Teaching for the Future

Teaching for the Future 113

teachingthefuture@gmail.com (David LaMorte) — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 05:01:23 PDT

*The Day Facebook Changed: Messages to Become Public by Default

From NYTimes.com:

“Facebook messages are about to be publicly visible. A whole lot of people are going to hate it. When ex-lovers, bosses, moms, stalkers, cops, creeps and others find out what people have been posting on Facebook - the reprimand that “well, you could have changed your default setting” is not going to sit well with people.” (Thanks to thekeri)

*How Teenagers Consume Media (written by a 15 year old)”

No teenager that I know of regularly reads a newspaper, as most do not have the time and cannot be bothered to read pages and pages of text while they could watch the news summarized on the Internet or on TV.” - Matthew Robson (aged 15 years and seven months)

The report that shocked the city, or clever marketing from Morgan Stanley?

Also from the story:

Twitter is not for teens, Morgan Stanley told by 15-year-old expert
Report on young people’s media habits written for investment bank by teenage intern causes huge interest in the City

*Using Game Systems for Something other Than Gaming:

“Today’s game consoles are essentially personal computers. They are at least as capable as the lowest end systems you can buy in the desktop category. What makes them distinct is in what their software takes away, they usually have a limited user interface better suited to use at ten feet and primarily for viewing content or playing games. And for what they add, starting with the Wii most notably but increasingly so from all the vendors, they boast an increasing number of physical interfaces, both for analog input and haptic feedback.” -Th. Gideon (aka cmdln)

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http://www.smarthistory.org

Teaching for the Future 112

teachingthefuture@gmail.com (David LaMorte) — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 05:01:58 PDT

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* Nintendo sneaks out new school edition DS: DS Classroom will be teacher’s favourite little helper

“The Nintendo DS Classroom <original pressrelease in Japanese> features no new hardware, but instead consists of a package of several handhelds, a PC and newly developed educational software for the DS.” from TechRadar.com

Supposedly the DS bundle will contain no games and would use the DS WiFi and the PC to distrubute classmaterials. No word yet on if these materials will come from the teacher or Nintendo. Ofcourse this will be released in Japan first and then in other countries depending on reaction.

I’m still not sure why you would have to disable gameplay to make them educational devices. The games could really be a carrot on a stick for the right student.

Update: Does this seem like Nintendo trying to a tethered down version of the OLPC project?

* ‘Millionth English word’ declared: A US web monitoring firm has declared the millionth English word to be Web 2.0, a term for the latest generation of web products and services.

Global Language Monitor (GLM) searches the internet for newly coined terms, and once a word or phrase has been used 25,000 times, it recognises it.

GLM said Web 2.0 beat out the terms Jai ho, N00b and slumdog to take top spot. from BBC.co.uk

This is probably just an interesting bit of “non-news”, but I thought it was worth posting. It is frightening that anyone with a halfbaked idea and a press release can get on BBC news. (Thanks to Nelly Cardinale)

* Top French court rips heart out of Sarkozy internet law

France’s highest court has inflicted an embarrassing blow to President Sarkozy by cutting the heart out of a law that was supposed to put France in the forefront of the fight against piracy on the internet.

The Constitutional Council declared access to the internet to be a basic human right, directly opposing the key points of Mr Sarkozy’s law, passed in April, which created the first internet police agency in the democratic world.

The strongly-worded decision means that Mr Sarkozy’s scheme has backfired and inadvertently boosted those who defend the free-for-all culture of the web. from the Times Online

Though I’m not sure if I would consider web access a basic human right, this story does show how our view of the Internet is changing. The internet is no longer just a place for recreation and is becoming a basic utility.

* Sugar on a Stick brings sweet taste of Linux to classrooms

“The official release of Sugar on a Stick (SoaS) is a significant mile stone

for the Sugar project. In this release, the platform exhibits a much higher level of refinement and maturity than the previous versions, which were shipped on OLPC’s XO laptops. The user interface is

smoother, the individual components seem better integrated, and many impressive new programs that have been added.” from Ars Technica

Sugar on a stick was officailly released this week and I’m excited to try it out. I was never able to get the beta version onto a USB stick I am hoping to see if I can get this version to work. I’ve been running Sugar off the iso disk to mixed results and I’m excited to try the new version.

TftF 110: Thomas “cmdln” Gideon (Linux in the Classroom 3)

Open Source Alternatives for the K-12 Windows User

TftF 111: Facebook is Dead

teachingthefuture@gmail.com (David LaMorte) — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 19:27:00 PDT

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Coming Soon: Facebook Usernames

Facebook’s Fatal Error by Douglas Rushkoff

Bing overtakes Yahoo in global search wars
In matter of days, Microsoft’s search passes Yahoo for No. 2 spot behind Google

http://mediasquat.net/

Raising Kids Who Can Thrive Amid Chaos in Their Careers. (thanks to @tonnet and AssortedStuff)

Evidence of the importance of media literacy

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TftF 110: Thomas "cmdln" Gideon (Linux in the Classroom 3)

teachingthefuture@gmail.com (David LaMorte) — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 18:07:00 PDT

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I had the chance to sit down again with hacker, programer, social media philosopher, and all around great guy Thomas Gideon. Thomas is the mind behind one of my favorite podcasts “The Command Line Podcast” where he discusses technology and it’s effects on everyday culture.

Links:

Tom’s Podcast - http://thecommandline.net
Flashbake - http://wiki.github.com/commandline/flashbake/configuration

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TftF 109: Atoms to Bits and Back

teachingthefuture@gmail.com (David LaMorte) — Sun, 07 Jun 2009 19:31:00 PDT

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Textbook companies should make their material more accessible and affordable from Grown Up Digital “Textbook publishers today are where the music record labels were 15 years ago. They foisted overpriced CDs on to the public and made it impossible to buy just one song. Eventually consumers rebelled, and the industry paid a heavy price for its obstinacy.”

Ubunchu! episode 2:
The second in the Ubuntu manga series Ubunchu! has been released in English. I’m not sure the educational value of the comics, but they are fun to read and the art is done really well.

http://www.makeamixa.com/
http://www.thinkgeek.com/computing/thumb-drives-storage/9bd7/

Next Episode: For the past few weeks on Teaching for the Future we have been discussing the use of Linux in the classroom. To give us a better insight on how Linux and other open technologies could be used to improve the way students are taught I have brought on an expert to guide us along.
Next week’s guest is a hackivist, programmer, philosopher, and podcaster who has inspired many of the ideas and research here on Teaching for the Future. also goes by Thomas Gideon.

Links:
http://thecommandline.net
http://thecommandline.net/2009/05/10/news_176/

TftF 108: Open Source and Open Ideas

teachingthefuture@gmail.com (David LaMorte) — Sun, 31 May 2009 19:31:00 PDT

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Upcoming Interview with Thomas “cmdln” Gideon!!

On Thursday June 4, 2009 at 8:30pm I will sit down with hackivist, programmer, and media philosopher Thomas “cmdln” Gideon. We will discuss open source software and the role of open source technology in education and social activism. For more information you can check out http://www.teachingforthefuture.com.

Comprehensive Lesson Plans for Teaching Copyright - http://www.freetech4teachers.com/2009/05/comprehensive-lesson-plans-for-teaching.html (Richard Byrne)

EFF gives copyright education a crack with new curriculum - http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2009/05/eff-gives-copyright-education-a-crack-with-new-curriculum.ars

http://www.teachingcopyright.org/

Kick off your art class with this simple creativity test - http://blogs.learnnc.org/instructify/2009/05/15/kick-off-your-art-class-with-this-simple-creativity-test/

Open Source Banned - http://www.web2learning.net/archives/2946

Portable Apps - http://portableapps.com

How to Stream Skype to Ustream on a Mac - http://educationaltechnology.ca/couros/765

TftF 107: Education is Political

teachingthefuture@gmail.com (David LaMorte) — Sun, 17 May 2009 13:47:00 PDT

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Today’s podcast is a newscast where I discuss some of the most interesting links of the week. Today we discuss a wider range of topics such as the legal implications of twitter, how to create student portfolios, how history is written with an agenda, and many other topics.

Inventing American Histor y via boing boing -This is just more evidence that information and education is political.

Guatemalan Twitter User Arrested for “Inciting Financial Panic,” First Arrest of its Kind in Central American History

An Achievement Gap Report Unreported by the Mainstream Media from Clay Burell

MPAA suggests teachers videotape TVs instead of ripping DVDs. Seriously. via Engadget

iPhoto your Portfolio from the Thinking Stick

~~Open Video Conference, NYC Jun 19-20 via boingboing~~ (Not Mentioned on the Podcast)

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TftF 106: Auto Tune Our History

teachingthefuture@gmail.com (David LaMorte) — Wed, 13 May 2009 20:17:34 PDT

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Martin Luther King Sings on YouTube - MLK’s I have a dream speech turned into a song using a little editing and autotune. (via zefrank & buzzfeed) I am not totally sure how educational this is, but I think anything that turns an important historical moment into a media snack is an idea worth discussing.

This podcast is more of a test for tommorrow’s podcast interview with the cmdln! Feel free to check out the video stream on Ustream.tv. I didn’t get the youtube video to work during the recording, but they worked fine afterward while broadcasting (which I should have seen coming).

Martin Luther King Sings -

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I0F4iXEzOqY

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Interview with Thomas “cmdln” Gideon - 05/14/2009 8:30pm EST

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TftF 105: Tux Paint (Linux in the Classroom 2)

teachingthefuture@gmail.com (David LaMorte) — Mon, 04 May 2009 19:35:00 PDT

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This podcast was recorded through the magic of Utterli and hands free cell phones.

Tux Paint is a Linux based painting/drawing program for kids. Similar to programs like KidPix, Tux Paint has all of the funuctionality of MS Paint, but for kids. Tux Paint is a lot of fun to use and allows a good deal for teacher modification. There are a number of “stamps” that are available online or you can create your own based on what you are doing in your class.

Tux Paint is based on Linux but is available for Windows 95 through Vista and Mac OSX. What is even better about Tux Paint is that it is completely free.

Tux Paint - http://www.tuxpaint.org/
Screen Shots - http://www.tuxpaint.org/screenshots/

In Other News, Dan Flannery has won the 2008 John Lennon Song Contest for best children’s song. So now we can say we have an award winning song writer to come on the show and produce the music for the Teaching for the Future podcast.

You can go to Dan’s site to see what he and Mike are up to and listen to more music by the Flannery Brothers. Congratulations Dan!

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Teaching for the Future 104: Linux in the Classroom part 1

teachingthefuture@gmail.com (David LaMorte) — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 16:57:00 PDT

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1. Linux can replace most of the functions of your Windows and Mac computers.

2. There are a lot of applications that are available for kids. Games, graphics, and learning programs all geared for the young and the young at heart.

3. You can easily partition Ubuntu so that you can still hold on to your copy of OSX or XP. Choosing linux does not mean you are not choosing another operating system. Have your cake and eat it too.

Links discussed During the show:

Teaching for the Future 101: Making due with Compujunk
http://teachingforthefuture.com/?p=167

Making do with compujunk (Makezine
http://blog.makezine.com/archive/2009/03/making_do_with_compujunk.htm/ GeekDad http://blog.wired.com/geekdad/2009/01/twenty-keyboard.html)

Slick New Ubuntu ‘Jaunty Jackalope’ Springs Onto Netbooks
http://www.webmonkey.com/blog/Slick_New_Ubuntu__Jaunty_Jackalope__Springs_Onto_Netbooks

Ubunchu! The Ubuntu Manga is now in English
http://doctormo.wordpress.com/2009/04/02/ubunchu-the-ubuntu-manga-is-now-in-english/#comment-680

First taste: Sugar on a Stick learning platform
http://arstechnica.com/open-source/news/2009/04/sugar-labs-releases-beta-of-live-usb-learning-environment.ars
from Ars Technica (Thanks Command Line)

The Command Line http://thecommandline.net/

Ubuntu Forums - Linux and schools http://ubuntuforums.org/archive/index.php/t-728373.html

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Teaching for the Future 102

teachingthefuture@gmail.com (David LaMorte) — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 21:00:00 PDT

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Today I spoke with comic artist, podcaster, and teaching artist Jerzy Drozd. I first became a fan of Jerzy through his podcast Art and Story, which he produces with fellow teaching artist Mark Rudolph.

For the past few years Jerzy has been leading classes and workshops for both teachers and students. Jerzy and I discussed his work in the classroom, including the workshops he recently led at the John F. Kennedy Center. We talk about visual literacy, comics in the classroom, and how teachers can use comic book making to turn their students from consumers into creators.

Finally we talk about his upcoming comic confrence for kids called Kids Read Comics coming up June 12th-13th in Chelsea, Michigan.

Find out more about Jerzy from the links bellow:

Jerzy Drozd’s Personal Blog - http://jdrozd.blogspot.com/
Kids Read Comics - http://mlatcomics.com/krc/
The Art and Story Podcast - http://www.cvcomics.com/artandstory/

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Teaching for the Future 101

teachingthefuture@gmail.com (David LaMorte) — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 16:40:00 PDT

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Former guest and friend of the show Dan Flannery is a grand prize winner in the John Lennon Song Contest, which means he is one of two songs that are vying for the prize in the Children’s Music Category. Dan has created all of the music for this podcast and I want our community to help support him back.Â Please go to www.jlsc.com/vote.

To sweeten the deal Dan is running a contest through his own site http://www.FlanneryBrothers.com,where you can win the custom album art for their next album by voting in the contest. Win a custom art prerelease of our CD if you vote 4 our song every day & email him when you do www.jlsc.com/vote

flannerybrothers@gmail.com.

Super Flannery Brothers - http://media.www.mainecampus.com/media/storage/paper322/news/2009/04/06/Style/Super.Flannery.Brothers-3698091.shtml

You can also follow Dan on twitter: http://twitter.com/FlanneryBros

Kinder Art.com Mel Chinâs Fundred Dollar Bills - http://www.kinderart.com/drawing/fundred.shtml Help bring awareness and support to students in NOLA by creating your one Fundred Dollar Bill with your students.

Repurposing our Tech Junk â Due to a personal computer melt down in my own home I have been thinking a lot about how to make old computers salvageable for educational purposes. I read Making due with Compujunk - http://blog.makezine.com/archive/2009/03/making_do_with_compujunk.html and I decided to experiment wit Ubuntu www.ubuntu.com on my old Dell machine to see how schools could use open source and old hardware to put computers in the hands of students.

Additional Resource -
Wired How-To Wiki - How-To Opitimize a Fresh Ubuntu Installation http://howto.wired.com/wiki/Optimize_A_Fresh_Ubuntu_Installation

Next Week: Iâm going to be interviewing comic artist, podcaster, and teaching artist Jerzy Drozd this week. We talk about visual literacy, comics in the classroom, and how teachers can use comic book making to turn their students from consumers into creators. Find out more about Jerzy from the links bellow.
http://mlatcomics.com/krc/
http://www.cvcomics.com/artandstory/

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Teaching for the Future 99

teachingthefuture@gmail.com (David LaMorte) — Sat, 28 Mar 2009 07:53:00 PDT

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A number of weeks ago I sat down with the children’s book author, John Lennon Song Writing Contest winner, Rutgers University Graduate, good friend and the man who produced most of the music for this podcast, Dan Flannery. Dan is a long time friend who I finally got a chance to talk to about childrens literature and music.

You can hear a sample of one of Dan’s songs at the end of the show. For more music and information about Dan and his production company Flannery Brothers go to Flannery Brothers.com.

Teaching for the Future 100

teachingthefuture@gmail.com (David LaMorte) — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 19:41:00 PDT

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This episode of Teaching for the Future is a newscast, where we discuss news items that address technology, education, or I find extremely interesting.

If you would like to suggest any articles, items, or ideas for an upcoming episode you can send them to me through the show’s delicious page at http://delicious.com/teachingforthefuture or email me at teachingforthefuture@gmail.com.

Episode 26: I'm going to PodCamp!

teachingthefuture@gmail.com (David LaMorte) — Tue, 05 Sep 2006 21:00:00 PDT

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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:

News:

Pet snake taken by Animal Control from WCNC NBC: Animal Control removes a 90 pound snake from a home in North Carolina when it is spotted on it’s owner’s MySpace page.

Action Philosophers! from Evil Twin Comics: “ACTION PHILOSOPHERS is a comic book series detailing the lives and thoughts of history’s A-list brain trust in a hip and humorous way that proves that philosophy is not just the province of boring tweed-enveloped college professors.” Check out Evil Twin Comics for more awesome work by Ryan Dunlavey!

Basketball Player to Make and Endorse $15 Shoes. via Neatorama!: Stephon Marbury is going to be putting his name on a $15 pair of sneakers called the Starbury One.

Promo:

Podcamp is coming up this week. Feel free to email me at teachingforthefuture (at) gmail (dot) com and we can meet up.

Commentary:
I answer some listener mail from Steve Consilvio who has a podcast at behappyandfree.com. I talk about the role of athletes as role models and heros.

Outro:
If you are playing this through iTunes you may notice an official seal I got from Says-it.com’s Official Seal Generator. I’ll put the image on the blog as well.

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