It Babble's Podcast

What’s on TV? What am I drinking?Kirin Ichiban - http://www.kirinichiban.com/  Laptop recommendations - Don’t completely trust a bloghttps://itbabble.com/2021/12/03/laptop-recommendations-check-with-your-school-not-a-blog/ Notion.so - A reviewhttps://itbabble.com/2021/12/01/notion-so-a-review/ Finding a STEM and Robotics teacher Where do these people hangout online (professionally)? 4 sections STEM Robotics Topic 3? Topic 4? Make it its own department

How was Thanksgiving? What are you drinking?Spaten Premium Lager STEM - needs a non-traditional space Space that holds 40 students Natural supervision Plentiful electricity Fab truck - https://www.fablabs.io/labs/fablabtruck Favorite winter movies to show students? Tony’s news - It’s Time to Stop Telling Children to Google it. https://edco-isn-staging.edcowebsites.co.uk/articles/open/it-is-time-to-stop-telling-children-to-google-it/

Happy early Thanksgiving What am I drinking?Great Lakes Eliot Ness Adding a desktop https://itbabble.com/2021/11/10/life-with-a-desktop/  Everyone made fun of the Surface SE STEM environments for schools - ideas on how to set it up correctly Ask IT BabbleThis Olympic Scoring Form article is AMAZING. Seriously. REALLY well done. I've stumbled upon this because my wife and I host a gingerbread house contest and I think this may be the way for our judges to do the judging from their phones and not have to add and tally by hand. 

 Feedback Form: https://forms.gle/WTaR4BZTqUHPXrZG6 Solar Minimum HECC Conference  What are you drinking?  Shiner Bock Left Hand S’mores Milk Stout Hardware as a Service - financial planning ideas Windows Surface SE https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/surface/business/surface-laptop-se  Ask IT Babble We have students who bring in appropriate equipment to school. The kit the school specifies is very clear, but that doesn't seem to matter. What can we do aside from purchasing the equipment? What is the best way to manage parents picking up children? I have been suggesting software. Thanks

IT Babble how we make the show - for new listeners Daylight Savings Time (Tony forgot) What are we drinking? New Classrooms Update - Water Finds its Level Metaverse hype = Conference Pump - Be careful http://itbabble.com/2021/11/03/soul-machine-a-demo/  How can you measure it? Ask IT Babble https://itbabble.com/ask-it-babble/  Q1: My school is considering an investment in VR. Do you think this is a good idea?VR Solution: https://www.classvr.com/AR Solution: https://www.cleverbooks.eu/Q2: Do you think teachers would print less if they could spend more money on other things?

Happy Halloween What am I drinking? Facebook - Meta - Metaverse Should we care? Will educators get suckered? https://secondlife.com/  Facebook Files - WSJ - https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-facebook-files-11631713039 New classrooms, how's it going for Tony? Dual Protocol Transmission (DPT 4.0)  BenQ Instashow - https://www.benq.com/en-us/business/wireless-presentation/wdc10.html Patrick’s Review - https://itbabble.com/2020/01/31/streaming-in-the-classroom-benq-instashow/ 

Apple event takeawayMacBook Pro starting at $2000 Bitpaper.io - https://bitpaper.io/  Better than a lot of .io sites Good for math homework Touchscreen Review on Wednesday Student printing at Tony’s schoolUnsustainable “print party” Tony has been drinking AndyGator - https://abita.com/brews/andygator# AI in the curriculum  https://www.ibm.com/watson Reading recommendationsDaemon by Daniel Suarez - https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6665847-daemon  Dell - some interesting things for parents if you know the right personOnline store for your organization

Tony and Patrick catch up New sounds for top of the- show - What's  Google Forms + Form Ranger detailed post Apple’s new eventWhat would you like to see? Is Tony done with Chromebooks? $33.99 - Really? Video editing STEM/Maker Windows 10 - Could be the best option but it is still the most annoying operating system on the market Dystopian School Follow Up- We will only use Linux, but you can choose your flavor 

Elysian Night Owl & Liquid Death Sparkling Water - Approved by IT Babble  TV Review - Squid Game on Netflix  Trailer - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oqxAJKy0ii4  Thoughts?  Google Forms for event sign up  Form Ranger - https://cloudlab.newvisions.org/form-ranger  Plan the form  Don’t let people type their choices  Google Data Studio - https://datastudio.google.com/  Don’t use blockchain  Blockchain - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blockchain  HyperLedger - https://www.hyperledger.org/  Your cloud storage is ruining your life  Current folders  Archive folders 

What have we been up to since our last episode (March 2021)  Streaming live events - Patrick’s new setup  https://itbabble.com/2021/06/28/streaming-events-an-ongoing-experiment/  https://itbabble.com/2021/07/14/streaming-events-2-update/  https://itbabble.com/2021/09/06/streaming-events-3-test/  Dystopian School (A better way to run a school)  Definition - https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dystopia  Trend of making a mound into a mountain Kevin Sorbo as Hercules as the head of school - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hercules:_The_Legendary_Journeys 

We’re back!1) Tony has it been a month!!!??? 2) Amplified IT purchased by CDW3) Streamlined Classroom AV4) Tony - No more SAT/ACT - GPAs- No Grades - and What you need to do if you want to do this…5) Amazon QuickSight - https://aws.amazon.com/quicksight/ 6) Safe search, firewall, etc. a) OnCampus b) Cisco Umbrella c) DNS Restrictions d) GoGuardian e) Websense f) 6th Gen Firewall g) Google Admin Reports h) Cisco Meraki Reports i) OffCampus j) GoGuardian k) Google Admin Reports l) Umbrella m) New training videos for parents, but they won’t watch them (we had a parent engagement webinar) m) COPPA - Children’s Online Privacy n) Protection Rule o) Must adhere to qualify for eRatehttps://www.ftc.gov/enforcement/rules/rulemaking-regulatory-reform-proceedings/childrens-online-privacy-protection-rule7) Podcasting news!New Zoom products - Tony bought it! a) Zoom PodTrak P8/P4 Portable Multitrack b) Podcast Recorder H8 c) Anchor.fm + Wordpress = Podcast

1) Snow day and football2) How can we be independent from big tech companies? a) Independent hosting services GoDaddy, Blue Host3) Teachers teaching from home a) What they wanted vs what they got4) Blue Yeti Microphone5) YouTube Playlist a) Great for collecting, sharing and collaborating on resources b) https://itbabble.com/2021/01/11/youtube-how-to-make-a-playlist/

1) Happy holidays a) Tony’s advice - Unplug from the media/social networks b) Read eBooks on your smartphone2) Covid updates a) Back to SCHOOL in Indy!3) Adios Adobe Flash by Patrick Cauley a) https://itbabble.com/2020/12/07/adios-adobe-flash/ b) Patrick’s trip into Flash gaming 3) Apple’s new MacBooks with the M1 a) Why shouldn’t schools go this route? b) Apple has better updates4) Streaming to the next level! a) Klips b) Lord Vader knows all about bandwidth, jitter and latency

1) Patrick’s new phone (coming soon)2) Distance yourself from tech and social media for your own health3) Wordpress.com block editor - Rant4) Chromebook camera failures a) Chrome OS update b) Doesn’t affect all Chromebooks c) Alt + V Zoom work around5) Record All Online Meetings with Apple OSX by Tony DePrato a) https://itbabble.com/2020/11/11/record-all-online-meetings-with-apple-os-x/ 6) Witeboard.com a) Stay away b) Review by Patrick Cauley c) Tony is incapable of drawing a triangle7) Big Sur issues8) Ordering Chromebook loophole a) Dell Chromebooks b) Enterprise Chromebooks as an option

Patrick interviews Tony DePrato about his HIFLEX set up in the classroom. HIFLEX is a term that refers to students who are in the classroom and also at home and both are learning synchronously. Tony utilizes iPads and a few other items and tools to bring this affordable solution to life.

1) Back at school in a COVID world a) Tony’s motto: “You have to think of every student as a virtual student that occasionally comes to school and if you do that your planning will fit every scenario.” b) GoGuardian: https://www.goguardian.com c) Cisco Umbrella: https://security.umbrella.com2) Why your online streaming is bad and mine is good a) iPad solution b) Euro Mic Stand with Klip c) Disable iPad audio d) DJ Podiums e) iPad is a “person” in the meeting3) Virtual Parent Conferences a) ZoomWaiting rooms b) Prep with teachers and parents c) Google Meet deadline - September 20, 20204) Streaming in the Classroom - Final verdict! a) Windows schools - Microsoft Wireless Display Adapter b) Mac schools - Apple TV c) BYOD schools - BenQ Instashow/Barco WePresent

Happy Easter/Spring Break1) Zoom a) Zoombombing b) Zoom and privacy c) Zoom alternative -Microsoft Teams -Google Meet -Skype d) Recommendations e) Zoom Basic (non-compliance) vs. f) Zoom K-12 (FERPA, COPPA, HIPPA compliant)2) Cybersecurity Part 5 - Where Did Your Resources a) https://itbabble.com/2020/04/12/cybersecurity-part-5-where-did-you-put-your-resources/3) Graduation 2020? a)July in person graduation b) What does a virtual graduation look like? c) Not popular d) Not a good product e) Think about music, time, speeches

No school!1) Distance Learning Plan a) So much to talk about here b) Be asynchronous c) Front load the content d) Elementary and Early Childhood - e) Choice boards2) How is Microsoft Teams? a) What do we think doesn’t work?3) Attendance?4) Great resource from Mark Stone and Elvin Aliyev in Azerbaijan a) https://docs.google.com/document/d/1-mRNFvwZ17xLmWRTkCoO7lPQakAW6SzBy7tZEm1cgdQ/edit b) Distance Learning Resource5) Video Conference Options a) Zoom b) Teams c) Google Hangouts Meet

1) Online learning, biggest issue I am seeing: controlling students vs lesson prep a) Behavior problems online are not tech problems b) Be realistic - it cannot be business as usual c) Daily touchpoints for teachers and administration d) How often do students need to be online with the teacher?2) Chinese students try but fail…https://technode.com/2020/03/02/dingtalk-begs-for-stars-on-chinas-app-stores/ a) Funny story, but again Social Media thinks it is real.3) ViewSonic Viewboard - Awesome, but don’t get sucked in. a) https://www.viewsonic.com/us/products/shop/viewboard.html4) Sneaky, sneaky kids and electronic tests by Patrick Cauley a) https://itbabble.com/2020/02/13/sneaky-sneaky-kids-and-electronic-tests/

1) Tony’s post: Flipped without permissiona) https://itbabble.com/2020/02/05/flipped-without-permission-some-advice-about-teaching-online-an-itbabble-no-frills-video/b) Basic rulesc) Behaviord) Platform optionse) Learning Management Systemf) Record contentg) Microsoft Teams/Slack (middle school-high school)h) Avoid the need for a VPNi) Daily check in with departmentj) Weekly check in with administrationk) Consistency2) Social Media is horrible- Coronavirus is more proofa) Do your own homework b) Trust vetted sources3) Emergency Tech in the Go Baga) Laptopb) USB Cordsc) Documentsd) Battery pack (you can try)e) Two external hard drivesf) International power adaptersg) No Chromebook :(h) Core documents