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- New Baby!!
- What are you drinking?
- Water
- Andy Gator - Abita - https://abita.com/brews/andygator#
- Gray/Grey Box Testing - Tony’s going to smoke Patrick’s network
- https://resources.infosecinstitute.com/topic/what-are-black-box-grey-box-and-white-box-penetration-testing/
- 2-Factor / MultiFactor - time to annoy people, Blackbaud is requiring this for RE and insurance for other things
- Summer plans
- Rodecaster Pro 2 and podcasting equipment - https://rode.com/en/interfaces-and-mixers/rodecaster-series/rodecaster-pro-ii
- Starlink - https://www.starlink.com/ - Possible backup
- Final month of school
- What are you drinking?
- Founders All Day Vacay - https://foundersbrewing.com/our-beer/all-day-vacay/
- Coors Banquet - https://www.coors.com/
- Teacher shortage or something else?
- Shortage is a bad label - teachers haven’t gone anywhere
- Transitioning to other careers
- Poor working conditions
- Tony and Patrick’s ideas
- Atlas Rubicon - Everyone hates this, and it ruined the world and we let it.
- https://www.onatlas.com/
- https://eduplanet21.com/
- Tony being devious
- How’s the weather?
- What am I drinking?
- Bell’s Oberon Ale - https://bellsbeer.com/beers/oberon-ale/
- Samuel Adams Summer Ale - https://www.samueladams.com/our-beers/limited-release/american-wheat-ale/summer-ale
- Chrome OS Flex
- https://chromeenterprise.google/os/chromeosflex/
- https://itbabble.com/2022/04/20/chrome-os-flex/
- Samsung Chromebooks - rant by Patrick
- Holograms. Only $50,000.00
- Like Iron Man - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ddk9ci6geSs
- Build a STEM Lab in a normal room; don't sweat the big stuff
- 4 - 3D printers , Sindoh, Dremel, MakerBot
- 1 - GlowForge Pro Laser Cutter with Air Cleaner
- 2- Dremel hand saws
- 1 - large general tool box with common tools
- Shelves for storing models, materials, etc
- Robotic Kits - 2 per table
- Tables -
- Art Room Style Tables; more square the better; you need depth
- 4- self healing large sized mats per table
- 2- Dremel sets per table (get the most comprehensive kit you can afford)
- safety gear per table
- 2- professional quality glue guns per table
- 1- heat gun per table
- Sets of sand paper per table
- 1- metal meter stick per table
- 4- small vices per table
- 5- 8 strong magnets per table
- The Masters golf tournament
- CISSP Pin - https://isc2education.org/media/catalog/product/cache/6/image/9df78eab33525d08d6e5fb8d27136e95/c/i/cissp_lapel_pin.jpg
- What am I drinking?
- https://www.newbelgium.com/beer/1554/
- Iced tea
- Tony’s BYOD requirements and laptop purchasing plan for 2022-2023
- Is ed-tech really dead? Is Tony wrong?
- Digital Fetus - https://itbabble.com/2013/02/05/podcast-episode-54-the-digital-fetus-has-arrived-january-31-2013/
- ISTE Standards for Students - https://www.iste.org/standards/iste-standards-for-students
https://cdn.iste.org/www-root/ISTEU/ISTE%20Standards%20for%20Students%20-%20Syllabus.pdf?_ga=2.64610543.1783297188.1649637689-927817944.1649637689
Elon - https://slashdot.org/story/22/04/09/2058201/is-twitter-dying-tweets-elon-mus
Your eyes do not deceive you fellow listener. That is indeed a picture of famed action star Michael Dudikoff. Listen on to see why he is our artwork and check out the show notes below.
Photo attribution: https://www.flickr.com/people/25030443@N03 by Rob DiCaterino
- Coach K - what’s going to happen to Duke?
- What am I drinking?
- Elysian Space Dust - https://www.elysianbrewing.com/beer/space-dust-ipa
- Peppermint Tea
- Chromebooks on the market for over a decade - what has their impact been?
- https://www.reddit.com/r/chromeos/comments/trfz5j/now_that_chromebooks_have_been_on_the_market_for/
- The BORAT Malware - https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/new-borat-remote-access-malware-is-no-laughing-matter/
- Insurance is going to kick your ass if you don’t get compliant; Book title? Worth $15.00?
- Welcome back basketball fans!
- What am I drinking?
- Beeracuda from Abita
- Bells Black Hearted Ale
- It’s time to start over- EdTech is dead - Tony’s quantlet to the world or Elon Musk, or anyone with a lot of cash…
- App culture is taking over
- Linux based curriculum
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V4L8Oci_2Bs
- Why I don’t blog anymore, just when I was getting the hang of it
- Best book for people moving from teaching into leadership, Never Split the Difference: Negotiating As If Your Life Depended On It
- https://www.amazon.com/dp/B018FHCPDO/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?_encoding=UTF8&btkr=1
- What am I drinking?
- Tony’s Spring Audit- Hardware, Accounts (G-Suite, SIS, JumpCloud and IXL)
- Audit hardware (anything in asset inventory)
- Check the classrooms for display systems
- Don’t mess with facilities and maintenance people during summer - do you
- inventory during the spring
- Data audit - Checking the backup
- Archive on Bluray DVD
- Missing Items
- Try not to lose things we buy (chargers, mice, keyboards, etc.)
- Hotglue?
- When to onboard new families into your SIS?
- Do the incoming students need to register for classes/buy textbooks?
- GoGuardian Question
- Adding parents is kind of a pain - 2 uploads!
- Students have to sign in first before you can associate parents and students
- What am I drinking?
- Bell’s Bright White - http://www.bellsbeer.com/beer/seasonal/bright-white-ale
- Liquid Death - Water. Just water.
- Oregon Trail game on Archive.org
- https://itbabble.com/2022/02/23/oregon-trail/
- https://archive.org/details/msdos_Oregon_Trail_The_1990
- Huggy Wuggy? This is stupid
- https://www.parents.com/news/what-parents-need-to-know-about-huggy-wuggy-and-the-poppy-playtime-game-taking-over-elementary-schools/
- (But it looks like the Shining)
- Slenderman hysteria in 2014 - https://www.parents.com/health/parents-news-now/slenderman-stabbing-a-worrying-tale-for-parents/
- Weekly CISSP- Passwords, fun facts
- No need to change every year or every three months
- Password length - 8-10 characters, capital, special character and a number
- Multi Factor authentication for people who need it
- The Streaming party is over (Fake ID story)
- https://www.kanopy.com/
- Benedict Cumberbatch
- Cover art original photo by Gage Skidmore - https://www.flickr.com/photos/gageskidmore/28570188272
- https://www.wattpad.com/622757598-the-many-names-of-benedict-cumberbatch
- What am I drinking?
- Tin Roof Blonde - https://www.tinroofbeer.com/brew/blond-ale/
- Big Lug Goat Ranch - https://sahmsalehouse.com/nora/
- Google Flex OS (Wasn’t this already made and then removed, and now it is back?)
- https://cloud.google.com/blog/products/chrome-enterprise/chrome-os-flex
- Tony signed up for a trial
- Chrome OS is a Linux derivative
- Can it dual boot?
- CISSP - Tony’s dream and nightmare has come true
- Tony passed his test!
- Must do continuing education units (CEU) every year
- Bollards - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bollard
- Tech Support is becoming somewhat impossible- no one understands the cloud …
- We cannot control cloud outages
- Cloud folder syncs suck!
- Go to the website
- Snow everywhere
- Snowdays vs eLearning days
- Winter Olympics - Are you watching? Is anyone?
- Anal swabs for Covid 19
- Government approved hotels
- What am I drinking?
- https://www.metazoabrewing.com/ - Crocodilian American Pale Ale
- Kirkland Sparkling Water - So Adult
- Google Forms - Choice Removal and Choice Eliminator 2 Add-ons
- https://wp.me/pYzzW-29w
- Really popular post last week
- Choice Eliminator 2 Google Form Add-on is gone :(
- Printer H#LL - DoS - Windows 11, Next Moves, I miss the Image Runner
- Two printers in library
- Wireshark
- Student had a print job going to an older printer
- Problems with WIndows 11 because Papercut hasn’t updated its services
- Canon Imagerunner
- WiFi enabled printers
- Bengals in the Super Bowl!
- What am I drinking?
- Bells Kalamzoo Stout - http://www.bellsbeer.com/beer/year-round/bells-kalamazoo-stout
- Sapporo Steel Can Tall Boy - https://sapporobeer.com/our-beers/sapporo-premium-beer/
- Revising Chatterbox
- Video coming soon
- Not as bad as first time
- Still don’t recommend it
- Weekly CISSP- Mandatory Vacations
- https://www.isc2.org/Certifications/CISSP
- Minimum 1 week with no contact
- LinkedIn Trends: People recruiting teachers into other industries
- https://personalexcellence.co/blog/talent-stack/
- https://www.ixl.com/company/careers
- What am I drinking?
- Great Lakes - Conway’s Irish Ale - https://www.greatlakesbrewing.com/conways-irish-ale
- Samuel Adams - Cold Snap White Ale - https://www.samueladams.com/our-beers/limited-release/white-ale/cold-snap
- Legacy Technology - could be costing you a fortune. Tony’ story about a lost telephone line
- https://c.tenor.com/H56jRVjI7bkAAAAd/airplane-ii-comedy.gif
- Chatterbox - skip it
- https://hellochatterbox.com/
- Costs too much
- Surface Laptop SE - repairability
- https://itbabble.com/2022/01/14/surface-se-repairability/
- Cost and availability of parts?
- Bundled parts like screen/keyboard assembly
- What’s a Freak’N BI; Do you use Canvas? Because I have a gift for you.
- Microsoft - https://powerbi.microsoft.com/en-us/
- Google’s version - https://datastudio.google.com/
- Tableau - https://www.tableau.com/resource/business-intelligence
- Amazon’s version - https://aws.amazon.com/quicksight/
- info@tonydeprato.com for more information
- Windows 10 on an SD card
- Tony did it!
- What am I drinking?
- https://www.lindemans.be/en_US/beer/Framboise
- Belgium Beer Cafe Dubai - https://belgianbeercafejumeirah.com/
- Modelo - https://www.modelousa.com/en-US/product/especial
- Comfy headphones & Omar’s FJ Cruiser
- Avid - https://avidproducts.com/product-solutions/learning/
- JLab - https://www.jlab.com/collections/on-ear-headphones/products/neon-bluetooth-wireless-on-ear-headphones
- Finalsite Ransomware
- https://www.finalsite.com/
- https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/finalsite-ransomware-attack-shuts-down-thousands-of-school-websites/
- I’m replacing my smartwatch
- Withings Steel HR- https://www.withings.com/us/en/steel-hr
- https://www.casio.com/products/watches/databank
- https://www.bulova.com/us/en/product/96C139.html
- https://www.nixon.com/us/en/dork-too/A1266-000-00.html
- Full story coming next episode - Legacy Technology - could be costing you a fortune. Tony’ story about a lost telephone line https://c.tenor.com/H56jRVjI7bkAAAAd/airplane-ii-comedy.gif
“Clean closets - ask questions” ~ Old Geezer Wisdom
- 200!
- Welcome back Omar!!
- What’s been going on with you and Dubai?
- Do you have long Covid?
- Patrick’s new recording set up
- Shure MV7 - https://www.shure.com/en-US/products/microphones/mv7
- Rode PSA1 - https://www.rode.com/accessories/stands/psa1
- Y2K22 & Microsoft Exchange Servers - uh-oh
- https://www.onmsft.com/news/microsoft-working-to-fix-microsoft-exchange-bug
- Thunderbird - https://www.thunderbird.net/en-US/
- SquirrelMail - https://squirrelmail.org/
- Amazon Alexa tells child to touch penny to live electrical plug
- https://www.cnet.com/home/smart-home/amazons-alexa-reportedly-suggested-10-year-old-stick-a-penny-near-an-outlet/
- https://nypost.com/2020/01/23/ridiculous-tiktok-penny-challenge-is-a-huge-fire-hazard/
- Timer test:
https://www.google.com/search?q=30+minute+timer&oq=30+minute+timer&aqs=chrome..69i57.3155j0j7&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8 - https://hellochatterbox.com/ - A more educational focus for AI
- Buddha Box - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buddha_Box
- Should teachers use these assistants in their classrooms?
- Omar’s new elective
- Blockchain and Cryptocurrency elective
- Lots of real world topics
- Decentralized vs. Centralized currency for example
- What is Blockchain
- Running miners for Crypto at school - be careful (lots of logistics)
- https://www.makeuseof.com/tag/gridseed-mini-asic-miner-review-and-giveaway/
- Not going to get rich here folks!
- Tony’s new network design (No More Server Room or Person Living in the Server Room)
https://www.fortinet.com/
- One week till Winter vacation
- Plans?
- What am I drinking?
- Shiner Holiday Cheer - https://shiner.com/beer/holiday-cheer
- Ghost River Gold - https://www.ghostriverbrewing.com/beer-overview
- Google Workspace & Microsoft Office 365 in schools
- Google - Free version stripped down
- Microsoft Office 365 - Need to buy a license for more features (Intune)
- Salesforce SIS? Too good to be true?
- What’s on TV?
- What am I drinking?
- Kirin Ichiban - http://www.kirinichiban.com/
- Laptop recommendations - Don’t completely trust a blog
- https://itbabble.com/2021/12/03/laptop-recommendations-check-with-your-school-not-a-blog/
- Notion.so - A review
- https://itbabble.com/2021/12/01/notion-so-a-review/
- Finding a STEM and Robotics teacher
- Where do these people hangout online (professionally)?
- 4 sections
- STEM
- Robotics
- Topic 3?
- Topic 4?
- Make it its own department
- How was Thanksgiving?
- What are you drinking?
- Spaten Premium Lager
- STEM - needs a non-traditional space
- Space that holds 40 students
- Natural supervision
- Plentiful electricity
- Fab truck - https://www.fablabs.io/labs/fablabtruck
- Favorite winter movies to show students?
- Tony’s news - It’s Time to Stop Telling Children to Google it.
https://edco-isn-staging.edcowebsites.co.uk/articles/open/it-is-time-to-stop-telling-children-to-google-it/
- Happy early Thanksgiving
- What am I drinking?
- Great Lakes Eliot Ness
- Adding a desktop
- https://itbabble.com/2021/11/10/life-with-a-desktop/
- Everyone made fun of the Surface SE
- STEM environments for schools - ideas on how to set it up correctly
- Ask IT Babble
- This Olympic Scoring Form article is AMAZING. Seriously. REALLY well done. I've stumbled upon this because my wife and I host a gingerbread house contest and I think this may be the way for our judges to do the judging from their phones and not have to add and tally by hand.
Feedback Form: https://forms.gle/WTaR4BZTqUHPXrZG6
- Solar Minimum
- HECC Conference
- What are you drinking?
- Shiner Bock
- Left Hand S’mores Milk Stout
- Hardware as a Service - financial planning ideas
- Windows Surface SE
- https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/surface/business/surface-laptop-se
- Ask IT Babble
-
We have students who bring in appropriate equipment to school. The kit the school specifies is very clear, but that doesn't seem to matter. What can we do aside from purchasing the equipment?
-
What is the best way to manage parents picking up children? I have been suggesting software. Thanks
- IT Babble how we make the show - for new listeners
- Daylight Savings Time (Tony forgot)
- What are we drinking?
- New Classrooms Update - Water Finds its Level
- Metaverse hype = Conference Pump - Be careful
- http://itbabble.com/2021/11/03/soul-machine-a-demo/
- How can you measure it?
- Ask IT Babble
- https://itbabble.com/ask-it-babble/
Q1: My school is considering an investment in VR. Do you think this is a good idea?
VR Solution: https://www.classvr.com/
AR Solution: https://www.cleverbooks.eu/
Q2: Do you think teachers would print less if they could spend more money on other things?
- Happy Halloween
- What am I drinking?
- Facebook - Meta - Metaverse
- Should we care?
- Will educators get suckered?
- https://secondlife.com/
- Facebook Files - WSJ - https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-facebook-files-11631713039
- New classrooms, how's it going for Tony? Dual Protocol Transmission (DPT 4.0)
- BenQ Instashow - https://www.benq.com/en-us/business/wireless-presentation/wdc10.html
- Patrick’s Review - https://itbabble.com/2020/01/31/streaming-in-the-classroom-benq-instashow/
- Apple event takeaway
- MacBook Pro starting at $2000
- Bitpaper.io - https://bitpaper.io/
- Better than a lot of .io sites
- Good for math homework
- Touchscreen
- Review on Wednesday
- Student printing at Tony’s school
- Unsustainable “print party”
- Tony has been drinking AndyGator - https://abita.com/brews/andygator#
- AI in the curriculum
- https://www.ibm.com/watson
- Reading recommendations
- Daemon by Daniel Suarez - https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6665847-daemon
- Dell - some interesting things for parents if you know the right person
- Online store for your organization
- Tony and Patrick catch up
- New sounds for top of the- show - What's
- Google Forms + Form Ranger detailed post
- Apple’s new event
- What would you like to see?
- Is Tony done with Chromebooks?
$33.99 - Really?
Video editing
STEM/Maker - Windows 10 - Could be the best option but it is still the most annoying operating system on the market
- Dystopian School Follow Up- We will only use Linux, but you can choose your flavor
- Elysian Night Owl & Liquid Death Sparkling Water - Approved by IT Babble
- TV Review - Squid Game on Netflix
- Trailer - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oqxAJKy0ii4
- Thoughts?
- Google Forms for event sign up
- Form Ranger - https://cloudlab.newvisions.org/form-ranger
- Plan the form
- Don’t let people type their choices
- Google Data Studio - https://datastudio.google.com/
- Don’t use blockchain
- Blockchain - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blockchain
- HyperLedger - https://www.hyperledger.org/
- Your cloud storage is ruining your life
- Current folders
- Archive folders
- What have we been up to since our last episode (March 2021)
- Streaming live events - Patrick’s new setup
- https://itbabble.com/2021/06/28/streaming-events-an-ongoing-experiment/
- https://itbabble.com/2021/07/14/streaming-events-2-update/
- https://itbabble.com/2021/09/06/streaming-events-3-test/
- Dystopian School (A better way to run a school)
- Definition - https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dystopia
- Trend of making a mound into a mountain
- Kevin Sorbo as Hercules as the head of school - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hercules:_The_Legendary_Journeys
We’re back!
1) Tony has it been a month!!!???
2) Amplified IT purchased by CDW
3) Streamlined Classroom AV
4) Tony - No more SAT/ACT - GPAs- No Grades - and What you need to do if you want to do this…
5) Amazon QuickSight - https://aws.amazon.com/quicksight/
6) Safe search, firewall, etc.
a) OnCampus
b) Cisco Umbrella
c) DNS Restrictions
d) GoGuardian
e) Websense
f) 6th Gen Firewall
g) Google Admin Reports
h) Cisco Meraki Reports
i) OffCampus
j) GoGuardian
k) Google Admin Reports
l) Umbrella
m) New training videos for parents, but they won’t watch them (we had a parent engagement webinar)
m) COPPA - Children’s Online Privacy
n) Protection Rule
o) Must adhere to qualify for eRate
https://www.ftc.gov/enforcement/rules/rulemaking-regulatory-reform-proceedings/childrens-online-privacy-protection-rule
7) Podcasting news!
New Zoom products - Tony bought it!
a) Zoom PodTrak P8/P4 Portable Multitrack
b) Podcast Recorder H8
c) Anchor.fm + Wordpress = Podcast
1) Snow day and football
2) How can we be independent from big tech companies?
a) Independent hosting services GoDaddy, Blue Host
3) Teachers teaching from home
a) What they wanted vs what they got
4) Blue Yeti Microphone
5) YouTube Playlist
a) Great for collecting, sharing and collaborating on resources
b) https://itbabble.com/2021/01/11/youtube-how-to-make-a-playlist/
1) Happy holidays
a) Tony’s advice - Unplug from the media/social networks
b) Read eBooks on your smartphone
2) Covid updates
a) Back to SCHOOL in Indy!
3) Adios Adobe Flash by Patrick Cauley
a) https://itbabble.com/2020/12/07/adios-adobe-flash/
b) Patrick’s trip into Flash gaming
3) Apple’s new MacBooks with the M1
a) Why shouldn’t schools go this route?
b) Apple has better updates
4) Streaming to the next level!
a) Klips
b) Lord Vader knows all about bandwidth, jitter and latency
1) Patrick’s new phone (coming soon)
2) Distance yourself from tech and social media for your own health
3) Wordpress.com block editor - Rant
4) Chromebook camera failures
a) Chrome OS update
b) Doesn’t affect all Chromebooks
c) Alt + V Zoom work around
5) Record All Online Meetings with Apple OSX by Tony DePrato
a) https://itbabble.com/2020/11/11/record-all-online-meetings-with-apple-os-x/
6) Witeboard.com
a) Stay away
b) Review by Patrick Cauley
c) Tony is incapable of drawing a triangle
7) Big Sur issues
8) Ordering Chromebook loophole
a) Dell Chromebooks
b) Enterprise Chromebooks as an option
Patrick interviews Tony DePrato about his HIFLEX set up in the classroom.
HIFLEX is a term that refers to students who are in the classroom and also at home and both are learning synchronously.
Tony utilizes iPads and a few other items and tools to bring this affordable solution to life.
1) Back at school in a COVID world
a) Tony’s motto: “You have to think of every student as a virtual student that occasionally comes to school and if you do that your planning will fit every scenario.”
b) GoGuardian: https://www.goguardian.com
c) Cisco Umbrella: https://security.umbrella.com
2) Why your online streaming is bad and mine is good
a) iPad solution
b) Euro Mic Stand with Klip
c) Disable iPad audio
d) DJ Podiums
e) iPad is a “person” in the meeting
3) Virtual Parent Conferences
a) Zoom
Waiting rooms
b) Prep with teachers and parents
c) Google Meet deadline - Sept
ember 20, 2020
4) Streaming in the Classroom - Final verdict!
a) Windows schools - Microsoft Wireless Display Adapter
b) Mac schools - Apple TV
c) BYOD schools - BenQ Instashow/Barco WePresent
Happy Easter/Spring Break
1) Zoom
a) Zoombombing
b) Zoom and privacy
c) Zoom alternative
-Microsoft Teams
-Google Meet
-Skype
d) Recommendations
e) Zoom Basic (non-compliance) vs.
f) Zoom K-12 (FERPA, COPPA, HIPPA compliant)
2) Cybersecurity Part 5 - Where Did Your Resources
a) https://itbabble.com/2020/04/12/cybersecurity-part-5-where-did-you-put-your-resources/
3) Graduation 2020?
a)July in person graduation
b) What does a virtual graduation look like?
c) Not popular
d) Not a good product
e) Think about music, time, speeches
No school!
1) Distance Learning Plan
a) So much to talk about here
b) Be asynchronous
c) Front load the content
d) Elementary and Early Childhood -
e) Choice boards
2) How is Microsoft Teams?
a) What do we think doesn’t work?
3) Attendance?
4) Great resource from Mark Stone and Elvin Aliyev in Azerbaijan
a) https://docs.google.com/document/d/1-mRNFvwZ17xLmWRTkCoO7lPQakAW6SzBy7tZEm1cgdQ/edit
b) Distance Learning Resource
5) Video Conference Options
a) Zoom
b) Teams
c) Google Hangouts Meet
1) Online learning, biggest issue I am seeing: controlling students vs lesson prep
a) Behavior problems online are not tech problems
b) Be realistic - it cannot be business as usual
c) Daily touchpoints for teachers and administration
d) How often do students need to be online with the teacher?
2) Chinese students try but fail…
https://technode.com/2020/03/02/dingtalk-begs-for-stars-on-chinas-app-stores/
a) Funny story, but again Social Media thinks it is real.
3) ViewSonic Viewboard - Awesome, but don’t get sucked in.
a) https://www.viewsonic.com/us/products/shop/viewboard.html
4) Sneaky, sneaky kids and electronic tests by Patrick Cauley
a) https://itbabble.com/2020/02/13/sneaky-sneaky-kids-and-electronic-tests/
1) Tony’s post: Flipped without permission
a) https://itbabble.com/2020/02/05/flipped-without-permission-some-advice-about-teaching-online-an-itbabble-no-frills-video/
b) Basic rules
c) Behavior
d) Platform options
e) Learning Management System
f) Record content
g) Microsoft Teams/Slack (middle school-high school)
h) Avoid the need for a VPN
i) Daily check in with department
j) Weekly check in with administration
k) Consistency
2) Social Media is horrible- Coronavirus is more proof
a) Do your own homework
b) Trust vetted sources
3) Emergency Tech in the Go Bag
a) Laptop
b) USB Cords
c) Documents
d) Battery pack (you can try)
e) Two external hard drives
f) International power adapters
g) No Chromebook :(
h) Core documents
1) RIP Kobe Bryant
2) Parent Portals
a) How to get parents to use them more
b) Only use one portal - avoid fragmentation
c) Consistency with the portal for teachers and faculty
d) Survey coming soon (next few months)
3) Tony wants to rant on vendors: Managebac
4) Microsoft’s new Edge browser
a) Based on Chromium
b) Microsoft Chromebook? Edgebook?
c) https://remotedesktop.google.com/
d) Cast tab content
Happy New Year - Resolutions?
1) TDK12 - Practical advice for expats
a) Tdk12.net
2)Tony’s Cyber Security Series
a) Don’t spend $10,000
b) Train your staff first
c) Certification training CISA, COSN (join this organization), FEMA, Homeland Security
3) Barco WePresent review
a) Don’t trust vendors
b) Viewsonice Viewboard - https://www.viewsonic.com/us/products/shop/viewboard.html
4) Cubit Robotics
a) https://itbabble.com/2020/01/16/cubit-robotics-probably-better-than-what-your-are-doing/
b) https://cubit.cc/
1) Tony’s Fired Up about CYBERSECURITY PANIC
2) Connecting your computer wirelessly to a display
a) Barco ClickShare - https://www.barco.com/en/clickshare
b) Mersive Solstice - https://www.mersive.com/products/solstice/
c) Crestron AirMedia2 - https://www.crestron.com/Products/Featured-
d) Solutions/Airmedia
e) Airtame - https://airtame.com/
f) Apple TV - https://www.apple.com/shop/buy-tv/apple-tv-hd/32gb
g) Miracast - https://www.microsoft.com/accessories/en-us/products/adapters/wireless-display-adapter-2/p3q-00001
h) Look at rooms differently - not one solution for all spaces
i) Hurdles for schools and companies
1) World Series Predictions?
2) Should or can schools give email to people who do not work (or have worked) or are associated with the school
a) Uses email for personal legal matters
b) No expectation of privacy
c) Email address is for school related purposes
d) Representing the school
e) Social media concerns
f) "Limited expectation of privacy"
3) Trunk-or-Treat - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trick-or-treating#Trunk-or-Treat
1) Google Daydream is winding down
a) https://www.androidauthority.com/google-daydream-1041548/
b) https://killedbygoogle.com
c) https://www.oculus.com/medium/
2) Swimming in the Data Lake by Tony DePrato
a) https://itbabble.com/2019/10/12/swimming-in-the-data-lake/
3) SideCar - Full Test...with Apple TV
a) https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT210380
b) Must use a pen
c) Astropad - https://astropad.com
1) PSA: Google Drive and Pirated Movies by Patrick Cauley
a) https://itbabble.com/2019/09/23/psa-google-drive-and-pirated-movies/
b) Digital Millennium Copyright Act - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_Millennium_Copyright_Act
2) Computer Science Empathy by Tony DePrato
a) https://itbabble.com/2019/09/18/computer-science-empathy/
b) Great advice for getting started
3) Microsoft: We want you to learn Python by Liam Tung of ZDnet
a) https://www.zdnet.com/article/microsoft-we-want-you-to-learn-python-programming-language-for-free/
44 short beginner Python videos
b) https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLlrxD0HtieHhS8VzuMCfQD4uJ9yne1mE6
4) Slashdot.com Hidden Video Games
a) https://games.slashdot.org/story/19/09/24/0143229/researchers-find-mystery-hidden-in-early-80s-atari-game
5) Stop having a love affair with your suppliers
a) Remember they are in it to make money
b) Keep it healthy
1) Patrick’s new mouse - Logitech MX Ergo
a)https://www.logitech.com/en-us/product/mx-ergo-wireless-trackball-mouse
2) What's a Student Information System (SIS)? And why you should care
a) One Roster - http://www.imsglobal.org/activity/onerosterlis
3) People still teaching flash and a mention about CAD - Tinker Cad , SketchUp Pro
a) Adobe Animate - https://www.adobe.com/products/animate.html
b) Tinkercad - https://www.tinkercad.com/
c) SketchUp Pro - https://www.sketchup.com/products/sketchup-pro
d) Autodesk - https://www.autodesk.com/
4) Kahoot! Challenges do not work with Chromebooks without the Google Play Store
a) I reviewed Kahoot! In April of 2014 - I still don’t like it
b) https://itbabble.com/2014/04/30/kahoot-yeah-you-should-not-use-this/
c) Alternatives - Quizizz, Socrative, Quizlet
1) Airlines banning certain MacBook Pros
a) https://www.macrumors.com/2019/08/29/macbook-pro-some-airline-restrictions/
2) Google getting serious about Enterprise
a) https://www.theverge.com/2019/8/26/20832925/google-chromebook-enterprise-dell-laptops-microsoft-windows-challenge-businesses
b)Chrome OS not going anywhere!
3) Amazon Web Services
4) Office 365 Video Streaming
1) Andrew Luck retiring
2) Advisories/Homeroom advice
a) Advisory/Homeroom challenge/mystery
b) Keep it light and fun and don’t force participation
3) Presenting a slideshow? Keep it brief by Patrick Cauley
a) https://itbabble.com/2019/08/12/presenting-a-slideshow-keep-it-brief/
b) Presentation advice
c) iMovie
d)Prezi
e) Keynote, PowerPoint (SkyDrive), Google Slides
f) Stay away from animation/transitions
4) When TurnItIn Fails by Tony DePrato
a) https://itbabble.com/2019/08/22/when-turnitin-fails/
b) Paying for intellectual property
c) Cheating with project based learning (PBL)
d) Pre Assessment is important
1) Back to School!
2) Goals for the year
3) A Positive Start Matters by Tony Departo
a) https://itbabble.com/2019/08/05/a-positive-start-matters/
4)PSA
a) PSA Flash is dying by Patrick Cauley
https://itbabble.com/2019/08/10/psa-flash-is-dying/
https://www.blog.google/products/chrome/saying-goodbye-flash-chrome/
b) Microsoft Office will die in 2025
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/4506814/products-ending-support-in-2025
5) Brother T-Shirt Printer - The GTX
a) http://dtgprinters.brother.com/GTX_PPC?utm_source=google&utm_medium=cpc&utm_term=t%20shirt%20printer&utm_campaign=&utm_content=&gclid=CjwKCAjwqNnqBRATEiwAkHm2BJ7odQR68hdrgsyAe1mJed7YI156m8GDv-Luf0Ttz1pmhhmkuQ6exxoCW8AQAvD_BwE
1) Scheduling Online
a) Tony’s thoughts - Be organized and plan it out
b) Print them all out
-Normal pile
-OK pile
-No way pile
c) Talk to stake holders
2) Sim Card Swap Nightmare
a) https://www.zdnet.com/article/how-i-survived-a-sim-swap-attack-and-how-my-carrier-failed-me/
3) Ambient Privacy
a) https://idlewords.com/2019/06/the_new_wilderness.htm
4) Depressed Online
a) https://mashable.com/article/anxiety-depression-social-media-sad-online/
b) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buddha_Box
1) Apple kills a number of parenting apps
a) NY Times article by Jack Nicaus- https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/27/technology/apple-screen-time-trackers.html?utm_source=Mobicip+Newsletter&utm_campaign=40412b0160-newsletter_may_2019_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_d79046fb92-40412b0160-381664949&mc_cid=40412b0160&mc_eid=7241c605ec
b) Apple’s response - https://www.macrumors.com/2019/05/01/devs-urge-apple-to-release-screen-time-apis/
What this means for parents?
2) Projector Search
a) Laser vs Bulbed - LASER is the way to go
b) Cost of bulbs
c) Short throw vs Standard
3) Python Creator Quits:
a) https://developers.slashdot.org/story/19/05/05/0532257/python-creator-guido-van-rossum-blames-his-resignation-partly-on-social-media
1) Spring break stories
a) iPad apocalypse
2) Windows Lite
a) https://www.windowscentral.com/microsofts-windows-lite-project-gets-new-codename by Zac Bowden - Windows Central
b) Its own Chromebook like device
c) Very early reports - unsure if this will ever happen
d) Thoughts?
3)Steam/Stem Core Skills by Tony DePrato
a) https://itbabble.com/2019/03/19/steam-stem-core-skills/
b) Appropriate skills for grade levels
4) Self Checkout with a Chromebook! By Patrick Cauley
a) https://itbabble.com/2019/03/25/self-checkout-with-a-chromebook/
b) Reasons to do this?
c) Cost?
d) Implementation?
5) Make your own flashcards with Google Sheets by Patrick Cauley
a) https://itbabble.com/2019/04/12/make-your-own-flashcards-in-google-sheets/
b) Flippity - https://flippity.net/
c) Versatile for many different tasks
6) Tony and Patrick discuss movies/Game of Thrones
1) Tony’s travel tips
a) Carry ons - you know the size!
b) Fast Food on domestic flights - terrible smell
c) Headphones all the time - Bumbling bumblers
2) Linking Google Slides by Patrick Cauley
a) https://itbabble.com/2019/02/22/linking-google-slides/
b) Works with charts and graphs from Sheets
c) https://support.google.com/docs/answer/7009814?co=GENIE.Platform%3DDesktop&hl=en
3) HoloLens 2
a) For industry more than education or consumer
b) https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/hololens/hardware
4) Momo challenge
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Momo_Challenge
a) Streisand effect - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Streisand_effect
b) Why do schools feel they need to take action on these known hoaxes?
c) Slenderman - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slender_Man
d) 2016 Clown sightings - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2016_clown_sightings
e) Do a little research before acting
Watch out for real scams such as phishing emails and fake calls
1) Tony’s holiday
2) Finally - displays are moving in the right direction by Patrick
a) https://itbabble.com/2019/01/29/finally-displays-are-moving-in-the-right-direction/
b) Not overthinking it
3) CAPTCHAS suck
a) BUSES! FRICKING BUSES!!
b) Filling in an online form for an event at school
c) CAPTCHAS - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CAPTCHA
4) Report Cards - Hell on Earth? Or Really Helpful Documents?
a) Long format unnecessary?
b) Standards vs Grades
1) Virtual Reality - I am hopeful for its future by Patrick Cauley
a) https://itbabble.com/2019/01/10/virtual-reality-i-am-hopeful-for-its-future/
b) PSVR - https://www.playstation.com/en-us/explore/playstation-vr/
2) Story Time with Uncle Tony -
Facebook copy and paste text to see posts from old friends
a) Afraid to copy and paste
b) Tony retyped it in TextEdit - instead of copy and paste
c) Facebook linking these accounts due to same content (hypothesis)
3) Consumer Electronics Show 2019
a) Samsung’s MicroLED - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MicroLED
b) LG rollable TV - https://www.theverge.com/circuitbreaker/2018/12/17/18145866/lg-rollable-tv-ces-2019-commercial-sale
c) New laptops
d) LG Gram
e) Cheaper Chromebooks
f) Lenovo Laptops
g) Apple Airplay on most TV’s
1) Good article or Facebook hit piece?
Beware Silicon Valley’s Gifts to Our Schools
https://www.nationalreview.com/2018/12/silicon-valley-school-programs-tech-toys-do-more-harm-than-good/
2) Tony loves the new Ubuntu, more arguments for a Chrome Based environment and App Stream- OR - just Ubuntu and Amazon without Google Overlords
a) https://www.ubuntu.com/
b) App Stream runs well - https://aws.amazon.com/appstream2/
3) Crisis plan for IT departments
You Need Power or You’re Gonna Have a Bad Time
a) https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1musexE29t1HkVZUDZp9jYgg-GgniSaZW4zQdkDcktxc/edit#gid=0
b)What happens in a bad day?
3) AI Still Sucks
Service that monitors G Suite and Office 365 schools.
a) It looks at email and Google Drive/OneDrive documents
b)Can read text in pictures
c) Looks for drug mentions, violence or gun use, self harm, profanity and cyber bullying
d) 91,661 issues reported - none that require any action from administration
Links:
https://www.eia.gov/electricity/data/eia861/
How to understand it:
http://data.ap.org/projects/2015/infrastructure/apme/power-grid/reliability-metrics.html
http://www.thegreenmechanics.com/2012/05/how-do-you-calculate-saidi.html
1) Apple’s New Hardware
a) MacBook Air - https://www.apple.com/macbook-air/
b) Mac Mini - https://www.apple.com/mac-mini/
c) iPad Pro - https://www.apple.com/ipad-pro/
2) VR Headset
My Hands On Experience
a) Lenovo Mirage Solo - https://www.lenovo.com/us/en/virtual-reality-and-smart-devices/virtual-and-augmented-reality/lenovo-mirage-solo/Mirage-Solo/p/ZZIRZRHVR01
b) Not ready for mainstream anything
3) Google and LDAP
a) https://cloud.google.com/blog/products/identity-security/simplifying-identity-and-access-management-for-more-businesses
b) Pricing - https://cloud.google.com/identity-cp/
c) LDAP - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lightweight_Directory_Access_Protocol
1) Apple, Microsoft and Amazon’s events
a) Apple - https://www.macrumors.com/2018/09/12/everything-apple-announced-2018-iphone-event/
b) Microsoft - 3) https://www.theverge.com/2018/10/2/17923080/microsoft-event-2018-announcements-news-surface-laptop-windows-10-updates
c) Amazon - https://www.theverge.com/2018/9/20/17882582/amazon-event-september-2018-echo-alexa-speaker-news
https://aws.amazon.com/deeplens/
d) https://www.samsung.com/global/galaxy/galaxy-tab-s4/
New Apple Event - October 30th
2)Ch
romebook
Project Streaming - a) https://projectstream.google.com/aco/invite
b) https://techcrunch.com/2018/10/01/google-gets-into-game-streaming-with-project-stream-and-assassins-creed-odyssey-in-chrome/
3) Predictions, Patience and Observations by Patrick
a) https://itbabble.com/2018/09/23/predictions-patience-and-observation/
b) Beware of predictions and getting “caught up” in the moment.
4) Tony topic: Scheduling - Don’t be a trendsetter.
a) Steve Jobs Lost Interview - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tBh5_j4a1yo
aSc
b) Timetable: https://www.asctimetables.com/
https://www.pgatour.com/tournaments/the-cj-cup-at-nine-bridges.html
1) School’s back in session!
2) Goals for this year?
3) New tech for this year?
a)Amazon App Stream
b) https://aws.amazon.com/appstream2/
c) Make sure you have educational pricing -
d) contact Tony for support
e) Laser Printer - https://glowforge.com/
f) https://www.rolanddga.com/products/3d
4) Apple Event this week - anything we would like to see?
5) Windows Surface Go
a) https://bit.ly/2NWySj3
b) Lenovo YogaBook 2
c) https://www.theverge.com/circuitbreaker/2018/6/1/17416526/lenovo-yoga-book-2-pro
FYI:
They have a TEEN Program:
http://www.iub.edu/~iumakes/
https://www.fablabs.io/labs/acplgeorgetownmakerlab
1) World Cup Fever & 4th of July
2) Important High Sierra Changes for IT Admins by Adam Engst of TidBITS
a) https://tidbits.com/2017/09/11/important-high-sierra-changes-for-it-admins/
b) It is very hard to do
c) MDM Solutions - Why pay to push out a free image
d) Mac Migration Assistant - https://support.apple.com/en-us/ht204350
e) Mac OS Server - https://www.apple.com/macos/server/
f) Deploy Studio - http://www.deploystudio.com/
g) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YIV6Bt3L1ks
3) Tech Savvy, Are You Sure? By Tony DePrato
a) https://itbabble.com/2018/07/05/tech-savvy-are-your-sure/
b) Thinking long term
c) Making tactical decisions
4) Airtame
Wireless streaming for a mixed environment
a) www.airtame.com
b) Set up
c) Digital signage
d) Cloud management
e) $249-$299 USD
f) Who is this good for?
g) Barco - http://www.barco.com
5) Chromebook monitoring tools - GoGuardian vs Netop
a) https://www.netop.com/
b) https://www.goguardian.com/
c) What’s the same?
d) What’s different
e) What my school went with?
1) In 2018, Windows died at home and nobody cared by Jason Perlow of ZDNET
a) https://www.zdnet.com/article/in-2018-windows-died-at-home-and-nobody-cared/
b) K-12 and Higher education still uses laptops/desktops
2) Your Smartphone is the Best Computer You Own by David Pierce NO :)
a) https://www.wsj.com/articles/your-phone-is-the-best-computer-you-ownso-use-it-more-1527084001
b) Schools typically follow business
c) Should schools ditch laptops for “mobile” devices
3) iPads vs. Chromebooks: Part 2 by Patrick Cauley
a) https://itbabble.com/2018/06/04/ipads-vs-chromebooks-part-2-2018/
b) Chromebooks it is!
c) Interesting results of the student survey
4) The accidental BYOD solution by Tony DePrato
a) https://itbabble.com/2018/06/06/the-accidental-byod-solution/
b) Amazon Workspaces
c) Amazon Education - https://www.amazon.com/gp/feature.html/?&docId=1000412651
d) WINE for Ubuntu - https://wiki.winehq.org/Ubuntu
1) The best gadgets are the ones you know how to use by Dieter Bohn
a) https://www.theverge.com/2018/5/2/17302680/best-gadgets-tech-gear-liveblog-bag
b) This applies to schools: hardware, software, SIS, gradebooks, etc.
c) When is it good to make those changes?
2) Access Denied: Controlling What Students Can Access by Tony DePrato
a) http://itbabble.com/2018/05/05/controlling-what-students-can-access/
3) iPads vs. Chromebooks update
Student survey
a) Tony’s testing with Amazon Work Spaces
b)Tony tested Windows 10 with Amazon Work Spaces on a Chromebook
c) It works
4) End OF YEAR Process
1) Tony’s knee surgery
a) http://www.davincisurgery.com/da-vinci-surgery/da-vinci-surgical-system/
2) Apple’s MacBook Pro recall
a) Battery Recall
b) https://www.apple.com/support/13inch-macbookpro-battery-replacement/
c) Keyboard
d) https://apple.slashdot.org/story/17/10/18/1530202/maybe-its-a-piece-of-dust
3) Google Forms & Sheets - Olympic Scoring series - by Patrick Cauley
a) https://itbabble.com/olympic-scoring-with-google-forms-sheets/
b) Schools and spreadsheets - is this more important than coding?
c) A good starting point for programming
d) Spreadsheets have limits
e) Office 365 - Sharepoint - f) https://products.office.com/en-us/sharepoint/sharepoint-online-collaboration-software
4) How to Increase Pay - No More Summers Off! By Ronnie Burt
a) https://www.theedublogger.com/2018/04/30/how-to-increase-teacher-pay-no-more-summers-off/
b) Comments are good in the post
c) Pay vs Working Conditions
d) Is pay really the talking point or a distraction
1) Amazon WorkSpaces
a) https://aws.amazon.com/workspaces/
b) Pricing - https://aws.amazon.com/workspaces/pricing/
2) Don’t buy Nintendo Labo - by Patrick Cauley
a) https://itbabble.com/2018/04/19/dont-buy-nintendo-labo/
b) Too costly
c) One time use
d) Alternatives?
3) Computer Science, Programming, and Coding Standards by Grade Level by Tony DePrato
a) https://itbabble.com/2018/04/20/computer-science-programming-and-coding-standards-by-grade-level/
b) STE - NETS- https://www.iste.org/standards/for-students
4) iPads vs. Chromebooks: Part 1 - 2018 by Patrick
a) https://itbabble.com/2018/04/20/ipads-vs-chromebooks-part-1-2018/
b) Following the data
c) Discussing with stakeholders
5) Apple Classroom update
a) We are rolling the newer version next year
b) It’s nice
1) Apple’s education event
a) New iPad
b) New software
c) Does this make the iPad relevant in education again?
d) https://apple.slashdot.org/story/18/04/02/1825236/no-more-intel-inside-apple-plans-to-use-its-own-custom-built-chips-in-mac
2) Kaizena Chrome extension
a) https://kaizena.com/
b) https://itbabble.com/2018/03/28/kaizena-update-resolve-comments/
c) Feedback
3) Tech Support Problems, Apathy, & Solutions by Tony DePrato
a) https://itbabble.com/2018/04/02/tech-support-problems-apathy-solutions/
b) What is your system?
c) Google Script - https://docs.google.com/document/d/1bB21M4eiafO7g3ZHImhB37m58EYRWC8tuf2ByO-i3W4/edit?usp=sharing
4) Solutions vs. Support
a) Purchasing technology that you can service vs having to pay for service
b) Example: Sound solutions in a classroom
Wow! 150 episodes and going strong. Omar (cofounder of IT Babble) joins Patrick and Tony for this episode.
1) Social media in schools
a) Should it be used at all?
b) Instant messaging vs Social media
c) If yes, how should it be used?
d) Etiquette vs Ethics?
e) FOMO vs JOMO?
f) The Man Who Knew Too Littleby Sam Dolnick of the NY Times - https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/10/style/the-man-who-knew-too-little.html
g) Eduro Learning Discussion about social media - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MzCUtMDKhSY
h) Tony’s post - https://itbabble.com/2018/03/18/its-time-to-regulate-social-media-in-schools/
i) https://gizmodo.com/study-being-a-teen-sucks-now-1822305426
2) 1:1 Programs in schools - Mobile Devices vs Laptop
a) Is a Chromebook a mobile device or a laptop
b) Remix OS - http://www.jide.com/remixos-for-mobile
c) Samsung DEX - http://www.samsung.com/global/galaxy/apps/samsung-dex/
d) Omar’s prediction - modular design
3) Eye strain because we are so connected
Kids are being given iPads and numerous tasks on devices (screen time)
a) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Effects_of_blue_light_technology
b) F.Lux - https://justgetflux.com/
c) Reading mode on mobile device
4) Handwriting - Should we continue to focus on it?
a) Studies show a link between writing on paper and stronger “connections”
b) https://www.psychologicalscience.org/news/were-only-human/ink-on-paper-some-notes-on-note-taking.html
1) Where’s Omar?
2) The real reason we ban cell phones by Scott Mcleod of Dangerously Irrelevant
a) http://dangerouslyirrelevant.org/2018/02/the-real-reason-we-ban-cell-phones.html
b) Check out the comments
3)New Raspberry Pi B
a) Dual band WiFi
b) Faster processor
c) $35 - https://www.raspberrypi.org/blog/raspberry-pi-3-model-bplus-sale-now-35/
d) Tony’s issues with Arduino boards and MacBooks
1) Wikispaces is going away
a) https://blog.wikispaces.com/
b) Did you ever use Wikispace
2) Anchor - A review by Patrick
a) https://itbabble.com/2018/02/23/anchor-a-review/
b) Podcasting service
3) Useless technology
a) https://www.theverge.com/circuitbreaker/2018/2/21/17036762/tap-wearable-keyboard-mouse-price-availability
b) What useless technology does your school have?
4) Network monitoring
a) Jennifer Abrams - http://jenniferabrams.com/
1) Happy Olympics and Valentine’s Day!
2) Smarthphones - Let’s experiment and see by Patrick
a) https://itbabble.com/2018/02/02/smartphones-lets-experiment-and-see/
b) Tony how is your experiment going?
3) Devices - Students, teachers, schools by Patrick
a) https://itbabble.com/2018/02/07/devices-students-teachers-schools/
b) Tony’s thoughts
4) School Shooting Simulation Software (and the Problem with How People Define ‘Ed Tech’) by Audrey Watters of Hackeducation
a) http://hackeducation.com/2018/02/08/what-is-ed-tech
b) Should we consider Ed tech to such a broad degree?
c) Thoughts
5) Gmail extensions - do you use any?
a) https://itbabble.com/2018/02/05/my-three-gmail-extensions/
Tony and Patrick are at it again. Check out the talking notes for this show!
1) Mobile Phone Shutdown by Tony DePrato
a) https://itbabble.com/2018/01/14/mobile-phone-shutdown/
b) http://blog.tieonline.com/mobile-phone-shutdown/
c) A solution for a school in Massachusetts: http://m.wbtv.com/story/37349086/ma-school-locks-students-cell-phones-in-pouches
d) Jumpcloud - https://jumpcloud.com/
e) Yondr - https://www.overyondr.com/howitworks/
f) Laptops and Phones In The Classroom: Yea, Nay or a Third Way? By Anya Kamenetz from NPR: https://www.npr.org/sections/ed/2018/01/24/578437957/laptops-and-phones-in-the-classroom-yea-nay-or-a-third-way?utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=npred
2) MySimpleShow.com - A review by Patrick Cauley
https://itbabble.com/2018/01/22/mysimpleshow-com-a-review/
a) The good, the bad and the boring
b) Should schools use it?
3) Tony’s Macbook Pro hell
a) MacBook Pro’s when update to High Sierra (10.13)
b) Loses WiFi connectivity
c) Up to 2 hours per computer to fix
4) Two different takes on a study from Emotion
a) The study: http://psycnet.apa.org/doiLanding?doi=10.1037%2Femo0000403
b) Study: Being a Teen Sucks Right Now by Ed Cara of Gizmodo
c) https://gizmodo.com/study-being-a-teen-sucks-now-1822305426
d) Screen time: Mental health menace or scapegoat? by Michael Nedelman of CNN
e) https://www.cnn.com/2018/01/22/health/smartphone-screen-time-happiness-study/index.html
f) A Day in the Life of an MIT student - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZMyKOkyAjUQ
4) Could a Messy Desk Make You a Better Teacher by Julie Blume Benedict
a) https://www.weareteachers.com/messy-desk-better-teacher/?utm_source=ActiveCampaign&utm_medium=email&utm_content=Could+a+Messy+Desk+Make+You+a+Better+Teacher%3F&utm_campaign=WAT+eNews+1%2F25%2F17
b)s Omar right?
1) Happy New Year and Welcome Back
2) It’s not just Logan Paul - the moral compass of social media is broken by Katherine Cross of The Verge
a) https://www.theverge.com/2018/1/4/16850798/logan-paul-youtube-social-media-twitch-moderation
b) Agree/Disagree
c) Should platforms be ultimately responsible for moderation of content
d) How should schools address this issue?
e) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halt_and_Catch_Fire_(TV_series)
3) Patrick’s Review of Canva
a) https://itbabble.com/2018/01/04/canva-a-review/
b) https://www.canva.com/
4) Tony’s angry at Gmail and Google Groups
a) Tony is trying to message to all parents using Google Groups
b) Google Groups limits to 100 external emails to be added per day
c) Gmail BBC can hold up to 2000 emails
d) Google Support & MailChimp as solutions
5) Patrick’s take on gaming disorder
a) https://itbabble.com/2018/01/08/gaming-disorder/
b) This won’t last
c) Behavioral Addiction - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Behavioral_addiction
This episode Tony and Patrick talk about the latest and greatest ed tech topics plus Patrick's kids pop in to say hi.
1) Much Cheaper iPad Expected in 2018 by Henry T. Casey of laptopmag.com
a) https://www.laptopmag.com/articles/ipad-2018-specs-price
b) Will this help vs the Chromebook in schools?
c) Predictions?
2) France to impose total ban on mobile phones in schools by Henry Samuel of the Telegraph
a) http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/12/11/france-impose-total-ban-mobile-phones-schools/
b) Could they actually do this?
c) istraction for schools?
d) FOMO - Fear of Missing Out https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fear_of_missing_out
3) Chromageddon Come Down: Educators are Wary After Thousands of Google Devices Fail by Sydney Johnson of edsurge.com
a) https://www.edsurge.com/news/2017-12-13-chromageddon-come-down-educators-are-wary-after-thousands-of-google-devices-fail
b) Schools here called it Chrompocalypse which is a better name
c) Should schools be deterred by this?
1) The buzz be gone!
2) Kiddom - A newish LMS for the classroom
www.kiddom.co
a) An overview video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gpwIXxd3nHI
b) A Silicon Valley startup is quietly taking over U.S. Classrooms by Kia Kokalitcheva from Aixos
https://www.axios.com/a-silicon-valley-startup-is-quietly-taking-over-u-s-classrooms-2511356737.html
c) Standards driven
3) Why Perfect Grades Don’t Matter - A Youtube video by The Atlantic
a) https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=82&v=KShfEMy8UZQ
4) What is STEAM Education and Why It is the New Engine of the Future Job Market? By Karol Górnowicz CEO of Skriware
a) https://blog.daftcode.pl/what-is-steam-education-and-why-it-is-the-new-engine-of-the-future-job-market-1c0430587bbf
b) https://skriware.com/
c) MIT Fab Lab - http://fab.cba.mit.edu/
d) Lucid Chart - https://www.lucidchart.com/
Tony and Patrick are back for some great ed tech analysis and discussions. Check out our agenda below.
1) Happy Thanksgiving!
2) The Push for Education Programs that Pay People as They Learn by Lolade Fadulu
a) Apprenticeships sound like a good idea
b) Down sides?
c) Does it take away a person’s choice?
3) Does Educational Technology need to be its own discipline in universities?
a) Contours of a New Discipline by Carl Straumsheim
b) Disciplining Education Technology by Audrey Watters of Hackeducation
4) Apple’s ‘Everyone Can Code’ initiative expands to colleges and universities outside the US by Jon Russell at Techcrunch
a) Should high school be doing this?
b) Problems with Apple’s Swift Coding
https://www.apple.com/everyone-can-code/
c) https://swift.sandbox.bluemix.net/#/repl
d) https://developer.apple.com/swift/
Welcome back!
1. Canadian Schools Silence Teachers on Social Media by Andrew Campbell from his blog Looking Up
a.What’s the policy like at your school
b.Trampling on free speech or do schools and districts have the right?
c. How should schools treat this issue?
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The fight against racist algorithms by Tolulope Edionwe from the Outline
a.Tips for teachers and schools
b.Other sources of information
c.Faceapp - https://www.faceapp.com/ -
How school leaders can combat ‘filter bubbles’ and ‘fake news’ by Scott McLeod from Dangerously Irrelevant
a. Kids and being obsessed with their phones
Tristan Harris - https://journal.thriveglobal.com/how-technology-hijacks-peoples-minds-from-a-magician-and-google-s-design-ethicist-56d62ef5edf3
Tony and I are together in Cincinnati, Ohio to take in a Reds game and talk Ed Tech! Check out our agenda below.
Hello Cincinnatti!
What's been going on?
1) Tony's post on Technology Surveys for New Hires.
https://itbabble.com/2017/07/14/technology-surveys-for-new-hires/
2)Patrick is back on Mac – sort of
3) Extortion = Swivl
Crazy prices now
https://www.swivl.com/store/
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/satarii/swivl-multipurpose-motion-platform-for-mobile-and
What does it do and why is it popular?
1)
1) Zoom Q8
https://www.zoom-na.com/products/field-video-recording/video-recording/zoom-q8
2) Microsoft news
-Windows 10S
-We think the Edge browser stinks
-Surface laptop - http://www.techradar.com/reviews/microsoft-surface-laptop
-Surface Pro (5) - https://blogs.windows.com/devices/2017/05/23/meet-new-surface-pro/#tuASGQ8wLX6FXZX8.97
3) Ransomware – It's real!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ransomware
4) Tony's Rant
1) Tony and Wifi email comment
- http://www.xe.com/
2) Remix OS on Mobile (ROM)
http://www.jide.com/about
- Connects your Android device to a screen
- Supports mouse and keyboard input
-http://www.theverge.com/circuitbreaker/2017/2/21/14647602/android-pc-remix-os-singularity-jide
-https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DUbnref3kGM
3) How to effectively destroy school data
-Hard drives in computers
-USB/external drives
Body cameras in the classroom?
a. http://www.theverge.com/2017/2/8/14545828/uk-schools-body-cameras-trials by: James Vincent
b. Is this a good idea?
c. Thoughts? d. http://www.samsung.com/us/explore/gear-360/?cid=ppc- 2.
Android apps on Chrome OS – officially
a. https://www.technobuffalo.com/reviews/samsung-chromebook-pro-review/ b. Is this a good thing?
b. How would this work with GaFE? i. Play for Education - https://support.google.com/edu/play/answer/6056739?hl=en
c. Any future for the iPad in education?
d. http://techapple.net/2014/05/5-best-android-emulators-linux-run-android-apps-linuxubuntulinuxmintfedoraarchlinuxopensusemageiacentos-etc/
e. http://windowsreport.com/best-android-emulators-windows-10/
f. https://eduproducts.withgoogle.com/
1) Teacher evaluations via video?
Is this a good idea?
Logistical problems
Platform for sharing
Security
2) Windows Cloud
A real competitor for Chrome?
RT revival
https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2017/01/locked-down-windows-rt-could-be-coming-back-as-windows-cloud/
Will only run Windows Universal Apps
Windows Docs - https://docs.com/en-us
3) Intel's Compute Card
A modular computer
Designed for IoT but could this be a great solution for schools?
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2017/01/intels-compute-card-is-a-pc-that-can-fit-in-your-wallet/
1) Welcome back and happy new year – what were you up to?
2) New Year's Resolutions?
• Tony's 70/30 & 80/20 Curriculum concept • Taking some IT classes
3) Predictions for 2017
• Schools scaling back on Apple • Chromebooks & Surface Pro 4 will continue to grow • Crackdown on BYOD devices
4) Please help Omar! Contact us and we will help you get in touch with him
A World Without Work – by Derek Thompson at the Atlantic
Is this possible?
Is technology to blame?
What would this do to education if there is no work?
Is this a good/bad thing?
2)Tony's article Tech Integration: Are you mapping it? On TIE Online
Is it disastrous if a school doesn't map?
What do you say to schools where the tech integrationist also teaches classes?
Should there be more documentation (student artifacts, reflections of teachers, etc.)
4) Tony's adventure with Disney's totally secret research center
1) Welcome back Omar!
2) What has Omar been up to
https://www.makeschool.com/
Swift and Code X Curriculum for intro to programming
3) Wrapping IT curriculum around big budget hardware
Not the most creative way to go
Good experience for kids
Siloed
4) Patrick's new Surface Book
1) Interviewing overseas and some interesting questions
Take many interviews
Having job offers help
Gets rid of extraneous questions
Common questions
What is your vision of technology?
How do you deal with difficult people?
2) Data driven hypocrisy
3) Prodigy online math game - https://www.prodigygame.com/
4) No account for Skype anymore - https://blogs.skype.com/news/2016/11/14/now-anyone-can-use-skype-right-away/
https://education.microsoft.com/skype-in-the-classroom/overview
1) Welcome back! - How was the summer?
2) Goals for this year?
3) Tablet hybrids – are they the future?
A) http://www.theverge.com/2016/8/31/12714672/lenovo-yoga-book-announced-specs-price-release-date-ifa-2016 - The Verge by Dan Siefert
4) Electronic assessments
A) Is it authentic enough?
B) Do students get an unfair advantage?
C) Should collecting data be the only reason to do this?
5) Microsoft Classroom
A) https://classroom.microsoft.com/
Tim, Tony and Patrick talk about the new Gboard iOS keyboard, Chrome and virtual reality and the 20% project. Check out the show notes below.
Gboard
a. Link: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/gboard-search.-gifs.-emojis/id1091700242?mt=8
Google SketchUp
a. How can you help Tim set up a class for next year that includes 3D printing?
b. Worth getting the Educators License/Pro.
Chrome wants VR Content in its browser,
a. Link: http://arstechnica.co.uk/gadgets/2016/05/chrome-browser-vr-content-90-fps/
b. Targets 90fps rendering
School lets kids spend 20% of their time on anything that want.
a. Link: http://www.techinsider.io/york-school-lets-kids-spend-20-on-anything-they-want-2016-5
b. http://www.20time.org/