mySF Project blog

The twenty-seventh podcast discussing some innovative and intriguing technological tricks and tools for teachers of secondary Science Fiction.

This podcast relates to the mySF Project, created in 2005 and still growing.

This podcast is not included as a script but there are links to Thea van Os’ suggestions and solutions, found through the mySF Project Scripts section of the mySF Project.

Podcast 27 talks with Thea van Os, a past English teacher and SF buff and currently a coordinator of learning technologies, about the sort of learning technologies that are well suited to teachers of secondary Science Fiction.

The purpose of the podcast is to join other educators to collaborate on the construction of great SF teaching resources. The podcast is 10.2M in size, in mp3 format, running for twenty-four minutes.

The mySF Project is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 2.5 Australia License.

mySF Project podcast, number 27
Direct download: mysf_027_2009_06_27.mp3
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The eighth podcast for students studying in one of the five, thematic units within the mySF Project is offered here.

This podcast is the first part of the support notes as podcasts of the mySF Project, created in 2005 and still growing!. This blog attaches the part one of the first podcast overview of the ‘Brave New World’ theme area. This is a major theme in the study of SF at the secondary level and originally it was aimed at students in a largish high school in Canberra, Australia. If you want to read more about the mySF Project you can find an overview at the Microsoft Education website.

The podcast draws together comments on the use of SF in modern society focusing on the theme area of Brave New World, a look at genetic engineering narratives in SF, within the mySF Project. Its purpose is to excite, interest and involve students in Years 9 and 10 with the SF content they will be studying for ten learning episodes, equating flexibly to ten weeks for face-to-face students. The podcast is around 4.8M in size, in mp3 format.

This podcast discusses the four short stories accessed in learning episode two , by Fritz Leiber, Theodore Sturgeon,and Greg Bear.

The mySF Project is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 2.5 Australia License.

The point of the podcast here is to share resources with other educators teaching SF to secondary students and to spark discussion, criticism and collaboration. Please use and respond, if you have time.

mySF Project podcast, number 8
Direct download: mysf_008_2008_02_16.mp3
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The sixth podcast for students studying in one of the five, thematic units within the mySF Project is offered here.

This podcast is the first part of the support notes as podcasts of the mySF Project, created in 2005. This blog attaches the second podcast overview of the ‘Fate & Predestination’ theme area. This is a major theme in the study of SF at the secondary level and originally it was aimed at students in a largish high school in Canberra, Australia. If you want to read more about the mySF Project you can find an overview at the Microsoft Education website.

The podcast draws together comments on the use of SF in modern society focusing on the theme area of Fate and Predestination , a look at time travel narratives in SF, within the mySF Project. Its purpose is to excite, interest and involve students in Years 9 and 10 with the SF content they will be studying for ten learning episodes, equating flexibly to ten weeks for face-to-face students. The podcast is around 4.9M in size, in mp3 format.

This last podcast in the Fate and Predestination theme area looks in more depth at some difficult themes found in time travel narratives, including the idea of changing personal and community destiny as well as religious debate on predestination as seen in several short stories and films studied.

The mySF Project is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 2.5 Australia License.

The point of the podcast here is to share resources with other educators teaching SF to secondary students and to spark discussion, criticism and collaboration. Please use and respond, if you have time.

mySF Project podcast, number 6
Direct download: mysf_006_2008_02_11.mp3
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The fifth podcast for students studying in one of the five, thematic units within the mySF Project is offered here.

This podcast is the first part of the support notes as podcasts of the mySF Project, created in 2005. This blog attaches the first podcast overview of the ‘Fate & Predestination’ theme area. This is a major theme in the study of SF at the secondary level and originally it was aimed at students in a largish high school in Canberra, Australia. If you want to read more about the mySF Project you can find an overview at the Microsoft Education website.

The podcast draws together comments on the use of SF in modern society focusing on the theme area of the Fate and Predestination theme area, a look at time travel narratives in SF, within the mySF Project. Its purpose is to excite, interest and involve students in Years 9 and 10 with the SF content they will be studying for ten learning episodes, equating flexibly to ten weeks for face-to-face students. The podcast is around 4.8M in size, in mp3 format.

The mySF Project is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 2.5 Australia License.

The point of the podcast here is to share resources with other educators teaching SF to secondary students and to spark discussion, criticism and collaboration. Please use and respond, if you have time.

mySF Project podcast, number 5
Direct download: mysf_005_2008_02_06.mp3
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The fourth podcast for students studying in one of the five, thematic units within the mySF Project is offered here.

This podcast is the secondpart of the support notes as podcasts of the mySF Project, created in 2005. This blog attaches the second podcast overview of the ‘Enemy Within’ theme area. This is a major theme in the study of SF at the secondary level and originally it was aimed at students in a largish high school in Canberra, Australia. If you want to read more about the mySF Project you can find an overview at the Microsoft Education website.

The podcast draws together comments on the use of SF in modern society focusing on the theme area of the ‘Enemy Within’, a look at the use of aliens in SF, within the mySF Project. Its purpose is to excite, interest and involve students in Years 9 and 10 with the SF content they will be studying for ten learning episodes, equating flexibly to ten weeks for face-to-face students. The podcast is around 4.6M in size, in mp3 format.

The mySF Project is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 2.5 Australia License.

The point of the podcast here is to share resources with other educators teaching SF to secondary students and to spark discussion, criticism and collaboration. Please use and respond, if you have time.

mySF Project podcast, number 4
Direct download: mysf_004_2008_01_30.mp3
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The second podcast for students studying in one of the five, thematic units within the mySF Project is offered here.

This podcast is the second part of the overview of the mySF Project, created in 2005. The podcast overview of the study of SF at the secondary level was aimed at students in a largish high school in Canberra, Australia. If you want to read more about the mySF Project you can find an overview at the Microsoft Education website.

The podcast draws together comments on the use of SF in modern society focusing on the five, different theme areas within the mySF Project. Its purpose is to excite and interest students in Years 9 and 10 with the SF content they will be studying for a term of ten learning episodes, that can equate to ten weeks for face-to-face students. The podcast is around 3.6M in size, in mp3 format.

The mySF Project is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 2.5 Australia License.

The point of the podcast here is to share resources with other educators teaching SF to secondary students and to spark discussion, criticism and collaboration. Please use and respond, if you have time.

mySF Project podcast, part 1, number 2
Direct download: mysf_002_2008_01_29.mp3

mySF Project podcast, number 1

The first podcast for students studying in one of the five, thematic units within the mySF Project is offered here. This podcast is the very first from the mySF Project, created in 2005, and was a bit rough. It lived in an education intranet with many podcast friends but now it is lain bare here in the public mySF Project space. If you want to read more about the mySF Project you can find an overview at the Microsoft Education website.

The mySF Project is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 2.5 Australia License.

The point of the podcast here is to share resources with other educators teaching SF to secondary students and to spark discussion, criticism and collaboration. Please use and respond, if you have time. The podcast here is around 4.5M in size, in mp3 format.

The podcast relates to the five, different theme areas within the mySF Project theme area and how they are used. Its purpose is to excite and interest students in Years 8 to 10 with the SF content they will be studying for a term of ten weeks.
Direct download: mysf_001_2008_01_27.mp3
Category: podcasts — posted on: 28, January, 2008 at 00:00