The popular weekly professional development podcast, Podcast for Teachers, Techpod (SM) of Fordham University released their 100th episode on August 13, 2007. The technological and educational milestone event was marked by the cohosts celebrating Teachers and 21st Century Skills in their episode while they briefly reflected on the evolution and achievements of the podcast since its start in late August 2005. Adding to the information-packed episode, the 100th celebration featured topics which illustrate the tenacity of the team to tackle topics which need addressing in education from policy to curriculum and tech. In this episode alone topics included,  No Child Left Behind (NCLB, Revised ISTE NETS standards, wikis in curriculum, YouTube, wiki and blogging tips, and much more.

Proof of the fun that education can be even when you are covering substantial ground there is evidence in the episode that the ed tech experts and author cohosts, Mark Gura and Dr. Kathleen King, were joined for the celebration with at least one marching band, fire works and the Podcast for Teachers mascots.

Greeting listeners weekly with "Live from the Bronx!," Podcast for Teachers, Techpod (SM) has reached over 3.02 million listeners since 8/28/2005 through not only its weekly podcast, but also it's rich educational resources at it's companion website www.podcastforteachers.org.

King and Gura have also published a book named Podcasting for Teachers which provides substantial additional insight into podcasting and its curricular uses in education. Many readers have commented on its great value for guiding in the development and advancement of in  k-12, higher education and corporate settings. The book is published by and available through Information Age Publishing.

Podcast for Teachers, Techpod (SM) was originally started by Dr. Kathleen King and Mark Gura as a project at Fordham University's RETC Center for Professional Development ( www.retc.fordham.edu). Recently the podcast has begun a new greeting, "Live from New York City!" as it has moved to the Manhattan campus of the University and under the sponsorship of the Graduate School of Education ( www.fordham.edu/gse) and the MS in Adult Education and Human Resource Development degree program ( www.fordham.edu/gse/aded).

You can find the Podcast for Teachers (sm) web site for the latest episodes, including all the resources they develop and post, at www.podcastforteachers.org.
The podcast is available in most podcast directories including iTunes, Podcast Pickle, Blubrry.com, Yahoo.com, and Odeo.com
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