Meet the Cast


Ken Baldauf, the voice of Course Technology's "Coursecast of the Week", is the Director of the Program in Interdisciplinary Computing at Florida State University, where he is responsible for developing courses to meet computing and technology needs across disciplines.


Between teaching and authoring Course Technology's Succeeding with Technology and Principles of Information Systems, Ken has developed a keen sense of what technology news and information is most important for college students as they prepare to enter the job market. Ken considers it his professional mission to help students from every educational discipline achieve the maximum benefits from the "power of technology". That's why Ken starts every day sifting through dozens of online news sources to bring you the latest and most relevant technology stories along with explanations of what they mean and why they matter.

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CourseCasts - Mon, 02 November 2009 08:00:00 EST
This week's CourseCast catches you up on the latest in news briefs.

CourseCasts - Mon, 26 October 2009 08:00:00 EST
This week's CourseCast catches you up on Windows 7, lets you know the latest in net neutrality, and brings you the latest in news briefs.

CourseCasts - Mon, 19 October 2009 08:00:00 EST
This week's CourseCast brings you news from the Sidekick, Google, and the the latest in news briefs.

CourseCasts - Mon, 12 October 2009 08:00:00 EST
This week's CourseCast brings you news from CTIA and the the latest in news briefs.

CourseCasts - Mon, 05 October 2009 08:00:00 EST
This week's CourseCast follows distracted drivers and cyber haters, and brings you the latest in news briefs.

CourseCasts - Mon, 28 September 2009 08:00:00 EST
This week's CourseCast follows up with net neutrality, Facebook and data mining, and brings you the latest in news briefs.

CourseCasts - Mon, 21 September 2009 08:00:00 EST
This week's CourseCast catches up with cloud computing, malvertising, voice chat and Zune HD and gives you the latest in news briefs.

CourseCasts - Mon, 14 September 2009 08:00:00 EST
This week's CourseCast lets you in on the latest wireless boost, gets you up-to-speed on the Facebook vs Twitter battle, and gives you the latest in news briefs.

CourseCasts - Mon, 07 September 2009 08:00:00 EST
This week's CourseCast brings you up-to-speed on Gmail outages and gives you the latest in news briefs.

CourseCasts - Mon, 31 August 2009 08:00:00 EST
This week's CourseCast reviews Snow Leopard and brings you news briefs.

CourseCasts - Mon, 24 August 2009 08:00:00 EST
This week's CourseCast reviews the latest data about online versus on-ground students and brings you news briefs.

CourseCasts - Mon, 17 August 2009 08:00:00 EST
This week's CourseCast catches you up on developments with Facebook and Microsoft Word and brings you news briefs.

CourseCasts - Mon, 10 August 2009 08:00:00 EST
This week's CourseCast catches you up on recent cyber attacks and brings you news briefs.

CourseCasts - Mon, 03 August 2009 08:00:00 EST
This week's CourseCast covers thinking machines, the Yahoo/Microsoft merger, and brings you news briefs.

CourseCasts - Mon, 27 July 2009 08:00:00 EST
This week's CourseCast goes behind haptics, eBooks, and Amazon's apologies and brings you news briefs.

CourseCasts - Mon, 20 July 2009 08:00:00 EST
This week's CourseCast covers the future of eBooks and brings you news briefs.

CourseCasts - Mon, 13 July 2009 08:00:00 EST
This week's CourseCast covers Google's new Chrome OS, recent attacks on the US and South Korea, and news briefs.

CourseCasts - Mon, 6 July 2009 08:00:00 EST
This week's CourseCast covers the governemnt's spending on IT projects, the installation of protection software on China's PCs, the latest OS from Sugar Labs, and news briefs.

CourseCasts - Mon, 29 June 2009 08:00:00 EST
This week's CourseCast looks at Jackson's impact on the Internet, Jobs' impact on iPhone sales, and news briefs.

CourseCasts - Mon, 22 June 2009 08:00:00 EST
This week's CourseCast covers Twitter's impact on Iranian politics and news briefs.

CourseCasts - Mon, 15 June 2009 08:00:00 EST
This week's CourseCast covers the Apple developers conference and news briefs.

CourseCasts - Mon, 08 June 2009 08:00:00 EST
This week's CourseCast covers the latest in smartphones and news briefs.

CourseCasts - Mon, 01 June 2009 08:00:00 EST
This week's CourseCast covers Google to Microsoft, eBooks, cyber security, and news briefs.

CourseCasts - Mon, 25 May 2009 08:00:00 EST
This week's CourseCast covers smartphones, broadband, news briefs, and more!

CourseCasts - Mon, 18 May 2009 08:00:00 EST
This week's CourseCast covers the latest in this week's news briefs.

CourseCasts - Mon, 11 May 2009 08:00:00 EST
This week's CourseCast covers the latest Kindle release and brings you news briefs.

CourseCasts - Mon, 04 May 2009 08:00:00 EST
This week's CourseCast covers Facebook, Craigslist and brings you news briefs.

CourseCasts - Mon, 27 April 2009 08:00:00 EST
This week's CourseCast deconstructs CAPTCHA and brings you news briefs.

CourseCasts - Mon, 20 April 2009 08:00:00 EST
This week's CourseCast catches you up on Pirate Bay, tells you who to watch and what to watch out for on Twitter, and brings you news briefs.

CourseCasts - Mon, 13 April 2009 08:00:00 EST
This week's CourseCast brings you up to date on the electric grid and other tech news.

CourseCasts - Mon, 06 April 2009 08:00:00 EST
This week's CourseCast catches up with tethering and brings you up to date on other Tech News.

CourseCasts - Mon, 30 March 2009 08:00:00 EST
This week's CourseCast covers teen texting gone wrong, Obama's online town hall, and brings you up to date on other Tech News.

CourseCasts - Mon, 23 March 2009 08:00:00 EST
This week's CourseCast explores the increase in CS majors, covers the changing nature of print, looks at the new iPhone OS 3, and brings you up to date on other Tech News.

CourseCasts - Mon, 16 March 2009 08:00:00 EST
This week's CourseCast explores Google's motto on behavioral advertising, goes inside Google Voice, and brings you up to date on other Tech News.

CourseCasts - Mon, 09 March 2009 08:00:00 EST
This week's CourseCast lets you see how terror is going high tech, covers the latest on Microsoft's AI plans, and covers Other Tech News.

CourseCasts - Mon, 02 March 2009 08:00:00 EST
This week's CourseCast goes inside the Elevate America program, talks about why privacy may be in the balance, and covers Other Tech News.

CourseCasts - Mon, 23 February 2009 08:00:00 EST
This week's CourseCast covers the educations highlights from Obama's Stimulus Law, catches up on the GSMA Mobile World Conference, and covers Other Tech News.

CourseCasts - Mon, 16 February 2009 08:00:00 EST
This week's CourseCast catches up with the Kindle 2, covers the DTV switch disaster, and Other Tech News.

CourseCasts - Mon, 09 February 2009 08:00:00 EST
This week's CourseCast covers Google Latitude, the TED conference, and Other Tech News.

CourseCasts - Mon, 02 February 2009 08:00:00 EST
This week's CourseCast covers Wikipedia facts, Russian Cyber-Attacks, and Other Tech News.

CourseCasts - Mon, 26 January 2009 08:00:00 EST
This week's CourseCast catches you up on technology in the White House and brings you news briefs.

CourseCasts - Mon, 19 January 2009 08:00:00 EST
This week's CourseCast catches up with Steve Jobs, gives you the latest on YouTube music, and brings you news briefs.

CourseCasts - Mon, 12 January 2009 08:00:00 EST
This week's CourseCast explores developments at CES and Macworld, reviews the economic stimulus plan, and brings you news briefs.

CourseCasts - Mon, 05 January 2009 08:00:00 EST
This week's CourseCast brings you in on a proposed Web rating system, covers holiday e-tail losses, and brings you news briefs.

CourseCasts - Mon, 29 Dec 2008 08:00:00 EST
This week's CourseCast gives you news briefs and takes time to review the top ten stories of 2008.

CourseCasts - Mon, 22 Dec 2008 08:00:00 EST
In this week's CourseCast, hear the latest about RIAA actions and catch up on news briefs.

CourseCasts - Mon, 15 Dec 2008 08:00:00 EST
This week's CourseCast covers the controversy surrounding a meeting to discuss free national broadband Internet, how colleges are aiding the battle against illegal downloads, and much more in the news briefs.

CourseCasts - Mon, 08 Dec 2008 08:00:00 EST
In this week's CourseCast, find out how social networks are connecting, hear the latest in free internet, and catch up on news briefs.

CourseCasts - Mon, 01 Dec 2008 08:00:00 EST
In this week's CourseCast, hear the latest on the spam wars, find out which technologies IBM predicts will change your life, and catch up on news briefs.

CourseCasts - Mon, 24 Nov 2008 08:00:00 EST
In this week's CourseCast, hear about IBM's quest for the electric brain, hear more about the latest Storm, and catch up on news briefs.

CourseCasts - Mon, 17 Nov 2008 08:00:00 EST
In this week's CourseCast, learn about The Social, hear how Spam fell by 58 percent, get up to speed on IT woes, and catch up on news briefs.

CourseCasts - Mon, 10 Nov 2008 08:00:00 EST
In this week's CourseCast, learn how technology is moving up in the White House, hear how the economy is impacting technology, find out about the move to free netbooks, and catch up on news briefs.

CourseCasts - Mon, 03 Nov 2008 08:00:00 EST
This week's CourseCast gets you up to speed on Microsoft's PDC, covers the explosion of the digital universe, and brings you news briefs.

CourseCasts - Mon, 27 Oct 2008 08:00:00 EST
This week's CourseCast lets you in on why China is rising up against Microsoft, reveals the latest on Google's tracking abilities, and brings you news briefs.

CourseCasts - Mon, 20 Oct 2008 08:00:00 EST
This week's CourseCast gets you up to speed on developments with white space, covers the new Pro-IP law, and brings you news briefs.

CourseCasts - Mon, 13 Oct 2008 08:00:00 EST
This week's CourseCast warns you about clickjacking, reviews Google's eye in the sky, gets up to speed on the latest in iPhone competition, and brings you news briefs.

CourseCasts - Mon, 06 Oct 2008 08:00:00 EST
This week's CourseCast looks at mobile malware, 4G wireless, and brings you news briefs.

CourseCasts - Mon, 29 Sep 2008 08:00:00 EST
This week's CourseCast covers the G1 cell phone, Google and Yahoo's pending collaborating, behavioral marketing, and brings you news briefs.

CourseCasts - Mon, 22 Sep 2008 08:00:00 EST
This week's CourseCast tells you how hackers are attacking Republicans, follows the debate in exporting toxic waste, looks at how DreamWorks is going 3D, and brings you news briefs.

CourseCasts - Mon, 13 Sep 2008 08:00:00 EST
This week's CourseCast catches up on Google spreading the internet and data, follows up on open source smart phones, and brings you news briefs.

CourseCasts - Mon, 08 Aug 2008 08:00:00 EST
This week's CourseCast introduces Google's new Web browser, uncovers why South Korea is against bloggers, and brings you news briefs.

CourseCasts - Mon, 01 Aug 2008 08:00:00 EST
This week's CourseCast fills you in on Northwestern's battle with P2P and gets you up-to-speed on Kindle e-texts.

CourseCasts - Mon, 25 Aug 2008 08:00:00 EST
This week's CourseCast reminds us that we have a long way to go to perfecting computing and catches up on MIT student gag orders.

CourseCasts - Mon, 18 Aug 2008 08:00:00 EST
This week's CourseCast covers geo-social networks and how they're being linked to user location and the latest threat to Internet security that could create mass chaos online. Also, learn about how the Russia Georgia conflict has gone cyber, the statistics on texting while driving and much more in the news briefs.

CourseCasts - Mon, 11 Aug 2008 08:00:00 EST
This week's CourseCast discusses the 11 hackers charged in one of the largets identity theft cases ever and the latest technology updates with news briefs.

CourseCasts - Mon, 04 Aug 2008 08:00:00 EST
This week's CourseCast introduces you to GENI, reports on new developments in P2P policing, and updates you with news briefs.

CourseCasts - Mon, 28 July 2008 08:00:00 EST
This week's CourseCast reviews distance ed privacy, big cables impact on education, new systems on chips, and updates you with news briefs.

CourseCasts - Mon, 21 July 2008 08:00:00 EST
This week's CourseCast looks at wireless parking, covers Apple's iPhone release, and updates you with news briefs.

CourseCasts - Mon, 14 July 2008 08:00:00 EST
This week's CourseCast reviews Apple's iPhone release, explores the visible Web, and covers news briefs.

CourseCasts - Mon, 07 July 2008 08:00:00 EST
This week's CourseCast looks at Spam, the lawsuit on YouTube, and news briefs.

CourseCasts - Mon, 30 June 2008 08:00:00 EST
This week's CourseCast brings you up-to-speed on open mobile software and covers a number of news briefs.

CourseCasts - Mon, 23 June 2008 08:00:00 EST
This week's CourseCast explores the controversy over satellite surveillance and latest high-speed Internet option, Fios.

CourseCasts - Mon, 14 June 2008 08:00:00 EST
This week's CourseCast covers the US's role in leading research and development in science and technology, the latest responsibility of Internet service providers Sprint, Time Warner Cable and Verizon, and the three congressmen whose computers were hacked.

CourseCasts - Mon, 9 June 2008 08:00:00 EST
This week's CourseCast discusses how cable Internet providers are beginning to regualte Bit Torrent traffic by offering new tiered network subscription plans, how worldsourcing impacts the growth of the gloabl market place and why colleges are cracking down on illegal file sharing.

CourseCasts - Mon, 2 June 2008 08:00:00 EST
This week's CourseCast covers how scientists are mapping the brain with new developments in AI and why you should be cautious with your Wi-Fi.

CourseCasts - Mon, 26 May 2008 08:00:00 EST
This week's CourseCast tells you how Napster is back in action and why a Florida professor is suing HowIGotAnA.com.

CourseCasts - Mon, 19 May 2008 08:00:00 EST
This week's CourseCast updates you on the US race in the botnet war, the fate of Muni WiFi, hyperconnectivity, and the matter of white space.

CourseCasts - Mon, 12 May 2008 08:00:00 EST
This week's CourseCast checks in on which company Microsoft has its sites set on now, catches up on 3G rollouts, and explores why China is going rogue with its standards.

CourseCasts - Mon, 5 May 2008 08:00:00 EST
This week's CourseCast gets you up-to-speed on HP's memristor, follows up on the latest between Google and IBM, and gives you the latest scoop on the iPhone II.

CourseCasts - Mon, 28 Apr 2008 08:00:00 EST
This week's CourseCast checks into broadband concerns at the BBC, gets you up-to-speed on Microsoft Mesh, and looks at how bots are battling bots.

CourseCasts - Mon, 21 Apr 2008 08:00:00 EST
This week's CourseCast discusses the FCC's regulation of Network Nutrality, why online tracking is becoming so unpopular, and explores the possiblity of espionage with the undersea telecommunication cables.

CourseCasts - Mon, 14 Apr 2008 08:00:00 EST
This week's CourseCast brings you up-to-speed on hi-speed services, uncovers new Microsoft applications, explores Google-hosted applications, and asks who has control of your PC.

CourseCasts - Mon, 14 Apr 2008 08:00:00 EST
This week's CourseCast brings you up-to-speed on hi-speed services, uncovers new Microsoft applications, explores Google-hosted applications, and asks who has control of your PC.

CourseCasts - Mon, 07 Apr 2008 08:00:00 EST
This week's CourseCast segment finds out why Indonesia is blocking YouTube and China is blocking Internet Olympics, the latest on fighting botnets, and why MySpace is going head-to-head with iTunes.

CourseCasts - Mon, 29 Mar 2008 08:00:00 EST
This week's CourseCast segment gives you the latest on Sprint and Xohm and tells you how musicians are creating a new social scene.

CourseCasts - Mon, 22 Mar 2008 08:00:00 EST
This week's CourseCast segment gets you up to speed on the latest in music downloads, Google's spreadsheet enhancements, the wireless auction, and microblogging.

CourseCasts - Mon, 17 Mar 2008 08:00:00 EST
This week's CourseCast segment takes you to the latest in the exploding digital universe, brings you up to speed on P4P, and tells you why online advertising is on the rise.

CourseCasts - Mon, 10 Mar 2008 08:00:00 EST
This week's CourseCast segment checks up on the latest on the iPhone, looks at the latest developments on Microsoft R and D, and talks about how malware is going mobile.

CourseCasts - Mon, 03 Mar 2008 08:00:00 EST
This week's CourseCast segment looks at latest from Pakistan on YouTube, delves into Wikileaks, and follows up on the latest in spamming on Gmail.

CourseCasts - Mon, 25 Feb 2008 08:00:00 EST
This week's CourseCast segment looks at student gossip, telecom balloons, and mind-reading game controllers.

CourseCasts - Mon, 18 Feb 2008 08:00:00 EST
This week's CourseCast segment follows developing citizen journalism on CNN, looks at modular cell phones, and revisits net neutrality.

CourseCasts - Mon, 11 Feb 2008 08:00:00 EST
This week's CourseCast segment follows up on the latest with undersea cable outages, updates you on the Microsoft + Yahoo deal, and finds out what put Pirate Bay in court.

CourseCasts - Mon, 04 Feb 2008 08:00:00 EST
This week's CourseCast segment reviews Microsoft's offer to purchase Yahoo!, updates you on the communications damage under the sea, and follows up on the latest developments from contactless cell phone payment.

CourseCasts - Mon, 28 Jan 2008 08:00:00 EST
This week's CourseCast checks out the 700 MHz auction, private IPs, online education, and Internet warfare.

CourseCasts - Mon, 21 Jan 2008 08:00:00 EST
This week's CourseCast checks in on MacWorld, follows up with the latest on semantic Web, and looks at the bandwidth crunch.

CourseCasts - Mon, 14 Jan 2008 08:00:00 EST
This week's CourseCast checks out the hi-def disk battle, ubiquitous computing, and follows up on DRM-free music.

CourseCasts - Mon, 07 Jan 2008 08:00:00 EST
This week's CourseCast finds out the latest on Wikia and Google, takes a look at identity theft, and revisits the state of survelliance.

CourseCasts - Mon, 31 Dec 2007 08:00:00 EST
This week's CourseCast takes a look back at the top six stories of 2007 and offers some insight into technology trends for 2008.

CourseCasts - Mon, 17 Dec 2007 08:00:00 EST
This week's CourseCast takes a look at Google's latest take on the wiki, uncovers how lectures may soon be coming to an iPod near you, and follows up on cloud computing.

CourseCasts - Mon, 10 Dec 2007 08:00:00 EST
This week's CourseCast follows up on Facebook-Beacon privacy issues, gives you the latest on the botnet war, and examines the future of copyright violation penalties.

CourseCasts - Mon, 03 Dec 2007 08:00:00 EST
This week's CourseCast looks at cell phone lectures, Google's new tracker, and Facebook's response to Beacon.

CourseCasts - Mon, 26 Nov 2007 08:00:00 EST
This week's CourseCast meets new reader Kindle, follows up on the RIAA suits, and checks out typosquatting.

CourseCasts - Mon, 19 Nov 2007 08:00:00 EST
This week's CourseCast looks at the P2P battle, Linux desktops, cloud computing, and underground data centers.

CourseCasts - Mon, 12 Nov 2007 08:00:00 EST
This week's CourseCast explores Google's entry into the cell phone market, the semantic Web, and Facebook's work in document sharing and social advertising.

CourseCasts - Mon, 05 Nov 2007 08:00:00 EST
This week's CourseCast takes a ride with AI driven race cars, looks at Google's new OpenSocial, tells you how to get movies to go, and finds out how student's are changing Wiki.

CourseCasts - Mon, 28 Oct 2007 08:00:00 EST
This week's CourseCast looks at consumer-created product advertising, how online social networks can be used in emergencies, and the latest in "performance" art that incorporates the audience.

CourseCasts - Mon, 21 Oct 2007 08:00:00 EST
This week's CourseCast looks at how the world's library are going digital, finds out how Comcast is blocking Internet traffic, reviews the college storage crisis, and looks at unifying communications..

CourseCasts - Mon, 14 Oct 2007 08:00:00 EST
This week's CourseCast explores the future of citizen journalism, finds out what iPods are doing in the classroom, and looks at how the Internet is helping to save the whales.

CourseCasts - Mon, 08 Oct 2007 08:00:00 EST
This week's CourseCast segment looks at how we're headed for cyborg memory, follows up on the future of free music, explore Microsoft's new health plan, and tells you how to buy a computer for only $400.

CourseCasts - Mon, 01 Oct 2007 08:00:00 EST
This week's CourseCast segment explores what Amazon is doing to keep up with iTunes, looks at how more may become free with on-demand media advertising, and looks at AI cameras in Chicago.

CourseCasts - Mon, 24 Sep 2007 08:00:00 EST
This week's CourseCast segment tells you what to expect from WiMax in 2008, explores the power of communication from "Don't Tase Me, Bro" to Jena, Louisiana, and looks at the future of online music services.

CourseCasts - Mon, 17 Sep 2007 08:00:00 EST
This week's CourseCast segment discusses international government security and the internet, looks at the latest spam distribution engine, and questions the next generation of mobile advertisments.

CourseCasts - Mon, 10 Sep 2007 08:00:00 EST
This week's CourseCast segment explores your identity through Spock bots, delves into brain game control, and looks at the future of cloud computing.

CourseCasts - Tues, 04 Sep 2007 08:00:00 EST
This week's CourseCast segment looks at the virtual big brother policing China's Web, explores how inkjet printers are revolutionizing transplants, and tells you why your copy of Vista may have seen a genuine disadvantage this weekend.

CourseCasts - Mon, 27 Aug 2007 08:00:00 EST
This week's CourseCast segment brings up issues of privacy and digital technology, the pros and cons of DRM-free music, and what's new on the technological gadget front.

CourseCasts - Mon, 20 Aug 2007 08:00:00 EST
This week's CourseCast segment looks at Wiki-driven college courses, flash drive dangers, and the future of energy at power-hungry data centers.

CourseCasts - Wed, 15 Aug 2007 08:00:00 EST
This week's CourseCast segment explores the fight against telecom net nannies, why the net isn't all that strong, and how advertising is revolutionizing video games.

CourseCasts - Wed, 08 Aug 2007 08:00:00 EST
This week's CourseCast segment weighs the party line for YouTube debates, reviews Connecticut's claims against Facebook, and prices out wireless beachfront property.

CourseCasts - Wed, 01 Aug 2007 08:00:00 EST
This week's CourseCast segment announces faster cell service, explores deep packet inspection, and warns you about phishing on campus.

CourseCasts - Wed, 18 Jul 2007 08:00:00 EST
This week's CourseCast segment looks at the much anticipated iPhone, explores the elements of contactless payment and online storage systems, takes you behind the fight for net neutrality, and more!

CourseCasts - Wed, 13 Jun 2007 08:00:00 EST
This week's CourseCast segment hits the streets with Google Maps new views, looks at the power of people as search engines, and checks out surface computing.

CourseCasts - Wed, 16 May 2007 08:00:00 EST
This week's CourseCast segment takes you from Congress and the RIAA to text messaging in Ireland, cell phone credit cards to exploring online communities.

CourseCasts - Wed, 18 Apr 2007 08:00:00 EST
This week's CourseCast segment takes you from iTunes to Yahoo, free MIT to the job market, cell phones to bar codes, and more!

CourseCasts - Wed, 21 Mar 2007 08:00:00 EST
This weeks CourseCast segment looks at data in 2010, the future of computing education, hybrid hard drives, and more!

CourseCasts - Tue, 27 Feb 2007 08:00:00 EST
This weeks coursecasts covers: Windows Vista, Microsoft Office 2007, Web 2.0, Dual-Core Processors, Digital Rights Management.

CourseCasts - Thr, 15 Feb 2007 08:00:00 EST
This weeks coursecasts covers: advances in flash memory, the use of RFID chips, a virus warning and the top 10 most connected colleges.