The Wednesday radio broadcast on 90.5 by Dr. Kaltefleiter and her Communication Studies majors was brilliant, very insightful analysis of the novel and the current issues of surveillance of U.S. citizens by the current administration. We will soon post a link to a podcast of that radio program.
We will also have a recording of an interview by Robert Thompson with Ray Bradbury that we plan to air on the radio.
Thompson, Director of the Bleier Center for TV and popular culture conducted the interview from a WCNY studio in Syracuse by phone with Bradbury at his home in Los Angeles.
Let’s hear from those who heard the radio show produced by Dr. Kaltefleiters class or from those or audited the teleconference of the Thompson interview with Bradbury. What struck a chord with you?
–Dr. Sheila Cohen
3 responses so far ↓
jenny e. // April 17, 2008 at 12:31 am
I am not sure how to start a new blog, and this one is not about the radio show. I am writting about Suzanne Bloom. What an energetic speaker. Being from the same town she is from it was great to hear her speak so fondly of the teachers in Oxford. I love her books and think the simplicity of some of her stories is perfect! I don’t know about any of you who heard her speak, but I will have a hard time reading one of the stories she read without hearing her voice. That to me is key. That is how kids get addicted to books. Someone, a parent, a teacher, an author, makes the book special, the characters come to life, and the book seem magical. If you didn’t have a chance to hear her speak, find her. Find her in a school doing a reading and listen, be captivated, and think of how a child would feel being read to like that.
Sheila Cohen // April 20, 2008 at 1:05 pm
Jenny, I cannot imagine a world without Suzanne
Bloom’s books. Once read or heard, they are hard to forget. Each time I have heard her read her books, I’ve been entranced by the delightful language and charming illustrations. Yes, her voice remains with you when I read them for myself. Thanks for commenting on her presentation. She indeed was brilliant!
Sheila Cohen // May 3, 2008 at 4:23 am
Today Cortland’s Big Read wound up with a fascinating demonstration “Chemistry of Fire.” Paula Jones and Peter Jeffers conducted several demonstrations and Scott Ochs engaged students in a discussion/workshop on arson. After the powerpoint and lecture, students’ task was to determine where a house fire started that caused serious damage to the structure. Photos with some telling clues in each of three rooms were examined: a first floor living room and kitchen and a second floor bathroom.
Although the damage was significant in all three rooms, the toilet paper had not burned. Had the
heat of the fire been significantly higher in the bathroom, he paper would have burned.
What would that temperature have had to be to burn the paper?
A rather fitting last event for the Big Read.