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Teaching for the Future is a podcast and blog education, technology, and media literacy. Listen as host Dave LaMorte discusses how technology and the Internet is changing the face of our world.
TFTF 117: Back to School Special! 1-(973) 404-0606
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Reading Rainbow goes off the Air from The New York Times, NPR, Neatorama, and thekeri If you don’t remember children’s television in the 1980’s, don’t worry because you didn’t miss much. I’m as nostalgic as the next nerd, but kids of my generation were stuck watching a lot of junk. It was a dark time filled with lots of colors and no cohesive plots. There were a few gems, but as soon as you were too old for Sesame Street or Mr.Rogers you were stuck watching toy commercials disguised as cartoons.
Reading Rainbow was one of the real gems on television because there were no commercials any toys to buy. Hosted by LeVar Burton, Reading Rainbow was all about reading and it’s only goal was to get the viewers excited about reading. There aren’t enough shows on TV in my opinion that direct you to your public library instead of the toy story. All things must come to an end, but this does make me a little sad. Reading Rainbow was a show that reviewed and discussed books and made generations of kids excited about reading, but you don’t have to take my word for it.
Disney Buys Marvel For $4B from Slashdot, Ars Technica, Neatorama, Clutter, and boing boing
Facebook, Creeping, Parents And The Future Of Online Social Networking’s Growth from Six Pixels of Separation - What does it mean now that your mom is on Facebook?
Make: Education A new community for makers and teachers from the folks at Make Magazine.
Are you addicted to the Internet? Boston.com thinks you are, and has list 11 signs that you’re addicted to Internet.
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Joseph Bergin III: “Wolverine’s New Costume”
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Reading Rainbow’s going off the air after 26 years.
Grant says that PBS, CPB and the Department of Education put significant funding toward programming that would teach kids how to read — but that’s not what Reading Rainbow was trying to do. “Reading Rainbow taught kids why to read,” Grant says. “You know, the love of reading — [the show] encouraged kids to pick up a book and to read.”
(via ‘Reading Rainbow’ Reaches Its Final Chapter : NPR)
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Reading Rainbow’s going off the air after 26 years.
Grant says that PBS, CPB and the Department of Education put significant funding toward programming that would teach kids how to read — but that’s not what Reading Rainbow was trying to do. “Reading Rainbow taught kids why to read,” Grant says. “You know, the love of reading — [the show] encouraged kids to pick up a book and to read.”
Whaaaaat? Who doesn’t want to put up money for Reading Rainbow?!
TFTF 116: Comment Line 1-(973) 404-0606
Voice Mail: 1-(973) 404-0606 or email TeachingfortheFuture@gmail.com
Facebook acquires FriendFeed from the San Francisco Chronical
College textbooks available as iPhone download from the San Francisco Chronical
No More Pencils, No More Facebooks from the ABA Journal
Herd Mentality To track Internet censorship, a new tool relies on the power of numbers from Harvard Law Bulletin
Huffington Post: Segregation and Friends
“The fact that brand management rules broadcast media — particularly at Fox — leads me to question whether the segregationist flavor of Fox’s morning could possibly be accidental. Is it possible that nobody at Fox had an inkling about Kilmeade’s belief in racial purity prior to his blurting it out on air? They had to know. A man who gleefully turns to the camera and bemoans racial mixing is also a guy who spouts off eugenic theories at parties and office meetings. Fox knew about Kilmeade’s views and they kept him on air anyway.” - Jeffrey Feldman
Jesse Thorn is bringing the Monsters of Podcasting to the East Coast, with a show in Philadelphia on September 17th at the Adrienne Theater and followed by a show in New York City September 19th at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theater.
