Nine years ago, Professor Jon Cannon, currently director of UVA’s environmental and land use law program, was general counsel of the EPA under Administrator Carol Browner. In his capacity as general counsel he issued a memorandum stating that the EPA could regulate emissions of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases as air pollutantskj under the Clean Air Act if the agency found they were a danger to human health or the environment.

(full story on Virginia Law Weekly)

U.Va Education Professor Bob Pianta joins Coy Barefoot on WINA’s Charlottesville–Right Now to discuss a Curry School report that could change the way kids are taught in elementary school. The study tracked 1,000 students in 25 states from ages 3 to 17, and found that children don’t get nearly enough one-on-one instruction.

Ted Genoways is the editor of the Virginia Quarterly Review, an award-winning literary and current affairs magazine published at the University of Virginia. He joins Coy Barefoot on WINAGuv,!v,,us CharlottesvilleGuv,!vDjnjRight Now to discuss the new issue of VQR, which features a selection of essays on border and immigration issues, fiction by Pulitzer Prize-winner Nadine Gordimer, and a previously unpublished letter by Mark Twain.

One of the things that we try to get across in the show each week is that – for all of its promise – educational technology has potential downsides as well, especially when you’re pushing the edge of the envelope just a bit and trying new things. This week, we used uStream ( related field report) to videoconference as we recorded the show’s audio; we also tried recording video of the conference itself using iShowU.

As Michael notes, one of the things we strive for is a measure of authenticity. Authenticity is powerful, and can engender connections among people. It also necessitates – or requires – a measure of vulnerability. We don’t want to keep our failures secret, for doing so telegraphs a message about technology use that doesn’t accurately reflect the struggles it requires. We’re going to put it out there for all to see, for better for worse. With that in mind, here is the video we recorded. You’ll notice that the audio is quite good, but the video consists of a strobe-like effect as iShowU couldn’t keep up with the live frame rate of the broadcasted Ustream video. We’ll continue to work on it, trying other settings and different tools. In the meanwhile, we hope you see this as we do – as a learning experience – and that you’ll provide feedback and suggestions to help us improve the show.

– Michael, Mark, and Steve