The BCSSA is pleased to join the ranks of communicators offering audiences engaging, vital information about education in podcast format.
Great, you say. What's a podcast? It's a sound file in MP3 format, which you can receive on demand to listen to when you want. Note the file sizes. Download might not be practical if you have a slow Internet connection.
RSS Link: Depending on your computer platform [Windows or Macintosh] and Web browser, you may be able to simply click the link and it will automatically open your RSS [Really Simple Syndication] program. Apple's Safari browser, for example, works this way. If needed, copy the link [Ctl-Click Mac/Right-Click Win – Copy Link] then paste into your RSS program.
Podcast Link: Your podcast player can subscribe to these feeds, which you download at your convenience. Copy the link, as described above, and paste it into a Subscribe dialogue box.
iTunes™ Users: Be sure to set Podcast option When New Podcast is Available to Do Nothing. Otherwise this entire set of sound files – more than 300 Mb – will begin downloading to your computer.
Listen Now: If these instructions are too complex, you can also click the individual track links below and listen now or Shift-Click/Right-Click and save the file to your computer.
Fall Conference 2005
http://bcssa.org/BCSSA.xml
Stephen Lewis – Education: The World's Greatest Force for Good
Stephen Lewis, Canada's former UN ambassador and the UN's Special Envoy for HIV/AIDS in Africa, looks at the ways in which education throughout the world transforms the lives children lead, and why education is perhaps the greatest unacknowledged instrument we have for dramatic social change.
Part 1 – 44 Mb
Part 2 – 52 Mb
Jan Robertson – Building Educational Capacity Through Coaching Partnerships
The education leaders of today need both the support and the the challenge to enable them to critically reflect on the leaders of tomorrow – who they are and what their world might be, could be and, perhaps, should be. Jan Robertson explores the world of our future leaders.
Part 1 – 73 Mb
Part 2 – 52 Mb
Jennifer James – The World We Want: The Adaptive Executive
One of the most difficult aspects of adapting to rapid, especially when accompanied by complex technology and multiplying data sources, is to give up an old construct about the way things should be and develop a new one based on current realities. Jennifer James offers perspective on where we are and where we are going.
Part 1 – 70 Mb
Part 2 – 72 Mb
We have not yet been able to secure appropriate clearances for Rushworth Kidder's presentation.
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