How exactly does this work when I sit down for the webcast?

At the time of each live lecture, please access the Robotics Education Project home page at http://robotics.nasa.gov/courses/Women05/index.php. There will be a link at the top to the lecture of the day that will direct you to the entrance page for the current lecture. Here you will choose to watch with Real Media or Windows Media player. Press continue to enter the screen from which you will watch the lecture. Before it begins, we suggest you Connect to the chat room area (make up any user name) in order to ask the lecturer questions. We will receive questions at any time throughout the lecture, and they will likely be answered at the end of the 45 minute presentation period. You may need to press the play button on the media player and transcript in order to initiate these features.