The Sonikcycle Syndicate

I’m diggin’ my first session with Quicksilver… It has that universal “click” of a good app that needs no getting used to, nor discipline to use… it just fills a gap I didn’t even know I had! Like Steve said, “Quicksilver is one of those apps that everybody seems to love, but which nobody can explain.” Steve has a lot more to say about Quicksilver and how to get up and running with it, so I’ll turn it over to him and his Quicksilver tutorial.

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Tuesday, June 25th, National Media Education Conference, St. Louis, MO

Listen to (download) the keynote address with the Flash player, below…

wikipedia
Middleberry college
participatory culture
networked culture
kids good at games, but don’t think critically
ethics issues – kids going places parents can’t follow
informed skepticism about web content
transparency in (research) process
“when can I trust wikipedia?”
wikipedia as opportunity
collective intelligence paradigm
be critical of expert paradigm

Confronting the Challenges of Participatory Culture: Media Education for the 21st Century (white paper)

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Chad says to his chum Merrick: Dude, check out Tinydrum4.0, you’ll get a kick eh!
So Merrick twiddles with Tinydrum for a spell and sends these patterns to Chad:
@ 52 bpm : 1-16384-1024-8-8768-4
@ 60 bpm : 16896-256-0-16-32-16448
@ 60 bpm : 4104-129-33024-0-9-1033
@ 60 bpm : 16-40964-1040-4100-1024-4160
@ 40 bpm : 4096-256-16-256-1-1
Chad says: Amazing!!! How do you do it?
Merrick says: Well, let me tell you, son… after years of walkin’ railroad track & junkyards clinkin’ spikes on anything that might make a sound, seeking the sonic patterns in old screen doors banging in the wind, pluckin’–n–tappin’ the inerds of the piano, and riggin’ bendy wooden water skiis with cello strings and pickups—dinkin’ on the dmf tinydrum just comes naturally ;->

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My latest “gawks” (time-lapse video clips): Michael’s Mohawk and Kate’s Cut

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Light is particle, light is wave—it all depends on how and when you look at it. So, too, is SU…

• Steve sends link to PandoraJam
• Michael gives it a “thumbs up” and is sent to the SU “discovery” page to give it a review
• Michael starts chatting with Steve (”discovery” window still open, review unsent)
• Steve & Michael go blah, blah, blah
• Michael finally finishes review and sends, only to find that the site had already been discovered by Steve (who had submitted a review while Michael’s discovery window was open but unsent)!
• BUT WAIT, Steve’s view shows Michael as the Discovery Boy???

Check it out…

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