Show #65: The Beating of the Dryer Drum
In this episode we...
deal with classroom concerns, mostly,
watch Triumph of the Nerds,
feel good about solving problems,
complain about YouTube,
praise YouTube,
solve the problem of scalability,
and...
leaf through Theedtechreview Flipboard magazine.
Show #64 Swimming with the Big Boys
In this episode, we…
unveil the new MacBook Air,
compare Macs to the iPad,
ring the death knell for the iPad maxi,
find the patina in an iPhone case,
search for apps in Windows Metro,
vision a world with IOS8 in Mavericks,
and..
ease into the WWDC pool.
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.
