Along with John S comments on Audience this has to be the most articulated piece of work I've seen at ETT! Now, let's imagine for a second that I am not a member of the choir. What does this really mean? "Number one source of information..." think about it, how is this quantifiable? I work in a school district with 40,000 teachers and I've only ran across a handful that are using Web 2.0 tools in their classrooms. A even smaller select group (Tech coordinators at district level) involve themselves in gathering information to feed the masses. Edtechtalk is only of the sources they may tap into. They usually stay local with county and state contacts with technology initiatives. Their participation with networks like ETT is usually for personal professional development and not necessarily to bring down to classroom teachers. Now regarding these so called podcasts. Sure there is a large quantity of audio content available, but how well is it organized? How easily can I find what I need to further my professional practice? It seems like a lot to go through and even though there may be catchy titles I still have to go through audio and chat logs to find a few things worth my time. Some programs publish shownotes while others do not. Some shows tag their posts while others do not. And what's up with tagging a show with the a person's name. It seems like shameless self promotion! This notion of achieving a higher state of consciousness while multitasking in a live webcast is pretty far fetched. If anything it is very chaotic and mind spinning where the quick witted and the fast fingered are the survivors while the rest of us are left numb trying to figure out how to start listening to the stream, changing our color in the text chat and reacting to a conversation that is 30 seconds old. I never new sound traveled soooooo slow. (OK, Ustream is only a couple of seconds but that doesn't give any thinking time) Now let's talk about the Webcast Academy. In the first place, why is it an academy? It makes it sound like a prep school. Being an intern is like being a new member of a Fraternity or Sorority. The oldies always gang up on the newbies. They force us to take the VAC pill and they hijack our audio. Try getting to the first few weeks and you'll see for yourself. The book, now let me tell you about the book. You can't even print it out. It's always changing! There isn't a single person at the academy that can tell you the expectations for each week. It's a secret that you have to discover on your own. There is a audio/video divide that only a few can master to become Webcasters, otherwise you are automatically sent to class of 2017 roster. This concept of community (commune) sounds a bit hippie to me. Leave that for the past century. It sounds like "Cheers"; "Where everybody knows your name, and they're always glad you came. You wanna be where you can see, our troubles are all the same You wanna be where everybody knows Your name" and btw where is the beer? ALL FUN PUT ASIDE, I AGREE ETT IS THE BOMB! SO, HOW DO WE GET THE WORD OUT? OH, I KNOW. ONE TEACHER AT A TIME..... Jose Rodriguez; It's Elementary