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The comments there are interesting, especially the heads up about it being given free to schools in need, which the author was implying wasn't going to happen.
Michele wrote: "The comments there are interesting, especially the heads up about it being given free to schools in need, which the author was implying wasn't going to happen."
I thought the Post's cautionary notes were:
The existing PBS-era Reading Rainbow (about 20 years worth, 1983-2006) are already available for free to schools and parents, e.g. via YouTube. (This raises the question of whether for something targeted at children within a narrow age, whether the next batch of kids that age really need newly-produced programming, or whether the older programs are still "new to them". Can you still read Dr. Seuss to kids?)
She also investigated enough to know that the Kickstarter budget was several times larger than the per-season production cost paid by PBS back in 2006. (That extra cost might include mobile app development and Internet bandwidth & server costs — the old production budget didn't include the cost to broadcast.)
It's fair to point our its a for-profit business now and not a non-profit anymore.
What do I know? When I was a kid we might get to watch a filmstrip in class. (Oh, and sometimes those Bell science films, if they could make the projector work!)
I thought the Post's cautionary notes were:
The existing PBS-era Reading Rainbow (about 20 years worth, 1983-2006) are already available for free to schools and parents, e.g. via YouTube. (This raises the question of whether for something targeted at children within a narrow age, whether the next batch of kids that age really need newly-produced programming, or whether the older programs are still "new to them". Can you still read Dr. Seuss to kids?)
She also investigated enough to know that the Kickstarter budget was several times larger than the per-season production cost paid by PBS back in 2006. (That extra cost might include mobile app development and Internet bandwidth & server costs — the old production budget didn't include the cost to broadcast.)
It's fair to point our its a for-profit business now and not a non-profit anymore.
What do I know? When I was a kid we might get to watch a filmstrip in class. (Oh, and sometimes those Bell science films, if they could make the projector work!)
oh my...I was running off a interview with Burton on NPR...I am sorry if I mislead anyone...that . wasn't my intention
Spooky1947 wrote: "oh my...I was running off a interview with Burton on NPR...I am sorry if I mislead anyone...that . wasn't my intention"
I don't think you misled anyone. I just thought the WaPo article was an interesting counterpoint.
At any rate, the Kickstarter already hit its million dollar goal - and more.
I don't think you misled anyone. I just thought the WaPo article was an interesting counterpoint.
At any rate, the Kickstarter already hit its million dollar goal - and more.
Please help kids learn to love to read. Surf on over to Kick Starter (just Google it) and kick in a couple of bucks if you can afford it.
Thanks. :)