Friday, December 26, 2008

The Tech Teachers Holiday Special 2008

We talk about gift ideas for the holidays.
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Show Notes - Holiday Special 2008
*Blu-ray Disc Player
*Apple Wireless Keyboard Kit
*Bluetooth Mouse 5000 Mac/Windows
*Western Digital My Passport Essential 320 GB USB 2.0 Portable Hard Drive
*External Hard Drive
*Photo-related gifts and products: http://www.shutterfly.com/
*Digital Photo Frame
*Flip Video Camcorder
*Kodak Zi6 Pocket HD Camcorder
*Canon VIXIA HF100 Flash Memory High Definition Camcorder
*Transcend 8 GB SD Flash Memory Card
*Nintendo Wii Fit
*Wii 2000 Points Card
*Xbox 360 Live Points
*PlayStation Portable Console & Accessories Collection
*Nintendo DS Lite Console Collection
*Apple iPod touch 16 GB (2nd Generation)
*Playstation 2 Rock Band Special Edition
*Call of Duty: World at War
*Gears of War 2
*Fallout 3
*NBA 2K9
*NHL 09
*Scene It? Box Office Smash Bundle
*Quesadilla Maker
*George Foreman Grill
*Cuisinart Mix-It-In Soft Serve Ice Cream Maker ICE-45
*Netflix
*MAKE Magazine Subscription
*Macworld Subscription
*Audible Audio Books
*Jinx: Novelty and Geeky Gifts
*Think Geek: Novelty and Geeky Gifts
*Garmin nĂ¼vi 760 4.3-Inch Widescreen Bluetooth Portable GPS Automobile Navigator
*Logitech mm50 Portable Speaker System for iPod (White)
*iHome IH9 Speaker System and Alarm Clock for iPod (Black)
*Logitech Z-5500 5.1 Digital Surround Sound Speakers
*Tritton AX360 True 5.1 Dolby Digital Surround Sound Gaming Headset

Sunday, November 30, 2008

The Tech Teachers Show 88

This week we talk about education and technology topics including woot, picnik, iPhone apps, Pro Profs, Gears of War 2, and Portal.

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Show Notes for Podcast #88:
*picnik: edit photos for free in your browser (no downloading or installation necessary)
*Woot: Selling a different item each day on sale.
*AppShopper: Helps you shop for iPhone applications by keeping track of price fluctuations.
*ProProfs: online, free quiz generator
*Video tutorial for ProProfs: Ray's PD video tutorial for ProProf
*Gears of War 2
*Portal (can be bought with Xbox 360 Live 1600 Points)

Monday, October 27, 2008

The Tech Teachers Show 87

This week we talk about education and technology topics including caffeine, the new macbooks, menulets, Tidy Up, Gmail Notifier, animasher.com, Google Toolbar, Hollye's observations about high schoolers vs. middle schoolers, and much more.

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Show Notes for Podcast #87:
*Apple MacBook
*Apple MacBook Pro
*Rock Band 2
*Caffeine: keeps your macbook awake in menu bar.
*Ray's video tutorials
*Tidy Up: duplicate file finder that helps you tidy up your drives.
*Plex
*Gmail notifier: Check your gmail messages without opening your browser
*Google Toolbar: for Firefox, drag-and-drop documents into Google Docs.
*Animasher: create your own animations
*Ray's Twitter account: twitter.com/psharkr

Sunday, October 05, 2008

The Tech Teachers Show 86

This week we talk about education and technology topics including ScreenFlow, Onyx, Google Gears, syncing Google Calendar with iCal, Symplify Media, Mailinator, iPhone applications, and much more.

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Show Notes for Podcast #86:
*Ray's Professional Development Links: http://delicious.com/PDresources
*Ray's PD Videos from Vimeo
*ScreenFlow: to create screen recordings on your Mac.
*Google Gears: allows you to interact with web applications, such as Google Docs, offline.
*Sync iCal with Google Calendar
*Simplify Media: stream your audio files from your home computer over the Internet to your current location. (Ray mispoke when he suggested that you could stream your video files. Simplify Media only allows the streaming of audio files.)
*Western Digital Passport Drive
*Mailinator: protect your privacy and avoid spam.
*OnyX: allows you to perform system maintenance in OSX.
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Sunday, September 14, 2008

The Tech Teachers Show 85

This week we talk about education and technology topics including Blip FM, Chrome, Microsoft ads, Kiss YouTube, drop.io, and much more.

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Show Notes for Podcast #85:
*Castle Crashers on the Xbox 360
*Parallels: run Windows on your Mac
*VMware Fusion: run Windows on your Mac
*Chrome: Google's web browser
*Microsoft has an entertaining new ad campaign with Seinfeld and Bill Gates.
*BlipFM: be your own DJ
*drop.io: Share files online, privately
*Kiss YouTube: Download YouTube Videos

Sunday, August 31, 2008

The Tech Teachers Show 84

This week we talk about education and technology topics including ASUS Laptops, Thunderbird, Foxmarks, Evernote, Google Docs, Twitter, how to keep from becoming stale as a teacher, and much more.

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Show Notes for Podcast #84:
*ASUS Laptops - Eee PC
*Thunderbird Email Application
*VCard to CSV Converter: get contacts out of your address book easily
*Foxmarks: Bookmark synchronizer for Firefox
*Evernote: an organizational tool that helps you capture, sync, and find information.
*Uses of Evernote: Check this article out for ways to use Evernote.
*Google Docs: Google Docs has spreadsheet and text applications that you can share easily.
*Ray's Twitter Account: http://twitter.com/psharkr
*Vernier Science Scensors Ray uses in his classroom

Sunday, August 17, 2008

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The Tech Teachers Show 83

This week we talk about education and technology topics including ZAMZAR, delicious, Pandora, Twitter in the classroom, Net Share, an iTunes tip, Dr. Horrible, an Avatar Creator, computers as a separate subject in school, and much more.

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Show Notes for Podcast #83:
*Unreal Tournament 3 for the xBox 360
*Soul Calibur IV for the xBox 360
*ZAMZAR: free online file conversion (no software needed)
*Delicious: Social Bookmarking site--tag your bookmarks.
*Pandora: plays music you like for free online
*Twitter: online communication tool
*Ray's Twitter account: twitter.com/psharkr
*Get iPhone Applications like Twitterific, Twinkle, Twitterlater, and Net Share:
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*Twhirl: a social software client (can be used with Twitter)
*Dr. Horrible: fun short film/musical available on the Internet
*Face Your Manga: Avatar Creator
*What is an Avatar?

Sunday, July 27, 2008

The Tech Teachers Show 82

This week we talk about education and technology topics including cell phone car mounts, iPhone applications, sleep number beds, the slingbox, and much more. Also, Ray's mom joins the show as a guest.

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Show Notes for Podcast #82:
*Pandigital Digital Photo Frame
*Slingbox
*Wii Fit
*iHome and other Clock Radio/Chargers for iPods
*Kensington Car Mount
*iPhone
*iPhone App Store: iPhone Applications (Ray recommends Comic Touch, Shazam, Brain Challenge, and Remote)

Wednesday, July 02, 2008

The Tech Teachers Show 81

This week we talk about education and technology topics including Applecare, AT&T, T-Mobile, the latest iPhone, digital photo frames, monoprice, our year-end teaching reflections, and much more.

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Show Notes for Podcast #81:

*SpinRite: software that helps maintain your current hard drive, and also helps to retrieve data from a broken hard drive.
*Coverpop: fun website with image collages
*The Human Clock: fun website that shows a person in a photo showing the current time, with the photo changing every minute.
*Jailbreak your iPhone with ZiPhone download: unlock your iPhone.
*Monoprice: get cheap, reliable cables here.
*Grand Theft Auto IV
*Applecare: warranty for apple products
*iHome and other Clock Radio/Chargers for iPods
*Pandigital Digital Photo Frame