The Tech Teachers

Friday, November 23, 2007

The Tech Teachers Show 74

This week we talk about recycling your old electronics, hard-drive-based camcorders, iChat effects, Automator, and Phase on the iPod.

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Show Notes for Podcast #74
*Costco's Trade-in and Recycle Program for Electronics: they pay you for your old electronics.
*Fun iChat Effects
*IMAP mail
*Phase: a game for your iPod. You can get it at the iTunes Music Store.

Tuesday, October 30, 2007

The Tech Teachers Show 73

This week we talk about Mac OS X Leopard launch and our free t-shirts, Ray’s YouTube Physics Playlist, Alto Laptop Stand, the public library, Brain Pop and much more.

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Show Notes for Podcast #73:

*Apple’s new operating system: Mac OS X Leopard

*Windows Vista Operating System

*Tekzilla: a vidcast about tech topics.

*Webb Alert: A daily vidcast about tech

*Logitech Alto Laptop Stand with keyboard

*Ray’s YouTube Physics Playlist

*Safari Montage: educational videos

*Brain Pop: Educational animations for use in the classroom

Sunday, October 21, 2007

The Tech Teachers Show 72

This week we talk about Mac OS X, Project Lead the Way and 3D printers, Alto Laptop Stand, Hollye’s new digital camera, monoprice.com, and much more.

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Show Notes for Podcast #72:

*Apple’s new operating system: Mac OS X Leopard

*Windows Vista Operating System

*3D Printer

*3D Printer Photo gallery

*Project Lead the Way: Engineering curriculum

*Logitech Alto Laptop Stand with keyboard

*Hollye’s new camera: Panasonic Lumix DMC-TZ3

*Monoprice: great place to buy cables on the cheap

*Apple TV

*Apple’s iPhone

Sunday, October 07, 2007

The Tech Teachers Show 71

This week we talk about a couple of tips for both Windows and Mac Users, the Cuisinart Soft Ice Cream Maker, and ideas for engaging advanced students in the classroom.

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Show Notes for Podcast #71:

*Halo 3 for the xbox 360

*Quia online quiz software

*QuizStar: Create online quizzes

*ActiveWords to launch programs quickly and much more (like Quick Silver on the Mac)

*TextExpander (30 dollars): typing timesaver.

*Jumpcut clipboard application

*Cuisinart ICE45 Soft Serve Ice Cream Maker

*Hollye’s del.icio.us page for online Spanish games: http://del.icio.us/SrtaBaxter/SpanGames

*Ray’s del.icio.us page for his Physics students: http://del.icio.us/physicsclass

*Space Penguin game

*Super Mario Physics (click “watch this movie” on the right side)

*The Did You Know Show: a podcast about science topics with expert Fred Haase

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Sunday, September 30, 2007

The Tech Teachers Show 70

This week we talk about the first days of school, an alternative PDF reader to Adobe, TubeTV, Stellarium, Google Space, Black Viper, and several tips for both Windows and Mac Users.

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Show Notes for Podcast #70:

*TubeTV: makes it simple for mac users to save video from YouTube

*Google Space: part of the Google Earth product family that let you explore outer space.

*Stellarium: a virtual planetarium

*Foxit: PDF Reader to use instead of the dreadful Adobe

*Black Viper: a good place to learn about windows, especially for “Power Users”.

*Simpsonize yourself: turn yourself into a Simpson’s charicature.

*Hard Core Science: Ray’s Science Club video podcast

*The Did You Know Show: a podcast about science topics with expert Fred Haase

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Show 70 available - Show notes coming with the next 2 hours, thanks!

Tuesday, August 21, 2007

New show coming in another week.

Due to an emergency in Ray's family, we will be unable to record for the next week. We still plan to discuss the first days of school in our next podcast, with both technology and education topics.
Thank you.
~Ray and Hollye