We have moved all of our large photo libraries and Podcasts to our new Kids Talk Radio Apple Site. This is the best place to let you see all of the podcasts and special interviews that we have conducted. Some of the Podcasts include:
Kids Talk Radio & Dough Stoup at the North Pole Kids Talk Radio & Dough Stoup at the Sourh Pole Kids Talk Radio & Dough Stoup at the Amazon Jungle www.SuperSchoolUniversity.com www.BobBarboza.com
Adrian Oliveria and Bob Barboza Talk About the Fast Ferry Project
Cabo Verde Fast Ferry Project Plan
1. What is the Fast Ferry Project all about?
There
is, at present time, a unique opportunity to develop a robust maritime
connectivity system for the islands of Cabo Verde. This exceptional
opportunity comes from an explosive investment in tourism industry; the
necessity to integrate the island of Brava with the rest of the
archipelago and the government's strategy to develop a secure and
reliable inter-island transportation.
Cabo Verde Fast Ferry,
S.A. in partnership with the government can position itself as a trend
setting company dedicated to providing speed, comfort and
dependability...[read more]
Climate Change & Global Warming Press Conference with Cabo Verde Mayors
Cabo Verde Global Warming Press Conference
Kids Talk Radio Press Conference with Mayors and Cabo Verde Islands Support Staff
Yanel Mayorga, Kids Talk Radio Science Journalist, Wilson High School, Long Beach, California
Cabo Verde Press Conference: Long Beach City Hall By Yanel Mayorga, Wilson Classical High School, Kids Talk Radio
The 8th. Districts Long Beach Councilwoman Rae Gabelich made it possible for the second Cabo Verde and USA Kids Talk Radio Press Conference about Global Warming to take place at City Hall in the city of Long Beach. The two mayors from the Cabo Verde Islands were officially welcomed to the City of Long Beach, California.
On Tuesday, November 18, 2008, the Mayor of Brava, Sr. Camilo Goncalves and the Mayor of Fogo, Sr. Eugenio Veiga, visited California and held a press conference with Kids Talk Radio at Long Beach’s Civic Center. Deputy Joao Alves and interpreter Armindo Goncalves accompanied these officials from the Republic of Cape Verde; who are also from Cape Verde. One student reporter from Wilson High School and one student reporter from Poly High School were selected to attend the conference and interview the visitors with their own questions as well as some questions from students in the state of Georgia and students in New York. The press conference covered important issues that are occurring in the Cape Verde islands and that have occurred as well. The Cape Verde Islands are a group of islands located in the North Atlantic Ocean, North of Senegal on the coast of Western Africa. The islands became independent from Portugal in 1975 and have demonstrated to be one of Africa’s most stable democratic governments since 1990. The Republic of Cape Verde has been faced with many weather and climate struggles throughout the years. When asked if they have noticed any changes in climate in the past three years, they responded: “From my perspective, nothing extraordinary has been witnessed in cape Verde that would lead me to believe there has been a dramatic climatic change in Cape Verde. But on the other hand we have noticed slight changes in climate patterns. We are now witnessing, although at a small scale, tornadoes or heavy episodic periods of rain that only happened thirty to forty years ago in the Cape Verde islands; we are seeing these phenomenons reoccurring again. For example my island, island Brava is perhaps the most temperate in terms of mild climate, beautiful climate, comfortable climate… but more recently, we have been noticing that the island of Brava, the climate is much, much hotter than it used to be before,” stated Mayor Goncalves. “So that is one of the evidences that we have, because it is something we can feel and witness So then yes, although very small, but it is there and it is notable.” Mayor Veiga elaborated to Mayor Goncalves answer, “We live a global world, and so any global change has a global impact like a trickle-down-effect. Cape Verde is a small country in terms of geography therefore it’s very much insolated. For example, when [I] returned from my studies [in Romania, where I went to college], I felt so hot. I had never felt so hot before. The impression I get, is the temperature increased over time.” Cape Verde has been a drought-ridden place for many years throughout history, but as Mayor Veiga later reported, from June 2008 until now, there has been an increase in rain. This is great for the islands, but the inhabitants seem a bit afraid. “We never expected it!” interpreter A. Goncalves added. Drought is believed to have been a cause of many fatalities in the past at the Cape Verde Islands. Mayor Veiga introduced his ideas and opinions on the subject. “We didn’t directly experience this period of famine and drought.” The period was during the colonial rule of the Portuguese, and Mayor Veiga believes that the unpredictable weather and the political standing of the islands caused the drought and its outcomes. The islands at the time were a colony that was dependent on foreign countries for food and supplies. Because this was about the same time of World War II, supplies were short. All the components added along with the natural drought increased the number of casualties around this period. During this time, the people affected by the drought and famine were so desperate that in the capital of the Cape Verde Islands, Praia, located on Santiago Island; many people went into an executive office building to beg for food. The building became overwhelmed with people in a very short period of time, that the entire building collapsed and killed all of the people in the building. “It was a dark period of time,” Deputy Joao Alves lamented. The dark times may have been an unfortunate period but in many cases it also served as a teacher for the Republic to be able to deal with other obstacles as they present themselves. “Based on oral history, oral information handed down to me by my grandparents, the volcano [located in Fogo] erupts about every hundredth year. I think it was in the late 1950’s we had a major volcanic eruption,” Deputy Joao Alves stated. The republic cannot conduct many studies nor has much information recorded because of their lack of equipment and funds. NASA has a weather station located in Fogo and most of the information becomes available through NASA’s station and research. The Cape Verde islands have many coral reefs that are inhabited by unique plants and animals only found in the Cape Verde reefs. Many scientists are conducting research for medicines with specimens from the reefs and some believe that global warming is hurting the reefs. The mayors explained what action is being taken to protect the reefs and their rare occupants. “Today, the government is introducing more and more legislation in that area. For example every alien has a specific [natural protection] area,” Mayor Goncalves stated. “There is also a strong political and educational component that comes from this, the need to educate people on these natural resources.” Cape Verde also made an agreement with Holland and other countries to protect and promote the need to preservation these natural wonders. There is also a fifteen-year plan to have a technical team make sure the reefs are protected. Unfortunately, there aren’t enough funds to put the plan in action; the plan would cost about one million dollars, of which only fifteen percent is available. Cape Verde prevents pollution as much as possible, there is little to no pollution from manufactures. They take a preventative approach on just about everything. They try to educate the children about the issues at a young age. As far as protection goes, changes have been made. In the past, people would eat turtles, which led to the endangerment of the species. Now, if a civilian is caught with a turtle, he or she will be fined. “No one messes with the turtles.” Interpreter A. Goncalves stated. Later, after the interview he added, “The U.S. is helping by patrolling our waters so that they aren’t being over-fished by foreign countries.” Apparently, the U.S. Navy makes sure that the waters aren’t being fished because in the past, countries such as China, have fished in them without Cape Verde’s knowledge. As far as what the United States can do to help the Cape Verdeans preserve and continue to do well is to be able to provide aid in case of a tsunami, volcano eruption, and other natural disasters. They also wish the United States to pair up with Cape Verde and conduct further studies to document and preserve the environment. They are also interested in student exchange programs and partnerships between schools. There is also a lot of poverty on the island and the mayor’s are hoping that with help from the United States and other foreign countries poverty may be eliminated. The Cape Verde island officials visited California with hopes of building a relationship with the United States and to educate others about the needs of preserving the natural resources in the vulnerable islands.
By: Yanel Mayorga
Wilson Classical High School Kids Talk Radio Science Journalist On Special Assignment Grade: 12 November 18, 2008 Suprschool@aol.com
Poly High School Kid's Talk Radio Student journalist Sam Kushner Lenhoff and Bob Barboza at the Carbo Verde Island Mayors Press Conference..
Global Warming becomes Global By Samuel Kushner-Lenhoff, Poly High School, Kid's Talk Radio, Science Journalist.
Some might wonder what the city of Long Beach and a volcanic chain of islands off the coast of West Africa have in common. Since Cape Verde is a place where unexpected climate change can mean the difference between life and death, this nation is directly affected by global warming. On November 18, it was the pleasure of the city of Long Beach to welcome two mayors from the Cape Verde islands. The Mayor of Fogo, Sr. Eugenio Veiga, and the Mayor of Brava, Sr. Camilo Goncalves, began their weeklong trip to the state of California by answering environmental questions. These questions from US students were delivered by the founder of Kids Talk Radio, Mr. Bob Barboza and two Long Beach High School reporters. “We live in a global world…. (Cape Verde) can feel the trickledown effect.” says Mayor Sr. Eugenio Veiga, “Even islands that never get rain are getting it, and it is bad because it is scaring people.” Cape Verdeans rationalize these unusual occurrences by considering the fact that they could possibly be a participant in a climate cycle. These unusual climate occurrences are increasingly important because Cape Verde is heavily dependent on agriculture. This magnifies the effects of drought on the native population. “Everything we do has a preventative measure…we aim at educating kids at a very young age” says Mayor Veiga. Cape Verde’s unique approach to solving the climate problem is to educate children as to the importance of the environment and climate change. Appreciation of natural resources is a theme that is also reiterated by laws preventing actions such as catching a sea turtle. Dramatic national resources such as a large reef necessitate a policy of strict protection. It is this national emphasis on the environment that causes Cape Verde to dedicate a section of each international meeting to environmental issues. With a major concern about poverty alleviation, it is funds that limit the necessary research and enforcement of environmental activities. As a result, the Cape Verde mayors believe one of the best actions the US could take would be to participate in a joint research project in Cape Verde. This historic meeting is a major step for the global political activism that is needed for environmental cooperation.
Sam Kushner-Lenhoff Poly High School Journalism Long Beach Unified School District On Special Assignment for Kid's Talk Radio Suprschool@aol.com
Kids Talk Radio Press Conference
The United States of America and Cabo Verde Island Student Science and Technology Exchange Program Kids Talk Radio Staff Writer
For years we have been looking for a creative ways to make it possible for students and teachers in the United States to work with students and teachers on the Cabo Verde Island. It took a US visit of two mayors form the Cabo Verde Islands and USA Kid’s Talk Radio Journalists to make it possible. “The kids set the stage, and before you knew it negotiations were underway”, said Bill Tom, Long Beach Press.
Bob Barboza and Kids Talk Radio reporters on special assignment form Wilson and Poly High Schools in Long Beach, California met with two mayors form the Cabo Verde Islands on November 18, 2008.
The Mayor of Fogo, Sr. Eugenio Veiga, and the Mayor of Brava, Sr. Camilo Goncalves, began their weeklong trip to the state of California by answering environmental questions at our Kid’s Talk Radio Press Conference on Global Warming.
Our main goal was to interview the Cabo Verde Mayors for a new C-SPAN project dealing with matters of climate change and global warming. Kids Talk Radio and Jr. Medical School students will produce a special podcast for C-SPAN. Our special topic for the C-SPAN project will be global warming and climate change.
“Hurricanes are born at and near the Cabo Verde Islands. Our students received first hand knowledge from our visiting mayors,” said Barboza.
\We have included both audio and video clips of our special press conference here and on the following websites:
The United States Press Conference Team consisted of Kids Talk Radio student journalist from California, New York, Georgia, and Mississippi. All student journalists are working on special projects to gain a better understanding of global worming throughtout the world. Another important goal is to have one Kid Talk Radio Journalist and one Jr. Medical School Journalist in each one of our fifty states.
In 2008, Kids Talk Radio and the ICEAXE Foundation collaborated made it possible to study the effects of global warming and climate change first hand in Antarctica, the North Pole, and the Amazon Jungle. We are now making plans to visit the Cabo Verde Islands in the summer of 2008.
We are asking teacher throughtout the world to join us in building news teams that deal with important issues that will benefit all of mankind.
We welcome your comments!
Contact: Bob Barboza at Suprschool@aol.com
Cabo Verde Kids Talk Radio Press Conference in Long Beach
Cabo Verde Kids Talk Radio Press Conference in Long Beach
A "Warm California Welcome" to the CV Mayors
from the City of Long Beach
Greetings CVSC Members & Supporters
The Season of Thanksgiving is here!
Thats the time of year when many of us will travel to be
with our families & friends to share and enjoy that, "Special
Thanksgiving Day Dinner". This has truly been an exceptional year and
we all have a lot to be thankful for.
Last week the California Cape Verdean Community was
privileged to have visiting from our mother islands of Cabo Verde,
Mayor of Brava, Sr. Camilo Gonçalves and the Mayor of Fogo, Sr.
Eugénio Veiga,along with Deputy João Alves and assisting interpreter,
Armindo Gonçalves.
I
would like to express many "Thanks" to everyone who attended and helped
to make our "Mayors Welcome Reception" a success. I would like to say a
special "Thanks" to Bob Barboza, head of Kids Talk Radio. The Mayors
received a "Special Welcome" presentation Tuesday evening from Vice
Mayor Val Lerch & Council Women Rae Gabelich of the City of Long
Beach at Long Beach City Hall. A Press conference was hosted by Kids
Talk Radio with the visiting Mayors, addressing the issues of "Global
Warming in the Cape Verde Islands". It can be viewed via internet at: http://www.kidstalkradiola.com
Also "Special Thanks" to Manny Gomes from CVWA, Tiny &
Virginia Lopes, Manny Grace, Nuias De Pina, Abel & Iris Barboza in
helping to sponsor their special visit here to California.
The
Mayors continued on to Northern California last Thursday were they were
also honored at sponsored functions in San Francisco, Oakland and in St
Helena, hosted by the CVWA, CCVA, & SCNC. They departed Sunday
afternoon from Oakland for Boston where they will return back home to
Cape Verde, taking with them I'm certain, a "New Found Realization" of
the "Sodade" even we here in California also share in our hearts.
Please have a blessed and safe Holiday Season.
Muito Obrigado to All,
Catherine Silva-Walker CVSC President
Kid's Talk Radio News Teams
Kids Talk Radio Podcast Center
If you would like to "Subscribe" to any of our podcasts, now you. All you have to do is to click on Kids Talk Radio Podcast Now.
Many
educators, parents, and students have ask Kids Talk Radio to create a
special site for audio and video podcasts. We have been listening to
your requests. With a little help from Apple Computer and the
FileMaker Corporation we did.
Zac Sunderland is sailing around the world by himself.
The Kids Talk Radio’s Real Smart Kids Show
Remember the Name Zac Sunderland.
At 16, Zac Sunderland is sailing on the adventure of a lifetime. Zac Sunderland left Marina del Rey on June 14 for his solo sailing trip round the world, hoping to become the youngest person to do so, He has 12,000 miles under his keel and is due soon in Mauritius, his halfway point.
Zac Sunderland is alone on a sailboat off Indonesia, five months into a journey around the world, when he senses the worst kind danger. A strange ship is coming towards Zac in the distance. The ship does not show on the radar. It flies no flags, its crew does not respond to any radio contacts by Zac. What could it be? If they are pirates, Zac is in for real trouble. What's a 16-year old California kid going to do? With his head racing, he dials home on the satellite phone. Zac's dad calmly instructs Zac to load his pistol. He directs his son to be prepared to shoot to kill. This has now become a real life emergency situation. What is a 16 -year old to do now? Zac was lucky this time. The stange ship ended up truning away, and Zac dodged a very tricky situation. Sometimes kids have to grow up real fast. We are going to do all in our power to interview Zac upon his return to California.
Kids Talk Radio has made a special request through Zac’s parents to get a report from Zac on global warming and climate change. We want to add Zac’s observations to our special C-SPAN project.
When you travel around the world by yourself, you have to keep your eyes open for pirates, bad weather, large ships, and anything else that might put you in harms way.
Zac is a 6-foot, 165-pound teenager and he is what Kids Talk Radio calls a “real smart kids”.
Zac has been eating cold meals from a can. There have been reports of Zac loosing some energy, sleep and body weight. We know that he misses his family. Zac reminds us of our own Doug Stoup. We hope that one day they both will meet.
Kids Talk Radio is looking forward to doing a one-on-one interview with Zac at the end of his fantastic sea journey around the world. When we do, we will keep you posted.
Kids Talk Radio is sending a news team to Antarctica.
We get news from Antarctica to the classroom.
Getting Kids Excited About Learning: Antarctica Trip
We are taking kids and teachers to Antarctica. Bob Barboza and his Super School University team have combined resources with world-class explorer Doug Stoup and a team of famous scientist from around the world. Our goal is to get kids excited about learning math and science and to spread this excitement back to their school mates in the United States.? We will use a team of Kids Talk Radio journalist to set up a nationwide communication network using the latest technology. Our Jr. Medical School students will be our science ambassadors and will work with the scientist aboard our ship. We will establish two-way communication with students in your classrooms.
Last year Barboza and his Kids Talk Radio Journalist and Jr. Medical School science students in Mississippi followed Doug Stoup and his team to the North Pole, South Pole, England, and then the Olympics.
For years we have been providing high motivational learning programs for teachers who love to teach and students that need to get excited about learning. We created the following programs to meet the needs of our students: Jr. Medical School, Jr. Business School, Jr. Law School, The Super Subs, and Kids Talk Radio.
This year our goal is to plan two trips. The second trip (November 5th through 17th.) will be to Antarctica with three students and one teacher.
Barboza will setup a Super School University Communications Base Camp in Long Beach, California to syndicate the news throughout the United States. We want your schools to play a roll by sending representatives aboard our ship and to establish key contacts in the classroom. Kids Talk Radio journalism teams will help to spread the news to students involved in our Antarctica project based learning.
Student Academic Activities:
Students will be provided with Kids Talk Radio Antarctica Journalist Lesson Kits. They will have all of the necessary reading and writing tools to make this a high motivational learning experience. Each evening students will listen to various scientists and explorers. Student will take notes in their Kids Talk Radio Science Journals and then broadcast the news back to Bob Barboza's base camp and schools throughout the United States.
Training will be provided for teachers and students to participate in this program.
For more information visit the Super School University Web Page titled Antarctica.
We train our students to use Logic Pro at Kid's Talk Radio.
Jr. Medical School Science Journalist Kit
Kids Talk Radio Press Conference with the Cabo Verde Ambassador and the Mayor of Long Beach
Long Beach Kid's Talk Radio Press Conference
Kids Talk Radio Press Conference at Long Beach City Hall
When Ambassador Fatima Veiga announced that she was coming to California Kids Talk Radio CEO/Founder Bob Barboza called for a press conference. Student news teams from Wilson Classical High School, Inglewood High School, Poly High School, La Puente High School, and Amino Locke Tech High School in Los Angeles were called into action. The Los Angeles Cabo Verde Kid’s Talk Radio news team was called into action to help with translation and story telling work.
Cabo Verde Ambassador Fatima Veiga and Lauren Elliott CEO/Founder of PNN the Personal News Network made presentations and then opened up the floor for questions from all of the student and professional news teams.
Our photo includes Counsel Person Rae Gabelich, Long Beach Mayor Bob Foster, Cabo Verde Ambassador Veiga, Bob Barboza, Kid’s Talk Radio, Chief of Mission Mr. Duarte, and Long Beach Counsel Person Tonia Reyes Uranga.
Our goal is to continue to build Kids Talk Radio and Teen TV journalist teams. We want to get at least one reporter in every high school. We have plans to talk to high school journalism teachers from coast to coast.
Students have a wonderful new opportunity to get their stories published on several websites, Kids Talk Radio, and PNN news.
If you have a student that could benefit from a special opportunity contact Bob Barboza at Suprschool@aol.com.
Kid's Talk Radio Press Conference
Ambassador Veiga & Counsilmember Rae Gabelich
Kids Talk Radio Cabo Verde Press Conference
Photo: Counsilwoman Rae Gabelich makes Ambassador Veiga right at home in the city of Long Beach.
The Kids Talk Radio combined high school news teams were mobilized to cover a very special assignment. It was a press conference for Cabo Verde Ambassador Fatima Veiga. Bob Barboza, CEO/Founder of Kid’s Talk Radio made a special request to the Cabo Verde Embassy in Washington DC for the privilege of getting and exclusive story for some of top student journalists.
Long Beach Eighth District Councilmember Rae Gabelich made it possible for the City of Long Beach to host the ambassador’s press conference. Rae Gabelich provided a pressroom in the Long Beach City Hall Building. Thirty people invited. Long Beach Mayor Bob Foster, Long Beach Councilmember’s Uranga and Gabelich, business leaders, investors, the Cape Verdeans of Southern California, attended the press conference.
Kids Talk Radio provided student journalist from high schools in Los Angeles, Long Beach, La Puente, Inglewood, and Cypress California. In addition, Jr. Medical School journalists from Mississippi were sending in press conference questions on our Apple Phones.
You can find more information about this special press conference at the following websites.
The Kids Talk Radio Super Subs are coming to a school near you.
The Super Subs are heading for the classroom.
Bob Wolin Teaching Music and Math
The Kid's Talk Radio Super Subs
This new program is all about getting kids excited about learning. The Super Sub Program was created by Bob Barboza to find a creative way to give public school teachers extra time to spend planning with their principal. The theory is that if teachers can plan better they can teach better. The Super Subs do not charge for their services. The schools do not have the resources to provide all of the needed time for planning that school principals need to be successful.
What is so special about the Super Subs?
We have found a unique way to get students to get excited about listening, speaking, reading, writing, and computing. All of our teacher are crossed trained in technology, language arts, and the performing arts.
We are about great first teaching and motivation through the arts.
The Super Sub Program is about team building.
Kid's Talk Radio is about building student journalists.
Kid's Talk Radio is about teaching language arts through performing arts.
Kid's Talk Radio Locke Tech High School News Team at UCLA
Kid's Talk Radio Covering the News At UCLA
High Students At UCLA Anderson School of Management
Wendy Harris, Executive Director of KNBC-TV CH 4
Project ECHO UCLA Anderson School of Management
Show me the money!
High School students from Southern California particiapted in Project ECHO. This project is all about matching high school students with business students from UCLA. High School students are taught to write business plans. These business plans are judged, and the winner gets a check for $1,000 dollars. Some of the businesses are running right now at some of the high schools. This is a fantastic project. We have posted lots of photos at our other websites. Click here to see more photos.
Kid's Talk Radio is looking for news from K-12 schools. We are growing news teams. We are producing a new "Journalist in a Box Kit". This kit will provide you with all the tools you need to get the news from your school to our radio and TV stations.
We found another important American Woman you should know about.
Dr. Claire Andrade-Watkins is a historian, filmmaker and 2nd generation American of Cape Verdean descent. Her award winning feature-length documentary, Some Kind of Funny Porto Rican?: A Cape Verdean American Story, premiered in 2006 as the first of three documentaries exploring the Cape Verdean community in North America. Her scholarship focuses on French and Portuguese language African cinema, and in 1995/96 she was named a Fulbright Scholar in Cape Verde. Her work has garnered numerous distinctions including a grant from the American Philosophical Society.
Dr. Andrade-Watkins is Founder and President of SPIA Media Productions, Inc. She was previously an associate producer of Odyssey, a National PBS anthropology and archaeology documentary series, and assistant to the producer on Sankofa, an internationally acclaimed feature film on slavery by Haile Gerima. Dr. Andrade-Watkins is spending Fall 2007 at Brown University as a visiting scholar in the Center for the Study of Race and Ethnicity in America.
The new Cabo Verdean American Southern California Kid’s Talk news team spent the morning getting to know Dr. Andrade-Watkins. Our team learned a lot about the Cabo Verde Islands and the Cabo Verde people who settled in Fox Point Rhode Island. This tragic store help to open our student’s eyes about what could happen in any community in America. Dr. Andrade-Watkins is an important American Women with a powerful story that needs to be told. The DVD “Some Kind of Funny Porto Rican?” needs to be in every school library in our country and throughout the world.
Kid’s Talk Radio was proud to cover this important story.
Kid's Talk Radio At Mac World
Santa Barbara Middle School Teen Press
Mac World San Francisco
Mac World 2008 Was Fantastic for Kid’s Talk Radio
We had an opportunity to work with the Santa Barbara Middle School Teen Press. This added seven more reporters to the Kid’s Talk Radio News Team. We had a ball combining the two news teams. We have lots of photos and video that we will be posting as soon as we can get it edited. This is the first time that two kids news teams was used to cover a Mac World event.
The Kid’s Talk Radio News Team has it’s eye on these new and updated phones for future projects.
There is lots of information on the web talking about the Steve Jobs’ Keynote Address. We want to talk a little bit about the iPone.
Steve Jobs talking about the iPhone.
"Today happens to be exactly the 200th day since the iPhone went on sale," he said, "and I'm extraordinarily pleased to report that we have sold 4 million iPhones today." That's a rate of 20,000 per day, he noted.
In its first quarter of availability, the iPhone became the second-most popular smartphone available, with 19.5% market share, topped only by theRIM (NSDQ: RIMM) BlackBerry, with 39% market share -- statistics which Jobs attributed to Gartner. The iPhone has more market share than Palm, Motorola (NYSE: MOT), and Nokia (NYSE: NOK). As a matter of fact, those three vendors combined have only slightly more market share than the iPhone.
Jobs mentioned the upcoming software developer kit, which will allow third-party developers to write software for the iPhone, only in passing. Instead, he talked about a significant new upgrade to the iPhone software, made available after the keynote Tuesday.
The new version upgrades the Maps application so the iPhone can find and display its current location, by triangulating on nearby cell towers using technology fromGoogle (NSDQ: GOOG). The mapping also triangulates on Wi-Fi hotspots using technology for Skyhook Wireless, which has mapped 23 million hotspots worldwide, and can triangulate based on beacons from known hotspots even if the user isn't logged in to the hotspot.
The Maps upgrade gives the application a less-confusing user interface. Users can drop a pin on a specific location and bookmark the pin.
Users will be able to use Web Clips to bookmark Web pages on the iPhone home screen. Users will be able to create up to nine home screens, which they can toggle between similar to the way they now browse photos. The iPhone will also support sending SMS messages to multiple recipients. Video upgrades include adding chapters, subtitles, and graphics.
Web clips not only work as bookmarks, they remember the specific zooming and panning in the browser, and return to that location and zoom level -- handy if you want to mark your place on a specific section of a specific page, like the technology section of the New York Times home page.
Users can rearrange icons on the iPhone home screen by simply tapping and holding on any icon for about three seconds. At that point, all the icons start to wiggle, and can be slid around with a fingertip, or moved to another home screen.
And the iPod application was upgraded to allow displaying song lyrics, where those are available. (Good. Now maybe I'll be able to figure out the lyrics to "1-2-3-4" by Feist -- which, by the way, was playing just prior to Jobs coming on stage.)
The upgrade is free to iPhone customers and this is great news for loyal Apple Fans.
The iPod Touch -- often described as an iPhone without the phone bits -- gets an upgrade to incorporate the iPhone's Mail, Stocks, Weather, and Web Clips applications. The upgraded software is being built into new Touches immediately, and it's a $20 upgrade to existing users.
The big news story was the new thin Macintosh. We will be posting more news as it arrive at Kid’s Talk Radio.
Future Car iZap 2008
Kid's Talk Radio Interviews the John Lennon Bus Crew
Bob Barboza & Lauren Elliott
Bob Barboza Interview on the John Lennon Bus
The High Motivational Teaching Dream Team
Kid’s Talk Radio Interviews the John Lennon Educational Tour School Bus Engineers
Bob Barboza founder of Kid’s Talk Radio and Lauren Elliott founder of PNN News interviewed Jacob Voelzke and Tyler Winick aboard the John Lennon Educational Tour Bus. Both journalist took the time to get the inside scoop on live aboard the super bus. Tyler and Jacob actually live on the bus. When they visit a school the kids are in for a fantastic treat. The bus is load with the latest hardware and software that is needed to record and edit both video and audio. You can record a CD or DVD with all the bells and whistles right on the spot.
The John Lennon bus has drums, electronic pianos, guitars, basses, and computers loaded with the best music and video production software in the industry. Jacob and Tyler are both college graduates and wonderful role models for kids that take the bus tour. They are experts in there fields and actually live on the bus and travel around the United States.
Jo-Ann Geffen is the John Lennon Bus public relations person and she made it possible for our team of Ronnie Ciago, David Storrs, and Lauren Elliottto get a special VIP tour of the John Lennon Bus. We will have much more on this story on Kid’s Talk Radio LA and San Francisco.
The Kid’s Talk Radio News team is making plans to tour some of our nations schools that are in need of some additional support. The Kid’s Talk Radio team is going to become “Super Sups.” We want to go to your school and become “Super Sups” for a complete day. And if you are very lucky, we would love to show up with the John Lennon Educational Tour Bus.
What is the world coming to? They are letting kids use iPhones in the classroom. The staffs at Super School University are experimenting with Apple iPhones in the classroom. The big idea is to work with the latest and most exciting technology on the market. ?We wanted to give our inner city kids the latest technology on the market and we wanted to make sure that it made sense when used in the classroom.? said Barry Silver, Lead Teacher. This is not the first time that cell phones have entered the classroom setting. However, this is the first time that they have been this powerful.
PNN/Kid?s Talk Radio reporters have been talking with teachers at educational trade shows to try to get a feel for how teachers feel about kids using iPhones and or iPods in the classrooms.
?I have no problem with this kind of technology in the classroom as long as kids are meeting state standards. With the No Child Left Behind mandates at the door, all of our time has to be well spent,? said Jean Simms, HS teacher.
Jr. Medical School is a high motivational distance-learning program that is designed to work outside the box, but at the same time it pays a lot of attention to making sure the kids don?t run away with the idea of using high tech toys. Well, is the cell iPhones a toy?
If kids were given a choice and they could make all of the decisions, you know write well they would choose MP3 players, cell phones and the iPhones would be a slam dunk.
What is an iPone?
An iPhone is new cell phone created by Apple with touch controls instead of buttons. The iPhone is a multiple function device and can also be used for iTunes and to access the Internet. At Jr. Medical School students access the Internet for science projects and direct instruction. The iPhone allows Jr. Medical School students to access ibooks new vocabulary words, science books, and special instructions for completing science projects.
With iPhone, making a call is as simple as touching a name or number. In addition, you can easily construct a favorites list for your most frequently made calls, and quickly merge calls to create conference calls. With features like these Jr. Medical School students can exceeds their goals and objectives. iPhone includes an SMS application with a predictive QWERTY soft keyboard that prevents and corrects mistakes, making it easier and more efficient to use than the small plastic keyboards on many smartphones. Our students can take notes and use text to communicate with each other. An industry first, Visual Voicemail allows you to go directly to any of your messages without listening to the prior messages. So you can quickly select the messages that are most important to you. This works perfectly for our distance learning programs. Many of our Jr. Medical students are in different time zones and it is import to send accurate messages from point A to B. With a 2-megapixel camera and an advanced photo management application, iPhone goes beyond anything on a phone today. It automatically syncs photos with your PC or Mac when you dock. Displays albums with a flick of a finger. And can post your pictures directly to a .Mac Web Gallery. This feature comes in handy when Jr. Medical Students are working in the lab. You can take photos of your science experiments and then just post them to your Jr. Medical School E-Portfolio. Visit our Super School site for more information about iPhone and electronic portfolios. You can create iPhone ringtones from over 500,000 songs on the iTunes Store. You can even pick the section of the song you want. Just choose a track with a ringtone symbol, then get creative. You can edit, loop, fade in and out, preview, and play around until your ringtone is just the way you want it. And each ringtone is only 99¢ plus the cost of the song. Many of our students have tips and trick that will make it possible for you to get the custom ring tone that will set you apart form all of the other students.
Scroll through your songs, artists, albums, and playlists with just a flick of a finger. Album artwork is dramatically presented on the large display. You can also use Cover Flow to browse your music library by album artwork. Your music, lesson, and e-books are easy to access. Be sure to visit the Jr. Medical Website to see have creative we get with these special widgets and tools. iPhone?s stunning 3.5-inch widescreen display is the ultimate way to watch TV shows, Jr. Medical School lessons, medical mini newscasts, and movies from the iTunes Store on a pocketable device. Just tap the touch controls for play/pause, chapter forward/backward, and volume. This popular feature is easy to use. The iTunes Wife Music Store on iPhone puts a music superstore in your pocket. Just find a Wife hot spot, tap the iTunes button and you can browse, preview, buy, and download music on the go. And all the music you buy while you?re out syncs back to your iTunes library on your computer when you dock your iPhone. Some of the Jr. Medical School projects were created on the Stanford University Campus. Stanford has a Wife hot spot that can be accessed anywhere on the campus. With its advanced Safari browser, iPhone lets you see web pages the way they were designed to be seen, then easily zoom in by simply tapping on the multi-touch display with your finger. This feature is very important at Jr. Medical School. Our student design and share custom website with each other and it is important that the iPod display these website accurately. iPhone uses a rich HTML email client that fetches your email in the background from most POP3 or IMAP mail services and displays photos and graphics right along with the text. With Google Maps and iPhone?s amazing Maps application, you can view maps and satellite images, or get directions and traffic information, all from iPhone?s remarkable, easy-to-use touch interface. iPhone even has widgets: small applications that give you helpful information like stock reports, weather reports, news reports and much more. New widgets are being designed each week at PNN the personal news network. PNN makes it possible for all of our Jr. Medical students to design their own websites. These websites use wigits to enhance the sites productivity.
iPhone has a special YouTube player that you can launch right from the home screen. So now you can access and browse YouTube videos wherever you go. And when you find a video you want to send to your friends, iPhone can even create an email with the link in it for you. Jr. Medical School instructors post videos to both PNN and YouTube. iPhone introduces the most revolutionary user interface since the mouse, the most advanced software ever engineered, and true state-of-the-art technology that will change the way you think about a mobile device. With over 300 patents, iPhone is years ahead of any other phone available today. This is the reason we choose the iPod for our Jr. Medical School students.
About the author:
Bob Barboza is the founder and CEO of Kid's Talk Radio, Jr. Medical School, and Jr. Business School . Bob is a talented teacher who loves to inspire kids of all abilities to challenge themselves and grow. Bob holds a BS in Sociology, from Los Angeles State University and an MS in Education, from Mount St. Mary's College. Bob was awarded the California Computer Using Educator-Leadership in Technology Award.
After retiring from 30 years of teaching in the public schools, Bob joined the PNN news team to help people tell stories and improve lives.
Bob is also a journalist and Editor in Chief for PNN, covering Sports, Education, Technology and Entertainment. His most recent assignments have been to cover the 2007 NCAA Women's Volleyball Finals, UCLA Live Music, Dance and Spoken Word Concerts, Kid?s and Jazz, and Women in technology and music.
Journalist in a Box Kit No. 1
Journalist in a Box Kit No. 2
Teen Press Reporting for Kid's Talk Radio
Two Jr. Medical School Students from Mississippi talk to Doug Stoup in Antarctica
Kid's Talk Radio Antarctica
Kid's Talk Radio Antarctica
High Motivational Learning Programs
Matt and Mikey Thorn are being homeschooled in Mississippi by their parents. These two lucky students go to Jr. Medical School for a few hours a day. The new distance learning high motivational Jr. Medical School program was created by Bob Barboza to get students to spend more time studying science beyond the traditional school curriculum. At first this program was only available for gifted and talented students. It has now been expand to give all students an equal opportunity to participate. “Our goal is to get this program is some of our nations poorest schools,” said, Barboza. It is designed to get students excited about science, technology, and becoming a medical journalist. Two of our student reporters got to cover the Doug Stoup story by satellite phone. You can listen to the full interview by clicking on the words, Doug Stoup Kid’s Talk Radio Interview. This is all part of the PNN Personal News Network and Jr. Medical School working together to bring you the student news that you can use. PNN CEO, Lauren Elliott has been working with Barboza for the past five months on getting free access to PNN and Kid’s Talk Radio for all school children that can benefit by the program.
Student Jr. Medical School/Kid's Talk Radio Websites.
Jr. Medical School: Getting Kids Excited About Learning
Kid's Talk Radio Connects Students from Mississippi and Antarctica Expedition via live web site.
Rohnert Park, CA - PNN.com, the personal news network site today announced that two students participating in an after school educational programs Jr. Medical School and Kids Talk Radio on PNN will be connecting directly with Antarctica expedition leader Doug Stoup as he travels to the south pole.
The two students are part of an online program, called Jr. Medical School, started by educator Bob Barboza and hosted on PNN.
"The idea was to establish a unique, distance learning program that was uniquely capable of connecting students anywhere in the world with exciting real world professional resources like Doug Stoup", said Barboza.
"It's exciting working with PNN", Bob Barboza, said. "We now have a common platform and exposure to the wonderful world wide resources that PNN can provide." Barboza added.
"The idea that I can teach kids in Mississippi from my office in California and use PNN to find and connect with someone like Doug is incredible. Where else could kids have live satellite telephone calls from a world class expedition leader like Doug Stoup, then find their interviews posted on the web site by our Kid’s Talk Radio science reporters to then be shared by anyone?" said Bob.
It's not only exciting for the kids, it's a great learning tool and a powerful platform for understanding and compassion."
The student's goal at Jr. Medical School is to monitor the medical condition of Doug Stoup as he travels to Antarctica. Doug is retracing the steps of Ernest Shackleton's 1915 attempt at reaching the South Pole.
"Our job is to find out as much medical information about Doug as possible. He has a first aid kit and we want to know what is in it. It would be great to find out his complete medical history." (Matt Thorn)
"Our assignment was to read about weather conditions in Antarctica and to make a medical plan to keep Doug safe." (Mikey Thorn)
The interview can be found on:
http://jrmedicalschool.pnn.com/3687-projects
About PNN
Created specifically for the average person by Lauren Elliott, PNN (www.pnn.com) gives web users a familiar and easy to use desktop publishing tool that blurs the distinction between the mainstream media and the citizen journalist.
Lauren Elliott is the best selling author of 23 original computer software titles with over 30 million copies of work in circulation - including the Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego? software game series. Winner of over 50 awards in originality and lifetime sales categories, Lauren is also the Founder and Creative Developer of several software development, Internet and book publishing companies.
About Bob Barboza
Bob Barboza is the founder and CEO of Kids Talk Radio, Jr. Medical School, and Jr. Business School. Bob is a talented teacher who loves to inspire kids of all abilities to challenge themselves and grow. Bob holds a BS in Sociology, from Los Angeles State University and an MS in Education, from Mount St. Mary's College. Bob was awarded the California Computer Using Educator-Leadership in Technology Award.
Bob is also a journalist and Editor in Chief for PNN, covering Sports, Education, and Entertainment. His most recent assignment has been to cover the 2007 NCAA women's volleyball tournament.
Super School University www.SuperSchoolUniversity.com
Contact Info
Bob Barboza,MS.
Kids Talk Radio 1857 Josie Ave. Long Beach, CA 90815 (562) 594-8580 Office (562) 221-1780 Cell E-Mail:Suprschool@Aol.com
Listen to the Bill Ward (Black Sabbath) and Ronnie Ciago Interview on PNN Kid's Talk Radio
Bob Barboza, Bill Ward, & Ronnie Ciago
Kid's Talk Radio Covers Women's College Volleyball
Volleyball and Kid's Talk Radio
Kids Talk Radio Women's Volleyball
We have a very special collection of photos of the USA Women's Volleyball National Team and photos of the NCAA Women's Volleyball Team. We will be posting them shortly.
New Kid's Talk Radio Science & Technology Show
Kid's Talk Radio Science Show
The Kid's Talk Radio Science Shows
What will it take to get kids excited about science? What will it take to get kids in grades 4 through 8 and 9 through 12 excited about science and technology? We are using new technology tools at Jr. Medical School. These tools along with our distance learning training program are turning heads in the classroom. It took the integration of Kid's Talk Radio and Jr. Medical School to get kids turned on to reading and writing about science. Visit our new science web site to get a deeper understanding of what the teachers at Super School University are doing to make a difference in science education. For more information visit: http://JrMedicalSchool.PNN.com. Still have questions? Send your e- Mail to Bob Barboza at Suprschool@aol.com.
Kid's Talk Radio and PNN News
Great
Stories Behind The Music
We have a wonderful Kid’s
Talk Radio season planned for 2007 and 2008.We have lots of interviews and contests for our listeners.We are opening up our season with our Bill Ward and Ronnie Ciago
interview.Ronnie and Bill have been
recording music for years and are planning some wonderful music and concerts
for their fans.Bill Ward of the group
Black Sabbath is a member of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
Bob Wolin is
coming up next.Bob is one of the top
guitar players in the Los Angeles
area.Students come from all over the
city to study with Bob Wolin.One of his
students is “Slash” from Guns and Roses.If you want to play the song exactly like the CD you study with Bob
Wolin.
Evelyn Glennie has agreed to an interview and we are very excited.“Evelyn Glennie is simply a phenomenon of a
performer”- The New York Times.Evelyn
is a high motivational speaker and a master percussionist.She is so good that she earns a living as a
solo percussionist.We can’t wait to
talk to Evelyn.
Michael Vlatkovitch, composer and trombonist will be in our study for a
series of how to be creative.He is a
master of improvised music.Michael has
written several songs for Kid’s Talk Radio and he is the author of several CD’s.If you are thinking of playing the trombone
you want to send in your questions for the Michael Vlatkovitch interview.
Ron Knight
is our in house Kid’s Talk Radio DJ trainer.In addition, he was asked to play the part of James Brown in the TV Show
“Performing As” on channel 7 TV.Ron
performs in Las Vegas
and he will talk about his good friend singer Lou Rawls, James Brown and how to
be a performer.Ron is an expert of
R&B music and he has a lot to share.
Nancy Nevins
was the first female vocalist to open up the show at Woodstock.She was the lead singer for the group “Sweetwater”.They made a VHS Back To The Music TV show of
her life.She has just produced a one
women show and she is still singing and player her guitar.
Kids are sending in their
questions all the time.We would love to
hear from you.Send in your questions
and we will be sure to answer ask them when we are on the air.
New Creative Ideas for Kid's Talk Radio After School Fundraising
More and more teachers are requesting creative ideas for finding money for technology before and after school. Kid's Talk Radio will do its best to keep coming up with programs that you can use for your after school programs. We are working on few ideas that will help to bring down the cost of computers and educational software. At present, we are collaborating with teachers from around the country and we are coming up with solutions that will work. Take a look at what we are doing with thumb drives.
Given that schools have an increasing need for fundraise, and traditional fundraising (candy, cookie dough, et al) is frowned upon for health reasons, Kid's Talk Radio presents a unique and timely set of programs to raise meaningful funds while contributing to a responsible and progressive computing environment.Kid's Talk Radio Store-It USB Thumb Drives (Flash drives) are available in 4 capacities (512MB, 1GB, 2GB, 4GB), 14 colors, and come with custom laser engraving. Schools are able to engrave school name, mascot/logo, teacher name, student name and other personalized information.
Kid's Talk Radio product is made of durable extruded aluminum and includes with a lifetime warranty. Store-It USB Flash Drive Fundraising Programs are available in a variety of formats:
I.Revenue Share Fundraiser Codea.In this program, a school signs up for a fundraiser code. All Store-It Thumb Drive orders placed on the Kid's Talk Radio Super School Software web site referencing the fundraising code are eligible for a 20% revenue share. Schools may promote in a variety of ways including direct links from their website to the SuperSchoolwebsite. II.School Store Sales.Many schools buy flash drives in the school color, engraved with the school name, logo, slogan or other information. Students are able to buy from the school store at a price and markup determined by the school. III.Traditional 'Order Form' Fundraisera.Given that some schools like to actively involve many students, and create a competitive and measurable selling scenario, we have created an order form and order entry system that enables students to 'take orders' from parents, friends and others in the traditional 'wrapping paper' format. Orders forms and money are turned into the designated school contact and consolidated orders are coordinated with Super School Software and its fundraising partners.
IV.Event Specific 'On Site Ordering' Fundraisera.We have developed a system that enables schools to process orders and receive payment at specific events. In this program, orders are entered into a custom web page (powered by FileMaker). The school collects money at the event and coordinates order and delivery after the event. A public school in Kentucky used this program to offer and sell 700 school branded/personalized flash drives at the student registration. V.Custom Flash Drive Gift Cards (Q4 2007).A prepaid custom USB flash drive gift card is being developed. A school fundraiser would buy the gift cards and sell at some mark-up. Gift card owners would enter a scratch off 'secret code' on the Super School Software Gift Card web site to receive a 'Net to Zero' (no taxes, no shipping) custom flash drive. Contact Information: Kid's Talk Radio Fundraiser ProjectsE-Mail: Suprschool@aol.comwww.KidsTalkRadioLA.comwww.SuperSchoolSoftware.com
PNN.com Announces Bob
Barboza as New Director of Programming for Explorations Channel, and
acquisition of New Kid’s Talk Radio Channel and Kids Talk School Channels.
Also announces addition of Mr. Barboza to the board of The
Six Stories Project a non-profit organization aimed at providing technology and
a common world platform for sharing personal stories.
Petaluma, CA – July __, 2007 – PNN.com, the personal news network site focused
on sharing and publishing independently produces stories, today announced the
appointment of Bob Barboza as the Director of Programming for the Explorations
Channel. Kids Talk Radio and KidsTalkRadioSchools channels will be
the first two stations added to the lineup.Using the PNN publishing platform, Kids Talk Radio content will be
distributed throughout the Internet, showing up on PNN.com's personal sites and
itunes.Every new show produced by Kids
Talk Radio will be hosted and distributed around the web by PNN.
Bob Barboza is a leading educational technology
strategist who has been working for the past twenty years with students with
learning disabilities, gifted and talented students to nurture their
educational experiences.Bob is also
founder and CEO of Kids Talk Radio and Super School Software started Kid’s Talk
Radio.The shows are produced by
children from ages 5 to 16 under the guidance of local teachers, trained
paraprofessionals, parents and soon community leaders.The kids write the stories, operate all the equipment,
and produce the shows.
"It's exciting to be part of PNN, and to
bring Kids Talk Radio to their line-up", Bob Barboza, said."We will now have a common platform and
new world wide exposure to the wonderful stories produced by kids.""The idea that kids can hear stories
from other kids their own age from around the world is not only a great
learning tool but a powerful tool for understanding and compassion.
"It's will be a great asset to PNN to have
Bob as the Director of Programming.Bob's work with Kids Talk Radio and his life long interest in learning
are a natural match for PNN. We both share a common goal," says Lauren
Elliott CEO of PNN, "to provide a platform where anyone can share stories
of exploration and discovery. We will provide the tools to the people, then get
out of the way and let them tell their own stories"
The KidsTalkSchool
channel will allow a private platform allowing sharing between enrolled
schools.It includes charter schools,
public and private schools and students that are being home schooled.
The Kids Talk channel will be an open, worldwide
platform for kids all over the world.
At the same time, Lauren Elliott announced the
addition of Bob Barboza to the board of The Six Stories Project, a non-profit
organization aimed at using technology to bring the world closer together.The Six Stories Project helps raise awareness
to the power of giving underserved people and groups a voice and place to share
their personal stories through writing, photographs, audio and video.The goal is to provide a means for
communication to any group that lacks the means or access.
"It's like putting up virtual phone booths
around the world, but this time calls are free, they are multimedia and the
booths are located everywhere from Main street USA to remote refugee camps in
Zambia," Said Elliott.
"When kids in the U.S. share simple personal stories with a family
from a refugee in a camp in Zambia,
you get a kind of understanding and connection that is impossible to get any
other way".
"It is our belief that providing this
simple connection can be very powerful.It is also an effort that anyone, anywhere can contribute to".
About PNN.com
PNN.com was founded by Lauren Elliott, author of the Where
in the World is Carmen Sandiego? Software series.
PNN is a new media network and the easiest way for anyone to share
and publish their stories online. It is the first network to be designed from
the ground up using a familiar desktop publishing interface. PNN allows its
authors to collaborate with others around the world, posting articles, photos
and voice posts from the web or cell phones. PNN’s offices and recording studio
are in Petaluma, California.
About Bob Barboza
Bob Barboza, M.S., is a leading educational technology strategist with
recognized expertise in effective software design for learners of all
styles. Indeed, for the past twenty years he has been working with
students with learning disabilities and gifted and talented students
customizing software experiences to assist and nurture their educational
experiences. In the last three years Bob has been working on high-
motivational distance learning programs such as Jr. Business School, Jr. Law
School, Jr. Medical School, and Kid’s Talk Radio and designing the technology tools
to support them. President of Super School Software, Bob’s award-winning
work also includes his pioneering efforts in the developing of computer-based
electronic IEP software. At present, Bob is integrating music, technology,
journalism, and high motivational learning programs, into his latest project
for the schools, Kid’s Talk Radio. In July of 2007, Bob Barboza will be
traveling to different schools and school districts and speaking at local and
national technology and learning tradeshows. Often times he can be found
in the FileMaker Corporation Booth as he continues his action research with
FileMaker and Apple Computer.
About KidsTalk Radio
Kid’s Talk Radio was founded by Bob Barboza.It is
a high motivational technology and learning program designed to help students
to listen, speak, read, write, and compute.Students get to publish their original news stories, Podcasts, and Z
Casts on the PNN Website.Kid’s Talk Radio
is located in Long Beach, California and it is part of the Super
School University Educational Research Network.
Kid’s Talk Radio® Getting Kids Excited About Learning A Program by Bob Barboza, SuperSchool Software
Kid’s Talk Radio is a creative high motivational learning program that helps students to listen, speak, read, write, and compute. Our program is designed for students in grades 4 through 8. Kid’s Talk Radio was designed for special needs and gifted and talented students. The program is currently being expanded to include bilingual and at-risk students in grades 9 through 12.
Teachers and students are provided with a Kid’s Talk Radio Station Manager’s Kits. Each kit has all the tools you need to train radio reporters, student researchers, sound effects engineers, hardware specialist, hardware specialist, DJ’s and station managers.
Kid’s Talk Radio provides a wonderful opportunity to integrate singing, playing musical instruments, and using the human voice as a sound effects machine. We created a student sound effects choir and are teaching our students about how sound effects were made during the golden days of old time radio.
To insure that students produce quality work suitable for radio broadcasting, they must complete a training course to help them to perform at a Kid’s Talk Radio oral reading and writing rubric level of five or six. Students have individual learning plans and they produce Podcast and Kid’s Talk Radio Z Casts® for the Internet, iPods and school Intranet radio stations.
Students are trained to build custom radio station databases for instant web publishing and radio station job simulation projects. Teachers and students use “Database Projects for Kids” and FileMaker Pro for Kid’s Talk Radio learning projects.
Our students have various learning styles. We use FableVision’s BrainCogs program to help meet the unique needs of our students. BrainCogs helps our students to develop personalized strategies that help them to work more productively sticking to tight deadlines. Students have to study hard to complete their writing and oral reading assignments. BrainCogs helps the Kid’s Talk Radio News Teams to organize information, remembering reading passages, prioritizing news information, shifting attention skills, and checking their news broadcasts before turning in their work.
To help our students with the difficult job of writing for Kid’s Talk Radio, we useFableVision’s Essay Express. This program works along the side our schools writing program, the Kid’s Talk Radio Graphic Organizers, and Writer’s Workshop. Essay Express does a good job getting our students ready to write the short essays that are needed for the Kid’s Talk Radio Broadcasts in science, social studies, mathematics, sports news, local news, and world current events. Essay Express provides between 4 to 6 hours of useful self-paced instruction. The programs high motivational design increases student’s time on task and more importantly students stick with the program. This allows Kid’s Talk Radio teachers to work with other students that need valuable teacher time for story editing. FableVision’s research-based and instructionally sound learning solutions help the Kid’s Talk Radio teachers to reach out to more students. There products are like having an extra teacher in a box that you can use to individualize instruction.
Bob Barboza is an educator, technology evangelist, composer and software designer. He has over thirty years experience teaching students with special needs and gifted and talented students, as well as writing white papers on his findings (BrainCogs Action Research Project, 2005). Barboza is the author of Kid’s Talk Radio, Jr. Business School, Jr. Law School, and Jr. Medical School. He presents information about high motivational learning programs that integrate technology and good first teaching at local and national technology and learning conferences for Super School University and the FileMaker Corporation.
iPhone for Kid's Talk Radio
Kid’s Talk Radio Innovation Lab
The students and teachers at
Kid’s Talk Radio are experimenting with Apple iPhones.We need special tools that will help our Kid’s
Talk Radio Reporters to be able to do the best job possible.Communication is the key to getting a news
story from point A to B.We will present
the results of our action research at the following educational conferences:
NECC, FETC, COSN, CARS, CUE, and The National School Board Conferences.
Our students have new
opportunities to publish their radio shows on the PNN Personal News
Network.We are filming a documentary on
how we use iPhones in innovative ways to get the news from Kid’s Talk Radio to
PNN News.
What special iPhone electronic tools are useful to a
Kid’s Talk Radio Reporter?
Kid's Talk Radio LA has a new radio show host. It is Dan Hagerty from Cypress High School. Dan is in the 11th. grade and he was chosen by Kid's Talk Radio USA to host the new Los Angeles Radio Station. We would like to welcome Dan to the new Los Angeles Station and we can't wait to hear what he has to say about the new 30 GB iPod and the new 30 GB Zune. We all want to know about what is hot and what is not. Dan has a new show entitled, "What is Hot and What is Not". Dan gets his listeners to send in Podcast talking about the hot new high tech products that are out on the market right now. The Dan Hagerty Show Podcast will be available for downloading by January 10, 2007. This is just one in a series of shows coming to you in January.
How do you get kids excited about learning?
The Dan Hagerty Show
When Dan needs to get ready for a big show he uses the exercises from the Kid's Talk Radio Training Kit. Dan likes to warm up with our DJ Tongue Twisters. He also likes to work on his sight reading. Dan has to be ready for anything that he is handed in the recording study. Dan will be using the new "How To Be A DJ Kit" written by Ron Knight in Los Vegas, Nevada. This kit is perfect for working on oral reading for radio announcers. We made a video of Dan Hagerty at the Kid's Talk Radio Recording Studio in Long Beach, California. Dan demonstrates how to do a radio commercial, how to announce your name and station identification tag lines, and how to read with passion. Dans next training session will be all about conducting interviews for Kid's Talk Radio. In the next few weeks the Kid's Talk Radio Interview Team will be getting ready to conduct interviews at the 2007 NAMM Show. This is for our series on Jazz and Kids. We want to keep jazz alive as an American art form. To help with all of this we have to get kids exposed to jazz. We are going to do a special Podcast about what was it like to be in high school for Jazz greats like Horace Silver, Miles Davis, and Monk. Most of our kids don't know much about the history of jazz and one of our lucky gifted teams is going to get this Podcasting assignment. Our goal is to get teachers and kids excited about learning our unique style of American music called "Jazz". For more information and to explore the action research that we have conducted to date visit two of our action reasearch website: www.BobBarboza.com and www.SuperSchoolUniversity.com.
How would you like to star in your own Podcast?
Working At Kid's Talk Radio
After a long day at high school, Dan is asked to report to the recording studio at least once a week to pre-record his next Kid's Talk Radio Show. Dan work is being used to train teachers and other students that are enrolled in the Kid's Talk Radio After School Program. Dan was a part of the Super School University Action Research Project. This is the project that supplies Kid's Talk Radio with all of the software and hardware that is need to operate a Kid's Talk Radio station. This program was originally designed to be an after school program for gifted kids. Some school are now exploring way to integrate Kid's Talk Radio during the school day.
The work at Kid's Talk Radio is not easy. You have to be able to sight read text without any rehearsal. Once you have complete your basic training classes you have to be read to read whatever the station manger puts on your music stand. When you do a Kid's Talk Radio Math Show, you have to have a deeper understanding of the math that you are talking about. You will never get through a teacher interview if you don't understand the vocabulary and concepts used in Algebra or what ever math area you are working in. When it is time to do a science interview you have to do your homework and
Reporting the News From India
Kid's Talk Radio India
Our Reporter in India
Rahmaan Khan is in the 7th.
Grade.He spent two years working with
Mr. Barboza in his after school Kid’s Talk Radio drumming, percussion, and
sound effects lab.Rahmaan completed a
Kid’s Talk Radio Job Application and indicated that he loves Hip Hop and Rock
music. Rahmaan is being crossed trained as a news reporter, station manager,
and sound effects engineer.Rahmaan has
visited India
with his parents and sisters.He has a
friend and is trying to keep Kid’s Talk Radio up to date with all the news that
kids can use from India. We are looking for Kid's Talk Radio from all around the world. Our goal is to find 100 teachers and 100 kids. Do you know a teacher that we could talk to?
Trademarksand Copyrights:Super Subs tm, Teen TV tm., Kid's Talk Radio USAtm, Kid's Talk Radio LAtm, Kid's Talk Radio Long Beach. You need permission to use photos, trademarks and the contents of this website for commercial purposes. A good rule of thumb is to contact us first with your requests. We are partners with the LA Gifted Project, Gifted Students USA, Project Super School. You can contact us about half-day and full day training if you would like to operate Kid's Talk Radio at your school site. This program is designed for gifted students. Students with special needs and general education students are welcome to apply. We can modify Kid's Talk Radio to make sure that all students can participate on some level. Kid's Talk Radio integrates mathematics, science, language arts, oral reading, and technology skill building . Contact Information: Suprschool@aol.com
