pshapiro Channel profile

Join: Nov 1, 2005

Name: pshapiro

Hometown: Scarsdale, New York

Location: Takoma Park, Maryland 20912, US

Videos Watched: 28800

Subscribers: 183

Channel Views: 16154

Books: Walden, Rise Up Singing

Movies: Amadeus, March of the Penguins, When OpenOffice Came to Town

Music: folk

Hobbies: creativity, pranks, more creativity, math, MAKE magazine, green tech, collaborative technologies, puzzles, mnemonics, i forget the rest

I seek to build a more inclusive, participatory world and I work together with others towards that end.

Videos (48)

Widescreen on YouTube

Length: 1:3
Rating Average: n/a
View Count: 758
Author: pshapiro

Tags: camstudio literacy openoffice storytelling widescreen youtube

Created using OpenOffice and Camstudio Open Source. See also on Vimeo where you can view this video in full 1280 x 720 pixels. When you reach this video on Vimeo, click on the arrows at the bottom right corner of the video. Then click on the play triangle icon to play the video. Here is the link...

Freerice Easier Levels

Length: 4:56
Rating Average: 3.50 from 2 people
View Count: 322
Author: pshapiro

Tags: arts english freerice langauge screenflow vocabulary

Here is a screencast explaining some of the easier levels of Freerice. I created this so that my 4th and 5th grade students can encounter a greater degree of success when they play Freerice. This might also be helpful for students of English as a Foreign Language. Downloadable versions of this...

Change the World in 300 Words Or Less

Length: 1:8
Rating Average: n/a
View Count: 897
Author: pshapiro

Tags: 10 100 activism change folk google guitar nonprofits park project takoma the to

Google's Project 10 to the 100 is a fascinating initiative worth supporting. I wanted to do my part in spreading the word about this initiative, so I composed this song. See also http://tinyurl.com/4eh7lq