Teaching for the Future

News:

Preaching and Teaching in NJ from NJ.com: A school teacher in Kearny, NJ was reprimanded for preaching to his students instead of teaching them their history curriculum. Students complained and one student recorded the lectures to prove that what he was saying was true.

UCLA Police on YouTube via Financial Aid Podcast: Chris Penn talks about the recent stun gunning incident at a UCLA library. Chris talks about the incident and how the new media affects the spread of news and information.

Hiring Tech Savvy Teachers from 2 Cents Worth: I've been thinking a lot about teaching jobs and I think this blog post gives me a little more hope about finding the right fit and finding a great teaching position.

Promo:

Bookwink: I got an email from Sonja who is the host of this podcast and I wanted to share it with you. This not only a great podcast about books, but it's directed for teens and young adults! Well it is also a lot of fun for big kids like me.

Commentary:

New Media: What is it and what does it have to do with my classroom? New Media is an inclusive form of mass communication where everyone can chime in. I thought about this because I've been asked to be put in a podcasting guide for teachers being written by Bard Williams. Does this make me more legitimate or is this book just a neat tool for teachers who want to learn more about educational podcasting.

Thanks to Dan Flannery for the great music.

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



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Posted by Dave LaMorte at 11/26/2006 11:18:00 PM | Permalink | Comments | links to this post

News:

Games 4 Girls aren't from DS Fanboy: It would seem that GameStop's "Games 4 Girls" display seems to be a little insulting to it's targeted audience. It would seem like a better idea to try to offer games that would appeal to both sexes instead of making everything pink.

Young Children Don't Believe Everything They Hear from Science Daily: It would also seem that kids are smarter than scientists previously thought. I think they could have saved some money and just asked me. Of course kids don't believe everything, they're just leveraging their parents for better Christmas gifts.

Promo:

C.C. Chapman is going to be hosting a Live Concert with Uncle Seth in Second Life on November 25th. C.C. will be putting the concert at his virtual U-Turn Cafe.

Commentary:

I wanted to play a clip from Julien Smith's In Over Your Head because I feel like he and I may have had some sort of mind meld. It could just be that Julien is on the forefront of a media revolution both trough podcasting and independent music. I think this clip just illustrates how Julien gets it, and understands how the media targets it's audience. If you enjoy hip hop at all you should check out Julien's show.

Thanks to John Wall from the M Show for the great intro and thanks to Dan Flannery for the great music.

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



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http://www.teachingforthefuture.com/teachingforthefuture43.mp3

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Posted by Dave LaMorte at 11/18/2006 11:02:00 PM | Permalink | Comments | links to this post

I got the chance to talk to John Schmidt who runs the Wikiversity Reports Podcast which is a podcast about the Wikiversity Learning Community. We talked about his podcast and about the Wikiversity. Not only is John an avid member of the Wikiversity community, but he's an experienced educator who can speak to all of the benefits and limitations of the Wikiversity. John explains the differences between Wikipedia, Wikiversity, and the role of wikis in education.

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 Jesse Thorn from The Sound of Young America for the Intro.

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Posted by Dave LaMorte at 11/12/2006 09:11:00 PM | Permalink | Comments | links to this post

Today's podcast was initially going to be episode 33 but life happened and I'm happy to finally share this with you. Kerrie Bellisario is a professor at Lesley University and is on of the organizers of the recent Cambridge Codex project. The Codex is a community art project that takes place between Harvard and Porter Square in Cambridge, MA. Participants are asked to use chalk and create a coded in public spaces. This project brings together many different ideas and deals with issues of public spaces and community interaction. Participants are able to communicate with each other and their environment with out harming local buildings or public spaces. If you are interested in contacting Kerrie or one of her students about the project please visit the website.

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 Brad Niessen from the Tech Teacher Podcast for the Intro.

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Posted by Dave LaMorte at 11/10/2006 11:17:00 PM | Permalink | Comments | links to this post

News:



Scientists recommend educational gaming from Joystiq: This story gives some interesting evidence that educational gaming can be very useful as an educational tool. This is one of the articles that I sent to Irene at No One's Listening before I interviewed her and Colin.




MySpace Predator Caught by Code from Wired: Police in Suffolk County, New York use about 1000 lines of code to catch a sexual predator. The code was used to scour MySpace user profiles for users who had profiles that matched known sex offenders. The code allowed the authorities to identify the actions of over 744 known sex offenders.





UC Merced Podcast: I recieved an email from Alex Kang, a senior at UC Merced, who started a podcast for his school. It is not yet syndicated because they are trying to do it in house, but I'll let you know when it goes up. Until then check out the first episode.




Wikiversity from
Wikiversity Reports: "Wikiversity: where teachers learn, and learners teach from Information." This is a podcast by Teaching for the Future listener John Schmidt about the new Wikimedia project that explains what the project is all about and how to get involved in this new community.



Mark Frydenberg talks at the Berkman Center: I met Mark at Podcamp when he did a presentation about how he used podcasting in his IT 101 class at Bentley College. He recently spoke at the Berkman Center at Harvard Law School. Mark may be the first person in higher education to assign podcasts in the course work.




Congratulations to Brian Conley from Alive In Baghdad who won something at the Vloggies. I can't figure out where the winners are listed or it just may be too early but I found a photo of Brian with a novelty check so I figure he was honored some how.




Commentary:
Librarians in the Digital Age(Part 2): David Warlick discusses how libraries and librarians will change and I try to give my "2 Cents Worth."




Intro: Thanks to Chris Brogan for the great Intro



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



All Music provided by Dan Flannery. You can find more of Dan's music at MySpace.com/UkuleleFunk
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Posted by Dave LaMorte at 11/04/2006 07:39:00 PM | Permalink | Comments | links to this post