Show #63: Podcasting to the Test
In today's episode, the gents dive into the world of state testing. This is their attempt to calm the fearful. They also curse Google and iTunes for running in the background and messing up the Smarter Balanced Consortium's secure browser. Mr. Hayes is reintroduced to the wonders of the four fingered swipe. They then plant their feet firmly in both worlds with Virtualbox running Windows 8 on Mac. Listen now and learn why one button good, no buttons better.
Show #62: The Genius Button
We find out that Ty can fix HP laptops at will. Microsoft announces Office subscription for iPad offering a chance to reopen the rent vs. purchase debate. Jeff finds the Pages newest update to be unsound.
They also talk over the upsides of a bring your own Google version of teaching.
All this and Android wear, plus the HTC new phone still seems to have bright light issues on a knock-down, drag-around, and spit in the gully new episode.
Show #61: Fore!
Today opens with the unveiling of Phillips's new MacBook Pro with a 13" Retina display. They attempt to redefine screen real estate and show how it's bigger than a much bigger Mac. They then shop for a Surface Pro 2-the Laptop pad everything machine. They update to the new IOS 7.1 and agree it's good but has no killer selling point. The talk then moves to headphone do's and don'ts. Finally Jeff explores cloud storage plans with Flickr and Google Drive as supplemental solutions.
EdTech Review #60: War Pigs
This cast begins with an upsetting announcement. Regular episodes will not be happening, but they expect to increase quality. This sounds like the equivalent of a restaurant trying to cut its losses by staying closed on Saturday. They tell of Tech crunch publishing an article showing an iPad with a Nexus background. They swerve headlong into iTunes accounts and examine the new Galaxy X5 bandaid. The big finish is with filters including Snapseed and Gridditor.
Yeah, a big quality bump.
It's good to have a consistent theme that has to do with education. Let's revel in it. This week's episode is about classroom presentation devices. The gents try to get televisions back in the classroom, and offer up some compelling arguments. Along the way they present a brief history of projectors and TVs and look at a 4k future. Along the way, the bulb-less Casio is thrown in the mix. Trust me it's more fun to listen to than to read about.
Episode #58: Mid-range Racket
In this show ripped from today's headlines, crumpled into a ball, and tossed at your kid so that she'll stop reading and go get you the remote, the guys from the High Desert welcome in February with talk of phones, when grime become patina, and dogs on couches. School tech purchasing is taken to task for spending too much on chrome books, and Lenovo is properly chastised for that little red rubber mouse thing in their keyboard.
Think of them not as two blowhards, but as a wise old aunt who isn't afraid to tell you when you're screwing up. You listen because you know she loves you and besides, maybe later she'll bring out that lemon cake she's got chilling in the icebox.
Episode #57: Full Palm Rejection
Finally the gents tackle the controversial topic of note taking apps. This knock-down, drag-out cast tells of the benefits of Notability and it's classier cousin on the Android system. On the way, they talk of iPad sleeves, iPad stands, Paper53, Procreate, Wacom tablets, and a freaky Adonit stylus. If you read this tag before the podcast, join in the fun by printing it out and drawing a line as each topic is discussed. If you do it correctly, you should see a surprise picture of a very grumpy koala bear. They are soooooo cuuuuute.
