http://www.kabrenlevinson.com/blog life.technology.everything Mon, 18 Aug 2008 02:41:41 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I'm in college. A little early, but that's the way Bard College does it. All freshman take a three-week workshop called "Language and Thinking." So far, being at Bard has been an amazing experience. I love being in such an intellectually stimulating environment. I have an excellent teacher, Thomas Bartscherer, ... http://www.kabrenlevinson.com/blog/2008/08/17/language-and-thinking/ I go to college this Saturday, August 9th, 2008. I will be a freshman at Bard College, in Annandale-on-Hudson, New York. I have a little more packing to do (misc items and clothes). Bard College starts rather early, as they have a three week workshop for freshman, called "Language and ... http://www.kabrenlevinson.com/blog/2008/08/07/college/ PodCamp Boston 3 was amazing. The venue this year was unbelievable, thank you, Harvard! It was easier to run into people this year, which was fun. PodCamp Boston 2 was nice and big, but this year the event was very close knit. I was more social at PCB3, and this ... http://www.kabrenlevinson.com/blog/2008/08/06/podcamp-boston-3/ I haven't blogged in a while, and you'll see a series of updates in the coming days, starting off with my big trip to Israel, Vienna, and Berlin. Check out my Flickr Collection for Summer '08. ISRAEL I spent about 3 weeks in Israel, traveling all over the country; Jerusalem, Tel Aviv, ... http://www.kabrenlevinson.com/blog/2008/07/31/israel-vienna-berlin-and-more/ Tomorrow afternoon, Monday, June 9th, I'll be taking a big trip overseas: I will be in Israel for 2.5 weeks, Vienna for a week, and Berlin for a few days. I'm going to be busy; my cousin is getting married in Israel, and I'll be meeting with a lot of ... http://www.kabrenlevinson.com/blog/2008/06/08/vacation-notice/ Here is the video from my capstone presentation. It's about 35 minutes, and the audio isn't great (I was only using the built-in microphone of the video camera). Anyways, hope you enjoy! Here are the materials associated with my capstone: Presentation in PDF Format Reflection in PDF Format Recommended Technologies Wiki The Video Capstone Presentation from ... http://www.kabrenlevinson.com/blog/2008/06/07/capstone-presentation-2/ This is a video about a final project for a class I'm taking, "Search for Meaning." It's about my soul and how I think the soul creates lenses - it alters my perspective of the world. My vision of my soul, is a falling stream of shards of glass, mirror, ... http://www.kabrenlevinson.com/blog/2008/06/07/search-for-meaning/ On Friday May 2nd, I had the privilege to attend a Digital Natives Forum at the Berkman Center for Internet and Society at Harvard Law School. The event was labeled as an "interdisciplinary roundtable discussion: Investigating young people’s use of digital and networked technologies." When I arrived, I was ... http://www.kabrenlevinson.com/blog/2008/05/20/digital-natives-forum/ I will be streaming my capstone presentation tomorrow, Wednesday May 21st at 12:00 PM EST. My capstone was all the Academic/Educational Technology work I've been doing over the past many months. Check it out. Join in in the discussion remotely! I hope the stream will work, school Internet is slow. ... http://www.kabrenlevinson.com/blog/2008/05/20/capstone-presentation/ I talk about the list of recommended educational technologies I am releasing to the public in a Wiki. You can find the list here: http://kabren.wikispaces.com/rec-tech . Go in, make your edits. I am only a student; if you're a teacher working with technology, let me know what you're using and ... http://www.kabrenlevinson.com/blog/2008/04/17/recommended-technologies/ Here are two videos. The first is about the EduTech conference I attended this past Wednesday, April 9th, and the second is about my capstone "Plan." Enjoy! EduTech Conference from Kabren Levinson on Vimeo. The "Plan" from Kabren Levinson on Vimeo. http://www.kabrenlevinson.com/blog/2008/04/12/videos/ Read this blog post to understand what I'm talking about. Also, those videos I've talked about will be put up on Sunday - I got a little busy. A Tech Fellow Working with Martha was a job for a "tech fellow," a crucial part of my educational technology program. Over the past ... http://www.kabrenlevinson.com/blog/2008/04/05/a-tech-fellow/ Over the past few weeks, I've been focusing primarily on the Tech Fellows aspect of my EduTech project. A few weeks ago, I began working with Martha, a History teacher at my school, to figure out how she could use technology more in her classroom. We talked a lot about ... http://www.kabrenlevinson.com/blog/2008/04/04/edutech/ Hey guys, Many of your comments got deleted. When I upgraded to Wordpress 2.5, I had a huge wash of spam come in because all my plugins (including spam-prevention ones) got deactivated. I'm sorry! It doesn't make me happy - some of my comments were deleted, too! Keep commenting in the ... http://www.kabrenlevinson.com/blog/2008/04/02/comments/ Hey guys, Just wanted to let y'all know I've upgraded the site to Wordpress 2.5. In the coming weeks, I'll be doing a formal review here on the blog as well as on my podcast. WP 2.5 looks amazing so far. I'll be monitoring the site to make sure nothing goes ... http://www.kabrenlevinson.com/blog/2008/03/30/wordpress-25/ Yesterday we purchased a new Apple Airport Express with "N" wireless. It fits in with our "get music into the living room" project, and an even larger overhaul of our living room. If you've kept up with my Flickr photos and the videos I've been making, you know what I'm ... http://www.kabrenlevinson.com/blog/2008/03/30/airport-express/ Version 2.0 of the video I released then promptly removed on Saturday! On Viddler: Enjoy! http://www.kabrenlevinson.com/blog/2008/03/27/spring-20/ Since Apple came out with the Safari 3 Beta in August 2007, I was sure I would never need to use Firefox again. Previous versions of Safari had many features missing (dragging tabs, for example), and was slow in general. So was Firefox. All previous versions of Firefox have also ... http://www.kabrenlevinson.com/blog/2008/03/23/firefox-3-beta/ It's been a while since I've written a blog post - and that doesn't mean that nothing has been happening. In fact, a lot has been happening, in life, in technology, in everything. I've been accepted to two colleges in the past week! It's reassuring, you know, to get into ... http://www.kabrenlevinson.com/blog/2008/03/22/around-the-corner/ Edit: Sorry guys, my parents made me remove the video. Maybe I'll rerecord it tomorrow, we'll see. -Kabren http://www.kabrenlevinson.com/blog/2008/03/22/spring/ Been quite a few days; my project has begun to take off, my MacBook crashed, and I'm on Mod Break! Crash from Kabren Levinson on Vimeo. http://www.kabrenlevinson.com/blog/2008/02/08/crash/ Election from Kabren Levinson on Vimeo. http://www.kabrenlevinson.com/blog/2008/02/05/election/ Please vote if you can. http://www.kabrenlevinson.com/blog/2008/02/05/please-vote/ Earlier this morning, Microsoft proposed a bid of $44 Million to Yahoo. In otherwords, Microsoft may buy Yahoo. This brings up a number of concerns for myself and others. What will happen to those Yahoo! services we love, like Flickr and del.icio.us? What kinds of "cultural" changes would Microsoft push ... http://www.kabrenlevinson.com/blog/2008/02/01/m-y-what-does-this-mean/ Frozen from Kabren Levinson on Vimeo. http://www.kabrenlevinson.com/blog/2008/01/30/frozen/ Thought I'd post another video. Here's an update on my technology project. Let me know what you think. tech@csw from Kabren Levinson on Vimeo. http://www.kabrenlevinson.com/blog/2008/01/28/techcsw-video/ Yesterday morning, I found out about Educon 2.0 from Whitney Hoffman on Twitter. I really wish I could attend the conference. Yesterday, I was watching a session about "Learning to Teach: First Year Teaching in a Progressive School," and today I'm watching two sessions, one on Student Voice, and one ... http://www.kabrenlevinson.com/blog/2008/01/27/educsw/ I created a Facebook page for myself. Head on over and add me as a fan, or whatever. Click here. http://www.kabrenlevinson.com/blog/2008/01/22/kabren-levinson-on-facebook/ I just want to say thank you to everyone who wished me happy birthday, means so much to me! -Kabren Thank you! from Kabren Levinson on Vimeo. http://www.kabrenlevinson.com/blog/2008/01/21/thank-you-all/ At my high school, The Cambridge School of Weston, I am creating a technology program for my senior project. Quite a project, eh? At school, I see this initiative more than necessary. The school has been left behind technologically; for example, the main line for Internet is a T1 (1MB ... http://www.kabrenlevinson.com/blog/2008/01/17/technologycsw/