Episode 21: The Price of Learning
I was honored by Jason Bradshaw from the Cephalopodcast, by mentioning me on his show's blog page. Jason does a really great podcast about science and marine biology. If you have a podcast I'd love to hear about it, so feel free to email at teachingforthefuture@gmail.com or send me an audio message through Odeo
Intro:
- Thanks to Chris Brogan, my fellow New England Podcaster, for such a great intro to the show. Please check out Chris's other work at GrasshopperFactory.com
Whether you agree or disagree with the approach of NCLB or the law itself, the more kids who get the help they need the better.
Textbook companies have a lot of tricks to raise the price of textbooks. This has been a
problem for years. I was the media intern for NJPIRG's Affordable Textbooks Campaign my senior year of college at Rutgers so I have very strong opinions on this issue. Check out Maketextbooksaffordable.com for more information and for PIRG's Bookswap which is like
Craig's list for Textbooks.
Promo:
Commentary:
- Also on the topic of affordable books is Dan Gilmor'sWe the Media which is the only book I'm reading right now outside of school. It's an excellent guide to Read/Write culture and the history of New Media. This book sells for $24 on Amazon.com, but Gilmor released his book under a Creative Commons Liscense. This means that you can go to his publisher's page and down load the book for free.
- I thought this "Unintentionally hideous college recruitment video" was a joke, but according to Boing Boing I was totaly wrong.
Labels: dave lamorte, education, media literacy
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Great episode, Dave. But then, I'd say that all the time. Your professor is right: you deserve an "A."
Consider joining New Media School as an instructor. I'd love to have you.
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Chris |
8/03/2006 09:28:00 AM
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