XBOX 360 being held back at local Wal-Mart

I now have an xbox 360 (core system) which I purchased today in Lewistown, PA . When I bought it, there were 2 other ones behind the counter. After a manager discovered this, they told the clerks that they were not supposed to be selling those. The clerk responded with "Why not, there is a whole stack in the back?", the manager then said they weren't supposed to sell them until January - something about them being dated for sale then. The other two units they had were then taken away by the manager.

Why? Is this coming from Microsoft or the local Walmart? Anyone else come across units being held back at local retailers?

Thanks,
Ray

Show 22 Coming Soon

We have recorded Show 22, but due to fire wire issues, we have no way of getting the video/audio off of the camera at this time. Show 22 will come as soon as we have time to fix this problem.

Thanks for waiting.

In the meantime, see about joining the Tech Teachers group on Frappr:

http://www.frappr.com/techteachers

Windows Media Video File Format: Holiday Special

Video iPod Format: Holiday Special

MP3 (audio only) : Holiday Special

There are additional 'bloopers/easter eggs' on the video that are not in the audio.

If you want to receive our videos subscribe to The Tech Teachers Vidcast on iTunes! There will be content that will only appear in the video in the future. Don't worry the regular audio show isn't going anywhere.

Thanks,
Ray

Video iPod Format

Holiday Special - direct download for the itunes/ipod format of the holiday special.

The .wmv file (link is in a previous post) is of a higher quality this week.

Thanks,
Ray

Show 21

Show Notes for Podcast #21:

• Videogame Reviews:

*http://www.gamespot.com/

*http://www.metacritic.com/

• Reviews on tech items:

*http://www.pcmagazine.com/

*http://pcworld.com/

*http://www.cnet.com/

• Shopping for computer products:

*http://newegg.com/

Feedback is welcomed and appreciated: rayandhollye@gmail.com

You can also find the show note bookmarks at:

http://del.icio.us/thetechteachers/show21

Holiday Special!

Here is a direct link to the holiday special in .wmv file format:

Holiday Special

It will also be available in a video ipod format and will be posted to itunes within the next several hours. The audio in the regular feed will be available tomorrow.

If you like our videos, don't forget to subsribe to the new "The Tech Teachers Vidcast" feed on itunes!

Thanks,
Ray

Sorry :( Audio Problems

There will be a slight delay on the Holiday Special. We used a mic that was dead and had no audio, we are recording now and hope to have the video up by this evening.

We have a snow day!

Thanks,
Ray and Hollye

Show 21--Holiday Special Later This Week

Direct Download: Update/Promo for Show 21

Check back late Wednesday night or early Thursday morning for our Holiday Special.

Thanks.

~Ray and Hollye

Show 20

(Run Time: 28:15)

If you have a podcast client, you can point it to the following:

http://feeds.feedburner.com/thetechteachers

Direct Download: Show 20

We want feedback from you, the listener! Constructive criticism is welcome.

We can be reached at: rayandhollye@gmail.com

Below, you will find the show notes for Show #20:

You can also find the show note bookmarks at:

http://del.icio.us/thetechteachers/show20

Show Notes for Podcast #20:

• Recommended Download for burning DVDs: Deep Burner

http://www.deepburner.com/

• Site of the night:

http://www.download.com/

• SHOUTcast: Free Internet Radio

http://www.shoutcast.com/

• Programs for capturing streaming audio:

*Ripcast

*Stationripper: http://www.stationripper.com/

*Easyradio

**Screamer radio (recommended for its functionality)

http://www.screamer-radio.com/

*Radiolover for the Mac

**StreamripperX (favored for the Mac)

• United Streaming—digital video-on-demand service for educators:

http://www.unitedstreaming.com/

• newegg: online computer parts store

http://newegg.com/

Correction for the show: Hollye humbly admits that she mistakenly corrected Ray during the show, advising him that he should use the term “unsecure” and not “insecure” when referring to network security. However, “unsecure” is not a word. She offers her sincere apologies. Grammar is one of Hollye’s strengths, and one of Ray’s weaknesses. Thus, Ray quickly accepted Hollye’s grammar corrections.

Show 19

(Run Time: 15:05)

If you have a podcast client, you can point it to the following:

http://feeds.feedburner.com/thetechteachers

Direct Download: Show 19

We want feedback from you, the listener! Constructive criticism is welcome.

We can be reached at: rayandhollye@gmail.com

Below, you will find the show notes for Show #19:

You can also find the show note bookmarks at:

http://del.icio.us/thetechteachers/show19

Show Notes for Podcast #19:

• MIT Open Courseware:

http://ocw.mit.edu/index.html

(You can use this streaming content in your classroom, without any worry about copyright laws).

• CNET’s review of Xbox 360

Video for your iPod

Here it is - Video for your iPod!
The video formatted for your ipod has been done for days, but I finally got around to uploading it to the server.

Let me know what you think! This version has better audio and effects but the overall quality of the video is worse (IMO).

A new show will hopefully be recorded tomorrow, not sure when it will make it up, there may be back to back releases of shows this weekend.

Thanks,
Ray

VidCast

We will have a slight delay on the next show.

However, here is the first video of the show(in wmv)! A video ipod version will be available some time tomorrow evening, along with some additional content recorded at the end of the show, that is only available via video.

I edited the video using windows movie maker for the .wmv file and iMovie for the .mp4 file. I will discuss the various experiences of these two methods on the next show.

First Video
(right click save as..)

T-Shirts etc.

We want to make Tech Teacher t-shirts (mouse pads, coffee cups, etc.) through cafepress.com . Due to both of our lack of artistic talent we would greatly appreciate any listener submitted designs. If we use your design we will come up with some sort of prize and give you a free shirt with your design on it. Email ideas/designs to rayandhollye@gmail.com.

Thanks,
Ray

Video

I cleaned up the comments and turned on the word filter, so there should be less 'spam' on here from now on - sorry for the inconvenience.

I am going to work on the video tonight. Depending on how well it goes, it might be ready as early as tomorrow, or as late as next weekend. We have already had several requests for exactly when the video will be out, so there is some demand.

Thanks,

Ray

Show 18

(Run Time: about 32 minutes)

The audio for this show is completely unedited because we are working on doing a video version of our podcast. However, the video will not be edited for at least another week.

One more thing—many of the comments on this blog are spam, so don’t click on the links in those. We will try to clean those up soon, time permitting.

If you have a podcast client, you can point it to the following:

http://feeds.feedburner.com/thetechteachers

Direct Download: Show 18

We want feedback from you, the listener! Constructive criticism is welcome.

We can be reached at: rayandhollye@gmail.com

Below, you will find the show notes for Show #18:

You can also find the show note bookmarks at:

http://del.icio.us/thetechteachers/show18

Show Notes for Podcast #18:

• Site of the Night: Blog Juice for Educational Technology—

http://www.schwoebel.net/wpjoe/

• Site of the Night #2: Ray’s Science Club students have produced a videocast—

“Hard Core Science”

http://hcscience.blogspot.com/

• Weekly download: GIMPshop, a free Photoshop alternative—

http://plasticbugs.com/?p=300

• For more information on the iPod shuffle, the iPod Nano, the video iPod, and iMac computers, you can visit:

http://www.apple.com/

• For more information on the Creative MuVo Slim mp3 player, visit:

http://www.creative.com/products/