for Large K-5 Classes in a Computer Classroom (Lab)
Elin Kordahl, Portland Public Schools
Concurrent Savvy Cyber Teacher: Using the Internet Effectively in K-12 Education
Liesl Hotaling, Stevens Institute of Technology
Spotlight A Web of Connections: Why the Read/Write Web Changes Everything
Will Richardson, Hunterdon Central High School

Friday, July 7
Concurrent Ten Tips for Integrating Technology into the Content Areas
Sharon Texley, Learning Point Associates
Spotlight Building Cross-Cultural Awareness Using TakingITGlobal
Emily Kornblut, TakingITGlobal
Concurrent The Big A: Assessment A to Z
Cynthia Sistek-Chandler, National University
Concurrent Communication, Computing, and Critical Thinking: The Secrets to Technology Integration
Tony Brewer, Brewer Technologies
Concurrent Professional Development on the Fly? No Problem with Podcasting!
Elizabeth Whitehead, Technology in Motion
Concurrent Open Technologies: What They Mean for You and Your Students
Jim Hirsch, Plano Independent School District


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What is Podcasting?

The word "podcasting" is a combination of the words "iPod" and "Broadcasting." In its current form, it's a way for people to be able to selectively subscribe to audio content over the Internet. This audio content can then be automatically downloaded to a computer or mobile device, like iPod.

How Does Podcasting Work?

To understand how podcasting works, we need to take a step back and look at RSS. RSS stands for Real Simple Syndication (or Rich Site Summary). RSS provides a way for Web sites to let people receive summaries of new content that has been posted. This is called an RSS feed and is posted online as a text file in a format called XML. You might start to notice that a lot of Web sites have small, orange rectangles on them that say either XML or RSS. This is a link to that site's RSS feed. For example, the link for the NECC RSS feed looks like:

http://center.uoregon.edu/ISTE/NECC_rss.xml

Subscribing to this feed allows you to receive text updates from the NECC Web site. If you just click this link or open it in a Web browser, it might just look like jumbled text. However, there are special types of software applications called news aggregators that can read the RSS feed and display the summary for the user. People can subscribe to feeds from Web sites that they like to read, so that the most current information that they are interested in is pushed to them.

Podcasting is accomplished by sending an audio file along with the RSS feed. This is called adding an enclosure to the RSS feed. When the news aggregator sees that there is an enclosure containing an audio file, the aggregator can automatically add the audio file to iTunes where it can be put on an iPod the next time it syncs.


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Conference Planner     Program Search

To Subscribe to NECC Podcasts

  1. Download iTunes 6.0.4.

  2. Once you have installed iTunes 6.0.4, search on "necc" from the iTunes Music Store home page and click on the NECC 2006 logo at the top.
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National Educational Computing Conference • July 5–7, 2006 • San Diego Convention Center