By: Katrina DeLallo,
on 11/11/2015
By: Frances Tyrrell,
on 11/11/2009
"We will remember them"
By: Tricia,
on 1/30/2008
By: Vivian,
on 1/22/2008
In This Show: Tammy Munson at PodcampEDU
NOTE TO SELF: WEAR A POPPY
At the eleventh hour on the eleventh day of the eleventh month, people take a minute out of their busy lives to stop and remember.
For the past week I've been wearing a poppy in my coat lapel. My father fought in WWII and he seldom spoke about it. Whatever his experiences, they died with him. I wear the poppy as a symbol of remembrance for his sacrifice and all the other soldiers who fought along side him. It's the least I could do.
Every year at the beginning of November one day is set aside to pay homage to Canadian soldiers who went forth to defend their country. Although their numbers are decreasing while their ages increase, still they show up every November 11th in shopping malls to sell felt poppies and make their presence felt and seen. "They" are the Canadian veterans who served overseas in World War I, World War II and the Korean War. In fact Canada deployed more than 25,000 troops to fight in Korea, frequently described as "The Forgotten War" and sustained 1,588 Canadian casualties including 516 dead.
Our country is known for its peacekeeping presence with Canada participating in every UN peacekeeping effort from its beginning until 1989 and continues to play a significant role. In excess of 125,000 Canadians have served in 50 UN peacekeeping missions since 1949.
On Remembrance Day we wear a symbolic representation of the poppy, also known as the "Flower of Remembrance", in our lapels as a gesture of respect. The poppy as most people are aware was immortalized in John McCrae's famous and moving poem, "In Flanders Fields" honouring the war dead of Britain, France, the United States and Canada. The annual Poppy Campaign is a very important fundraising program for the Royal Canadian Legion and the monies raised offer financial aid for ex-service people experiencing financial problems, in addition to funding for medical appliances and research, home services, care facilities and other purposes.
"We must remember. If we do not, the sacrifice of those one hundred thousand Canadian lives will be meaningless. They died for us, for their homes and families and friends, for a collection of traditions they cherished and a future they believed in; they died for Canada. The meaning of their sacrifice rests with our collective national consciousness; our future is their monument." (Veterans Affairs Canada)
One minute out of our otherwise busy day is not a lot to ask.
In Flanders Fields
By: Lieutenant Colonel John McCrae, MD (1872-1918)
Canadian Army
IN FLANDERS FIELDS the poppies blow
Between the crosses row on row,
That mark our place; and in the sky
The larks, still bravely singing, fly
Scarce heard amid the guns below.
We are the Dead. Short days ago
We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow,
Loved and were loved, and now we lie
In Flanders fields.
Take up our quarrel with the foe:
To you from failing hands we throw
The torch; be yours to hold it high.
If ye break faith with us who die
We shall not sleep, though poppies grow
In Flanders fields.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Remembrance_Sunday
http://198.103.134.2/remembers/sub.cfm?source=teach_resources/poppy
By: Jason Boog,
on 11/5/2007
You want to know what the future of publishing sounds like? Like this:
"Playing for Keeps is a free novel delivered via podcast in audio and PDF form. It tells the story of Keepsie Branson, a bar owner in the shining metropolis of Seventh City: birthplace of super powers. Keepsie and her friends live among egotistical heroes and manipulative villains..."
More than four thousand five hundred people have already downloaded the first episode of Playing for Keeps--the podcast reading of Mur Lafferty's new novel.
The book is an experiment for this unconventional writer who has written for role playing games, podcasts, videogame news sites, Lulu.com, and maintains popular audio shows like Geek Fu Action Grip and I Should Be Writing.
Her unconventional project includes Fan Submitted Photos and Sketches and the inspiring group of readers supporting the free project, her First Wave Volunteers. Her site is like a graduate level course in web writing--experimenting with content delivery and reader interaction.
Last May, Lafferty stopped by The Publishing Spot to deliver five days worth of podcasting wisdom. Check out the archived discussion here.
By: Tricia,
on 11/1/2007
I have been disappointed in recent years with the quality of textbooks available for my course Foundations of Math Instruction. Most texts focus heavily on pedagogy, which is a major focus of class sessions, and very little on theory and development of mathematical ideas in children. I have been presenting short lectures on these topics and providing outside readings, but I would like to deliver more extensive lectures, and there simply isn't class time to do this. I propose to use the iPod to deliver a series of longer lectures. Initially, these are the topics I would like to focus on.These are just initial ideas, but ones that I am excited about. Even if the grant isn't funded, I may try to find a way to do this on a small scale anyway.In addition to delivering course content using the iPod, I propose to have students generate a series of podcasts related to using children's literature to teach mathematical concepts. Currently students review books and write lessons that integrate children's literature, but this work does not reach beyond the boundaries of the classroom. I would like to make these ideas available to a wider audience (elementary teachers, homeschoolers, etc.) by making their podcasts available online. Student podcasts would include a booktalk, short reading of the text, ideas for instruction, and links to related books.
- The Mathematical Knowledge Children Bring to School
- counting and the origins of number concept
- linguistic structure of number names
- procedural fluency and counting
- intuitive notions of magnitude and equivalence
- intuitive notions of addition and subtraction
- limitations of preschoolers' mathematical proficiency
- Reading and Writing Basic Symbols
- knowledge of written symbols
- recognition and reading
- writing numerals
- reading and writing difficulties
- Numbers and Number Systems
- what are numbers?
- what is a number system?
- historical development of number systems – tally, additive, multiplicative
- the idea of base
- basic digits and place value
- the role of zero
By: Jason Boog,
on 5/11/2007
"I have a Wonder Woman lunchbox I’m going to mail out. There are little goodies inside. When you get the box, take one out, and put something inside for me. Send me a picture with you with the lunchbox. When I get the pic, I send you an address and you send it to the next person. And so on. Email me - include your address - at mightymur AT gmail DOT com if you’re interested."
That's author Mur Lafferty describing a new game she's playing to connect with her readers. Besides writing the book on podcasting, she's published short stories, written stories for 15 role-playing games, one textbook, and scores of podcasting scripts--and she knows how to keep a reading community together.
If you want to hear her work, check out Geek Fu Action Grip and I Should Be Writing, inspirational material for fledgling writers and struggling nerds.
This week, she's sharing some of her wisdom in my deceptively simple feature, Five Easy Questions. In the spirit of Jack Nicholson’s mad piano player, I run a weekly set of quality interviews with writing pioneers—delivering some practical, unexpected advice about web publishing.
If you want to read the whole interview, click here.
Jason Boog:
You built a fantastic web community around your blog and your podcasts. How did you create and nurture this community? Any advice for fledgling writers looking to find like-minded readers on the web?
By: Jason Boog,
on 5/10/2007
"What if Heaven wasn't all it's cracked up to be? Friends Kate and Daniel find that after their untimely deaths, Heaven leaves them dissatisfied and itching for something... else. So they're off, with a passport to discover more afterlives, heroes and gods. During their adventures, they find out that their travel isn't a journey taken on a whim, but may be orchestrated, or even prophesied."
That's the promo for author Mur Lafferty's newest project--a story created expressly to be read out-loud in a podcast. The book is an experiment for this unconventional writer who has written for role playing games, podcasts, videogame news sites, Lulu.com, and maintains popular audio shows like Geek Fu Action Grip and I Should Be Writing.
This week, she's our special guest in my deceptively simple feature, Five Easy Questions. In the spirit of Jack Nicholson’s mad piano player, I run a weekly set of quality interviews with writing pioneers—delivering some practical, unexpected advice about web publishing.
Jason Boog:
You are currently podcasting your book Heaven. How did you write this book? How does podcasting the book change things (for example, why did you decide on dividing the book into seasons)? How did you find your listeners? Continue reading...
By: Jason Boog,
on 5/9/2007
Few writers have worn as many hats as Mur Lafferty. Besides writing the book on podcasting, she's published short stories, written stories for 15 role-playing games, one textbook, and scores of podcasting scripts.
If you want to hear her work, check out Geek Fu Action Grip and I Should Be Writing, inspirational material for fledgling writers and struggling nerds.
This week, she's sharing some of her wisdom in my deceptively simple feature, Five Easy Questions. In the spirit of Jack Nicholson’s mad piano player, I run a weekly set of quality interviews with writing pioneers—delivering some practical, unexpected advice about web publishing.
Jason Boog:
You've been a freelance writer for about seven years. How did you survive those tough, lean early years? How did you find the editors and websites who helped you along the way? Now you have a very full plate of projects--how did you balance your work life and your writing life? Continue reading...
By: Betsy Bird,
on 4/12/2007
Mom, I think we need to take a page out of FSG's book. Here it is National Poetry Month and the Farrar Straus and Giroux blog The Best Words in their Best Order has linked teeny tiny podcasts to daily poems. We gotta get in on some of that action. Heck, School Library Journal has already started their own site with links to people like Douglas Florian and Walter Dean Myers. We simply cannot be left out in the cold on this one. Podcasting! The wave of the future.
Thanks to Critical Mass for the link.
What a beautiful post, that brings many thoughts to the surface.
I remember, back in my days working in a major law firm, working with a substitute secretary who was a Brit who was old enough to remember working though the Blitz.
It was remarkable to hear her remembrances. She and other secretaries used manual typewriters, and saved their carbon paper, leaving it on radiators, or other heat sources, overnight so that they would melt a bit and be ready to make copies again in the morning.
If there were ever a siren sound, they would grab their typewriters and dive under their desks. They needed to protect those typewriters, so that they could also protect their jobs.
This is a bit of a different remembrance for November 11. How truly awful that human beings around the world still find it necessary to fight.
xo
An eloquent post that says what is in my heart. In my self imposed semi-isolation, Linda and I watched the ceremony on TV from Ottawa and were impressed with the crowds and the genuine out pouring of emotion.
Your thoughtful tribute is all the more poignant because despite the "war to end all wars" we are still fighting and brave young men and women are still dying.