mySF Project blog

The thirty-second podcast relates to the discussion of Steampunk and the texts and Stormboy found in Podcast 31. This file is an offering of Steampunk amalgam synth music by SlowAlan.

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

The mySF Project and SlowAlan’s Steampunk audio file ‘I am stretched on your grave’ is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 2.5 Australia License. Enjoy!

mySF Project podcast, number 32
Direct download: mysf_032_2010_04_22.mp3
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The thirty-first podcast reviews and recommends Richard Harland’s World Shaker as well as Otomo’s anime film Steamboy as part of the study of Steampunk, a subgenre of Science Fiction.

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

This podcast is included as a script through the mySF Project Scripts section at Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 2.5 Australia License.

mySF Project podcast, number 31
Direct download: mysf_031_2010_04_21.mp3
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The twenty-fourth podcast for teachers of secondary students studying Science Fiction, discussing the Pixar animation Wall-E in terms of teaching this excellent gem of a movie to younger secondary students as part of a study of artificial intelligence or humankind’s complex relationships with machines.

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

The text of this podcast can be found in the mySF Project Scripts section of the mySF Project, including a resource list and links to related sites and sources.

The purpose of the podcast is to join other educators to collaborate on the construction of great SF teaching resources. The podcast is 12M in size, in mp3 format, running for twenty-five minutes.

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

mySF Project podcast, number 24
Direct download: mysf_024_2009_06_21.mp3
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The twenty-third podcast for teachers of secondary students studying Science Fiction, discussing the use of X Minus One dramas as ‘Ready to go’ podcasts.

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

The text of this podcast can be found in the mySF Project Scripts section of the mySF Project.

Podcast 23 discusses the use of the X Minus One series of radio dramas produced in the 1950s and now available as podcasts as ‘Good to go’ podcasts for students. Podcast original authors include Isaac Asimov, Ray Bradbury, Clifford Simak, Robert Bloch and others. The suitability of the adaptations of these stories as scaffolding for studies with their advantages and disadvantages is aimed at middle to upper secondary students and their teachers. The podcast includes brief ideas for assessment tasks with some use of evidence from sources to support these uses.

The purpose of the podcast is to join other educators to collaborate on the construction of great SF teaching resources. The podcast is 16M 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 23
Direct download: mysf_023_2009_04_25.mp3
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The nineteenth podcast for teachers of secondary students studying Science Fiction, discussing the ‘Year’s Best Science Fiction’, 22nd Annual Collection anthology.

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

This blog and podcast is the fifth and final part of a discussion of the Year’s Best Science Fiction, 22nd Annual Collection anthology, edited by Gardner Dozois, as a valuable, one-volume text for teaching modern SF.

Seven stories from the anthology are discussed in Part 5, including stories by Robert Reed, James L Cambias, Eleanor Arnason, Peter F Hamilton, Paul Di Fillipio and Walter John Williams, in relation to the five themes of SF studied at the secondary level .

If you want to read more about the mySF Project you can find an overview at the Microsoft Education website.

The text of this podcast can be found in the mySF Project Scripts section of the mySF Project.

The purpose of the podcast is to join other educators to collaborate on the construction of great SF teaching resources. The podcast is 23M in size, in mp3 format, running for thirty-three minutes anmd including a last overview of the whole anthology as a teaching text.

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

mySF Project podcast, number 19
Direct download: mysf_019_2008_07_17.mp3
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The eighteenth podcast for teachers of secondary students studying Science Fiction, discussing the ‘Year’s Best Science Fiction’, 22nd Annual Collection anthology.

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

This blog and podcast is the fourth part of a discussion of the Year’s Best Science Fiction, 22nd Annual Collection anthology, edited by Gardner Dozois, as a valuable, one-volume text for teaching modern SF.

Five stories from the anthology are discussed in Part 4, including stories by Colin P Davies, Stephen Baxter, Caitlin R Kiernan and Brendan Du Bois, in relation to the five themes of SF studied at the secondary level . If you want to read more about the mySF Project you can find an overview at the Microsoft Education website.

The text of this podcast can be found in the mySF Project Scripts section of the mySF Project.

The purpose of the podcast is to join other educators to collaborate on the construction of great SF teaching resources. The podcast is 14M in size, in mp3 format.

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

mySF Project podcast, number 18
Direct download: mysf_018_2008_07_16.mp3
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The seventeenth podcast for teachers of secondary students studying Science Fiction, discussing the ‘Year’s Best Science Fiction’, 22nd Annual Collection anthology.

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

This blog and podcast is the third part of a discussion of the Year’s Best Science Fiction, 22nd Annual Collection anthology, edited by Gardner Dozois, as a valuable, one-volume text for teaching modern SF.

Five stories from the anthology are discussed in Part 3, including stories by Vernor Vinge, Mary Rosenbaum, Vandana Singh, Albert E Cowdrey, William Sanders and Daniel Abraham, in relation to the five themes of SF studied at the secondary level .

The text of this podcast can be found in the mySF Project Scripts section of the mySF Project.

The purpose of the podcast is to join other educators to collaborate on the construction of great SF teaching resources. The podcast is 20M in size, in mp3 format.

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

mySF Project podcast, number 17
Direct download: mysf_017_2008_07_15.mp3
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The sixteenth podcast for teachers of secondary students studying Science Fiction, discussing the ‘Year’s Best Science Fiction’, 22nd Annual Collection anthology.

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

This blog and podcast is the second part of a discussion of the Year’s Best Science Fiction, 22nd Annual Collection anthology, edited by Gardner Dozois, as a valuable, one-volume text for teaching modern SF.

Five stories from the anthology are discussed in Part 2, including stories by Michael F Flynn, M John Harrison, Terry Bisson, James Patrick Kelly and Kage Baker, in relation to the five themes of SF studied at the secondary level .

The text of this podcast can be found in the mySF Project Scripts section of the mySF Project.

The purpose of the podcast is to join other educators to collaborate on the construction of great SF teaching resources. The podcast is 15M in size, in mp3 format.

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

mySF Project podcast, number 16
Direct download: mysf_016_2008_07_14.mp3
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