Tuesday, January 31, 2006

Searching for Music on Google

Hi everyone! Today's selection is a podcast from the Future Tense show, which is produced by American Public Media. In this podcast, Jon Gordon talks with Chris Sherman, Associate Editor of SearchEngineWatch.com, about Google's new music search capability. This podcast was posted to the web on 19 December 2005 at:

http://www.publicradio.org/columns/futuretense/

The show notes included:

"After analyzing its traffic, Google discovered a large number of users conduct music-related searches. So the company has unveiled a music search feature that makes it easier to find record reviews, artist bios, lyrics and related information."

Google's music search is at:

http://www.google.com/musicsearch

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APM's Future Tense Podcast

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Monday, January 30, 2006

David Warlick on Web 2.0

Hi everyone! Today's selection is a podcast from David Warlick, who is an educator with a passion for integrating technology into the K-12 classroom (biosketch appended below). This podcast, which was entitled "Episode 48 — Web 2.0 at the NCETC", was posted to the web on 29 December 2005 at:

http://davidwarlick.com/connectlearning/2005/11/29/episode-48-web-20-at-the-ncetc/



David Warlick

The show notes for this podcast included:

"I'm at the North Carolina educational Technology Conference (NCETC) in Greensboro, North Carolina, and very excited to be here. This is one of the high points of the year for technology educators in this state, when we get together and share what we’re learning about new technologies, and how we are implementing them in our classrooms. We’re going to hear it again and again, that we should be integrating technology, and I’m going to keep beating my drum that its about integrating a new literacy, but all that aside, it is invigorating to be with so many very smart people in my state who are thinking forward, and getting together to talk about it."

"Yesterday, I had the opportunity to work with about 20 outstanding educators. I knew up front these people would be special, because of all of the cleverly worded workshop titles they had to choose from, they came to one called “An Educator’s Guide to Web 2.0?. We explored blogging, wikis, social bookmarks, RSS, and spent some time with Technorati and Blogpulse to explore this emerging idea of conversation as content. At the end of a very strenuous workshop, we had a 40 minute conversation, which I recorded — and will share with you."

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Burks

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Short Bio

David Warlick, a 30 year educator, has been a classroom teacher, district administrator, and staff consultant with the North Carolina State Department of Public Instruction. For the past ten years, Mr. Warlick has been the director of The Landmark Project, a web development, consulting, and innovations firm in Raleigh, North Carolina. His web site, Landmarks for Schools, serves more than six-million visits a month. David is also the author of three books on instructional technology and 21st century literacy, and has spoken to audiences throughout the U.S., Europe, Asia, and South America.

Sunday, January 29, 2006

Video-on-Demand Changing Viewing Habits

Hi everyone! Today's selection is a podcast from the PBS News Hour, entitled "TV On-Demand Technology". Senior Correspondent Jeffrey Brown reported this segment, which was posted to the web on 29 December 2005 at:

http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rss/media/

The show notes for this podcast included:

"Recent advancements in television technology that give viewers control over watching television programs on their own schedule and on portable devices is revolutionizing the way networks distribute their programs."

The News Hour website has a transcript of this podcast:

http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/media/july-dec05/tv_12-29.html

"Jeffrey Brown gives a Media Unit report on video-on-demand technology and how television content can now be watched on a variety of devices, from iPods to cellular phones to computers. Then, Brown discusses the latest technology devices with Walt Mossberg, reporter for The Wall Street Journal, and Joshua Bernoff, vice president at Forrester Research, a technology and market research firm."

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Saturday, January 28, 2006

Ron Larsen Interview

Hi everyone! Today's selection is a podcast with an interview of Ron Larsen, Dean of the University of Pittsburgh's School of Information Sciences. Dr. Larsen was interviewed by Matt Pasiewicz (of EDUCAUSE). This interview was posted to the web on 14 December 2005 at:

http://connect.educause.edu/Ron_Larsen_Interview_CNI_2005

The show notes included the following:

"In this 27 minute recording, we'll hear from Ron Larsen, Dean at the the University of Pittsburgh's School of Information Sciences as he shares some thoughts on i-schools and looks back on his involment on with CNI since it was founded in 1990."

More information about Matt Pasiewicz at

http://connect.educause.edu/user/mpasiewicz

I hope you enjoy this podcast!

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Friday, January 27, 2006

Ed Tech - Back to Basics

Hi everyone! Today's selection is a podcast from the good folks at Worldbridges - it is all about the basics of educational technologies. I don't usually post such LONG podcasts, but this one is worth an hour of your time. It was published on 27 November 2005 as EdTechTalk #27 at:

http://worldbridges.com/livewire/2005/11/27/edtechtalk27-back-to-basics/

The show notes for this podcast included:

"In this episode, Dave Cormier & Jeff Lebow begin anew by reintroducing EdTechTalk and some of the basic elements of eductional technology today. For newcomers, this is a good show to start with to get oriented and for frequent listeners and opportunity to make sure you’re up to speed. Topics discussed include open source software and philosophy, blogging, podcasting, rss, content management systems, and web 2.0. Dave & Jeff also announce the launch of their eductional consulting business and Worldbridges hosting of the live award show for the 2005 Edublogger Awards."

As always, the orange title above has a link to the mp3 file with the podcast, and you can subscribe to the RSS feed for "Burks' Selections" using the address on the orange XML icon in the right column on the page.

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Thursday, January 26, 2006

Interview with David Sifry of Technorati

Hi everyone! Today's selection is a podcast from Nicole Simon, with an interview of David Sifry, the CEO of Technorati. The podcast was published on 12 April 2005 at:

http://bloxpert.com/Interview-with-David-Sifry-(Technorati)-35

The show notes included:
  • what started Technorati?
  • library methaphor vs. the internet as a (conversation) stream
  • how tagging came to Technorati and why it is so much easier and powerful than knowledge management
  • structured blogging and how standards make all our lives easier
  • who are Technorati's customers?
  • his vision for Technorati: the participant economy
  • how can customers help Technorati
  • core values at Technorati and the mantra: be of service
More about Nicole Simon at:

http://bloxpert.com/About-bloxpert.com-and-myself-5

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More about David Sifry

http://lesblogs.typepad.com/blog/2005/10/speaker_david_s.html

David Sifry David Sifry is Founder and CEO of Technorati, a real-time search engine that keeps track of what is going on in the blogosphere — the world of weblogs. A serial entrepreneur with more than 19 nineteen years of software development and industry experience, before founding Technorati, Sifry was cofounder and CTO of Sputnik, a Wi-Fi gateway company. Before that, he cofounded Linuxcare, where he served as CTO and vice president of engineering. Sifry also served as a founding member of the board of Linux International and was on the technical advisory board of the National Cybercrime Training Partnership for law enforcement. He appears frequently on panels and lectures on a variety of technology issues, ranging from wireless spectrum policy and Wi-Fi, to weblogs and open-source software. Sifry earned his bachelor’s degree in computer science at Johns Hopkins University.

Wednesday, January 25, 2006

Thoughts from Cole Camplese

Hi everyone! Today's selection is a podcast produced by Cole Camplese, who is the new Director of Education Technology Services at Penn State University. For the past six years, Mr. Camplese served as the Director of the IST Solutions Institute in the School of Information Sciences and Technology (IST) at Penn State.

In this podcast, Mr. Camplese talks with Chris Millet about a blog study that Mr. Millet is conducting at Penn State. The podcast was published on 21 December 2005 at:

http://camplesegroup.com/blog/?p=296

The show notes included:

"Tonight Chris Millet and I sat down to talk about the blogging study he is conducting at the IST Solutions Institute here at Penn State. Chris and I headed down to the basement in our old studio to talk a bit about the study and to share some thoughts with the faculty participating … this is a 50 minute, unedited discussion. We didn’t have notes or any real notion of what we wanted to talk about other than how we've used blogs to power our classrooms. There are some interesting things. Enjoy it … the podcast is around 45 MB. Thoughts?"

Mr. Camplese's biographies can be found on his website at:

http://camplesegroup.com/blog/?page_id=68
http://camplesegroup.com/blog/?page_id=70

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Tuesday, January 24, 2006

Steve Jobs Commencement Address

Hi everyone! Today's selection is a recording of the commencement address that Steve Jobs delivered at Stanford University on 12 June 2005. Steve Jobs is CEO of Apple Computer and of Pixar Animation Studios. And in some ways, his work in popularizing the iPod has contributed to the success of podcasting.

I wasn't able to find an mp3 file with this speech anywhere on the web, but Stanford has an enhanced podcast (in m4a format) on the Apple Music Store. I've wanted to distribute this address for some time now - Jobs really had some great things to say - very powerful words.

The full text of this address is on the Stanford University site at:

http://news-service.stanford.edu/news/2005/june15/jobs-061505.html

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Monday, January 23, 2006

Google Rebuffs Government Subpoena

Hi everyone! Today's selection is a podcast from the PBS News Hour, entitled "Google Rebuffs Government Subpoena". Senior Correspondent Jeffrey Brown reported this segment, which was posted to the web on 20 January 2006 at:

http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rss/media/

The show notes for this podcast included:

"Google, the Internet's leading search engine, refused to share the search records of millions of people despite a government subpoena requesting information to help enforce the Child Online Protection Act."

The News Hour website at http://www.pbs.org/newshour/newshour_index.html had:

"Jeffrey Brown reports on how Google, the Internet's leading search engine, is rebuffing a government subpoena that would require the company to share the search records of millions of people. Then, Brown discusses the issue of privacy and how this would impact the Child Online Protection Act with Jerry Spiegel, attorney and partner at Frankfurt, Kurnit, Klein and Seltz in New York, and Marc Rotenberg, executive director of the Electronic Privacy Information Center and adjunct professor of law at Georgetown University."

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Burks

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Sunday, January 22, 2006

Independent Individuals and Wise Crowds

Hi everyone! Today's selection is a podcast from IT Conversations, with a fascinating presentation by author and New Yorker columnist James Surowiecki. This podcast was recorded at the O'Reilly Emerging Technology Conference on 16 March 2005 and posted to the web at:

http://www.itconversations.com/shows/detail468.html

The show notes for this podcast included:

"In technophile circles, the idea that networks and network effects will inherently provide for better decision making is an understood, a truism widely agreed. Author and New Yorker columnist James Surowiecki, argues that while there are many benefits to aggregate decision making, there are several perils and misbehavior that individuals and observers would be wise to take into account."

"Surowiecki provides several 'food for thought' points by which actors can make better decisions by maintaining weak rather than strong ties with other group members and by tuning into a cacophony of contrary opinions rather than the self-reinforcing common opinions of a small group."

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Burks

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Saturday, January 21, 2006

PGA Tour Network Podcast #3

Hi everyone! Selection #8 today is a podcast from the PGA Tour Network. This podcast was posted to the web on 15 January 2006 at:

http://www.pgatour.com/multimedia/podcasts

The show notes for this podcast included:

"The PGA TOUR Network Podcast on PGATOUR.com, powered by XM Satellite Radio, is an exciting way to follow the TOUR, players, tournaments and all of the drama from the events. The official podcast of the PGA TOUR is on-site to cover every PGA TOUR event. Updates are available Wednesday through Sunday. Listen weekly to The PGA TOUR Network Podcast for exclusive, inside the ropes coverage and highlights of the PGA TOUR."

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Burks

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Dan's MathCast - Show #3

Hi everyone! Selection #7 today is a podcast from Daniel Bach, who teaches mathematics at Diablo Valley College in Pleasant Hill, CA. This podcast was posted to the web on 26 December 2005 at:

http://www.dansmath.com/pages/podpage.html

The show notes for this podcast included:

"DansMathCast is math knowledge for the masses, from a real math nut. Each show has features, a textbook chapter, and challenge problems! Dan Bach is a college math teacher, textbook author, and webmaster, and he's now a math podcaster!"

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Burks

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Malaria Mistakes

Hi everyone! Selection #6 today is a podcast from Prof. Bob Packett's "History According to Bob" series. This podcast was posted to the web at:

http://www.summahistorica.com/

Prof. Packett covers an incredibly wide range of history in his podcasts - really very educational. And he publishes a new podcast every few days - amazing!

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Burks

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History According to Bob

Join us for a Podcast Journey through History. Professor Bob tells fascinating stories of historical people, places, and customs.

Robert L. Packett

Professor Bob Packett has been teaching history for thirty years. His passion for history permeates his entire life, from the thousands of primary resouce materials in his personal library, to his collection of historical artifacts.

Professor Bob loves to tell stories of the real people behind the often sterile descriptions found in history texts. His conversational style, filled with anecdotes, quips, and humor, will bring to life the characters of history.

Now, through the technology of podcasting, you can also enjoy what Professor Bob's students have been enjoying for years — history that comes alive.

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Clark Boyd on NSA

Hi everyone! Selection #5 today is a podcast from "The World: Technology" series with Clark Boyd. This podcast had the title "NSA Eavesdropping, Technology and the Law", and was posted to the web on 17 January 2006 at:

http://www.theworld.org/technology/

The show notes for this podcast included:

"Clark Boyd is The World's technology correspondent. Whether it's high-tech or low-tech, old-tech or new-tech...whether it's happening in Tokyo, Timbuktu or Toronto...Clark's job is to roam the planet in search of stories that illuminate how technology is being used in a global context."

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Burks

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Third-Fourth Graders - Podcasting!

Hi everyone! Selection #4 today is a podcast from Mr. Bob Sprankle's 3/4 grade students in Room 208 of the elementary school in Wells, ME. This podcast was posted to the web on 16 December 2005 at:

http://bobsprankle.com/blog/C1697218367/E20051216083051/index.html

The show notes for this podcast included:

"The Scholars bring you another "jam-packed" show! It's a long one to get you through the Holidays with: Student News, Math Corner, Courtney's Book Talk, Emily's Writing Corner, Word of the Week, Elizabeth's Ark, and a very special piece called, Wicked Wikipedia?"

Bob Sprankle is a prolific blogger and podcaster - see:

http://www.bobsprankle.com/

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Burks

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In Praise of Slowness

Hi everyone! Selection #3 today is a podcast from the NPR Story of the Day series. Each day, the good folks at NPR feature one story that you simply have to hear. This podcast was posted to the web on 1 January 2006 at:

http://www.npr.org/rss/podcast/podcast_detail.php?siteId=4819386

The show notes for this podcast included:

"Many of us moved at a breakneck pace in 2005, and we're bouncing right into a new year. Writer Carl Honore takes note of a movement aimed at urging us to chill out a little. He tells Debbie Elliott about his book In Praise of Slowness."

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Burks

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Runcast Weekly

Hi everyone! Selection #2 today is a podcast from the good folks at Runcast Weekly. This podcast (well, runcast) was posted to the web at:

http://www.runcastweekly.com/podcast.htm

The show notes for this podcast series includes:

"Runcast Weekly is a non-discriminating forum for runners of all abilities. The popularity of the sport of running is a result of the everyday runner not the elite athlete, The Runcast Weekly podcast and this accompanying website is devoted to those individuals. Each week subjects are chosen with all amateur runners in mind, from beginners to veterans, relevant to their experiences. Runcast Weekly is produced by a runner for runners."

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Pacific Palate - Cooking

Hi everyone! Selection #1 today is a podcast from the Pacific Palate series with Don Genova. This podcast was posted to the web on 14 July 2005 at:

http://www.pacificpalate.com/shows_podcast.html

The show notes for this podcast included:

"During my honeymoon we spent a week cycling through the eastern end of France's Loire Valley. Our base was Le Vieux Moulin near Nevers, where we had many excellent dinners as part of the package. It's a great way to cover a lot of ground without having to re-pack every night. This gets a Pacificpalate.com recommendation!"

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Burks

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A Potpourri of Podcasts

Hi everyone! I thought I would do something different with the "Burks' Selections" podcasts today - so here are eight (that's right, 8) different podcasts - just so that you can get a good idea of the types of informative podcasts that are freely available on the web today. Here's today's lineup:
  • Cooking
  • Running - a Runcast, naturally
  • NPR Story of the Day
  • Third and Fourth Graders
  • Clark Boyd - The World: Technology
  • History from Bob
  • Mathematics Education
  • PGA Tour
I hope you enjoy a number of these great podcasts!

-- Burks

Friday, January 20, 2006

William Lynch Interview

Hi everyone! Today's selection is a podcast from ASU DMIT. This podcast consists of an interview of William Lynch, who is the Dean of the School of Education at Drexel University. Dr. Lynch was interviewed by Barnaby Wasson, of Arizona State University, while they were at the NECC Premier Podcast Event. This podcast was posted to the web on 25 July 2005 at:

http://necc.dmit.asu.edu/archives/2005/07/william_lynch_2.html

The show notes for this podcast included:

"Drexel University Education Director William Lynch believes that technology can increase student understanding and will begin incorporating iPods into the Drexel education program starting this September."

More information about Drexel's iPod initiative can be found in a free article from the Chronicle of Higher Education - see:

http://chronicle.com/free/2005/03/2005030203n.htm

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Thursday, January 19, 2006

EDUCAUSE Pocket Edition #2

Hi everyone! Today's selection is a podcast from the EDUCAUSE Podcket Edition series. This podcast was posted to the web on 27 November 2005 at:

http://connect.educause.edu/blog/dianao/it_s_pod_mania_educause_pocket_edition_2/1654

The show notes for this podcast included:

"The second installment of EDUCAUSE’s Pocket Edition audio series, It’s Pod Mania!, explains what a "podcast" is, how it’s done, and why it matters. Through dialogue and interviews, the moderators explore the technologies that make podcasting possible and easy to do, as well as the benefits to users that have driven its amazing growth: convenience, mobility, and targeted reach. Listen to It’s Pod Mania! to get a quick, informative overview of how you can join the 6 million people who already participate in podcasts worldwide."

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More about EDUCAUSE Pocket Edition:

"Hands-free, portable, informative, and engaging—that’s the EDUCAUSE Pocket Edition. If you’re too busy to read about new technologies, listen to Pocket Edition instead. Just download the Pocket Edition audio file to your computer or MP3 player and listen to it at your leisure. Or use podcasting to automatically download new Pocket Editions on hot topics such as podcasting or wikis as they’re posted. Whether you’re on your way to work, at the gym, or in your office, you’ll find EDUCAUSE Pocket Edition fits your busy lifestyle."

Wednesday, January 18, 2006

A Great Middle School Podcast

Hi everyone! Today's selection is a podcast from Longfellow Middle School in La Crosse, Wisconsin. The students in the "School in the Coulee" part of Longfellow (Coulee is a geographic region of Wisconsin) are producing a series of podcasts this year, with the assistance of their teacher, Jeanne Halderson. I'm really impressed by what these students have accomplished - and if they are doing this in middle school, what will they expect from us when they get to college?!! I first learned about this podcast on the Podcast.net site at:

http://www.podcast.net/show/75801

The show notes for the 18 November 2005 podcast included:

"This week's podcast includes Math Corner, This Week in History, Mealworm Metamorphosis, Lima Bean Dissection, Building Flowers, Photosynthesis, Gymnosperms & Angiosperms, and more!"

More details about this middle school podcasting project can be found on the web at:

http://www.lacrosseschools.com/longfellow/sc/ck/

Note that they even have a rubric for improving the quality of their podcasts!

The original podcast was an "enhanced" podcast with digital images, but I couldn't get my RSS feed to see that it was an audio file. So Mrs. Halderson created a regular mp3 file for me. Thanks! [The original m4a enhanced podcast is at: http://www.lacrosseschools.com/longfellow/sc/pc/051118ck.m4a]

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More about the Coulee Region of Wisconsin:

The Coulee Region ("coulee" is an old French idiom for the steep narrow valleys which abound in this area) is a region that takes in the Driftless (unglaciated) Area of southwestern Wisconsin, northeastern Iowa and southeastern Minnesota. With no glaciers to level the landscape, frost, water and gravity have gradually worn down the sandstone and limestone hills through the centuries. (from http://www.couleeaudubon.org/cras_location.html)

Tuesday, January 17, 2006

Wordprocessing Goes Online

Hi everyone! Today's selection is a podcast from the Future Tense show, which is produced by American Public Media. In this podcast, Jon Gordon talks about the online word processing program, Writely, with one of the company's founders, Sam Schillace. This podcast was posted to the web on 20 December 2005 at:

http://www.publicradio.org/columns/futuretense/

The show notes included:

"A program that allows users to create and collaborate on documents online is generating a lot of buzz. Writely is a free program that challenges the notion that word processing is a job that's done only offline with desktop programs such as Word. "

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Burks

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Monday, January 16, 2006

Celebrating M.L. King, Jr.

Hi everyone! Today's selection is to honor Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr., on this national holiday celebrating his birthday. As we think about podcasting, we really are emphasizing the power of the spoken word. And what better example of this power than Rev. King's speech delivered 28 August 1963, at the Lincoln Memorial, Washington D.C.



The mp3 file with this speech can be found on the AmericanRhetoric.com website at:

http://www.americanrhetoric.com/speeches/Ihaveadream.htm

This site also has a full transcript of the speech.



http://www.usconstitution.net/dream.html

"Following a series of non-violent protests in Birmingham, Alabama, where he was arrested and jailed, King organized a massive march on Washington, DC, on August 28, 1963. On the steps of the Lincoln Memorial, he evoked the name of Lincoln in his "I Have a Dream" speech, which is credited with mobilizing supporters of desegregation and prompted the 1964 Civil Rights Act. The next year, King was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize."

As always, the orange title above has a link to the mp3 file with the podcast, and you can subscribe to the RSS feed for "Burks' Selections" using the address on the orange XML icon in the right column on the page.

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Sunday, January 15, 2006

Marc Prensky Keynote, Part II

Hi everyone! Today's selections are two podcasts from the "Bit By Bit" podcasts, which is a series produced by Bob Sprankle. Bob Sprankle is 3/4 grade teacher in Wells, ME, and is a prolific blogger in the area of technology-enhanced teaching and learning.

Today's two podcasts have Marc Prensky's keynote address from the Christa McAuliffe Technology Conference, which was held in Nashua, NH, on November 29, 2005. His talk was entitled "Engage Me or Enrage Me: Educating Today's Digital Native Learners".

These podcasts were posted to the web on 9 December 2005 at:

http://bobsprankle.com/bitbybit_wordpress/?p=52
http://bobsprankle.com/bitbybit_wordpress/?p=51

This posting has a link to the SECOND part of the presentation.

As always, the orange title above has a link to the mp3 file with the podcast, and you can subscribe to the RSS feed for "Burks' Selections" using the address on the orange XML icon in the right column on the page.

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Marc Prensky Keynote, Part I

Hi everyone! Today's selections are two podcasts from the "Bit By Bit" podcasts, which is a series produced by Bob Sprankle. Bob Sprankle is 3/4 grade teacher in Wells, ME, and is a prolific blogger in the area of technology-enhanced teaching and learning.

Today's two podcasts have Marc Prensky's keynote address from the Christa McAuliffe Technology Conference, which was held in Nashua, NH, on November 29, 2005. His talk was entitled "Engage Me or Enrage Me: Educating Today's Digital Native Learners".

These podcasts were posted to the web on 9 December 2005 at:

http://bobsprankle.com/bitbybit_wordpress/?p=52
http://bobsprankle.com/bitbybit_wordpress/?p=51

This posting has a link to the FIRST part of the presentation.

As always, the orange title above has a link to the mp3 file with the podcast, and you can subscribe to the RSS feed for "Burks' Selections" using the address on the orange XML icon in the right column on the page.

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Marc Prensky

http://www.marcprensky.com/

Marc Prensky is an internationally acclaimed speaker, writer, consultant, and designer in the critical areas of education and learning. He is the author of Digital Game-Based Learning (McGraw-Hill, 2001), the founder and CEO of Games2train (whose clients include IBM, Nokia, Pfizer, the US Department of Defense and the LA and Florida Virtual Schools).

Marc has created over 50 software games for learning, including the world's first fast-action videogame-based training tools and world-wide, multi-player, multi-team on-line competitions. He has also taught at all levels. Marc has been featured in articles in The NY Times and The Wall Street Journal, has appeared on CNN, MSNBC, PBS, and the BBC, and was named as one of training's top 10 "visionaries" by Training magazine. He holds graduate degrees from Yale (Teaching) and Harvard (MBA).

Saturday, January 14, 2006

Wesley Fryer on Blogging at Conferences

Hi everyone! Today's selection is a podcast from Wesley Fryer, from the Texas Tech University College of Education. In this podcast, Wesley talks with Glen Bull and Susan Albaugh of the University of Virginia about "Blogging the Conference" - that is, their plans for blogging at the SITE 2006 conference in Orlando, FL, and the role of Web 2.0 technologies in this effort. This podcast was posted to the web on 5 December 2005 at:

http://www.speedofcreativity.org/2005/12/06/podcast26-blogging-the-conference/

The show notes for this podcast included the following:

"A variety of web 2.0 technologies are being used by people around the country to share dialog and content from conferences they attend. This podcast is an attempted synthesis of a videoconference in which I participated last Friday, December 2nd with Dr. Glen Bull and Susan Albaugh of the University of Virginia. We discussed possible goals and outcomes for blogging the upcoming SITE 2006 conference to be held in Orlando, Florida, as well as specific ways these goals could be accomplished with web 2.0 technologies."

Wesley Fryer is a prolific blogger and podcaster, and has his personal blog at:

http://speedofcreativity.org/

As always, the orange title above has a link to the mp3 file with the podcast, and you can subscribe to the RSS feed for "Burks' Selections" using the address on the orange XML icon in the right column on the page.

I hope you enjoy this podcast!

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http://www.wesleyfryer.com/bio/

Wesley Fryer is an educator, author, digital storyteller, technology integration pioneer, husband and father. He serves as an international and national presenter and speaker, addressing a range of topics related to education, technology integration, distance learning, and twenty-first century literacy.

In 2005-2006 Wesley is completing his doctoral studies in Curriculum and Instruction at Texas Tech University, focusing on the impact of one-to-one computing initiatives on student achievement.

He currently serves as the Director of Instructional Support Services and Webmaster for the College of Education at Texas Tech University.

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Friday, January 13, 2006

New Orleans Public Schools Reopen Slowly

Hi everyone! Today's selection is a podcast from The News Hour on PBS. In this podcast, special correspondent for education John Merrow reports about the reopening of public schools in New Orleans in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. The original podcast was published on 19 December 2005 at:

http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rss/media/

The show notes included:

"In the wake of Hurricane Katrina, the New Orleans public school system must struggle not only with rebuilding and reopening schools, but also improving an historically low-achieving school system."

A transcript of this segment is available online at:

http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/education/july-dec05/noschools_12-19.html

John Merrow has been an education reporter for over 30 years and correspondent for The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer. He profiles significant issues in k-12 and higher education. His biosketch is at:

http://www.pbs.org/merrow/tv/young_scientists/YSJM_merrow_bio.pdf

As always, the orange title above has a link to the mp3 file with the podcast, and you can subscribe to the RSS feed for "Burks' Selections" using the address on the orange XML icon in the right column on the page.

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John Merrow Bio

John Merrow began his career as an education reporter with National Public Radio in 1974, when he created "Options in Education." That series earned more than two dozen broadcasting awards, including the George Polk Award in 1982. From 1985 to 1990 he was education correspondent for The MacNeil/Lehrer Newshour, and in 1993 he created The Merrow Report for PBS, followed by the NPR series of the same name in 1997. In 2000 he returned to The NewsHour to provide occasional reports on education. Learning Matters, Inc., Merrow's production company, has been co-producing documentaries with the PBS series FRONTLINE since 2001. Merrow won a Peabody Award in 2001 for "School Sleuth: The Case of the Excellent School," which aired on PBS. Merrow earned a Bachelors Degree from Dartmouth College in 1964, a Masters Degree in American Studies from Indiana University in 1968, and a doctorate in Education and Social Policy from the Harvard Graduate School of Education in 1973.

Thursday, January 12, 2006

The Edublog Awards

Hi everyone! Today's selection is a podcast from the good folks at Worldbridges - it is all about the 2005 Edublog Awards - including "the winners, acceptance speeches and the top ten edtech news events of 2005". I don't usually post such LONG podcasts, but this one is worth 45 minutes of your time. It was published on 18 December 2005 as EdTechTalk #30 at:

http://worldbridges.com/livewire/?p=107

The show notes for this podcast included:

"We had a rolicking good time with Josie Fraser at this years edublog awards. Check out the audio to hear all the nominees, as well as some acceptance speeches from some of the winners. Konrad Glogowski showed up, Stephen Downes made an appearance as well as many more. We also had a top ten list of edtech news from 2005."

As always, the orange title above has a link to the mp3 file with the podcast, and you can subscribe to the RSS feed for "Burks' Selections" using the address on the orange XML icon in the right column on the page.

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Burks

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Wednesday, January 11, 2006

Neil Gershenfeld: Inventing Everyday Things

Hi everyone! Today's selection is a podcast from the WGBH Forum Network - a series of free public lectures made possible through a partnership with Boston's leading cultural and educational organizations. This podcast is a presentation that MIT Physicist Neil Gershenfeld made as part of the Boston IDEAS 2005 series. It was posted to the web on 7 October 2005 at:

http://www.forum-network.org/wgbh/forum.php?lecture_id=1977

The show notes for this podcast included:

"Director of The Center for Bits and Atoms at MIT, Gershenfeld discusses his development of "fabrication laboratories" that bring design technology to ordinary people."

As always, the orange title above has a link to the mp3 file with the podcast, and you can subscribe to the RSS feed for "Burks' Selections" using the address on the orange XML icon in the right column on the page.

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http://web.media.mit.edu/~neilg/neil/shortbio.html

Prof. Neil Gershenfeld is the Director of MIT's Center for Bits and Atoms. His unique laboratory investigates the relationship between the content of information and its physical representation, from molecular quantum computers to virtuosic musical instruments. Technology from his lab has been seen and used in settings including New York's Museum of Modern Art and rural Indian villages, the White House/Smithsonian Millennium celebration and automobile safety systems, the World Economic Forum and inner-city community centers, Las Vegas shows and Sami herds. He is the author of numerous technical publications, patents, and books including "Fab," "When Things Start To Think," "The Nature of Mathematical Modeling," and "The Physics of Information Technology," has been featured in media such as The New York Times, The Economist, CNN, and the McNeil/Lehrer News Hour, and has been selected as one of the top 100 public intellectuals. Dr. Gershenfeld has a BA in Physics with High Honors from Swarthmore College, a Ph.D. from Cornell University, was a Junior Fellow of the Harvard University Society of Fellows, and a member of the research staff at Bell Labs.

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Tuesday, January 10, 2006

Science News for 2005

Hi everyone! Today's selection is a podcast from the PBS News Hour, entitled "Stem Cells, Pandemic Dominate 2005 Science News". Correspondent Jeffrey Brown reported this segment, in which he interviewed John Rennie, editor of Scientific American, and Andrew Revkin, science writer for the NY Times. This podcast was posted to the web on 2 January 2006 at:

http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rss/media/

The show notes for this podcast included:

"The continued scandal surrounding South Korean stem cell research coupled with the global warming conference in Montreal and the threat of a Bird Flu pandemic headlined a busy 2005 year of science news."

The entire transcript for this segment is on the web at:

http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/science/jan-june06/science_1-02.html

As always, the orange title above has a link to the mp3 file with the podcast, and you can subscribe to the RSS feed for "Burks' Selections" using the address on the orange XML icon in the right column on the page.

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Monday, January 09, 2006

Dave Winer Interview

Hi everyone! Today's selection is a podcast from NerdTV, in which host Robert Cringely interviewed Dave Winer, the "Father of RSS and Web Logging". The original podcast was published on 11 October 2005 as Show #6 at:

http://www.pbs.org/cringely/nerdtv/shows/

The show notes included:

"Dave Winer has been in the software industry since the days he worked with Mitch Kapor BEFORE Lotus 1-2-3."

As always, the orange title above has a link to the mp3 file with the podcast, and you can subscribe to the RSS feed for "Burks' Selections" using the address on the orange XML icon in the right column on the page.

I hope you enjoy this podcast!

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What is NerdTV?

NerdTV is a new weekly online TV show from PBS.org technology columnist Robert X. Cringely. NerdTV is essentially Charlie Rose for geeks - a one-hour interview show with a single guest from the world of technology. Guests like Sun Microsystems co-founder Bill Joy or Apple computer inventor Steve Wozniak are household names if your household is nerdy enough, but as historical figures and geniuses in their own right, they have plenty to say to ALL of us. NerdTV is distributed under a Creative Commons license so viewers can legally share the shows with their friends and even edit their own versions. If not THE future of television, NerdTV represents a future of television for niche audiences that have deep interest in certain topics.

Sunday, January 08, 2006

John Merrow interview with Deborah Meier

Hi everyone! Today's selection is a podcast from John Merrow, in which he spoke with Deborah Meier, noted educational reformer, writer and activist, about K-12 education. The original podcast was published on 15 December 2005 at:

http://johnmerrow.blogspot.com/2005/12/small-schools-john-merrow-podcast-13.html

Much more about Deborah Meier on her website at:

http://www.deborahmeier.com/

The show notes included:

"What makes a good school? Deborah Meier, the architect of many school reforms, reflects on the changes she's seen over the years."

John Merrow has been an education reporter for over 30 years and correspondent for The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer. He profiles significant issues in k-12 and higher education. His biosketch is at:

http://www.pbs.org/merrow/tv/young_scientists/YSJM_merrow_bio.pdf

As always, the orange title above has a link to the mp3 file with the podcast, and you can subscribe to the RSS feed for "Burks' Selections" using the address on the orange XML icon in the right column on the page.

I hope you enjoy this podcast!

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Burks

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John Merrow Bio

John Merrow began his career as an education reporter with National Public Radio in 1974, when he created "Options in Education." That series earned more than two dozen broadcasting awards, including the George Polk Award in 1982. From 1985 to 1990 he was education correspondent for The MacNeil/Lehrer Newshour, and in 1993 he created The Merrow Report for PBS, followed by the NPR series of the same name in 1997. In 2000 he returned to The NewsHour to provide occasional reports on education. Learning Matters, Inc., Merrow's production company, has been co-producing documentaries with the PBS series FRONTLINE since 2001. Merrow won a Peabody Award in 2001 for "School Sleuth: The Case of the Excellent School," which aired on PBS. Merrow earned a Bachelors Degree from Dartmouth College in 1964, a Masters Degree in American Studies from Indiana University in 1968, and a doctorate in Education and Social Policy from the Harvard Graduate School of Education in 1973.

Saturday, January 07, 2006

IT Conversations - Supernova 2005

Hi everyone! Today's selection is a podcast from the good folks at IT Conversations. It was recorded on 22 June 2005 at the Supernova 2005 conference and posted to:

http://www.itconversations.com/shows/detail677.html

This podcast features presentations by Mike Homer and Marc Canter.

Mike Homer describes Open Media Network, a new service based on the Kontiki secure peer-to-peer delivery system. Homer says the mission of Open Media Network is to "bring back public broadcasting," as a "free public service for the mass publishing and viewing of legal content on the Internet."

Marc Canter describes Ourmedia.org, a front end to storage and bandwidth offered by the Internet Archive. In contrast to Open Media Network's peer-to-peer approach, Ourmedia.org uses more traditional download and streaming to deliver media.

The show notes included the following:

"Several new services offer free storage and bandwidth for creative works submitted by anyone. In this session from Supernova 2005, Mike Homer and Marc Canter describe two such services that are quite different in architecture but share the goal of giving the masses a way to publish creative works."

As always, the orange title above has a link to the mp3 file with the podcast, and you can subscribe to the RSS feed for "Burks' Selections" using the address on the orange XML icon in the right column on the page.

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Mike Homer is the chairman and co-founder of Kontiki and an investor and advisor to Opsware (formerly Loudcloud), Tellme Networks, and Palm. Previously, Mike was a senior vice president at America Online. He held various executive positions at Netscape. Earlier, Mike was vice president of engineering at EO Corporation and vice president of marketing at GO Corporation. From 1982 to 1991, Mike held various technical and management positions at Apple Computer. He earned a B.S. from the University of California at Berkeley.

Marc Canter is CEO of Broadband Mechanics and the cofounder of Ourmedia.org. Canter helped found MacroMind, which became Macromedia. Marc is focused on helping to create and promulgate new kinds of standards for micro-content that include people, media, events, reviews, and listings. These open standards will then become the open source infrastructure needed for "digital lifestyle aggregation," which Broadband Mechanics is building for clients like Avid, Cyworld, Z-ff-Davis, EMI, Tony Perkins, aSmallWorld, Tribe.net, and Laszlo systems.

Friday, January 06, 2006

"Junkware" Being Pre-Installed on New PC's

Hi everyone! Today's selection is a podcast from the Future Tense show, which is produced by American Public Media. In this podcast, Jon Gordon talks with Houston Chronicle tech columnist Dwight Silverman about the large amount of "junkware" that is being pre-installed on new PC's. This podcast was posted to the web on 26 December 2005 at:

http://www.publicradio.org/columns/futuretense/

The show notes included:

"Many of the new computers given as holiday gifts this season are bloated with unwanted trial software. At best, junkware makes your machine a little cheaper. At worst, it can seriously impede performance."

As always, the orange title above has a link to the mp3 file with the podcast, and you can subscribe to the RSS feed for "Burks' Selections" using the address on the orange XML icon in the right column on the page.

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APM's Future Tense Podcast

Future Tense is a daily program that chronicles the social impact of computers, the Internet, and technology in general. Future Tense is produced by American Public Media.

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Thursday, January 05, 2006

iCube Podcasts at UConn

Hi everyone! Today's selection is a podcast from Prof. David Miller, of the Psychology Department at the University of Connecticut. He has been podcasting with his introductory psychology course - and he has named the podcast series "iCube" - for "Issues In Intro" (or I-cubed, which he has shortened to iCube - I guess a play on iPod). His course website is at:

http://icube.uconn.edu/

The notes on this site include the following:

"The podcasts are discussions of course material for each week's lectures hosted by David Miller, who is joined by several students from his class in General Psychology I. (PSYC 132)."

It is nice to see this approach to podcasting - a small group Q&A session with his students - rather than simply a recording of his in-class lectures. This really seems like a powerful approach.

There also are several other podcasts from the iCube series linked on this site.

An article from the Hartford (CT) Courant about this project was published on 28 December 2005 at:

http://www.courant.com/news/education/hc-ipodman.artdec28%2C0%2C1408723.story

As always, the orange title above has a link to the mp3 file with the podcast, and you can subscribe to the RSS feed for "Burks' Selections" using the address on the orange XML icon in the right column on the page.

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Wednesday, January 04, 2006

How the Mind Makes Meaning in e-Learning

Hi everyone! Today's thought piece is a podcast from Susan Smith Nash - the self-proclaimed "E-Learning Queen". Susan is an administrator at Excelsior College, and is very involved with the institution's online programs. She is a prolific blogger and podcaster - see her website at:

http://www.beyondutopia.net/

The original poscast "Text Representation and Cognitive Processes: How the Mind Makes Meaning in e-Learning" was published on 27 December 2005 at:

http://elearnqueen.blogspot.com/2005/12/text-representation-and-cognitive.html

In the shownotes, Susan wrote:

"Since e-learning relies still relies heavily on text-based learning, it is very helpful to have a basic idea of how the mind makes meaning from discourse. Understanding how the various forms of textual representation operate will help one design more effective instructional materials, activities, and assessments. According to discourse theorists, written language has the following aspects or components in the text itself, which consist of Surface Code, Textbase, and Situated Text. It also helps to understand the factors that influence how an individual processes that language. Finally, the mechanisms used for comprehension matter a great deal when one is trying to achieve uniform learning outcomes."

I had the pleasure of meeting Susan at the Sloan-C annual conference in Orlando, FL, in November 2005, and hearing one of her conference presentations. She clearly is a leader in the e-learning field, and we're all fortunate that she is sharing her thoughts in this area through her podcasts.

As always, the orange title above has a link to the mp3 file with the podcast, and you can subscribe to the RSS feed for "Burks' Selections" using the address on the orange XML icon in the right column on the page.

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http://elearnqueen.blogspot.com/

The E-Learning Queen explores all manner of online and distributed training and education, from instructional design to the construction and implementation of entire e-learning solutions. She finds real-world e-learning issues and applications particularly intriguing; in higher education, military, K-12, and corporate and humanitarian / not-for-profit realms.

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Tuesday, January 03, 2006

Wesley Fryer's Hopes and Goals for 2006

Hi everyone! Today's selection is a podcast from Wesley Fryer, from the Texas Tech University College of Education. In this podcast, Wesley talks about his hopes and goals for 2006. This podcast was posted to the web on 31 December 2005 at:

http://www.speedofcreativity.org/2005/12/31/podcast28-educational-banners-and-resolutions-for-2006/

The show notes for this podcast included the following:

"Five different issues can be considered educational banners worth waving, torches worth carrying into the darkness, and issues worth fighting for in 2006 and beyond in the contexts of teaching and learning as well as educational technology. In this podcast I discuss and explore these issues, and also highlight John Dewey’s definition of experience from "Art as Experience" as it may relate to personal and professional resolutions we can make for 2006."

Wesley Fryer is a prolific blogger and podcaster, and has his personal blog at:

http://speedofcreativity.org/

As always, the orange title above has a link to the mp3 file with the podcast, and you can subscribe to the RSS feed for "Burks' Selections" using the address on the orange XML icon in the right column on the page.

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http://www.wesleyfryer.com/bio/

Wesley Fryer is an educator, author, digital storyteller, technology integration pioneer, husband and father. He serves as an international and national presenter and speaker, addressing a range of topics related to education, technology integration, distance learning, and twenty-first century literacy.

In 2005-2006 Wesley is completing his doctoral studies in Curriculum and Instruction at Texas Tech University, focusing on the impact of one-to-one computing initiatives on student achievement.

He currently serves as the Director of Instructional Support Services and Webmaster for the College of Education at Texas Tech University.

Monday, January 02, 2006

A Discussion with Barbara Ganley

Hi everyone! Today's selection is a podcast from the good folks at Worldbridges - it is a discussion with Prof. Barbara Ganley, of Middlebury College in Vermont. It was published on 6 November 2005 as EdTechTalk #24 at:

http://edtechtalk.com/EdTech_Talk_24_with_Barbara_Ganley

and at:

http://worldbridges.com/livewire/?p=93

The show notes included the following:

"Barbara discusses her experiences using blogging with her students and shares her insights into the use of new media and social software in the classroom. For the first time during a webcast we are joined by a remote classroom, as Will Richardson and his Executive Ed.D. class at Seton Hall tune in early on. This is also the first time we used teleconferencing as a webcast listening option. All in all, a successful webcast of technical experimentation and great edtech discussion."

A transcript of the podcast is at:

http://edtechtalk.com/EdTech_Talk_24_Chat_Transcript

As always, the orange title above has a link to the mp3 file with the podcast, and you can subscribe to the RSS feed for "Burks' Selections" using the address on the orange XML icon in the right column on the page.

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Sunday, January 01, 2006

Impact of New Technologies on Globalization

Hi everyone! Today's selection is a podcast from the PBS News Hour, entitled "Rapid Advances in Technology Create New World Economy". Senior Correspondent Ray Suarez reported this segment, in which he interviewed Thomas Friedman and Moises Naim. This podcast was posted to the web on 15 December 2005 at:

http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rss/media/

The show notes for this podcast included:

"Some experts say globalization has created a new, border-free world that gives more power to individuals yet allows for illicit trafficking."

The entire interview is on the web at:

http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/economy/july-dec05/borders_12-15.html

As always, the orange title above has a link to the mp3 file with the podcast, and you can subscribe to the RSS feed for "Burks' Selections" using the address on the orange XML icon in the right column on the page.

Happy New Year to everyone!

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Burks

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