I think my presentation at Apple’s Podcast Palooza on Wednesday night went pretty well. (There was no audible booing.) David Warlick was there and snapped a photo. At least half the group had listened to a podcast before. I’m not sure how that compares to similar gatherings, but I had the sense that there was pretty good awareness of the broad topic. Feel free to have a listen to the event. We recorded it and posted it on the FETC 2006 podcast page. You can also link directly to the Podcast Palooza presentation, but I would recommend subscribing to the whole collection of podcasts. We’ve been talking to some really interesting people. I spoke with ISTE CEO Don Knezek today, and tomorrow we’ll be interviewing Chris Dede from Harvard, Cheryl Lemke from the Metiri Group, and David Thornburg. Check it out.
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Backstage at FETC
I’ve been to a few conferences over the last few years, but this is my first one with a vendor badge. My badge got me into the vendor hall the day before it opens. (The conference doesn’t really start until tomorrow.) It’s quite the logistics exhibition.
The vendors ship all of their equipment in huge wooden crates. There are forklifts everywhere distributing all of the crates to the booths. It’s a lot of hard, physical labor for everyone and they definitely don’t have the air conditioning on yet. By the way, you can see all of my photos from the conference at my Flickr page.
Off to FETC
I’m getting on a plane bright and early tomorrow for a trip to sunny Orlando, FL and this year’s Florida Educational Technology Conference (FETC). I have a vendor badge for this trip since I’ll be the point person on the Apple podcasting crew. I’ll be speaking at the “Podcast Palooza” on Wednesday night which will be similar to the event held at last year’s NECC in Philadelphia. Beyond that we’re hoping to produce a bunch of great podcasts from the conference including some tours of the vendor hall, conversations with some ed tech luminaries, interviews with attendees, and other things we haven’t thought of yet.
Our podcasts will be available in the iTunes podcast directory. (Search for “fetc.”) You can also find a subscription link at our podcast Web page at web.mac.com/fetc06/. If you’re at the conference, keep an eye out for some folks running around with recording gear. I’d love to meet some of you there.