Podcast appearances and mentions of Richard Byrne

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Play Episode Listen Later Feb 14, 2022 74:05

In this (mostly) standalone episode, we cover how Deutsch and Byrne each interpret Byrne's theory differently. Deutsch emphasizes the micro-level actions and gestures of great apes and the clear lack of understanding of what each gesture does. Byrne emphasizes the macro-level and the flexible intelligence required to come up with a program of action to accomplish a novel goal. Byrne's theory of 'animal insight' makes specific testable claims. To Byrne, great apes (especially Chimps) can 'think.' His theory says that animal insight was a necessary precursor to human insight and that humans utilize both kinds. If he's right, then animal insight has relevance to AGI studies. Deutsch has doubts about all of this and thinks of Bryne's theory more as evidence that animals cannot think. We also discuss how Byrne and Deutsch both understand the mirror test differently. And finally, we dip just a bit into animal sentience and discuss why the theory that animals feel things is the prevailing theory not so much because it's a great theory but more because it has no real current competitors. It's difficult to explain much animal behavior without either tacitly referring to animal feelings or just clearly making up bad ad hoc explanations. While it's helpful to have listened to the 3 previous episodes, this episode mostly stands alone. Links: Richard Byrne's book Evolving Insight: How it is we can think about why things happen Richard Byrne's book The Thinking Ape: The Evolutionary Origins of Intelligence Video on dolphin intelligence/communication --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/four-strands/support

Episode 143: “Summer in the City” by the Lovin’ Spoonful

A History Of Rock Music in Five Hundred Songs

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 7, 2022

Episode 143 of A History of Rock Music in Five Hundred Songs looks at “Summer in the City'”, and at the short but productive career of the Lovin' Spoonful. Click the full post to read liner notes, links to more information, and a transcript of the episode. Patreon backers also have a ten-minute bonus episode available, on "The Sun Ain't Gonna Shine Any More" by the Walker Brothers and the strange career of Scott Walker. Tilt Araiza has assisted invaluably by doing a first-pass edit, and will hopefully be doing so from now on. Check out Tilt's irregular podcasts at http://www.podnose.com/jaffa-cakes-for-proust and http://sitcomclub.com/ Resources As usual, all the songs excerpted in the podcast can be heard in full at Mixcloud. This box set contains all four studio albums by the Lovin' Spoonful, plus the one album by "The Lovin' Spoonful featuring Joe Butler", while this CD contains their two film soundtracks (mostly inessential instrumental filler, apart from "Darling Be Home Soon") Information about harmonicas and harmonicists comes from Harmonicas, Harps, and Heavy Breathers by Kim Field. There are only three books about the Lovin' Spoonful, but all are worth reading. Do You Believe in Magic? by Simon Wordsworth is a good biography of the band, while his The Magic's in the Music is a scrapbook of press cuttings and reminiscences. Meanwhile Steve Boone's Hotter Than a Match Head: My Life on the Run with the Lovin' Spoonful has rather more discussion of the actual music than is normal in a musician's autobiography. Patreon This podcast is brought to you by the generosity of my backers on Patreon. Why not join them? Transcript Let's talk about the harmonica for a while. The harmonica is an instrument that has not shown up a huge amount in the podcast, but which was used in a fair bit of the music we've covered. We've heard it for example on records by Bo Diddley: [Excerpt: Bo Diddley, "I'm a Man"] and by Bob Dylan: [Excerpt: Bob Dylan, "Blowin' in the Wind"] and the Rolling Stones: [Excerpt: The Rolling Stones, "Little Red Rooster"] In most folk and blues contexts, the harmonicas used are what is known as a diatonic harmonica, and these are what most people think of when they think of harmonicas at all. Diatonic harmonicas have the notes of a single key in them, and if you want to play a note in another key, you have to do interesting tricks with the shape of your mouth to bend the note. There's another type of harmonica, though, the chromatic harmonica. We've heard that a time or two as well, like on "Love Me Do" by the Beatles: [Excerpt: The Beatles, "Love Me Do"] Chromatic harmonicas have sixteen holes, rather than the diatonic harmonica's ten, and they also have a slide which you can press to raise the note by a semitone, meaning you can play far more notes than on a diatonic harmonica -- but they're also physically harder to play, requiring a different kind of breathing to pull off playing one successfully. They're so different that John Lennon would distinguish between the two instruments -- he'd describe a chromatic harmonica as a harmonica, but a diatonic harmonica he would call a harp, like blues musicians often did: [Excerpt: The Beatles, "Love These Goon Shows"] While the chromatic harmonica isn't a particularly popular instrument in rock music, it is one that has had some success in other fields. There have been some jazz and light-orchestral musicians who have become famous playing the instrument, like the jazz musician Max Geldray, who played in those Goon Shows the Beatles loved so much: [Excerpt: Max Geldray, "C-Jam Blues"] And in the middle of the twentieth century there were a few musicians who succeeded in making the harmonica into an instrument that was actually respected in serious classical music. By far the most famous of these was Larry Adler, who became almost synonymous with the instrument in the popular consciousness, and who reworked many famous pieces of music for the instrument: [Excerpt: Larry Adler, "Rhapsody in Blue"] But while Adler was the most famous classical harmonicist of his generation, he was not generally considered the best by other musicians. That was, rather, a man named John Sebastian. Sebastian, who chose to take his middle name as a surname partly to Anglicise his name but also, it seems, at least in part as tribute to Johann Sebastian Bach (which incidentally now makes it really, really difficult to search for copies of his masterwork "John Sebastian Plays Bach", as Internet searches uniformly think you're searching just for the composer...) started out like almost all harmonica players as an amateur playing popular music. But he quickly got very, very, good, and by his teens he was already teaching other children, including at a summer camp run by Albert Hoxie, a musician and entrepreneur who was basically single-handedly responsible for the boom in harmonica sales in the 1920s and 1930s, by starting up youth harmonica orchestras -- dozens or even hundreds of kids, all playing harmonica together, in a semi-militaristic youth organisation something like the scouts, but with harmonicas instead of woggles and knots. Hoxie's group and the various organisations copying it led to there being over a hundred and fifty harmonica orchestras in Chicago alone, and in LA in the twenties and thirties a total of more than a hundred thousand children passed through harmonica orchestras inspired by Hoxie. Hoxie's youth orchestras were largely responsible for the popularity of the harmonica as a cheap instrument for young people, and thus for its later popularity in the folk and blues worlds. That was only boosted in the Second World War by the American Federation of Musicians recording ban, which we talked about in the early episodes of the podcast -- harmonicas had never been thought of as a serious instrument, and so most professional harmonica players were not members of the AFM, but were considered variety performers and were part of the American Guild of Variety Artists, along with singers, ukulele players, and musical saw players. Of course, the war did also create a problem, because the best harmonicas were made in Germany by the Hohner company, but soon a lot of American companies started making cheap harmonicas to fill the gap in the market. There's a reason the cliche of the GI in a war film playing a harmonica in the trenches exists, and it's largely because of Hoxie. And Hoxie was based in Philadelphia, where John Sebastian lived as a kid, and he mentored the young player, who soon became a semi-professional performer. Sebastian's father was a rich banker, and discouraged him from becoming a full-time musician -- the plan was that after university, Sebastian would become a diplomat. But as part of his preparation for that role, he was sent to spend a couple of years studying at the universities of Rome and Florence, learning about Italian culture. On the boat back, though, he started talking to two other passengers, who turned out to be the legendary Broadway songwriting team Rodgers and Hart, the writers of such classic songs as "Blue Moon" and "My Funny Valentine": [Excerpt: Ella Fitzgerald, "My Funny Valentine"] Sebastian talked to his new friends, and told them that he was feeling torn between being a musician and being in the foreign service like his father wanted. They both told him that in their experience some people were just born to be artists, and that those people would never actually find happiness doing anything else. He took their advice, and decided he was going to become a full-time harmonica player. He started out playing in nightclubs, initially playing jazz and swing, but only while he built up a repertoire of classical music. He would rehearse with a pianist for three hours every day, and would spend the rest of his time finding classical works, especially baroque ones, and adapting them for the harmonica. As he later said “I discovered sonatas by Telemann, Veracini, Bach, Handel, Vivaldi, Hasse, Marcello, Purcell, and many others, which were written to be played on violin, flute, oboe, musette, even bagpipes... The composer seemed to be challenging each instrument to create the embellishments and ornaments to suit its particular voice. . . . I set about choosing works from this treasure trove that would best speak through my instrument.” Soon his nightclub repertoire was made up entirely of these classical pieces, and he was making records like John Sebastian Plays Bach: [Excerpt: John Sebastian, "Flute Sonata in B Minor BWV1030 (J.S. Bach)"] And while Sebastian was largely a lover of baroque music above all other forms, he realised that he would have to persuade new composers to write new pieces for the instrument should he ever hope for it to have any kind of reputation as a concert instrument, so he persuaded contemporary composers to write pieces like George Kleinsinger's "Street Corner Concerto", which Sebastian premiered with the New York Philharmonic: [Excerpt: John Sebastian, "Street Corner Concerto"] He became the first harmonica player to play an entirely classical repertoire, and regarded as the greatest player of his instrument in the world. The oboe player Jay S Harrison once wrote of seeing him perform "to accomplish with success a program of Mr. Sebastian's scope is nothing short of wizardry. . . . He has vast technical facility, a bulging range of colors, and his intentions are ever musical and sophisticated. In his hands the harmonica is no toy, no simple gadget for the dispensing of homespun tunes. Each single number of the evening was whittled, rounded, polished, and poised. . . . Mr. Sebastian's playing is uncanny." Sebastian came from a rich background, and he managed to earn enough as a classical musician to live the lifestyle of a rich artistic Bohemian. During the forties and fifties he lived in Greenwich Village with his family -- apart from a four-year period living in Rome from 1951 to 55 -- and Eleanor Roosevelt was a neighbour, while Vivian Vance, who played Ethel Mertz on I Love Lucy, was the godmother of his eldest son. But while Sebastian's playing was entirely classical, he was interested in a wider variety of music. When he would tour Europe, he would often return having learned European folk songs, and while he was living in Greenwich Village he would often be visited by people like Burl Ives, Woody Guthrie, and other folk singers living in the area. And that early influence rubbed off on Sebastian's son, John Benson Sebastian, although young John gave up trying to learn the harmonica the first time he tried, because he didn't want to be following too closely in his father's footsteps. Sebastian junior did, though, take up the guitar, inspired by the first wave rock and rollers he was listening to on Alan Freed's show, and he would later play the harmonica, though the diatonic harmonica rather than the chromatic. In case you haven't already figured it out, John Benson Sebastian, rather than his father, is a principal focus of this episode, and so to avoid confusion, from this point on, when I refer to "John Sebastian" or "Sebastian" without any qualifiers, I'm referring to the younger man. When I refer to "John Sebastian Sr" I'm talking about the father. But it was John Sebastian Sr's connections, in particular to the Bohemian folk and blues scenes, which gave his more famous son his first connection to that world of his own, when Sebastian Sr appeared in a TV show, in November 1960, put together by Robert Herridge, a TV writer and producer who was most famous for his drama series but who had also put together documentaries on both classical music and jazz, including the classic performance documentary The Sound of Jazz. Herridge's show featured both Sebastian Sr and the country-blues player Lightnin' Hopkins: [Excerpt: Lightnin' Hopkins, "Blues in the Bottle"] Hopkins was one of many country-blues players whose career was having a second wind after his discovery by the folk music scene. He'd been recording for fourteen years, putting out hundreds of records, but had barely performed outside Houston until 1959, when the folkies had picked up on his work, and in October 1960 he had been invited to play Carnegie Hall, performing with Pete Seeger and Joan Baez. Young John Sebastian had come along with his dad to see the TV show be recorded, and had an almost Damascene conversion -- he'd already heard Hopkins' recordings, but had never seen anything like his live performances. He was at that time attending a private boarding school, Blair Academy, and his roommate at the school also had his own apartment, where Sebastian would sometimes stay. Soon Lightnin' Hopkins was staying there as well, as somewhere he could live rent-free while he was in New York. Sebastian started following Hopkins around and learning everything he could, being allowed by the older man to carry his guitar and buy him gin, though the two never became close. But eventually, Hopkins would occasionally allow Sebastian to play with him when he played at people's houses, which he did on occasion. Sebastian became someone that Hopkins trusted enough that when he was performing on a bill with someone else whose accompanist wasn't able to make the gig and Sebastian put himself forward, Hopkins agreed that Sebastian would be a suitable accompanist for the evening. The singer he accompanied that evening was a performer named Valentine Pringle, who was a protege of Harry Belafonte, and who had a similar kind of sound to Paul Robeson. Sebastian soon became Pringle's regular accompanist, and played on his first album, I Hear America Singing, which was also the first record on which the great trumpet player Hugh Masakela played. Sadly, Paul Robeson style vocals were so out of fashion by that point that that album has never, as far as I can tell, been issued in a digital format, and hasn't even been uploaded to YouTube. But this excerpt from a later recording by Pringle should give you some idea of the kind of thing he was doing: [Excerpt: Valentine Pringle, "Go 'Way From My Window"] After these experiences, Sebastian started regularly going to shows at Greenwich Village folk clubs, encouraged by his parents -- he had an advantage over his peers because he'd grown up in the area and had artistic parents, and so he was able to have a great deal of freedom that other people in their teens weren't. In particular, he would always look out for any performances by the great country blues performer Mississippi John Hurt. Hurt had made a few recordings for Okeh records in 1928, including an early version of "Stagger Lee", titled "Stack O'Lee": [Excerpt: Mississippi John Hurt, "Stack O'Lee Blues"] But those records had been unsuccessful, and he'd carried on working on a farm. and not performed other than in his tiny home town of Avalon, Mississippi, for decades. But then in 1952, a couple of his tracks had been included on the Harry Smith Anthology, and as a result he'd come to the attention of the folk and blues scholar community. They'd tried tracking him down, but been unable to until in the early sixties one of them had discovered a track on one of Hurt's records, "Avalon Blues", and in 1963, thirty-five years after he'd recorded six flop singles, Mississippi John Hurt became a minor star, playing the Newport Folk Festival and appearing on the Tonight Show. By this time, Sebastian was a fairly well-known figure in Greenwich Village, and he had become quite a virtuoso on the harmonica himself, and would walk around the city wearing a holster-belt containing harmonicas in a variety of different keys. Sebastian became a huge fan of Hurt, and would go and see him perform whenever Hurt was in New York. He soon found himself first jamming backstage with Hurt, and then performing with him on stage for the last two weeks of a residency. He was particularly impressed with what he called Hurt's positive attitude in his music -- something that Sebastian would emulate in his own songwriting. Sebastian was soon invited to join a jug band, called the Even Dozen Jug Band. Jug band music was a style of music that first became popular in the 1920s, and had many of the same musical elements as the music later known as skiffle. It was played on a mixture of standard musical instruments -- usually portable, "folky" ones like guitar and harmonica -- and improvised homemade instruments, like the spoons, the washboard, and comb and paper. The reason they're called jug bands is because they would involve someone blowing into a jug to make a noise that sounded a bit like a horn -- much like the coffee pot groups we talked about way back in episode six. The music was often hokum music, and incorporated elements of what we'd now call blues, vaudeville, and country music, though at the time those genres were nothing like as distinct as they're considered today: [Excerpt: Cincinnati Jug Band, "Newport Blues"] The Even Dozen Jug Band actually ended up having thirteen members, and it had a rather remarkable lineup. The leader was Stefan Grossman, later regarded as one of the greatest fingerpicking guitarists in America, and someone who will be coming up in other contexts in future episodes I'm sure, and they also featured David Grisman, a mandolin player who would later play with the Grateful Dead among many others; Steve Katz, who would go on to be a founder member of Blood, Sweat and Tears and produce records for Lou Reed; Maria D'Amato, who under her married name Maria Muldaur would go on to have a huge hit with "Midnight at the Oasis"; and Joshua Rifkin, who would later go on to become one of the most important scholars of Bach's music of the latter half of the twentieth century, but who is best known for his recordings of Scott Joplin's piano rags, which more or less single-handedly revived Joplin's music from obscurity and created the ragtime revival of the 1970s: [Excerpt: Joshua Rifkin, "Maple Leaf Rag"] Unfortunately, despite the many talents involved, a band as big as that was uneconomical to keep together, and the Even Dozen Jug Band only played four shows together -- though those four shows were, as Muldaur later remembered, "Carnegie Hall twice, the Hootenanny television show and some church". The group did, though, make an album for Elektra records, produced by Paul Rothchild. Indeed, it was Rothchild who was the impetus for the group forming -- he wanted to produce a record of a jug band, and had told Grossman that if he got one together, he'd record it: [Excerpt: The Even Dozen Jug Band, "On the Road Again"] On that album, Sebastian wasn't actually credited as John Sebastian -- because he was playing harmonica on the album, and his father was such a famous harmonica player, he thought it better if he was credited by his middle name, so he was John Benson for this one album. The Even Dozen Jug Band split up after only a few months, with most of the band more interested in returning to university than becoming professional musicians, but Sebastian remained in touch with Rothchild, as they both shared an interest in the drug culture, and Rothchild started using him on sessions for other artists on Elektra, which was rapidly becoming one of the biggest labels for the nascent counterculture. The first record the two worked together on after the Even Dozen Jug Band was sparked by a casual conversation. Vince Martin and Fred Neil saw Sebastian walking down the street wearing his harmonica holster, and were intrigued and asked him if he played. Soon he and his friend Felix Pappalardi were accompanying Martin and Neil on stage, and the two of them were recording as the duo's accompanists: [Excerpt: Vince Martin and Fred Neil, "Tear Down the Walls"] We've mentioned Neil before, but if you don't remember him, he was one of the people around whom the whole Greenwich Village scene formed -- he was the MC and organiser of bills for many of the folk shows of the time, but he's now best known for writing the songs "Everybody's Talkin'", recorded famously by Harry Nilsson, and "The Dolphins", recorded by Tim Buckley. On the Martin and Neil album, Tear Down The Walls, as well as playing harmonica, Sebastian acted essentially as uncredited co-producer with Rothchild, but Martin and Neil soon stopped recording for Elektra. But in the meantime, Sebastian had met the most important musical collaborator he would ever have, and this is the start of something that will become a minor trend in the next few years, of important musical collaborations happening because of people being introduced by Cass Elliot. Cass Elliot had been a singer in a folk group called the Big 3 -- not the same group as the Merseybeat group -- with Tim Rose, and the man who would be her first husband, Jim Hendricks (not the more famous guitarist of a similar name): [Excerpt: Cass Elliot and the Big 3, "The Banjo Song"] The Big 3 had split up when Elliot and Hendricks had got married, and the two married members had been looking around for other musicians to perform with, when coincidentally another group they knew also split up. The Halifax Three were a Canadian group who had originally started out as The Colonials, with a lineup of Denny Doherty, Pat LaCroix and Richard Byrne. Byrne didn't turn up for a gig, and a homeless guitar player, Zal Yanovsky, who would hang around the club the group were playing at, stepped in. Doherty and LaCroix, much to Yanovsky's objections, insisted he bathe and have a haircut, but soon the newly-renamed Halifax Three were playing Carnegie Hall and recording for Epic Records: [Excerpt: The Halifax Three, "When I First Came to This Island"] But then a plane they were in crash-landed, and the group took that as a sign that they should split up. So they did, and Doherty and Yanovsky continued as a duo, until they hooked up with Hendricks and Elliot and formed a new group, the Mugwumps. A name which may be familiar if you recognise one of the hits of a group that Doherty and Elliot were in later: [Excerpt: The Mamas and the Papas, "Creeque Alley"] But we're skipping ahead a bit there. Cass Elliot was one of those few people in the music industry about whom it is impossible to find anyone with a bad word to say, and she was friendly with basically everyone, and particularly good at matching people up with each other. And on February the 7th 1964, she invited John Sebastian over to watch the Beatles' first performance on the Ed Sullivan Show. Like everyone in America, he was captivated by the performance: [Excerpt: The Beatles, "I Want to Hold Your Hand (live on the Ed Sullivan Show)"] But Yanovsky was also there, and the two played guitar together for a bit, before retreating to opposite sides of the room. And then Elliot spent several hours as a go-between, going to each man and telling him how much the other loved and admired his playing and wanted to play more with him. Sebastian joined the Mugwumps for a while, becoming one of the two main instrumentalists with Yanovsky, as the group pivoted from performing folk music to performing Beatles-inspired rock. But the group's management team, Bob Cavallo and Roy Silver, who weren't particularly musical people, and whose main client was the comedian Bill Cosby, got annoyed at Sebastian, because he and Yanovsky were getting on *too* well musically -- they were trading blues licks on stage, rather than sticking to the rather pedestrian arrangements that the group was meant to be performing -- and so Silver fired Sebastian fired from the group. When the Mugwumps recorded their one album, Sebastian had to sit in the control room while his former bandmates recorded with session musicians, who he thought were nowhere near up to his standard: [Excerpt: The Mugwumps, "Searchin'"] By the time that album was released, the Mugwumps had already split up. Sebastian had continued working as a session musician for Elektra, including playing on the album The Blues Project, which featured white Greenwich Village folk musicians like Eric Von Schmidt, Dave Van Ronk, and Spider John Koerner playing their versions of old blues records, including this track by Geoff Muldaur, which features Sebastian on harmonica and "Bob Landy" on piano -- a fairly blatant pseudonym: [Excerpt: Geoff Muldaur, "Downtown Blues"] Sebastian also played rhythm guitar and harmonica on the demos that became a big part of Tim Hardin's first album -- and his fourth, when the record company released the remaining demos. Sebastian doesn't appear to be on the orchestrated ballads that made Hardin's name -- songs like "Reason to Believe" and "Misty Roses" -- but he is on much of the more blues-oriented material, which while it's not anything like as powerful as Hardin's greatest songs, made up a large part of his repertoire: [Excerpt: Tim Hardin, "Ain't Gonna Do Without"] Erik Jacobsen, the producer of Hardin's records, was impressed enough by Sebastian that he got Sebastian to record lead vocals, for a studio group consisting of Sebastian, Felix Pappalardi, Jerry Yester and Henry Diltz of the Modern Folk Quartet, and a bass singer whose name nobody could later remember. The group, under the name "Pooh and the Heffalumps", recorded two Beach Boys knockoffs, "Lady Godiva" and "Rooty Toot", the latter written by Sebastian, though he would later be embarrassed by it and claim it was by his cousin: [Excerpt: Pooh and the Heffalumps, "Rooty Toot"] After that, Jacobsen became convinced that Sebastian should form a group to exploit his potential as a lead singer and songwriter. By this point, the Mugwumps had split up, and their management team had also split, with Silver taking Bill Cosby and Cavallo taking the Mugwumps, and so Sebastian was able to work with Yanovsky, and the putative group could be managed by Cavallo. But Sebastian and Yanovsky needed a rhythm section. And Erik Jacobsen knew a band that might know some people. Jacobsen was a fan of a Beatles soundalike group called the Sellouts, who were playing Greenwich Village and who were co-managed by Herb Cohen, the manager of the Modern Folk Quartet (who, as we heard a couple of episodes ago, would soon go on to be the manager of the Mothers of Invention). The Sellouts were ultra-professional by the standards of rock groups of the time -- they even had a tape echo machine that they used on stage to give them a unique sound -- and they had cut a couple of tracks with Jacobsen producing, though I've not been able to track down copies of them. Their leader Skip Boone, had started out playing guitar in a band called the Blue Suedes, and had played in 1958 on a record by their lead singer Arthur Osborne: [Excerpt: Arthur Osborne, "Hey Ruby"] Skip Boone's brother Steve in his autobiography says that that was produced by Chet Atkins for RCA, but it was actually released on Brunswick records. In the early sixties, Skip Boone joined a band called the Kingsmen -- not the same one as the band that recorded "Louie Louie" -- playing lead guitar with his brother Steve on rhythm, a singer called Sonny Bottari, a saxophone player named King Charles, bass player Clay Sonier, and drummer Joe Butler. Sometimes Butler would get up front and sing, and then another drummer, Jan Buchner, would sit in in his place. Soon Steve Boone would replace Bonier as the bass player, but the Kingsmen had no success, and split up. From the ashes of the Kingsmen had formed the Sellouts, Skip Boone, Jerry Angus, Marshall O'Connell, and Joe Butler, who had switched from playing "Peppermint Twist" to playing "I Want to Hold Your Hand" in February 1964. Meanwhile Steve Boone went on a trip to Europe before starting at university in New York, where he hooked up again with Butler, and it was Butler who introduced him to Sebastian and Yanovsky. Sebastian and Yanovsky had been going to see the Sellouts at the behest of Jacobsen, and they'd been asking if they knew anyone else who could play that kind of material. Skip Boone had mentioned his little brother, and as soon as they met him, even before they first played together, they knew from his appearance that he would be the right bass player for them. So now they had at least the basis for a band. They hadn't played together, but Erik Jacobsen was an experienced record producer and Cavallo an experienced manager. They just needed to do some rehearsals and get a drummer, and a record contract was more or less guaranteed. Boone suggested Jan Buchner, the backup drummer from the Kingsmen, and he joined them for rehearsals. It was during these early rehearsals that Boone got to play on his first real record, other than some unreleased demos the Kingsmen had made. John Sebastian got a call from that "Bob Landy" we mentioned earlier, asking if he'd play bass on a session. Boone tagged along, because he was a fan, and when Sebastian couldn't get the parts down for some songs, he suggested that Boone, as an actual bass player, take over: [Excerpt: Bob Dylan, "Maggie's Farm"] But the new group needed a name, of course. It was John Sebastian who came up with the name they eventually chose, The Lovin' Spoonful, though Boone was a bit hesitant about it at first, worrying that it might be a reference to heroin -- Boone was from a very conservative, military, background, and knew little of drug culture and didn't at that time make much of a distinction between cannabis and heroin, though he'd started using the former -- but Sebastian was insistent. The phrase actually referred to coffee -- the name came from "Coffee Blues" by Sebastian's old idol Mississippi John Hurt – or at least Hurt always *said* it was about coffee, though in live performance he apparently made it clear that it was about cunnilingus: [Excerpt: Mississippi John Hurt, "Coffee Blues"] Their first show, at the Night Owl Club, was recorded, and there was even an attempt to release it as a CD in the 1990s, but it was left unreleased and as far as I can tell wasn't even leaked. There have been several explanations for this, but perhaps the most accurate one is just the comment from the manager of the club, who came up to the group after their two sets and told them “Hey, I don't know how to break this to you, but you guys suck.” There were apparently three different problems. They were underrehearsed -- which could be fixed with rehearsal -- they were playing too loud and hurting the patrons' ears -- which could be fixed by turning down the amps -- and their drummer didn't look right, was six years older than the rest of the group, and was playing in an out-of-date fifties style that wasn't suitable for the music they were playing. That was solved by sacking Buchner. By this point Joe Butler had left the Sellouts, and while Herb Cohen was interested in managing him as a singer, he was willing to join this new group at least for the moment. By now the group were all more-or-less permanent residents at the Albert Hotel, which was more or less a doss-house where underemployed musicians would stay, and which had its own rehearsal rooms. As well as the Spoonful, Cass Elliot and Denny Doherty lived there, as did the Paul Butterfield Blues Band. Joe Butler quickly fit into the group, and soon they were recording what became their first single, produced by Jacobsen, an original of Sebastian's called "Do You Believe in Magic?", with Sebastian on autoharp and vocals, Yanovsky on lead guitar and backing vocals, Boone on bass, Butler on drums, and Jerry Yester adding piano and backing vocals: [Excerpt: The Lovin' Spoonful, "Do You Believe in Magic?"] For a long time, the group couldn't get a deal -- the record companies all liked the song, but said that unless the group were English they couldn't sell them at the moment. Then Phil Spector walked into the Night Owl Cafe, where the new lineup of the group had become popular, and tried to sign them up. But they turned him down -- they wanted Erik Jacobsen to produce them; they were a team. Spector's interest caused other labels to be interested, and the group very nearly signed to Elektra. But again, signing to Elektra would have meant being produced by Rothchild, and also Elektra were an album label who didn't at that time have any hit single acts, and the group knew they had hit single potential. They did record a few tracks for Elektra to stick on a blues compilation, but they knew that Elektra wouldn't be their real home. Eventually the group signed with Charley Koppelman and Don Rubin, who had started out as songwriters themselves, working for Don Kirshner. When Kirshner's organisation had been sold to Columbia, Koppelman and Rubin had gone along and ended up working for Columbia as executives. They'd then worked for Morris Levy at Roulette Records, before forming their own publishing and record company. Rather than put out records themselves, they had a deal to license records to Kama Sutra Records, who in turn had a distribution deal with MGM Records. Koppelman and Rubin were willing to take the group and their manager and producer as a package deal, and they released the group's demo of "Do You Believe In Magic?" unchanged as their first single: [Excerpt: The Lovin' Spoonful, "Do You Believe in Magic?"] The single reached the top ten, and the group were soon in the studio cutting their first album, also titled Do You Believe In Magic? The album was a mix of songs that were part of the standard Greenwich Village folkie repertoire -- songs like Mississippi John Hurt's "Blues in the Bottle" and Fred Neil's "The Other Side of This Life" -- and a couple more originals. The group's second single was the first song that Steve Boone had co-written. It was inspired by a date he'd gone on with the photographer Nurit Wilde, who sadly for him didn't go on a second date, and who would later be the mother of Mike Nesmith's son Jason, but who he was very impressed by. He thought of her when he came up with the line "you didn't have to be so nice, I would have liked you anyway", and he and Sebastian finished up a song that became another top ten hit for the group: [Excerpt: (The Good Time Music of) The Lovin' Spoonful, "You Didn't Have to Be So Nice"] Shortly after that song was recorded, but before it was released, the group were called into Columbia TV with an intriguing proposition. Bert Schneider and Bob Rafelson, two young TV producers, were looking at producing a TV show inspired by A Hard Day's Night, and were looking for a band to perform in it. Would the Lovin' Spoonful be up for it? They were interested at first, but Boone and Sebastian weren't sure they wanted to be actors, and also it would involve the group changing its name. They'd already made a name for themselves as the Lovin' Spoonful, did they really want to be the Monkees instead? They passed on the idea. Instead, they went on a tour of the deep South as the support act to the Supremes, a pairing that they didn't feel made much sense, but which did at least allow them to watch the Supremes and the Funk Brothers every night. Sebastian was inspired by the straight four-on-the-floor beat of the Holland-Dozier-Holland repertoire, and came up with his own variation on it, though as this was the Lovin' Spoonful the end result didn't sound very Motown at all: [Excerpt: The Lovin' Spoonful, "Daydream"] It was only after the track was recorded that Yanovsky pointed out to Sebastian that he'd unconsciously copied part of the melody of the old standard "Got a Date With an Angel": [Excerpt: Al Bowlly, "Got a Date With an Angel"] "Daydream" became the group's third top ten hit in a row, but it caused some problems for the group. The first was Kama Sutra's advertising campaign for the record, which had the words "Lovin' Spoonful Daydream", with the initials emphasised. While the group were drug users, they weren't particularly interested in being promoted for that rather than their music, and had strong words with the label. The other problem came with the Beach Boys. The group were supporting the Beach Boys on a tour in spring of 1966, when "Daydream" came out and became a hit, and they got on with all the band members except Mike Love, who they definitely did not get on with. Almost fifty years later, in his autobiography, Steve Boone would have nothing bad to say about the Wilson brothers, but calls Love "an obnoxious, boorish braggart", a "marginally talented hack" and worse, so it's safe to say that Love wasn't his favourite person in the world. Unfortunately, when "Daydream" hit the top ten, one of the promoters of the tour decided to bill the Lovin' Spoonful above the Beach Boys, and this upset Love, who understandably thought that his group, who were much better known and had much more hits, should be the headliners. If this had been any of the other Beach Boys, there would have been no problem, but because it was Love, who the Lovin' Spoonful despised, they decided that they were going to fight for top billing, and the managers had to get involved. Eventually it was agreed that the two groups would alternate the top spot on the bill for the rest of the tour. "Daydream" eventually reached number two on the charts (and number one on Cashbox) and also became the group's first hit in the UK, reaching number two here as well, and leading to the group playing a short UK tour. During that tour, they had a similar argument over billing with Mick Jagger as they'd had with Mike Love, this time over who was headlining on an appearance on Top of the Pops, and the group came to the same assessment of Jagger as they had of Love. The performance went OK, though, despite them being so stoned on hash given them by the wealthy socialite Tara Browne that Sebastian had to be woken up seconds before he started playing. They also played the Marquee Club -- Boone notes in his autobiography that he wasn't impressed by the club when he went to see it the day before their date there, because some nobody named David Bowie was playing there. But in the audience that day were George Harrison, John Lennon, Eric Clapton, Steve Winwood, Spencer Davis, and Brian Jones, most of whom partied with the group afterwards. The Lovin' Spoonful made a big impression on Lennon in particular, who put "Daydream" and "Do You Believe in Magic" in his jukebox at home, and who soon took to wearing glasses in the same round, wiry, style as the ones that Sebastian wore. They also influenced Paul McCartney, who wasn't at that gig, but who soon wrote this, inspired by "Daydream": [Excerpt: The Beatles, "Good Day Sunshine"] Unfortunately, this was more or less the high point of the group's career. Shortly after that brief UK tour, Zal Yanovsky and Steve Boone went to a party where they were given some cannabis -- and they were almost immediately stopped by the police, subjected to an illegal search of their vehicle, and arrested. They would probably have been able to get away with this -- after all, it was an illegal search, even though of course the police didn't admit to that -- were it not for the fact that Yanovsky was a Canadian citizen, and he could be deported and barred from ever re-entering the US just for being arrested. This was the first major drug bust of a rock and roll group, and there was no precedent for the group, their managers, their label or their lawyers to deal with this. And so they agreed to something they would regret for the rest of their lives. In return for being let off, Boone and Yanovsky agreed to take an undercover police officer to a party and introduce him to some of their friends as someone they knew in the record business, so he would be able to arrest one of the bigger dealers. This was, of course, something they knew was a despicable thing to do, throwing friends under the bus to save themselves, but they were young men and under a lot of pressure, and they hoped that it wouldn't actually lead to any arrests. And for almost a year, there were no serious consequences, although both Boone and Yanovsky were shaken up by the event, and Yanovsky's behaviour, which had always been erratic, became much, much worse. But for the moment, the group remained very successful. After "Daydream", an album track from their first album, "Did You Ever Have to Make Up Your Mind?" had been released as a stopgap single, and that went to number two as well. And right before the arrest, the group had been working on what would be an even bigger hit. The initial idea for "Summer in the City" actually came from John Sebastian's fourteen-year-old brother Mark, who'd written a bossa nova song called "It's a Different World". The song was, by all accounts, the kind of thing that a fourteen-year-old boy writes, but part of it had potential, and John Sebastian took that part -- giving his brother full credit -- and turned it into the chorus of a new song: [Excerpt: The Lovin' Spoonful, "Summer in the City"] To this, Sebastian added a new verse, inspired by a riff the session player Artie Schroeck had been playing while the group recorded their songs for the Woody Allen film What's Up Tiger Lily, creating a tenser, darker, verse to go with his younger brother's chorus: [Excerpt: The Lovin' Spoonful, "Summer in the City"] In the studio, Steve Boone came up with the instrumental arrangement, which started with drums, organ, electric piano, and guitar, and then proceeded to bass, autoharp, guitar, and percussion overdubs. The drum sound on the record was particularly powerful thanks to the engineer Roy Halee, who worked on most of Simon & Garfunkel's records. Halee put a mic at the top of a stairwell, a giant loudspeaker at the bottom, and used the stairwell as an echo chamber for the drum part. He would later use a similar technique on Simon and Garfunkel's "The Boxer". The track still needed another section though, and Boone suggested an instrumental part, which led to him getting an equal songwriting credit with the Sebastian brothers. His instrumental piano break was inspired by Gershwin, and the group topped it off with overdubbed city noises: [Excerpt: The Lovin' Spoonful, "Summer in the City"] The track went to number one, becoming the group's only number one record, and it was the last track on what is by far their best album, Hums of the Lovin' Spoonful. That album produced two more top ten hits for the group, "Nashville Cats", a tribute to Nashville session players (though John Sebastian seems to have thought that Sun Records was a Nashville, rather than a Memphis, label), and the rather lovely "Rain on the Roof": [Excerpt: The Lovin' Spoonful, "Rain on the Roof"] But that song caused friction with the group, because it was written about Sebastian's relationship with his wife who the other members of the band despised. They also felt that the songs he was writing about their relationship were giving the group a wimpy image, and wanted to make more rockers like "Summer in the City" -- some of them had been receiving homophobic abuse for making such soft-sounding music. The group were also starting to resent Sebastian for other reasons. In a recent contract renegotiation, a "key member" clause had been put into the group's record contract, which stated that Sebastian, as far as the label was concerned, was the only important member of the group. While that didn't affect decision-making in the group, it did let the group know that if the other members did anything to upset Sebastian, he was able to take his ball away with him, and even just that potential affected the way the group thought about each other. All these factors came into play with a song called "Darling Be Home Soon", which was a soft ballad that Sebastian had written about his wife, and which was written for another film soundtrack -- this time for a film by a new director named Francis Ford Coppola. When the other band members came in to play on the soundtrack, including that track, they found that rather than being allowed to improvise and come up with their own parts as they had previously, they had to play pre-written parts to fit with the orchestration. Yanovsky in particular was annoyed by the simple part he had to play, and when the group appeared on the Ed Sullivan show to promote the record, he mugged, danced erratically, and mimed along mocking the lyrics as Sebastian sang. The song -- one of Sebastian's very best -- made a perfectly respectable number fifteen, but it was the group's first record not to make the top ten: [Excerpt: The Lovin' Spoonful, "Darling Be Home Soon"] And then to make matters worse, the news got out that someone had been arrested as a result of Boone and Yanovsky's efforts to get themselves out of trouble the year before. This was greeted with horror by the counterculture, and soon mimeographed newsletters and articles in the underground papers were calling the group part of the establishment, and calling for a general boycott of the group -- if you bought their records, attended their concerts, or had sex with any of the band members, you were a traitor. Yanovsky and Boone had both been in a bad way mentally since the bust, but Yanovsky was far worse, and was making trouble for the other members in all sorts of ways. The group decided to fire Yanovsky, and brought in Jerry Yester to replace him, giving him a severance package that ironically meant that he ended up seeing more money from the group's records than the rest of them, as their records were later bought up by a variety of shell companies that passed through the hands of Morris Levy among others, and so from the late sixties through the early nineties the group never got any royalties. For a while, this seemed to benefit everyone. Yanovsky had money, and his friendship with the group members was repaired. He released a solo single, arranged by Jack Nitzsche, which just missed the top one hundred: [Excerpt: Zal Yanovsky, "Just as Long as You're Here"] That song was written by the Bonner and Gordon songwriting team who were also writing hits for the Turtles at this time, and who were signed to Koppelman and Rubin's company. The extent to which Yanovsky's friendship with his ex-bandmates was repaired by his firing was shown by the fact that Jerry Yester, his replacement in the group, co-produced his one solo album, Alive and Well in Argentina, an odd mixture of comedy tracks, psychedelia, and tributes to the country music he loved. His instrumental version of Floyd Cramer's "Last Date" is fairly listenable -- Cramer's piano playing was a big influence on Yanovsky's guitar -- but his version of George Jones' "From Brown to Blue" makes it very clear that Zal Yanovsky was no George Jones: [Excerpt: Zal Yanovsky, "From Brown to Blue"] Yanovsky then quit music, and went into the restaurant business. The Lovin' Spoonful, meanwhile, made one further album, but the damage had been done. Everything Playing is actually a solid album, though not as good as the album before, and it produced three top forty hits, but the highest-charting was "Six O'Clock", which only made number eighteen, and the album itself made a pitiful one hundred and eighteen on the charts. The song on the album that in retrospect has had the most impact was the rather lovely "Younger Generation", which Sebastian later sang at Woodstock: [Excerpt: John Sebastian, "Younger Generation (Live at Woodstock)"] But at Woodstock he performed that alone, because by then he'd quit the group. Boone, Butler, and Yester decided to continue, with Butler singing lead, and recorded a single, "Never Going Back", produced by Yester's old bandmate from the Modern Folk Quartet Chip Douglas, who had since become a successful producer for the Monkees and the Turtles, and written by John Stewart of the Kingston Trio, who had written "Daydream Believer" for the Monkees, but the record only made number seventy-eight on the charts: [Excerpt: The Lovin' Spoonful featuring Joe Butler, "Never Going Back"] That was followed by an album by "The Lovin' Spoonful Featuring Joe Butler", Revelation: Revolution 69, a solo album by Butler in all but name -- Boone claims not to have played on it, and Butler is the only one featured on the cover, which shows a naked Butler being chased by a naked woman with a lion in front of them covering the naughty bits. The biggest hit other than "Never Going Back" from the album was "Me About You", a Bonner and Gordon song which only made number ninety-one: [Excerpt: The Lovin' Spoonful Featuring Joe Butler, "Me About You"] John Sebastian went on to have a moderately successful solo career -- as well as his appearance at Woodstock, he released several solo albums, guested on harmonica on records by the Doors, Crosby, Stills, Nash, and Young and others, and had a solo number one hit in 1976 with "Welcome Back", the theme song from the TV show Welcome Back, Kotter: [Excerpt: John Sebastian, "Welcome Back"] Sebastian continues to perform, though he's had throat problems for several decades that mean he can't sing many of the songs he's best known for. The original members of the Lovin' Spoonful reunited for two performances -- an appearance in Paul Simon's film One Trick Pony in 1980, and a rather disastrous induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2000. Zal Yanovsky died of a heart attack in 2002. The remaining band members remained friendly, and Boone, Butler, and Yester reunited as the Lovin' Spoonful in 1991, initially with Yester's brother Jim, who had played in The Association, latterly with other members. One of those other members in the 1990s was Yester's daughter Lena, who became Boone's fourth wife (and is as far as I can discover still married to him). Yester, Boone, and Butler continued touring together as the Lovin' Spoonful until 2017, when Jerry Yester was arrested on thirty counts of child pornography possession, and was immediately sacked from the group. The other two carried on, and the three surviving original members reunited on stage for a performance at one of the Wild Honey Orchestra's benefit concerts in LA in 2020, though that was just a one-off performance, not a full-blown reunion. It was also the last Lovin' Spoonful performance to date, as that was in February 2020, but Steve Boone has performed with John Sebastian's most recent project, John Sebastian's Jug Band Village, a tribute to the Greenwich Village folk scene the group originally formed in, and the two played together most recently in December 2021. The three surviving original members of the group all seem to be content with their legacy, doing work they enjoy, and basically friendly, which is more than can be said for most of their contemporaries, and which is perhaps appropriate for a band whose main songwriter had been inspired, more than anything else, to make music with a positive attitude.

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Episode 39: Byrne's Methodology for Discovering Animal Insight (part 3)

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Play Episode Listen Later Jan 24, 2022 90:27

Richard Byrne has spent his whole career trying to determine when animals learned to 'think.' We discuss Richard Byrne's methodology for determining which animals have what he calls 'insight' (the ability to utilize mental models) and why his methodology is awesomely Popperian. Then we go over many examples of animal behavior that can't be explained via genetic programming or trial-and-error learning. We also compare machine learning and animal intelligence and why animal intelligence is beyond our current machine learning capabilities. Links: Richard Byrne's book Evolving Insight: How it is we can think about why things happen Richard Byrne's book The Thinking Ape: The Evolutionary Origins of Intelligence A primer on Donald Campbell's Theory (including animal learning and the Baldwin effect) A short summary of how Popper and Campbell (apparently) disagree with David Deutsch on what counts as knowledge creation --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/four-strands/support

Miss Tury – Part Two

FVRL ReadRadio Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 19, 2022 4:36

In this episode, the mysterious Miss Tury shares more of her favourite mystery books for kids: The Case of the Missing Chalk Drawings by Richard Byrne (ages 3 to 6), Bear Country, Bearly a Misadventure by Doreen Cronin (ages 6 to 9); and Ikenga by Nnedi Okorafor (ages 9 to 12).

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The Case I Can't Forget: A Bump on the Head

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Play Episode Listen Later Jan 9, 2022 36:05

A story from Dr. Richard Byrne

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Episode 38: Animal Learning and Popper's Epistemology (part 2)

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Play Episode Listen Later Jan 3, 2022 92:38

Karl Popper has a radical theory of 'dualistic evolution' where behavior had to evolve first before physical evolutionary changes could be taken advantage of. As part of his theory, Popper pointed out that an animal's ability to learn would be paramount to making evolution work at all -- similar to the Baldwin effect discussed in the last episode, but now for physical adaptions. This means evolution would have had intense pressure to evolve learning algorithms early in the evolutionary tree. As it turns out, Richard Byrne's work largely corroborates Popper's theory of dualistic evolution. Nearly all animals show an ability to do trial-and-error learning and this is the main source of 'animal intelligence' in the animal world. Byrne even argues that this ability to do trial-and-error learning is a form of evolution where animals let their behaviors 'die in their place' rather than having to wait for the slow biological evolutionary learning processes of the genes. We also discuss what split-brain patients might teach us about human explanations and go over examples of animal-like gene channeled learning in humans. Links: Richard Byrne's book Evolving Insight: How it is we can think about why things happen Richard Byrne's book The Thinking Ape: The Evolutionary Origins of Intelligence Kenneth Stanley's work on the problem of open-endedness The Monkey Fairness Experiment Frans Waal's Paper: Monkeys Reject Unequal Pay A primer on Donald Campbell's Theory (including animal learning and the Baldwin effect) A short summary of how Popper and Campbell (apparently) disagree with David Deutsch on what counts as knowledge creation --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/four-strands/support

Year In Review – Climate, Royals, space and tech

Sky News Daily

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 22, 2021 22:17

In the final of three special episodes of the Sky News Daily podcast, Dermot Murnaghan looks back at the key stories of 2021 with a panel of Sky News correspondents. This edition focuses on climate change, the Royals, space and technology – featuring Hannah Thomas-Peter, Rhiannon Mills, Ashna Hurynag, Alex Crawford, Ashish Joshi, Greg Milam and Rowland Manthorpe.Daily podcast team:Senior podcast producer - Annie JoycePodcast producer - Soila ApparicioPodcast producer - Rosie GillottJunior podcast producer - Aishah RahmanInterviews producer - Alys BowenArchive - Simon WindsorArchive - Nelly StefanovaArchive - Rob FellowesSpecial thanks to: Ben Fisher - head of studio outputKevin Donaldson – senior director and technical specialist Felix Forbes – output producer Lynn Morrish – producer Andre Rosso – editor Thomas Sue Yek – editorTaylor Stuart – designerSam Westwood – senior designer Jim Lacey – floor manager Cory Eyres – floor manager Richard Byrne – studio directorFiona Northam – technical director Richard Bowles – lighting directorGus Alvarez – studio supervisor Matt Kime – camera supervisorRuss Houghton – camera supervisor Richie Vale – camera supervisor Michael Prior – camera supervisor Louisa Knight – sound supervisor

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Year In Review – Global security, migrant crisis and Brexit politics

Sky News Daily

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 21, 2021 21:59

In the second of three special episodes of the Sky News Daily podcast, Dermot Murnaghan looks back at the key stories of 2021 with a panel of Sky News correspondents. Subjects up for discussion in this edition include the withdrawal of troops from Afghanistan, migrant crisis and politics – featuring Beth Rigby, Alex Crawford, Dominic Waghorn, Adam Parsons and Ashna Hurynag.Daily podcast team:Senior podcast producer - Annie JoycePodcast producer - Soila ApparicioPodcast producer - Rosie GillottJunior podcast producer - Aishah RahmanInterviews producer - Alys BowenArchive - Simon WindsorArchive - Nelly StefanovaArchive - Rob FellowesSpecial thanks to: Ben Fisher - head of studio outputKevin Donaldson – senior director and technical specialist Felix Forbes – output producer Lynn Morrish – producer Andre Rosso – editor Thomas Sue Yek – editorTaylor Stuart – designerSam Westwood – senior designer Jim Lacey – floor manager Cory Eyres – floor manager Richard Byrne – studio directorFiona Northam – technical director Richard Bowles – lighting directorGus Alvarez – studio supervisor Matt Kime – camera supervisorRuss Houghton – camera supervisor Richie Vale – camera supervisor Michael Prior – camera supervisor Louisa Knight – sound supervisor

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Year In Review - COVID, violence against women and sport

Sky News Daily

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 20, 2021 21:45

In the second of three special episodes of the Sky News Daily podcast, Dermot Murnaghan looks back at the key stories of 2021 with a panel of Sky News correspondents. Subjects up for discussion in this edition include the withdrawal of troops from Afghanistan, migrant crisis and politics – featuring Beth Rigby, Alex Crawford, Dominic Waghorn, Adam Parsons and Ashna Hurynag.Daily podcast team:Annie Joyce - senior podcast producerSoila Apparicio - podcast producer Rosie Gillott - podcast producer Aishah Rahman - junior podcast producer Alys Bowen - interviews producer Simon Windsor - archive Nelly Stefanova - archive Rob Fellowes - archive Special thanks to: Ben Fisher - head of studio outputKevin Donaldson – senior director and technical specialist Felix Forbes – output producer Lynn Morrish – producer Andre Rosso – editor Thomas Sue Yek – editorTaylor Stuart – designerSam Westwood – senior designer Jim Lacey – floor manager Cory Eyres – floor manager Richard Byrne – studio directorFiona Northam – technical director Richard Bowles – lighting directorGus Alvarez – studio supervisor Matt Kime – camera supervisorRuss Houghton – camera supervisor Richie Vale – camera supervisor Michael Prior – camera supervisor Louisa Knight – sound supervisor

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EdTechSR Ep 241 Twitter Upgrade Benefits

EdTech Situation Room by @techsavvyteach & @wfryer

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 16, 2021 61:57

Welcome to episode 241 ("Twitter Upgrade Benefits") of the EdTech Situation Room from December 8, 2021, where technology news meets educational analysis. This week Jason Neiffer (@techsavvyteach) and Wesley Fryer (@wfryer) discussed the monetization of user location data (including minors) by Life360 and other companies, Twitter's new "Twitter Blue" upgrade service, and Instagram's forthcoming chronological feed feature. The latest chapter in the Apple vs. Epic legal battle,Microsoft's new Office UI, and a surprising discouragement by MS Windows to users downloading the Chrome browser. The story of Chinese superstar Peng Shuai's courageous accusations of sexual assault against a high ranking government official was discussed, and her subsequent disappearance as part of a government campaign to silence her voice as well as others speaking out for women's rights in China. Google's foray into 3D telepresence and a backstory update on the Missouri governor's mystifying accusation of a journalist as a hacker for viewing public webpage source code were discussed. The release of ChromeOS 96 and the developing "shadow war in space" between the United States, Russia and China were final topics in this week's show. Geeks of the week included a great Scribble Maps tutorial from Richard Byrne, and an excellent Ezra Klein Show podcast about "superforecasters." Our show was live streamed and archived simultaneously on YouTube Live as well as our Facebook Live page via StreamYard.com, and compressed to a smaller video version (about 100MB) on AmazonS3 using Handbrake software. Please follow us on Twitter @edtechSR for updates, and join us LIVE on Wednesday nights (normally) if you can at 10 pm Eastern / 9 pm Central / 8 pm Mountain / 7 pm Pacific or 3 am UTC. All shownotes are available on http://edtechSR.com/links. Stay savvy and safe!

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Episode 37: Animal Intelligence and Knowledge Creation (part 1)

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Play Episode Listen Later Dec 13, 2021 92:19

How intelligent are animals? In this episode, we introduce our series on animal intelligence rooted primarily in the research of Richard Byrne. Richard Byrne (mentioned in Beginning of Infinity) is a first-class Popperian researcher (though he doesn't realize it). We first talk about how Bruce got interested in this subject after reading Fabric of Reality (but before reading Beginning of Infinity) and how animal intelligence is at once beyond anything we know how to program but also unbelievably unintelligent at times. We consider how the Pseudo-Deutsch Theory of Knowledge has misled the Deutsch fan community about how much of an animal's knowledge is "in its genes" as well as how many fans of Deutsch (due to the same misunderstandings) have accidentally fallen into Lamarkism because they don't understand the importance of the Baldwin effect on the evolution of animal algorithms. Links: The Monkey Fairness Experiment Dog Playing Jenga Cat Playing Jenga (Another Example) Richard Byrne's book Evolving Insight: How it is we can think about why things happen Richard Byrne's book The Thinking Ape: The Evolutionary Origins of Intelligence A primer on Donald Campbell's Theory (including animal learning and the Baldwin effect) A short summary of how Popper and Campbell (apparently) disagree with David Deutsch on what counts as knowledge creation --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/four-strands/support

MSM 527: Squid Games . . .We Got You Mr. McGirr

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Play Episode Listen Later Dec 4, 2021 77:00

MSM 527: Squid Games . . .We Got You Mr. McGirr Summary: Shawn and Troy start with a long discussion of online learning and lots of real-world experiences. Dave is going to Touch, Talk, and Text Science. Jokes: Middle School Science Minute by Dave Bydlowski (k12science or davidbydlowski@mac.com) Touch, Talk, Text http://k12science.net/touch-talk-text/ Reports from the Front Lines The Twitterverse #mschat every Thursday at 8:00 pm Eastern Standard Time. And as Troy says, “The Twitter never stops!” Strategies: 15 Second Video Vocab Challenge https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/23/learning/our-9th-annual-15-second-vocabulary-video-challenge.html Reading Strategies https://larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/2021/12/03/new-study-examines-what-helps-students-most-with-reading-comprehension/ Resources: Mouse.org https://x-ray-goggles.mouse.org/ Richard Byrne has a nice example: https://www.freetech4teachers.com/2021/12/view-whats-behind-website-with-mouse-x.html Spinner Wheel https://spinnerwheel.com/ AMLE Playbook Challenge! https://www.amle.org/playbook-challenge/?fbclid=IwAR2boTj-iwT8kDdLFLI06b-nd27VC892YTCu_h2gDK5wgw7mcU7IclattAA Web Spotlight: Ubuntu https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HED4h00xPPA AXIS - The Culture Translator Squid Game Sponcon Unreal Estate YikYak Is Back

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Should I Use That Free Technology? with Richard Byrne Cybertraps 070

The Cybertraps Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 23, 2021 32:53

Richard Byrne is the President of Byrne Instructional Media, LLC. He is best known for developing the award-winning blogs Free Technology for Teachers and Practical Ed Tech. His work is focused on helping teachers use technology to improve their students' learning experiences. He has been a high school social studies teacher and is currently a computer science teacher. Richard's print work includes columns for School Library Journal, contributing author to What School Leaders Need to Know About Digital Technologies and Social Media, and articles for Teacher Librarian. In this episode Richard, Fred and Jethro talk about how to decide if you should free technology in your classroom (and your life). Invent to learn by Gary Stager Empowering online learning Scott McCleod - Dangerouslyirrelevant.org Harnessing technology for deeper learning

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46 - Richard Byrne: blended learning mini series

DivingDeepEDU

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 13, 2021 23:44

Consistency is essential within a blended learning environment. More than that, consistency transcends technology and blended learning models, which makes it an ideal foundational element to build effective learning environments. Richard Byrne discusses this with Matthew Downing and why it is so critical. They also explore examples of what consistency looks like in the classroom, and consider ways to increase engagement. Tune into the blended learning mini series to help reflect on the past year and consider a path forward. Post a review. Subscribe. Episode 6 Link (previous episode) Richard Byrne is known for his popular blog that is read by over 500,000 people worldwide, freetech4teachers.com. He provides a plethora of professional development resources for teachers, as well as maintaining a new website called edtechfitness.com Music: Believin Stephen #blendedlearning #hybrid #hyflex #innovation

Wilson Quarterly Summer 2021: India's "Strategic Autonomy"

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Play Episode Listen Later Aug 11, 2021 20:53

In this edition of Wilson Center NOW we highlight the latest issue of the Wilson Quarterly with editor Richard Byrne. Also joining us is contributor Michael Kugelman, who discusses his article, Pacts, and Impacts: India's selective approach to treaties maximizes its global autonomy.

"The Case of the Missing Chalk Drawings" by Richard Byrne

Gumdrop Readers

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 5, 2021 2:59

Today I read, "The Case of the Missing Chalk Drawings" by Richard Byrne! I hope you enjoy it! If YOU would like to choose the next book to be read on the Gumdrop Readers Podcast then you can send me an email including your name, age, and book request! Ask an adult to help you send it over to; gumdropreaders@gmail.com. You can check me out on Facebook @ "Gumdrop Readers Podcast" and on Instagram @ "gumdrop_readers" Thanks for listening!

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Wilson Quarterly Spring 2021: Pandemics Then and Now

Play Episode Listen Later May 21, 2021 24:29

In this edition of Wilson Center NOW, we once again discuss the Spring 2021 issue of the Wilson Quarterly: Public Health in a Time of Pandemic with editor Richard Byrne. Also joining us is John M. Barry, Distinguished Scholar at the Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine and author of The Great Influenza: The Story of the Deadliest Pandemic in History. He highlights his Quarterlyarticle, Pandemics: Then and Now.

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The Wilson Quarterly Spring 2021: Focus on the Pandemic

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Play Episode Listen Later May 19, 2021 26:45

In this edition of Wilson Center NOW we discuss the Spring 2021 issue of the Wilson Quarterly: Public Health in a Time of Pandemic with editor Richard Byrne. Also joining us are contributors Rui Zhong, Alex Long, and Joseph Dresen, who focus on what COVID-19 has taught us about our ability to battle global outbreaks and about ourselves more than a year into the pandemic.

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Competencies without a Classroom

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 17, 2021 15:25

Coming soon.

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#450 Kirsty Graham: Gestural Communication in Primates

The Dissenter

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 1, 2021 33:49

------------------Support the channel------------ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thedissenter PayPal: paypal.me/thedissenter PayPal Subscription 1 Dollar: https://tinyurl.com/yb3acuuy PayPal Subscription 3 Dollars: https://tinyurl.com/ybn6bg9l PayPal Subscription 5 Dollars: https://tinyurl.com/ycmr9gpz PayPal Subscription 10 Dollars: https://tinyurl.com/y9r3fc9m PayPal Subscription 20 Dollars: https://tinyurl.com/y95uvkao ------------------Follow me on--------------------- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thedissenteryt/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheDissenterYT This show is sponsored by Enlites, Learning & Development done differently. Check the website here: http://enlites.com/ Dr. Kirsty Graham is Research Associate at the University of St. Andrews. Her PhD research, supervised by Prof. Richard Byrne, catalogued the full gestural repertoire of wild bonobos. She examined individual differences in repertoire size and usage. Most importantly, she defined the meaning of each gesture type by determining the reaction given by the recipient that satisfies the signaller. Understanding meanings or ambiguity of meanings for wild bonobo gestural communication provides insights into the evolution of our own complex communication system. In this episode, we talk about gestural communication in primates. We discuss what communication is from an evolutionary perspective. We then get into gestural communication, focusing on bonobos, chimpanzees, and humans. -- Follow Dr. Graham's work: University page: http://bit.ly/3iBPdtW Website: http://bit.ly/3sODeOr ResearchGate profile: http://bit.ly/2WwmwUM Twitter handle: @kirstyegraham -- A HUGE THANK YOU TO MY PATRONS/SUPPORTERS: KARIN LIETZCKE, ANN BLANCHETTE, PER HELGE LARSEN, LAU GUERREIRO, JERRY MULLER, HANS FREDRIK SUNDE, BERNARDO SEIXAS, HERBERT GINTIS, RUTGER VOS, RICARDO VLADIMIRO, BO WINEGARD, CRAIG HEALY, OLAF ALEX, PHILIP KURIAN, JONATHAN VISSER, ANJAN KATTA, JAKOB KLINKBY, ADAM KESSEL, MATTHEW WHITINGBIRD, ARNAUD WOLFF, TIM HOLLOSY, HENRIK AHLENIUS, JOHN CONNORS, PAULINA BARREN, FILIP FORS CONNOLLY, DAN DEMETRIOU, ROBERT WINDHAGER, RUI INACIO, ARTHUR KOH, ZOOP, MARCO NEVES, MAX BEILBY, COLIN HOLBROOK, SUSAN PINKER, THOMAS TRUMBLE, PABLO SANTURBANO, SIMON COLUMBUS, PHIL KAVANAGH, JORGE ESPINHA, CORY CLARK, MARK BLYTH, ROBERTO INGUANZO, MIKKEL STORMYR, ERIC NEURMANN, SAMUEL ANDREEFF, FRANCIS FORDE, TIAGO NUNES, BERNARD HUGUENEY, ALEXANDER DANNBAUER, OMARI HICKSON, PHYLICIA STEVENS, FERGAL CUSSEN, YEVHEN BODRENKO, HAL HERZOG, NUNO MACHADO, DON ROSS, JOÃO ALVES DA SILVA, JONATHAN LEIBRANT, JOÃO LINHARES, OZLEM BULUT, NATHAN NGUYEN, STANTON T, SAMUEL CORREA, ERIK HAINES, MARK SMITH, J.W., JOÃO EIRA, TOM HUMMEL, SARDUS FRANCE, DAVID SLOAN WILSON, YACILA DEZA-ARAUJO, IDAN SOLON, ROMAIN ROCH, DMITRY GRIGORYEV, TOM ROTH, DIEGO LONDOÑO CORREA, YANICK PUNTER, ADANER USMANI, CHARLOTTE BLEASE, MIRAN B, NICOLE BARBARO, ADAM HUNT, PAWEL OSTASZEWSKI, MAX BEILBY, AL ORTIZ, NELLEKE BAK, KATHRINE AND PATRICK TOBIN, AND GUY MADISON! A SPECIAL THANKS TO MY PRODUCERS, YZAR WEHBE, JIM FRANK, ŁUKASZ STAFINIAK, IAN GILLIGAN, SERGIU CODREANU, LUIS CAYETANO, TOM VANEGDOM, CURTIS DIXON, BENEDIKT MUELLER, VEGA GIDEY, AND NIRUBAN BALACHANDRAN! AND TO MY EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS, MICHAL RUSIECKI, ROSEY, JAMES PRATT, AND MATTHEW LAVENDER!

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Archinomics Weekly Update - Monday 29-03-21 This is for investment professionals only

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Play Episode Listen Later Mar 29, 2021 5:24

Value sectors continued the outperformance seen year to date, in anticipation of stronger global growth. The grounding of a massive container ship in the Suez Canal sparked volatility in the oil price, as well as significant disruption to global trade in manufactured goods. The focus for this week will be on US employment data, a series key to the US Federal Reserve’s interest rate policy. Presented by Richard Byrne, Investment Manager and Asim Qadri CFA, Investment Analyst. Hosted by Lorna Denny, Investment Specialist. This podcast is intended for investment professionals, and must not be shared with a non-professional audience. This podcast is for information purposes only and is intended to broaden listeners' awareness of financial markets and no part of the materials should be construed to represent financial advice or an offer to buy, sell or otherwise participate in any investment activity or strategy. The content is based on information sources that are deemed reliable at the time of recording. Architas has no express or implied warranty, guarantee or statement as to the accuracy, suitability or completeness of the information provided. All rights are reserved. Without the prior consent of the copyright holder, no part of this podcast in any form or by any means is allowed to be published, copied or emailed or stored in an information system. These materials originate from Architas Limited ("Architas"). Architas is a company registered in England No. 02638607, registered office: 20 Gracechurch Street, London, EC3V 0BG. These materials are not intended for audiences in the United States of America.

Archinomics Weekly Update - Monday 15-03-21 This is for investment professionals only

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 15, 2021 5:10

It was a positive week for most stock markets with sentiment improving as a result of wavering bond market volatility. And in the US the S&P 500 and Dow Jones reach new all-time highs. Looking to the busy week ahead, the US Federal Reserve meeting looks to be the main event with FOMC officials expected to release updated economic projections and could comment on rising Treasury yields. Presented by Niall McDonnell CFA, Senior Investment Manager and Richard Byrne, Investment Manager. Hosted by Louise Somers, Investment Specialist. This podcast is intended for investment professionals, and must not be shared with a non-professional audience. This podcast is for information purposes only and is intended to broaden listeners' awareness of financial markets and no part of the materials should be construed to represent financial advice or an offer to buy, sell or otherwise participate in any investment activity or strategy. The content is based on information sources that are deemed reliable at the time of recording. Architas has no express or implied warranty, guarantee or statement as to the accuracy, suitability or completeness of the information provided. All rights are reserved. Without the prior consent of the copyright holder, no part of this podcast in any form or by any means is allowed to be published, copied or emailed or stored in an information system. These materials originate from Architas Limited ("Architas").Architas is a company registered in England No. 02638607, registered office: 5 Old Broad Street, London, EC2N 1AD. These materials are not intended for audiences in the United States of America.

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Archinomics Weekly Update - Monday 22-02-21 This is for investment professionals only

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 22, 2021 6:39

Equity and bond market performance diverged further, given mounting expectations that stimulus-fuelled demand could spill over into higher inflation. The week ahead will bring fresh sentiment surveys, as well as inflation and GDP data from the US and other major economies. Presented by Seamus Lyons CFA, Senior Investment Manager, Richard Byrne, Investment Manager and Alex Burn CFA, Investment Manager. Hosted by Lorna Denny, Investment Specialist. This podcast is intended for investment professionals, and must not be shared with a non-professional audience. This podcast is for information purposes only and is intended to broaden listeners' awareness of financial markets and no part of the materials should be construed to represent financial advice or an offer to buy, sell or otherwise participate in any investment activity or strategy. The content is based on information sources that are deemed reliable at the time of recording. Architas has no express or implied warranty, guarantee or statement as to the accuracy, suitability or completeness of the information provided. All rights are reserved. Without the prior consent of the copyright holder, no part of this podcast in any form or by any means is allowed to be published, copied or emailed or stored in an information system. These materials originate from Architas Limited ("Architas").Architas is a company registered in England No. 02638607, registered office: 5 Old Broad Street, London, EC2N 1AD. These materials are not intended for audiences in the United States of America.

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Archinomics Weekly Update - Monday 15-02-21 This is for investment professionals only

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 15, 2021 8:01

Equity and commodity markets maintained their rising trend. Japanese indices touched levels not seen for 30 years, although the emerging markets were the clear outperformers. This week Q4 earnings reporting is set to continue, while flash PMI data from across the globe should indicate the strength of improving sentiment. Presented by Richard Byrne, Investment Manager, Alex Burn CFA, Investment Manager and Asim Qadri CFA, Investment Analyst. Hosted by Lorna Denny, Investment Specialist. This podcast is intended for investment professionals, and must not be shared with a non-professional audience. This podcast is for information purposes only and is intended to broaden listeners' awareness of financial markets and no part of the materials should be construed to represent financial advice or an offer to buy, sell or otherwise participate in any investment activity or strategy. The content is based on information sources that are deemed reliable at the time of recording. Architas has no express or implied warranty, guarantee or statement as to the accuracy, suitability or completeness of the information provided. All rights are reserved. Without the prior consent of the copyright holder, no part of this podcast in any form or by any means is allowed to be published, copied or emailed or stored in an information system. These materials originate from Architas Limited ("Architas").Architas is a company registered in England No. 02638607, registered office: 5 Old Broad Street, London, EC2N 1AD. These materials are not intended for audiences in the United States of America.

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5 Tips to Help Busy Teachers Stay Healthy - 722

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 15, 2021 16:21

Richard Byrne is a busy teacher. He teaches full time during the day. He writes his Free Tech for Teachers Blog. He's a father of two, and active in many online spaces. And yet -- he takes time to take care of himself. Today you·ll learn how to achieve better health and wellness with these tips and ideas. Check out the show notes and links at www.coolcatteacher.com/e722 Today’s sponsor: Advancement Courses. Choose from over 280 online graduate-level PD courses in 20 subject areas that are self-paced with up to six months to complete. Go to advancementcourses.com/coolcat and save 20% off each course by using the code COOL20. That’s just $120 per graduate credit hour or $160 for 50 clock hours. You can also receive graduate credit through CAEP and regionally accredited university partners for continuing education requirements. Never stop learning! Richard Byrne - Bio as Submitted Richard Byrne is the President of Byrne Instructional Media, LLC. which manages multiple websites and training programs for teachers. Richard is a former high school social studies teacher best known for developing the award-winning blog Free Technology for Teachers. He has been invited to speak at events on six continents and would gladly speak in Antarctica too. He also provides online training and guidance for teachers and technology coaches. https://practicaledtech.com @rmbyrne

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The First 100 Days and The Iran Nuclear Deal: Wilson Quarterly Winter 2021

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 4, 2021 32:57

In this edition of Wilson Center NOW we are joined by Wilson Quarterly editor Richard Byrne and contributors to the Winter 2021 issue Alasdair Roberts and Dalia Dassa Kaye. Alasdair discusses his article The Hundred Day Mistake: Is an FDR-style legislative blitz the best way forward in our present crisis? Dalia examines the Iran nuclear deal in her article Reverse Engineering: Can revival of the nuclear deal with Iran spark a new regional security dialogue?

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28. The Hammer of Ludd

This Machine Kills

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 16, 2020 83:26

At last, the Luddism episode has dropped! We dig into the actual, and massively misunderstood, history of Luddites — not as an insult for people who are deemed “anti-progress,” but as a labor movement who confronted the machinery of industrial capitalism. We discuss how Luddism should inform militant working class power, what lessons we can apply today for how we think about technology, and draw connections to other struggles against oppressive systems, whether in the streets or the shop floors. Think of Luddism as like Marie Kondo, but for technopolitics. Does this technology contribute to human well-being and/or social welfare? If not, take it apart and toss it away! (Listen to the end for a post-outro treat from Klobbering Klobuchar.) Some stuff we reference: • A Nod to Ned Ludd by Richard Byrne https://thebaffler.com/salvos/a-nod-to-ned-ludd • Sabotage by Elizabeth Gurly Flynn https://www.marxists.org/subject/women/authors/flynn/1917/sabotage.htm Subscribe to hear more analysis and commentary in our premium episodes every week! patreon.com/thismachinekills Hosted by Jathan Sadowski (twitter.com/jathansadowski) and Edward Ongweso Jr. (twitter.com/bigblackjacobin). Production / Music by Jereme Brown (twitter.com/braunestahl). Thanks to Laura for voicing Klobbering Klobuchar.

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Archinomics Weekly Update - Monday 23-11-20 This is for investment professionals only

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 23, 2020 6:53

Equity markets were boosted by positive Covid-19 vaccine news, with Europe a marked outperformer. We look at the pan-Asian RCEP trade agreement and its possible impact on US global trade dominance, while Brexit trade talks approach the end game. Presented by Alex Burn, CFA, Investment Manager, Richard Byrne, Investment Manager, and Asim Qadri, CFA. Hosted by Lorna Denny, Investment Specialist. This podcast is intended for investment professionals, and must not be shared with a non-professional audience. This podcast is for information purposes only and is intended to broaden listeners' awareness of financial markets and no part of the materials should be construed to represent financial advice or an offer to buy, sell or otherwise participate in any investment activity or strategy. The content is based on information sources that are deemed reliable at the time of recording. Architas has no express or implied warranty, guarantee or statement as to the accuracy, suitability or completeness of the information provided. All rights are reserved. Without the prior consent of the copyright holder, no part of this podcast in any form or by any means is allowed to be published, copied or emailed or stored in an information system. These materials originate from Architas Multi-Manager Limited ("Architas"). Architas is a company registered in England No. 06458717, registered office: 5 Old Broad Street, London, EC2N 1AD. Architas Multi-Manager Limited is authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority and is entered on the Financial Services Register: register.fca.org.uk/ number 477328. These materials are not intended for audiences in the United States of America.

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The Ends of History and Russia's Lost War: Wilson Quarterly Fall 2020

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Play Episode Listen Later Oct 28, 2020 25:03

In this edition of Wilson Center NOW we are joined by Richard Byrne, editor of the Wilson Quarterly, and Izabella Tabarovsky, Program Associate for the Kennan Institute. Byrne provides an overview of the Fall 2020 edition of the Wilson Quarterly entitled, The Ends of History. Tabarovsky highlights her article, Russia’s Lost War, which examines how the official Russia narrative of the Soviet victory in World War II erases uncomfortable truths.

6 - Richard Byrne: helping teachers and students discover their passions

DivingDeepEDU

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 20, 2020 51:16

Matthew Downing chats with Richard Byrne about a multitude of topics. They go from student agency to 200+ mile bike rides. How do they fit together? You will have to listen to find out. Richard Byrne is known for his popular blog that is read by over 500,000 people worldwide, freetech4teachers.com. He provides a plethora of professional development resources for teachers, as well as maintaining a new website called edtechfitness.com Shout outs: Sylvia Martinez, Gary Stager, Lance Belanger, Freddie Rodriguez / Fast Freddie Foundation Music: Believin Stephen

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Sexo,Mentiras y Poder

Mentes Asombrosas,Mentes Misteriosas

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 21, 2020 10:20

Como se relaciona el engaño entre los animales con temas de alimento, sexo y poder? Pueden engañar los animales , sabiendo exactamente lo que hacen , como, para que y por qué lo hacen? Pueden ocultar información, dar información falsa o actuar con astucia para conseguir un propósito?. Esto te lo cuento, como siempre con anécdotas y resultados de investigaciones, explicado en forma sencilla y amena. El episodio 6 está disponible para que puedas escucharlo desde tu plataforma favorita. Fuente información: Tenemos suficiente inteligencia para entender la inteligencia de los animales? por Frans de Waal The Thinking Ape por Richard Byrne

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Richard Byrne - Writing Matters with Dr. Troy Hicks

Writing Matters with Dr. Troy Hicks

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 11, 2020 29:42

Writing Matters with Dr. Troy Hicks is a Writable podcast. Learn how to grow great writers at https://www.writable.com/ Like and subscribe to Writing Matters on: ∙ Spotify: https://spoti.fi/2HcOcaP ∙ Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/2XA5wwl ∙ Soundcloud: bit.ly/2SFbrwr ∙ Google Play: https://bit.ly/2SOrUOM ∙ Stitcher: https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/writable/writing-matters Learn more about Dr. Troy Hicks at hickstro.org and follow him on Twitter: https://twitter.com/hickstro About Richard Byrne: Richard Byrne is the President of Byrne Instructional Media, LLC. which manages multiple websites and training programs for teachers. Richard is a former high school social studies teacher best known for developing the award-winning blog Free Technology for Teachers. His work is focused on helping teachers use technology to improve their students’ learning experiences. Richard’s print work includes columns for School Library Journal, contributing author to What School Leaders Need to Know About Digital Technologies and Social Media, and articles for Teacher Librarian. Richard is a five time winner of the Edublogs Award for Best Resource Sharing Blog. Richard is a Google Certified Teacher. He has received awards and recognitions for his work from many organizations including the California State University’s chancellor’s office. He is also a past finalist for ACTEM’s educator of the year award. And Tech & Learning Magazine called Richard one of their “people to watch” for the future of educational technology. He has worked with schools and spoken at conferences on six continents and would gladly speak in Antarctica too. Richard lives in Maine with his family, their aloof cat and their loyal dogs. For more information on Richard Byrne: Blog: https://www.freetech4teachers.com/ Professional Development: https://practicaledtech.com/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/rmbyrne Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/rmbyrne/ **************************************************** Join the Writable community: ∙ Twitter: https://twitter.com/getwritable ∙ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/getwritable/ ∙ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/writ... ∙ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/getwritable/ ∙ Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/getwritable/ ∙ Medium: https://medium.com/writable

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36 - Money management interview: Richard Byrne, Chairman and CEO

Why Didn't They Teach Me This In School - Money management/Personal Finance

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 17, 2020 19:04

In this episode, Cary talks with his good friend Richard Byrne the current Chairman and CEO of Business Development Corporation of America and Benefit Street Partners Realty Trust and the former CEO of Deutsche Bank Securities. Rich discusses his keys to personal money management success along with a key pitfall to avoid. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/cary-siegel/message

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Quality improvement in practice: expert panel session

RCVS Knowledge Podcasts

Play Episode Listen Later May 1, 2020 75:34

Chaired by Dan Tipney, VetLed, the panel featuring Louise Northway, Wendover Heights Veterinary Centre; Alison Thomas, Blue Cross; Pam Mosedale, RCVS Knowledge Quality Improvement Advisory Board; and Richard Byrne, West Bar Hospital, discuss their experience of quality improvement in practice. Areas of discussion include topics to start with, how to record, tips to engage your team, as well as the benefits and barriers they have experienced. Download the full transcript from the RCVS Knowledge website. This session was recorded at SPVS VMG Congress, Newport in January 2020, as part of the Quality Improvement stream. CPD: 75 minutes

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#13 TL4Ed: Supporting Teachers With Free Tools – Guest – Richard Byrne

Edmoxie: Thought Leadership For Educators

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 23, 2020 38:44

Show Notes Richard and I had a fun conversations about how he determines what he considers free, and what tools teachers are looking for most today. He shares his thoughts… Read More »#13 TL4Ed: Supporting Teachers With Free Tools – Guest – Richard Byrne

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The Evolution of Truth - Ri Science Podcast #44

Ri Science Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 27, 2020 86:08

Why do people lie? Why has 'fake news' become such a global phenomenon in modern public discourse? Bringing together the fields of human evolution and current affairs, Richard Byrne and Evan Davis, together with comedian Rachel Wheeley, discuss whether the ability to communicate evolved to pass on facts or to deceive, why deception is so widespread in the era of 'post-truth' politics, and what we can do about it. Check out our website: www.rigb.org/ Twitter: twitter.com/Ri_Science YouTube: www.youtube.com/user/TheRoyalInstitution And Patreon: www.patreon.com/TheRoyalInstitution

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Episode 64-ODNT Add Questions to Videos and Assess

Old Dog New Tech

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 21, 2020 19:48

I have been off the air for a couple of months and I have a line up of podcasts. I also have finally gotten “in the flow” so to speak, with the new teaching assignment I asked for and was given. Along with my HS music classes, I am teaching STEAM to gr. 3-5 using Project Lead The Way; a great curriculum with a lot of resources. I will talk more about that later. This podcast is about online resources that allow you to insert questions or audio content. You can create assignments or mini-lessons or you can have your students do the same. A great way to create a meaningful learning experience. Video is a great way to engage students. However, it can be even better for delivering content and assessing understanding. I have used several different tools to do this but find myself going back to one or two. I just got used to them, you should try out a few and see what would work for you and your students. Flipgrid Playposit EdPuzzle I did some research and found a few more tools. Richard Byrne, an awesome tech blogger and speaker (got to hear him at MACUL 2019), compiled the following list of tools. You can read his blog here. Here is a list, I have checked these out and they seem to offer not only some of the same features, but also the option to foster discussion in some cases. Spiral Vizia Moocnote Vialogues Tech treat- Nearpod add-on for Google Slides Create a slide presentation and insert interactive slides to check for understanding or engage. You present the slides through Nearpod’s site and information is from each time you present the content is stored on the Nearpod site. I have had great experiences using this tool. If you are 1:1 then this tool is a must for delivering interactive lessons.

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EdTech Situation Room Episode 157

EdTech Situation Room by @techsavvyteach & @wfryer

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 4, 2019 65:28

Welcome to episode 157 of the EdTech Situation Room from December 3, 2019, where technology news meets educational analysis. This week Jason Neiffer (@techsavvyteach) and Wesley Fryer (@wfryer) discussed the ascendency of Sundar Pichai to the throne of Alphabet, research revealing sophisticated and ongoing Russian propaganda efforts to weaponize social media to foment division and polarization in the United States, CyberMonday deals over the weekend for U.S technology consumers, and the 10 year anniversary / birthday of ChromeOS. The impeding selloff of all .org domains to a private equity company, the politics of local laws on technology platforms revealed by Apple's new map of Russia including (illegally) annexed Crimea, Apple's removal of customer reviews from its online store, and the announcement of the GitHub Security Lab to provide bug bounties for open source platforms were also highlighted. Additional topics included the benefits of letting milk cows use VR headsets (in Russia), IBM's use of machine learning algorithms to discover more ancient, giant etchings in the earth (similar to the Nazca Lines) using tons of satellite imagery, and the optimistic news from Hong Kong following recent elections fueled by student protests and the use of a variety of encryption apps to organize and remain anonymous in the burgeoning Chinese surveillance state. The imminent removal of inactive Twitter accounts and availability of those channel IDs and Google's struggles with the Stadia gaming platform rounded out the show. Geeks of the Week included BlueGriffon (a free 64 bit WYSIWYG webpage editor), a recent podcast conversation by Richard Byrne (@rmbyrne) with Dr. Scott McLeod (@mcleod), and the amazing "Post It" app for iOS and Android. Our show was live streamed and archived simultaneously on YouTube Live as well as our Facebook Live page via StreamYard.com. Please follow us on Twitter @edtechSR for updates, and join us LIVE on Wednesday nights (unless we have a schedule change like tonight) if you can at 10 pm Eastern / 9 pm Central / 8 pm Mountain / 7 pm Pacific or 3 am UTC. All shownotes are available on http://edtechSR.com/links.

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Episode 11 - Carving More Time Into Your Day: How to Keep Up with the Iron Man of Neurosurgery

Neurosurgery Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 21, 2019 26:13

A conversation with Dr. Richard Byrne

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EdTech Situation Room Episode 150

EdTech Situation Room by @techsavvyteach & @wfryer

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 3, 2019 63:11

Welcome to episode 150 of the EdTech Situation Room from October 2, 2019, where technology news meets educational analysis. This week Jason Neiffer (@techsavvyteach) and Wesley Fryer (@wfryer) discussed newly announced hardware from this week's Microsoft event, security concerns over the latest way to add Google Apps to Huawei smartphones, and the implications of a recent New York Times expose of the horrific proliferation of images of sexual abuse of children online. Exciting and important announcements from Google focusing on protecting your privacy online, managing your passwords, and checking existing passwords saved with Google against a database of known breaches / compromised were also highlighted. Additional article topics included newly announced efforts by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security to crack down on White Supremacists, Andrew Yang's policy platform announcement on protecting digital data as personal property, and the media literacy education importance of imagery shared online of China's 70 year birthday of the Communist Party with increased street violence in consecutive week 17 of youth led protests in Hong Kong. Newly announced jailbreak exploits to older versions of iOS / the iPhone operating system were also discussed, along with the perils of jailbreaking / rooting your smartphone. Geeks of the week included a superb post by Richard Byrne (@rmbyrne) about digital storytelling tools for students, Auto Update Expiration (AUE) dates for ChromeOS / Chromebooks, and an excellent article explaining the difference between Chromium and ChromiumOS. Our show was live streamed and archived simultaneously on YouTube Live as well as Facebook Live via StreamYard.com and Restream.io . Please follow us on Twitter @edtechSR for updates, and join us LIVE on Wednesday nights if you can (normally) at 10 pm Eastern / 9 pm Central / 8 pm Mountain / 7 pm Pacific or 3 am UTC. All shownotes are available on http://edtechSR.com/links.

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Ep#4 Patrick Byrne, Amazon Rain Forrest Fires, Broaddus Watcher House, College Football Picks

Just Add Bourbon Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 25, 2019 63:28

On this weeks Episode, we explain why you never let the Liberal in the group be in charge of finance or production, former Overstock.com CEO Richard Byrne's (who is now J.D. and Jimmy Don's hero for dating a Russian Spy) covert operation for the government, Amazon Rain Forrest fires, The Broaddus Watcher House and the guys gives their picks for the College Football Season. Enjoy!

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8 Epic Edtech Tools to Try This School Year

The TeacherCast Podcast – The TeacherCast Educational Network

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 30, 2019 14:23

Innovate and try some new apps. Today, Richard Byrne, author of Free Technology for Teachers, talks about eight edtech apps that you should try. (He also shares a bonus fitness opportunity for educators.) Listen to the show and learn how it is used and follow the links in the show notes below. www.coolcatteacher.com/e532 Sponsor: This episode is sponsored by Times 10 publications, publisher of Sanée Bell's new book, Be Excellent On Purpose, Intentional Strategies for Impactful Leadership. All editorial content is my own. Download a free ebook with the Lead Forward authors and get inspired. Richard Byrne - Bio as Submitted Richard is best known for his award-winning blog, Free Technology for Teachers. He was a high school social studies teacher before becoming a full-time technology integration specialist. In addition to his work in schools, Richard has been a consultant to some of the largest companies in the educational technology industry. Blog: http://freetech4teachers.com Twitter: @rmbyrne

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Myths, Bias, and Lies My Medical School Taught Me

AAEM/RSA Podcasts

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 24, 2019 7:40

In this episode, Kenneth Chang and Richard Byrne, MD FAAEM, discuss Dr. Byrne's AAEM18 talk, Myths, Bias, and Lies My Medical School Taught Me. Mr. Chang is a medical student at Western University of Health Sciences and AAEM/RSA Education Committee Member. Dr. Byrne is an Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine at Cooper University Hospital.

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Myths, Bias, and Lies My Medical School Taught Me

AAEM/RSA Podcasts

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 23, 2019 7:40

Presented by Kenneth Chang, medical student at Western University of Health Sciences and AAEM/RSA Education Committee Member, and Richard Byrne, MD FAAEM, Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine at Cooper University Hospital. Intro music by Akashic Records, Key to Success - Discover the Possibility from the album Corporate Presentation - Key to Success, powered by JAMENDO.

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6: [On-Air Coaching] Staying Focused on the Learning Goals, Not the Technology with Jasmine Saab

Shake Up Learning Show

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 2, 2019 60:31

We’re doing something different today! This episode features my very first on-air coaching guest, Jasmine Saab. Jasmine is a second-year fourth-grade teacher at Marrington Elementary School near Charleston, South Carolina. She loves integrating movement and technology from her classroom. Originally from California, Jasmine fills her time with a wide array of hobbies ranging from tandem bike riding to volunteering to singing in foreign languages. Jasmine’s awards and accomplishments list is so long that I need to include it separately, so check it out below! As you can probably guess from that impressive list, Jasmine is an excellent teacher who’s doing some truly amazing things in her classroom. As you’ll hear today, she also has some struggles, specifically around technology. She’s inspired by technology without always thinking things through to the end in terms of planning and her learning goals. And that’s why she’s on the show today! I’ll coach her through this struggle and help her think of some new ways to think of her lesson design. One of Jasmine’s coolest projects is her robotic water cycle lesson, which involves all kinds of skills from her students. As she’ll explain, though, the lesson didn’t go perfectly. In our conversation today, we’ll focus specifically on this lesson, and I’ll ask her a series of questions that will help guide her through ways to make it better. We also talk about Jasmine’s new classroom toy, a 3D printer and how she can design meaningful learning experiences for her students using this device. These questions should help her (and you!) figure out how to improve various other lessons too. Listen in for some advice on how to make sure that tech fits your learning goals, and to hear about why it’s so important not to get distracted by the fun, shiny objects in technology. [ctt template="1" link="N6Rh2" via="yes" ]How to Stay Focused on the Learning Goals, NOT the technology! #edtech[/ctt] In This Episode: [00:28] - Kasey welcomes listeners to today’s episode and explains what it will be all about. [02:11] - Before we dive into this episode, Kasey gives a shout out to the Shake Up Learning podcast launch team! [03:38] - Jasmine introduces herself and talks about the students and parent involvement at her school. [08:58] - We hear about what Jasmine’s class looks like on a day-to-day basis, specifically in terms of technology. [16:54] - Kasey shares her response to all of the awesome things that Jasmine is doing in her classroom. [17:44] - Does Jasmine have any videos of the projects she’s been talking about? [18:35] - Jasmine explains why she wants Kasey’s help. [20:14] - Kasey starts off her coaching by asking Jasmine some questions specifically about the water cycle lessons. [21:48] - On a scale of 1-10, how would Jasmine rank her water cycle lesson? [24:57] - Kasey responds to Jasmine’s rating of her lesson, as well as the issues that she struggled with in her classroom [26:05] - How much time did Jasmine originally plan for this lesson? [27:44] - We hear about what would have made Jasmine’s lesson a 10 instead of a 9. [30:50] - Kasey points out the importance of having an end goal in mind. [32:31] - Jasmine talks about the 3D printer project that she’s working on right now. [34:50] - Kasey takes a step back and offers Jasmine a piece of advice: always start with the learning goal! [37:03] - Was there a learning goal that Kasey had in mind with all of this? [41:38] - We hear Kasey’s advice on adding in tech only when it will lead directly to learning goals. [43:25] - Jasmine replies to Kasey’s advice and talks about where her thoughts are now and what she is realizing from this conversation. [45:48] - Kasey makes a suggestion for Jasmine. [47:31] - What Kasey has been saying is related to the fail-forward concept, Jasmine points out. [48:29] - We learn more about Genius Hour and how it works. [51:40] - What are Jasmine’s next steps, and what does she think she’ll work on next? [54:51] - Here’s this week’s podcast question: have you ever tried to integrate too much at once, like Jasmine? How do you ensure that your enthusiasm doesn’t distract from the purpose of the lesson? Share your answers on your favorite social media platform using the #shakeuplearning hashtag, or post it in the Shake Up Learning Community on Facebook! [56:06] - Kasey has three Google Certification courses, for which enrollment is opening on May 21st for a limited time! These are: The Google Certified Educator Level 1 Academy The Google Certified Educator Level 2 Academy Become a Google Certified Trainer Online Course If you want to take all of the courses, you can save by buying the bundle! And if you’re interested, don’t hesitate, because enrollment won’t open again until November. Head to this link to learn more about the courses! [58:34] - Thanks for listening in! Don’t miss next week’s episode, where I’ll chat with Richard Byrne from Free Tech 4 Teachers. Subscribe to the podcast to make sure you get notified when that episode comes out, and please leave a review of the podcast! (Bonus points if you use the word “y’all” in your review.) [ctt template="1" link="5U3d6" via="yes" ]When it comes to using tech in the classroom, always start with your learning goal in mind. Kasey Bell explores this concept in episode 5 of #ShakeUpLearning.[/ctt] Podcast Question of the Week: Have you ever tried to integrate too much at once like Jasmine? How do you ensure that your enthusiasm doesn’t distract from the purpose of the lesson? Post your answers in the Shake Up Learning community or on your favorite social platform. Google Certification Courses Open May 21 If you have ever thought about getting Google Certified, but are unsure where to start, or overwhelmed with the content, I can help! I have three online courses to help you reach your Google Certification goals. (1) The Google Certified Educator Level 1 Academy (2) The Google Certified Educator Level 2 Academy (3) Become a Google Certified Trainer Online Course These courses are designed to walk you through the process and give you everything you need to know to pass the exam. I have helped THOUSANDS get Google Certified, and I want to help YOU! But don't miss this opportunity! These courses only open twice a year. Enrollment opens on May 21st for a limited time. If you miss this window, you have to wait until November! But wait...there's more! SAVE BIG WITH BUNDLES! Opening all of these courses at once also gives you another advantage–bundling! If you want to purchase multiple courses at once, you can save BIG TIME! Learn more at http://GetGoogleCertified.com Jasmine’s awards and accomplishments: Marrington Elementary School Rookie Teacher of the Year 2018 College of Charleston Education Health and Human Performance Outstanding Student 2017 Faculty Honors List College of Charleston Teacher Leader Alumnae CofC Merit Based Scholar Delta Kappa Gamma Alpha Rho Scholarship Recipient CERRA Teaching Fellow Student Director of Project Playground Women's Golf Captain First Tee Golf Winner 2018 [ctt template="1" link="H4M3G" via="no" ]Technology can be a fun, shiny object, but it can distract teachers and students from the goal. - @ShakeUpLearning[/ctt] Links and Resources Mentioned in the Episode The Shake Up Learning Show The Shake Up Learning Community on Facebook Join the Shake Up Learning Book Study! Shake Up Learning: Practical Ideas to Move Learning from Static to Dynamic by Kasey Bell Jasmine Saab on Twitter Jasmine Saab on YouTube Jasmine’s teacher website Education Podcast Network DonorsChoose.org Dash robot Dot robot Cue robot Genius Hour Shake Up Learning: Google Certification courses The Google Certified Educator Level 1 Academy The Google Certified Educator Level 2 Academy Become a Google Certified Trainer Online Course Get Google Certified Questions & Comments Do you have a question you would like me to answer on the show? I’d love to hear from you! I also love to hear from students! Leave me a voicemail and your message could be played on the podcast! Do You Want to Be on the Podcast? READ THIS FIRST! NO SOLICITING! The Shake Up Learning Show hosts a variety of guests including inspiring educators, on-air coaching calls with classroom teachers, and student interviews. Inspiring Educators Many inspiring educators are regular guests of the show. Currently, this type of guest is INVITE ONLY. Please do not ask to be on the podcast. On-Air Coaching with Kasey Bell I love to help teachers with one-on-one coaching on the podcast, called, “On-Air Coaching.” Are you struggling with one particular lesson? One piece of content or skill that’s just hard to teach or doesn’t seem to work well with technology? Let me help! Using this On-Air Coaching Application, tell me about yourself, your students, and your struggle. You may get to be on the podcast!!! Do you know a teacher that is a good candidate? Feel free to send them the link to the form. Student Interviews We will also feature some student interviews on the podcast. Students are windows to the reality of school. Do you have a student who would be open to talking about learning and school? (MUST HAVE PARENT PERMISSION) Use this form to tell me about your student! Other Inquiries If you have other questions or inquiries about the podcast, please use this contact form.

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March 23, 2019 ODNT Episode 47 Five things I learned at MACUL

Old Dog New Tech

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 23, 2019 17:59

I attended the Michigan Association of Computer Users and Learners Conference at Cobo Center in Detroit, Michigan. I learned a lot and was part of a presentation about Tech Coaching (more of a panel discussion). I have whittled down the things I learned to a top 5. I put links below as needed. I wanted to send a BIG Thank you to my District for paying my registration fee. I appreciate the support!! Richard Byrne's session on Formative Assessment--Dotstorming Kasey Bell's session Stranger Google- Tools from the Upside Down- Notable Women Leslie Fisher's session Adobe Gone Mobile-Some Adobe apps work with Chromebooks now! Tech coaches and leaders discussion of ISTE standards- They used slido.com for audience question submission Tech treat--check out OER....Open Educational Resources...here is a link to OER Commons.

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How to Build Your Educational Brand

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 8, 2019 59:07

In this episode of the TeacherCast Podcast, we sit down with Richard Byrne, Jarrod Bormann, and Super Joe Pardo to about how they have built successful educational brands. Today's episode is brought to you by https://studentreasures.com/teachercast (Student Treasures) In this episode, we discuss: What is a brand? Can others build a brand for you? Creating a memorial and marketable online persona … where to start? “I have an idea!” … what happens next? Content Creating Tips and Tricks Advice for those starting out as bloggers / podcasters / speakers Advice for existing websites / blogs / podcasts looking to up their game About our GuestsRichard ByrneRichard Byrne is the President of Byrne Instructional Media, LLC. He is a former high school social studies teacher best known for developing the award-winning blog http://freetech4teachers.com (Free Technology for Teachers). His work is focused on helping teachers use technology to improve their students' learning experiences. After writing 15,000 blog posts about educational technology, he's learned a couple of things over the last twelve years. Links of Interest http://twitter.com/rmbyrne (Twitter.com/rmbyrne) https://www.youtube.com/user/rbyrnetech/ (https://www.youtube.com/user/rbyrnetech/) Jarod BormannJarod is currently an Instructional Technology Consultant but will be moving to an Instructional Coaching role next year. He is the author of Professionally Driven: Empower EVERY Educator to Redefine PD. He blogs, presents, and keynotes about professional personalized learning for educators. He currently runs a vlog called DisruptED PD through the DisruptED TV network. You can find out more about Jarod and his message/mission at https://www.professionallydriven.com/ (ProfessionallyDriven.com). Links of Interesthttps://twitter.com/jbormann3 (Twitter) https://www.facebook.com/professionallydriven (Facebook) https://www.instagram.com/jbormann3/ (Instagram) https://vimeo.com/ondemand/disruptedpd (DisruptED PD) on Vimeo https://www.professionallydriven.com/ (Website) Joe PardoSuper Joe Pardo, a New Jersey-based business coach. He coaches entrepreneurs and consults to multi-million dollar businesses all over the world helping them with their team, offer and process to produce growth. Super Joe has always believed that society starts with you, and that to change society you must first change how you think. In early-2014, Joe decided to leave his family's $100 million business and pursue his dreams of owning his own business. By 2018, Super Joe is an award-winning podcaster (Business with Super Joe Pardo), business owner and best selling author. Speaking all over the country to business owners and even at the United Nations in 2016. Find out more about Joe Pardo athttps://www.superjoepardo.com/ ( SuperJoePardo.com)! Links of Interesthttp://facebook.com/superjoepardo (facebook.com/superjoepardo) http://twitter.com/superjoepardo (twitter.com/superjoepardo) http://instagram.com/superjoepardo (instagram.com/superjoepardo) https://linkedin.com/in/superjoepardo/ (https://linkedin.com/in/superjoepardo/) Follow our PodcastThe TeacherCast Educational Broadcasting Network | http://www.twitter.com/teachercast (@TeacherCast) Follow our HostJeff Bradbury | http://www.twitter.com/jeffbradbury (@JeffBradbury) Join our PLNAre you enjoying the TeacherCast Network, please share your thoughts with the world by https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/educational-podcasting-today/id972444781?mt=2 (commenting on iTunes) today? I enjoy reading and sharing your comments on the podcast each week. Let's Work TogetherHost: Jeff Bradbury http://www.twitter.com/teachercast (@TeacherCast) | http://twitter.com/jeffbradbury (@JeffBradbury) Email: info@teachercast.net Voice Mail: http://www.teachercast.net/voicemail (http://www.TeacherCast.net/voicemail) YouTube: http://www.teachercast.net/YouTube (http://www.TeacherCast.net/YouTube) iTunes:...

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076: What's Next in EdTech with Richard Byrne

Transforming Learning by CBD

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 4, 2019 30:46

Richard Byrne is a successful edtech blogger at freetech4teachers.com. In this episode, he shares his story and philosophy of educational technology, the biggest changes he’s seen in his 12 years of blogging, and what he thinks could be the next big thing in the world of edtech. Resources: Practicaledtech.com and his free handbook Website with daily updates: freetech4teachers.com Twitter: @rmbyrne Facebook Group: Freetech4teachers Instagram: @rmbyrne Youtube: youtube.com/user/rbyrnetech MACUL Conference: maculconference.org

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Random Student Selection Tools

EdTech Shorts

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 20, 2018 2:36

Previously on EdTech Shorts we looked at Google's student selection tool in the Classroom App on Android. On this episode we're going to look at some other random student selection tools. Richard Byrne at Free Technology For Teachers recently shared a few random selection tools in his post about the update by Google to include a student selection tool. Here they are: Random Name Picker Flippity.net Random Name Selector from Primary Technology (Demo on YouTube)

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Random Student Selection Tools

EdTech Shorts

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 20, 2018 2:36

Previously on EdTech Shorts we looked at Google’s student selection tool in the Classroom App on Android. On this episode we’re going to look at some other random student selection tools. Richard Byrne at Free Technology For Teachers recently shared a few random selection tools in his post about the update by Google to include Read More

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5 Free Tech Tools to Try in Your Social Studies Lessons (#3 Episode of Season 3)

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 13, 2018 13:00

Richard Byrne, author of Free Technology for Teachers, was a history teacher. It shows. In today’s show, he talks about top free tech tools to try in social studies lessons. This is one to share with your history department. www.coolcatteacher.com/e333 Sponsor: Advancement Courses has more than 200 graduate level online professional development courses for K-12 teachers. You can take these courses for continuing education, salary advancement, or recertification. They are practical courses that have teachers developing tangible resources to use in their classrooms immediately. Go to advancementcourses.com/coolcat and use the code COOL20 at checkout to get 20% off any course. With this coupon, a 3 grad credit course is only $359.

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015. Pixabay

Talking Tech & Learning

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 12, 2018 2:38

Pixabay is one of my favorite sources for free images and video clips. Learn more and explore at http://pixabay.com H/T: www.freetech4teachers.com by Richard Byrne

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008: Copyright Tips for Your Classroom

Talking Tech & Learning

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 3, 2018 4:47

A couple quick thoughts about copyrighted works and posting or re-using information online. This is NOT intended to be a comprehensive look at the issue. Episode image from pixabay.com SHOWNOTES http://bit.ly/pdscholar http://bit.ly/18techsurvey www.freetech4teachers.com H/T to Beth Holland and Richard Byrne https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CRlD2suB7vQ

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5 Free Tech Tools to Try in Your Social Studies Lessons (ENCORE 277)

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Play Episode Listen Later Mar 20, 2018 12:05

Richard Byrne, author of Free Technology for Teachers, was a history teacher. It shows. In today’s show, he talks about top free tech tools to try in social studies lessons. This is one to share with your history department. Show Notes: www.coolcatteacher.com/e277 STLinATL will be at Woodward Academy in Atlanta July 26-27. I’ll be speaking with other amazing educators like Suzy Boss, Janet Zadina, Jay McTighe, Dr. Brendan Ozawa de Silva, Scott Sanchez, Dr. Ayanna M Howard and more. For $295, this all-inclusive event (except for hotel and travel) is an amazing opportunity to learn. www.stlinatl.com

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Protecting Your Content and Creations with Richard Byrne - HoET104

House of #EdTech

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 25, 2018 61:40

Richard Byrne best known for the website and blog, FreeTech4Teachers.com talks about how to protect your online content. Support for this episode comes from: My Awesome Supporters! Become a Patron today! Complete show notes http://chrisnesi.com/104 ** SEGMENTS ** (1:10) Intro (6:14) House of #EdTech Thought - Maker Spaces vs. Libraries (9:22) House of #EdTech Recommendation - An Oldie But A Goodie! (12:07) Featured Content - Richard Byrne provides insight into protecting our intellectual property (48:39) House of #EdTech VIP - Emily Oates, Univ. of Minnesota ** SHARE FEEDBACK AND CONNECT ** Call: (732) 903-4869 Flipgrid: http://chrisnesi.com/flipgrid Voxer: mrnesi Email: feedback@chrisnesi.com Twitter: @mrnesi

Epi 223 Burning Up the Mats With Richard Byrne and KASAI

BjjBrick Podcast- BJJ, Jiu-Jitsu, MMA, martial arts, no-gi and good times!

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 22, 2018 81:21

This week on The BjjBrick Podcast we have Richard Byrne. Richard is a 56 year old Black Belt and life long banker. Recently he started the professional grappling event KASAI, this event featured many of today's top grapplers. We talk about: His start to BJJ and Kickboxing Traveling for business and training BJJ Advice on taking private lessons Why he started KASAI and his goals Making KASAI the best that he can The meaning of KASAI, a fire or conflict that rages out of control Long germ goals of KASAI Links: KASAI website KASAI on facebook Quote of the week: "success is a lousy teacher. It seduces smart people into thinking they cannot lose." Bill Gates Article of the week: 12 reasons why Jiu-Jitsu is the perfect compliment to any martial art [caption id="attachment_4888" align="alignright" width="225"] Find out how to support the BjjBrick Podcast here![/caption] Catch us next week for another episode of The BjjBrick Podcast The BjjBrick Podcast is in iTunes, Stitcher radio, and Google Play Music for Andriod

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5 Free Tech Tools to Try in Your Social Studies Lessons (e225)

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 5, 2018 12:05

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8 Tried and True Edtech Tools to Try in 2018 (e222)

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 2, 2018 12:03

Sometimes the best tools have been around awhile. Steve Dembo @teach42 talks about the tried and true tools that teachers should still use. www.coolcatteacher.com/e222 Richard Byrne has some fantastic courses for history teachers, getting started with GSuite and more. Check out his courses and coaching at www.coolcatteacher.com/edtech.

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What Helps Kids Really Learn [Number 1 Episode of 2017 - Encore]

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 29, 2017 11:08

How do kids learn and remember? Teacher Andrew Stadel, @mr_stadel founder of the popular site estimation180.com, talks about this pursuit of learning in the classroom. This topic is his summer research topic. As you ponder the classroom, look at what you’ll research to become a better teacher. www.coolcatteacher.com/e220 Richard Byrne the author of Free Technology for Teachers has some fantastic professional development courses. Go to www.coolcatteacher.com/edtech and plan your professional development for 2018.

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#160 5 Ways to Integrate Mindfulness into the Classroom

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 29, 2017 10:49

Teacher Beth Maloney helps students set goals for behavior and other techniques that improve Social Emotional Learning and student success. Learn 5 tips for integrating mindfulness into your classroom. www.coolcatteacher.com/e160 Sponsor: Kids Discover Online is hosting a webinar - 10 Ideas for Excellent Inquiry-Based Learning with me, Richard Byrne and Monica Burns on October 3 at 4:30 pm EDT. Learn more about their 150 history and science nonfiction texts that promote inquiry-based learning at www.kidsdiscover.com/inquiry

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#159 What Great Teachers Do

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 28, 2017 12:39

Global Teacher Prize finalist Joe Fatheree talks about what great teachers do. He shares his observations and also his hopes for improving the profession. www.coolcatteacher.com/e159 Sponsor: Kids Discover Online is hosting a webinar - 10 Ideas for Excellent Inquiry-Based Learning with me, Richard Byrne and Monica Burns on October 3 at 4:30 pm EDT. Learn more about their 150 history and science nonfiction texts that promote inquiry-based learning at www.kidsdiscover.com/inquiry

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#158 Research Schools: What Are They and How Do They Work?

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 27, 2017 10:00

Aaron Marvel talks about research schools. Modeled like a “teaching hospital” - these schools have researchers and educators working hand-in-hand. Learn how they work, why more schools don’t use them, and common mistakes schools make as they implement researchers on staff. www.coolcatteacher.com/e158 Sponsor: Kids Discover Online is hosting a webinar - 10 Ideas for Excellent Inquiry Based Learning with me, Richard Byrne and Monica Burns on October 3 at 4:30 pm EDT. Learn more about their 150 history and science nonfiction texts that promote inquiry-based learning at www.kidsdiscover.com/inquiry

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#157 Top Tech Tools for Kids Who Struggle to Read and Write #spedchat

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Play Episode Listen Later Sep 26, 2017 9:34

Dr. Brian Friedlander discusses the top tech tools for kids who struggle to read and write. From voice dictation to word suggestion and more, this podcast talks about the practical tools that will help kids empower themselves to learn. www.coolcatteacher.com/e157 Sponsor: Kids Discover Online is hosting a webinar - 10 Ideas for Excellent Inquiry-Based Learning with me, Richard Byrne and Monica Burns on October 3 at 4:30 pm EDT. Learn more about their 150 history and science nonfiction texts that promote inquiry based learning at www.kidsdiscover.com/inquiry

#156 Leadership, Vision & Problem Solving in Education #MondayMotivation

ProsperousTeachers - Helping Busy Teachers Earn More

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 25, 2017 10:51

Superintendent Dr. Baron Davis talks about involving the community, solving problems, handling stress, and casting a vision. www.coolcatteacher.com/e156 Sponsor: Kids Discover Online is hosting a webinar - 10 Ideas for Excellent Inquiry Based Learning with me, Richard Byrne and Monica Burns on October 3 at 4:30 pm EDT. Learn more about their 150 history and science nonfiction texts that promote inquiry based learning at www.kidsdiscover.com/inquiry

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Interview With Teacherpreneur And Blogger Richard Byrne

Play Episode Listen Later May 19, 2017 26:08

Can teachers earn money blogging? Should they? How should they get started? What should they tell their colleagues and administrators? These questions and more are answered by teacherpreneur Richard Byrne. Richard has published over 13,000 blog posts and has an online course titled, "From Blog to Job" JUST for teachers. For more information about this show go to http://ProsperousTeachers.com. Richard's website is http://freetech4teachers.com Richard's online course can be found at http://richardbyrnepresents.com/from-blog-to-job-a-teacherpreneur-jumpstart/

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EdTech Rewind Episode 9 - Richard Byrne and Portlands Coolest Mom

EdTech Rewind

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 19, 2017 94:34

Lee and Clint are joined on the podcast this week by www.freetech4teachers.com award winning blogger Richard Byrne. The discussion this week starts about a compare and contrasts of Professional Wrestling in New England and the deep south. Clint reviews and discusses seeing Explosions in the Sky at the Georgia Theatre in Athens, GA. Richard discusses the release of Google Earth for Chrome and the implications that it can have in the classroom. You can find his www.freetech4teachers.com Blog post and screencast tutorial of Google Earth. This leads into a roundtable discussion on the future of virtual reality in the classroom. Richard talks about how important it is to have meaningful content paired with virtual reality. Just like anything else in learning, one must have context This leads into a discussion about what is new with the #Microsoft EDU and the answer is no one knows. . . Microsoft designed a really nice flyer, but it is hard to tell what the session is about. Lee was hopeful that Microsoft is ready to make a real move into providing some creative content that can be used by students. Then the gang moves on to discussion of the Electronic Freedom Foundation's recent report on Student Privacy. Data mining, FERPA, and student privacy concerns are something the edtech field have to face on a daily basis. Who/what programs can you trust, if anyone? Finally the guys break down a new startup, GigEd. The startup is designed to connect educators with companies that create educational software or need general advice from those in the classroom. Mark Phillips, the founder of GigEd, states the service is set to launch on March 8. Big thanks to Richard Byrne, @rmbyrne, for taking the time! See you next week! Relevant Posts: Richard Byrne, www.freetech4teachers.com - Blog post and screencast tutorial of Google Earth. Twitter: @rmbyrneMicrosoftEdu Event InformationElectronic Freedom Foundation's recent report on Student Privacy.Richard Chang, Report: Tech Companies Are Spying on Children Through Devices and Software Used in Classroom, THE JournalTwitter, @ricardo77Wyatt Kash, Debut of GigEd aims to match edtech firms with educators looking for part-time gigs, EdScoopTwitter: @wyattkash

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EdTech Rewind Episode 9 - Richard Byrne and Portlands Coolest Mom

EdTech Rewind

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 19, 2017 94:34

#57 Richard Byrne's Most Exciting #Edtech Tools

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Play Episode Listen Later Apr 18, 2017 10:38

Richard Byrne @rmbyrne discusses the edtech tools he's most excited about today. From video tools, creation tools, to app creation, you'll hear about the tools and ideas that Richard is most excited about in edtech today. In today's show, Richard shares: Live video streaming tools and why he's moving to YouTube Live Blogging and creation tools Why app creation will soon be in the reach of every student Dealing with naysayers and blocking Why he's not as excited about quizzing tools and heading towards creation tools Richard Byrne is a former high school social studies teacher best known for developing the award-winning blog Free Technology for Teachers. He has been invited to speak at events on six continents and would gladly speak in Antarctica too. Richard’s work is focused on sharing free resources that educators can use to enhance their students’ learning experiences. Richard is a five-time winner of the Edublogs Award for Best Resource Sharing Blog. Richard became a Google Certified Teacher in 2009. 2012 saw Richard receive a Merlot Classics Award from chancellor’s office of California State University. In 2010 he was a finalist for ACTEM’s (Association of Computer Teachers and Educators in Maine) educator of the year award. Tech & Learning Magazine named Richard one of their “people to watch” in their 30th Anniversary celebration. On a daily basis, Richard’s blog Free Technology for Teachers reaches more than 100,000 educators. In addition to writing Free Technology for Teachers, Richard also maintains iPadApps4School.com and PracticalEdTech.com. Richard’s print work includes a monthly column for School Library Journal, contributing author to What School Leaders Need to Know About Digital Technologies and Social Media, and contributions to Teacher Librarian. Richard lives in Maine with his daughter Isla and loyal dogs Max and Mason. A full transcript of this show and the show notes are available at www.coolcatteacher.com/podcast as well as details on entering this month’s giveaway contests.

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Richard Byrne Free Tech for Teachers S1E14

EduTechGuys

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 6, 2015 57:49

Great show today with guest Richard Byrne of freetech4teachers.com

28 – Getting Teachers Blogging: Tips, Tools, and More

Instructional Tech Talk

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 3, 2015 51:33

Jeff and Jon talk about blogging as a form of reflection for teachers. Also, Jeff talks with Sue Gorman and Richard Byrne about Richard's website Free Tech 4 Teachers.

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An Edtech Minute with FreeTech4Teachers

#EdTech Minute

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 19, 2015 2:16

FreeTech4Teachers is a daily blog concerning all things Ed Tech. Richard Byrne, curator, goes to significant lengths to investigate the various apps, resources, and sites. He posts what he believes to be the best of them. If you are in to Ed Tech, then you would benefit from subscribing to his daily blog. Follow:@bamradionetwork

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Mid Year Update on Hot Apps for Teaching

EdTech Greatest Hits

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 22, 2015 11:56

Tune in as we check in with the author of one of our favorite resources for finding great education technology tools. Follow: @@rmbyrneblog, @coolcatteacher, @bamradionetwork #edtechchat #edchat #edtech Richard Byrne is a former high school social studies teacher best known for developing the award-winning blog Free Technology for Teachers, reaches more than 100,000 educators. He is an international speaker sharing free resources that educators can use to enhance their students' learning experiences.

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Mid Year Update on Hot Apps for Teaching

Every Classroom Matters With Cool Cat Teacher

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 3, 2015 11:56

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Igniting Innovation in Teaching and Learning (2014)

K12 Online Conference - Video

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 13, 2014 43:51

Conference Keynote: What ignites your spark for teaching and learning inside and outside the classroom? What sustains your spark for creativity and innovation? What can be a spark of innovation to encourage teachers who are not early adapter / innovators in our schools? These questions and more are addressed by Wesley Fryer, Rachel Fryer, Brad Wilson, Autumn Laidler, Jess McCulloch, Cheryl Oakes, Amy Burvall, Richard Byrne, Kevin Hodgson, Brian Crosby, Jennie Magiera, Jason Neiffer, Diane Woodard, and Michelle Roundy in this opening keynote presentation for the 2014 K-12 Online Conference. Come travel with us from Oklahoma City to Michigan, Chicago, Australia, Maine, Nevada, Montana, California, New York and Wyoming as we explore the theme of "Igniting Innovation" for this year's conference. Please take the challenge posed by Wesley in this video: Record and share a short (60 second) video answering one of these questions about "igniting innovation!" Share your video on YouTube with the hashtag #k12onlineIgnite under a Creative Commons license. By sharing with a CC license you will permit and empower others to engage in "combinatorial creativity" and make combined remix videos including your ideas! Also, please make sure your video is PUBLIC on YouTube. Share the link to your video using the following Google Form: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1j53vNvuSY6T3kqqyO3SyarNu-2UAeJEzQawjAH5DzuQ/viewform?usp=send_form

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MSM-285 Dancing Queen

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 4, 2014

MSM 285: Dancing Queen in Sonnet or Jeopardy Rocks the Green Pennies . . . From Heaven. Jokes You Can Use: Eileen Award: Twitter: Martha Riecks, Julia Hiltscher Advisory: Middle School Science Minute by Dave Bydlowski (k12science or davidbydlowski@mac.com) New Middle School Science Minute Podcast on "Green Pennies" I was recently reading the Summer, 2014 issue of "Science Scope," a magazine written for middle school science teachers, published by the National Science Teachers Association. In this issue, I read an article entitled "Why the Statue of Liberty is Green: Coatings, Corrosion and Patina," written by Richard H. Moyer and Susan A. Everett. In this 5E-learning-cycle lesson, students test different types of coatings on pennies to observe how the coatings affect the amount of corrosion produced when the penny is placed in a moist environment and a moist, acidic environment. http://k12science.net/Podcast/Podcast/Entries/2014/9/26_Middle_School_Science_Minute-Green_Pennies.html From the Twitterverse: #mschat every Thursday at 8:00 pm Eastern Standard Time. And as Troy says, “The Twitter never stops!” Strategies: Jeopardy Rocks! Really easy to create and save Jeopardy style board. You just give them a Title for the board (end of the URL), email address and create a password. Then click and type. Easy peasy. Note that you must complete the entire board before the “Publish” button is available. There are six columns. Each column needs five questions. You also need a Final Jeopardy question. http://www.jeopardy.rocks/ http://www.jeopardy.rocks/msm-2453fbd1-b63f-461a-b530-1e71302129f2/ (Only the Hosts category has real questions.) Google Forms Google has updated Google Forms to include a couple of nice options. First of all, you can now limit respondents to one response. Secondly, you can now shuffle question order. Thirdly, you can now customize the images and fonts in a form. You can do a lot of good stuff with Forms. http://blog.gcflearnfree.org/2014/09/11/use-google-forms-to-create-quizzes-surveys-and-more/ http://googledrive.blogspot.com/2014/09/custom-forms-themes.html PopSonnet What happens when you take a pop song and rewrite it as a sonnet? http://popsonnet.tumblr.com/ Resources: Inside the Brain of a Struggling Reader [Infographic] When a student struggles to learn to read, we often look to social or economic factors, access to books, or the home environment for an explanation. While each of these factors can play a part, treatable brain differences are often part of the equation. http://www.scilearn.com/blog/inside-the-brain-of-a-struggling-reader-infographic See the original infographic at http://www.scilearn.com/blog. Richard Byrne Google Docs Resources 27 (and growing) video tutorials by Richard Byrne on using Google. https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLtx-qUNKJwDz6b_3NaGTkGXaTPrLCpacY Sources of Free Sound Effects and Music for Multimedia Projects Just as with images, it is important to have students use music and sound effects that they have permission to use. The following resources offer music and sound effects that students can use for free in multimedia projects. http://www.freetech4teachers.com/2014/09/sources-of-free-sound-effects-and-music.html

MSM-251 Baby needs a new pair of shoes Shawn a new modem

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 31, 2013

MSM 251: Baby needs a new pair of shoes, Shawn needs a new MODEM... Presented in collaboration with the Association for Middle Level Education. Jokes You Can Use: Eileen Award: Twitter: Diana Darrow, Jason Elsom, Miles MacFarlane, Pat McCarty Advisory: Twitter Beard (from Ron King) For the past three years I've been teaching "Digital Illustration" in a local college VC program. For this terms final project I assigned the students an "Illustrative Mask" for them to create over a four week period were we focused on each phase of the creative process: Thumbnails, Sketches, Comps, and Final Art all being art directed by myself and peer reviewed. *Includes link to model beard. http://artbackwash.blogspot.com/2009/06/twitter-beard.html 9 Skills That Every Kid Should Learn http://www.lifehack.org/articles/lifestyle/9-skills-that-every-kid-should-learn.html Middle School Science Minute by Dave Bydlowski (k12science or davidbydlowski@mac.com) Eyewash Stations http://k12science.net/Podcast/Podcast/Entries/2013/6/28_Middle_School_Science_Minute-Eyewash_Stations.html From the Twitterverse: #mschat every Thursday at 8:00 pm Eastern Standard Time. Resources: http://www.upworthy.com/we-have-been-mislead-by-an-erroneous-map-of-the-world-for-500-years Money http://www.theatlantic.com/video/archive/2013/08/what-is-money/278980/ Web Spotlight: Add Images to a Google Form Terrific tutorial by Richard Byrne. Yhttp://www.freetech4teachers.com/2013/08/how-to-create-image-based-quizzes-in.html#.UiH7smRASQk http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BRl1dG4iehk#t=169 Moon Phases Explained (with Oreo cookies) Hey, Oreo cookies, what more could you want? http://davidwarlick.com/2cents/?p=4400 Hi Guys, Thought of you when I saw this on ASCD: Five follow-worthy ed-tech Pinterest boards Administrators, educators will find ed-tech resources for engaging instruction, professional development Shelly Terrell‘s 46 boards focus on a variety of resources, including digital storytelling, presentation tools, word cloud tools, online games, graphic organizers, and collaboration tools. http://pinterest.com/shellyterrell/ Eric Sheninger‘s Twitter Resources board includes tips for administrators and teachers alike, including using Twitter for professional development, how to help teachers overcome Twitter fears, and more. Sheninger’s other boards focus on personal learning networks, Web 2.0, and iPad apps for administrators. http://pinterest.com/esheninger/ Kristin Brynteson‘s ed-tech board includes pins on iPad apps, interactive learning sites, flipped learning, and collaborative and engaging educational resources. http://pinterest.com/kbrynteson/ed-tech/ All Things Technology, from Mary Lirette, features writing websites, free online books, and professional development videos in its more than 800 pins. Lirette’s main Pinterest board is chock full of educational resources and has more than 4,200 pins. http://pinterest.com/marylirette/all-things-technology/ Erin Klein‘s EduTech Resources board offers users a multitude of ed-tech tips and tools, including a list of educational and ed-tech websites, ISTE sessions, instructions on how to integrate various apps with one another, resources on digital citizenship, and more. http://pinterest.com/erinklein/edutech-resources/ Time Management: Planning for the Adventure Think of planning for the school year as planning for an adventure. If we are going to teach like pirates, we'd better be well prepared for those duels and treasure hunts. Prioritize Make a List and Set a Timeline Enlist Students to Join Your Crew Refer to Your Outside Compass and PLN Don't Be Afraid to Say "No" (Arrr . . .) http://www.edutopia.org/blog/time-management-planning-the-adventure-clara-galan Parents hope school district learns from heat cancellations http://minnesota.publicradio.org/display/web/2013/08/29/parents-react-heat-class-cancellations

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MSM-187 Theres No Place like Chrome for the Hollandaise