The Sonikcycle Syndicate

Soundufama-san & Kotuwan-sa were still on rewind when DJ Yuta made the play.

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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