11th Annual Young Authors' Faire, Orange County Department of Education
Young Authors' Faire Steering Committee
Featured Author Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
Kareem Adul Jabbar on Kids Talk Radio
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Featured Author
11th Annual Young Authors'Faire
You are invited Free: 11 th Annual Young Authors' Faire, Writing in the 21st Century
Saturday, May 19, 2012
The Young Authors' Faire Steering Committee members are making final plans for working with the Orange County Department of Education to celebrate The 11th Annual Young Authors'' Faire, Writing in the 21st Century. This event will held at the Orange Country Department of Education offices and classrooms located at 200 Kalmus Drive, Costa Mesa, CA 92626, from 8:00a.m.-12:00 noon. Students will be served a free pancake breakfast. There will be lots to do and see with exciting events both indoors and outdoors. Our special guest author will be Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. Our Young Authors' Faire Steering Committee Members are: Kids Talk Radio, Barnes & Noble, CM School Supply, Chapman University, Developmental Studies Center, Discovery Science Center, Disney Youth Education Programs, Fourth District PTA, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, Lakeshore Learning, McGraw Hill, Microsoft Store, Orange County Department of Education, Orange County Register in Education, PBS SoCal, VSA Arts and Windermere Real Estate. We have been working with Joan Perez, Reading and Language Arts Coordinator, and her support staff, from the Office of Academic Content and Categorical Support to make it possible for students for to have a successful experience celebrating their writing.
Kids Talk Radio is planning to host a special sound effects lab. Students and others will have an opportunity to read before the Kids Talk Radio Sound Effects Engineers as the produce the sounds to make a story come alive. This is just one of several exciting workshops and experiences that students can participate in. For more exciting details visit the special Writers' Fair Website: http;//ocde.us/yaf
Kids Talk Radio Student Backpack Journalists
Kids Talk Radio @ USC High School Journalism Day
KidsTalkRadioUSA.com
Kids Talk Radio USA Site
Kids Talk Radio YouTube Site
Take me to the Kids Talk Radio YouTube Podcasts
Super School University STEM Labs
Science Labs
Singer John Mayer is on Kids Talk Radio YouTube
John Mayer is on Kids Talk Radio YouTube
USA Women's Volleyball Team
Support USA Volleyball
USA Qualifies for the 2012 Olympics
On April 19, 2011. The USA Women's Volleyball Team arrived at the LAX Airport in Los Angeles. They were greeted by family and fans. T-Shirts were made and the team came home with a "2011 FIVB World Cub Silver Medal." In addition, they qualified for the 2012 Olympics in London, England. Kids Talk Radio is going to share stories and photos. We have posted more photo at www.KidsTalkRadioUSA.com.
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USA Women's National Volleyball Team
California Assemblymember Gilbert Cedillo
Gill Cedillo and Marc Coleman
Vice Mayor, Suja Lowenthal, Assemblymember Bonnie Lowenthal, Assemblymember Gil Cedillo, Senator Alan Lowenthal, Centro Shalom Chair Marc Coleman
Bonnie Lowenthal and Gil Cedillo
Centro Shalom Honors Assemblymember Gilbert Cedillo and Celebrates the Passage of the California Dream Act
Kids Talk Radio Long Beach covered the Centro Shalom Fundraiser. We had the opportunity to meet and learn from California Assemblymember Gilbert Cedillo and we had a chance to meet some of the students celebrating the passage of the California Dream Act. More news about this event will be coming out later this week. We created a special Kids Talk Radio Photo Essayfor this event. You will find lots of photos of community members, Mariachi Los Solecitos, ballet folklorico, California Senator Alan Lowenthal,Assemblymember, California Assemblymember, 54th District, Bonnie Lowenthal, and Long Beach Vice Mayor Dr. Suja Lowenthal and lots of people from our Long Beach community and beyond. All of our photos can be found in our Kids Talk Radio Photo Albums located at http://www.KidsTalkRadioUSA.com.
Youth 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 ( Cabo Verde Tenth Island Project-International STEM programs) By Samuel Kushner-Lenhoff, Poly High School, Kids 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
Kid's Talk Radio News Teams
Kids Talk Radio Science Podcast
All students have a new opportunity to participate in the Cabo Verde Tenth Island Enhanced International Stem Project. We want you to be a part of a very important international youth conversation. How would you like to write for Kids Talk Radio Science? What would it take to create the worlds most perfect island?
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 Kids Talk Radio student backpack journalists to edit audio and video podcasts.
Student have an opportunity to learn how to be Jr. Medical School Journalists.
Long Beach Kids Talk Radio Press Conference
Kids 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 were invited. Long Beach Mayor Bob Foster, Long Beach Councilmember’s Uranga and Gabelich, business leaders, investors, and the Cape Verdeans of Southern California attended the press conference.
Kids Talk Radio provided student journalists 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 Kids 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.
Kids Talk Radio is about building student journalists.
Kids Talk Radio is about teaching language arts through performing arts.
Kids Talk Radio Locke Tech High School News Team at UCLA
Kids 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
Movie: "Some Kind of Funny Porto Rican?"
Kids Talk Radio Cabo Verde American News Team
Santa Barbara Middle School Teen Press
Future Car iZap 2008
Kids 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
Journalist in a Box Kit No. 1
Teen Press Reporting for Kid's Talk Radio
Two Jr. Medical School Students from Mississippi talk to Doug Stoup in Antarctica
Kids 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 Kids 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 Kids 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
Kids 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
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.
Kids Talk Radio® Getting Kids Excited About Learning A Program by Bob Barboza, SuperSchool Software
Kids 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. Kids 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 Kids 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.
Kids 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 Kids 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 Kids 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 Kids 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.
Training High School Students
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 Kids 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 Kids Talk Radio Show. Dan work is being used to train teachers and other students that are enrolled in the Kids Talk Radio After School Program. Dan was a part of the Super School University Action Research Project. This is the project that supplies Kids Talk Radio with all of the software and hardware that is need to operate a Kids 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 Kids Talk Radio during the school day.
The work at Kids 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 Kids 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
Kids 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 Kids Talk Radio drumming, percussion, and
sound effects lab.Rahmaan completed a
Kids 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 Kids Talk Radio up to date with all the news that
kids can use from India. We are looking for Kids 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, Kids Talk Radio LAtm, Youth World News,Kids 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 Kids 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 Kids 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
