BCC Pod casts Will Be Listed With, Duke, MIT, Penn State Stanford & Others-

Apple has listed Broome Community College’s iTunes U site on its main iTunes U home page at http://www.apple.com/education/itunesu//. (Note: scroll down and click on green link that reads “Visit iTunes U in the ITunes Store”. You need to have Apple iTunes on Computer to view site.)

According to Apple there are approximately 500 public and private academic institutions that have received the iTunes U designation over the course of the last 5 years. Approximately 20 of these institutions are featured on Apple’s iTunes U web site because of their diverse variety of content. Broome Community College is the only Community College to be featured on this site.

“According to Apple, Broome Community College is being featured on Apple’s iTunes U home page because of the diverse range of content topics and above average amount of video pod casts that are included on the BCC iTunes U site,” said Public Affairs Officer Rich David. “While many institutions are focusing solely on academic content, it was important for the BCC site to include audio and video pod casts of community topics, public forums, student life, arts and culture in addition to College academic content. As a result, Apple has been supportive of our site and has chosen to feature it with nineteen others.”

Through iTunes U, BCC students and community members can access a variety of BCC lectures, classes, discussions, debates, video news releases, audio and video interviews with college faculty and staff, campus life activities, arts and musical performances, and so much more.

iTunes U is a free, hosted service for colleges and universities that provides easy access to their educational content, including lectures and interviews, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Based on the same easy-to-use technology of the iTunes Stores, iTunes U also offers typical Apple simplicity and portability.

Through iTunes U, students can download content to their Macs or PCs, regardless of their location. They can listen to and view that content on their Mac or PC, or transfer it to an iPod for listening or viewing on the go. Instructors can easily post and change content on their own without impacting the IT department. And, of course, students can upload their own content to share with professors or with the class.

iTunes U is a very powerful way to manage a broad range of audio or video content and make it available quickly and easily to students, faculty and staff.

BCC iTunes U can be accessed through www.sunybroome.edu