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Episode 20: Save Our School






Thanks to George from the Catholic Rockers Podcast for the great intro. If you want to record an intro just click the "Send Me an Odeo" link at the bottom of every post.


News:


"Podcast craze hits classrooms” from the Boston Globe
In an effort to allow students to catch up, teachers are now using podcasts to scaffold students. Students are able to play and replay lectures at their own pace.





Young People's Web Postings Worry Summer Camp Directors” from NYTimes.com
Summer camps are worried that kids are putting too much out there and putting personal and identifying information on the web through social networking sites like the Facebook, Friendster, and MySpace.





Teachers sell their original work online “ from CNN.com (via Edblogger News)
A New York company called TeachersPayTeachers.com connects teachers with other teachers so that they can buy and sell lesson plans and activities.




Music:

Save Our School” by the Children of Selsted CE Primary School
From the site “Selsted Church of England Primary is threatened with CLOSURE! A small rural school set in the Kent countryside. Hear the children voice their views in this modern, catchy, brilliant summer song!”

You can also find this on the podsafe music network at music.podshow.com




"Meet the Remote-Control Self" from Wired News
Hiroshi Ishiguro creates a robot to stand in for him. Not only is it creepy looking, but it makes me think about distance and where schools are going.






Promo:

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