It Babble's Podcast

1) World Cup Fever & 4th of July2) Important High Sierra Changes for IT Admins by Adam Engst of TidBITSa) https://tidbits.com/2017/09/11/important-high-sierra-changes-for-it-admins/ b) It is very hard to doc) MDM Solutions - Why pay to push out a free imaged) Mac Migration Assistant - https://support.apple.com/en-us/ht204350 e) Mac OS Server - https://www.apple.com/macos/server/ f) Deploy Studio - http://www.deploystudio.com/ g) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YIV6Bt3L1ks 3) Tech Savvy, Are You Sure? By Tony DePratoa) https://itbabble.com/2018/07/05/tech-savvy-are-your-sure/b) Thinking long termc) Making tactical decisions4) AirtameWireless streaming for a mixed environmenta) www.airtame.comb) Set upc) Digital signaged) Cloud managemente) $249-$299 USDf) Who is this good for?g) Barco - http://www.barco.com 5) Chromebook monitoring tools - GoGuardian vs Netopa) https://www.netop.com/b) https://www.goguardian.com/ c) What’s the same?d) What’s differente) What my school went with?

1) In 2018, Windows died at home and nobody cared by Jason Perlow of ZDNETa) https://www.zdnet.com/article/in-2018-windows-died-at-home-and-nobody-cared/b) K-12 and Higher education still uses laptops/desktops2) Your Smartphone is the Best Computer You Own by David Pierce NO :)a) https://www.wsj.com/articles/your-phone-is-the-best-computer-you-ownso-use-it-more-1527084001 b) Schools typically follow businessc) Should schools ditch laptops for “mobile” devices3) iPads vs. Chromebooks: Part 2 by Patrick Cauleya) https://itbabble.com/2018/06/04/ipads-vs-chromebooks-part-2-2018/ b) Chromebooks it is!c) Interesting results of the student survey4) The accidental BYOD solution by Tony DePratoa) https://itbabble.com/2018/06/06/the-accidental-byod-solution/b) Amazon Workspacesc) Amazon Education - https://www.amazon.com/gp/feature.html/?&docId=1000412651 d) WINE for Ubuntu - https://wiki.winehq.org/Ubuntu

1) The best gadgets are the ones you know how to use by Dieter Bohna) https://www.theverge.com/2018/5/2/17302680/best-gadgets-tech-gear-liveblog-bagb) This applies to schools: hardware, software, SIS, gradebooks, etc.c) When is it good to make those changes?2) Access Denied: Controlling What Students Can Access by Tony DePratoa) http://itbabble.com/2018/05/05/controlling-what-students-can-access/ 3) iPads vs. Chromebooks updateStudent surveya) Tony’s testing with Amazon Work Spacesb)Tony tested Windows 10 with Amazon Work Spaces on a Chromebookc) It works4) End OF YEAR Process

1) Tony’s knee surgerya) http://www.davincisurgery.com/da-vinci-surgery/da-vinci-surgical-system/ 2) Apple’s MacBook Pro recalla) Battery Recall b) https://www.apple.com/support/13inch-macbookpro-battery-replacement/ c) Keyboardd) https://apple.slashdot.org/story/17/10/18/1530202/maybe-its-a-piece-of-dust 3) Google Forms & Sheets - Olympic Scoring series - by Patrick Cauleya) https://itbabble.com/olympic-scoring-with-google-forms-sheets/ b) Schools and spreadsheets - is this more important than coding?c) A good starting point for programmingd) Spreadsheets have limitse) Office 365 - Sharepoint - f) https://products.office.com/en-us/sharepoint/sharepoint-online-collaboration-software 4) How to Increase Pay - No More Summers Off! By Ronnie Burta) https://www.theedublogger.com/2018/04/30/how-to-increase-teacher-pay-no-more-summers-off/ b) Comments are good in the postc) Pay vs Working Conditionsd) Is pay really the talking point or a distraction

1) Amazon WorkSpacesa) https://aws.amazon.com/workspaces/ b) Pricing - https://aws.amazon.com/workspaces/pricing/ 2) Don’t buy Nintendo Labo - by Patrick Cauleya) https://itbabble.com/2018/04/19/dont-buy-nintendo-labo/b) Too costlyc) One time used) Alternatives?3) Computer Science, Programming, and Coding Standards by Grade Level by Tony DePratoa) https://itbabble.com/2018/04/20/computer-science-programming-and-coding-standards-by-grade-level/ b) STE - NETS- https://www.iste.org/standards/for-students 4) iPads vs. Chromebooks: Part 1 - 2018 by Patricka) https://itbabble.com/2018/04/20/ipads-vs-chromebooks-part-1-2018/b) Following the datac) Discussing with stakeholders5) Apple Classroom updatea) We are rolling the newer version next yearb) It’s nice

1) Apple’s education eventa) New iPadb) New softwarec) Does this make the iPad relevant in education again?d) https://apple.slashdot.org/story/18/04/02/1825236/no-more-intel-inside-apple-plans-to-use-its-own-custom-built-chips-in-mac 2) Kaizena Chrome extensiona) https://kaizena.com/b) https://itbabble.com/2018/03/28/kaizena-update-resolve-comments/ c) Feedback3) Tech Support Problems, Apathy, & Solutions by Tony DePratoa) https://itbabble.com/2018/04/02/tech-support-problems-apathy-solutions/b) What is your system?c) Google Script - https://docs.google.com/document/d/1bB21M4eiafO7g3ZHImhB37m58EYRWC8tuf2ByO-i3W4/edit?usp=sharing4) Solutions vs. Supporta) Purchasing technology that you can service vs having to pay for serviceb) Example: Sound solutions in a classroom

Wow! 150 episodes and going strong. Omar (cofounder of IT Babble) joins Patrick and Tony for this episode. 1) Social media in schoolsa) Should it be used at all?b) Instant messaging vs Social mediac) If yes, how should it be used?d) Etiquette vs Ethics?e) FOMO vs JOMO?f) The Man Who Knew Too Littleby Sam Dolnick of the NY Times - https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/10/style/the-man-who-knew-too-little.html g) Eduro Learning Discussion about social media - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MzCUtMDKhSY h) Tony’s post - https://itbabble.com/2018/03/18/its-time-to-regulate-social-media-in-schools/ i) https://gizmodo.com/study-being-a-teen-sucks-now-1822305426 2) 1:1 Programs in schools - Mobile Devices vs Laptopa) Is a Chromebook a mobile device or a laptopb) Remix OS - http://www.jide.com/remixos-for-mobile c) Samsung DEX - http://www.samsung.com/global/galaxy/apps/samsung-dex/ d) Omar’s prediction - modular design3) Eye strain because we are so connectedKids are being given iPads and numerous tasks on devices (scree

1) Where’s Omar?2) The real reason we ban cell phones by Scott Mcleod of Dangerously Irrelevanta) http://dangerouslyirrelevant.org/2018/02/the-real-reason-we-ban-cell-phones.htmlb) Check out the comments3)New Raspberry Pi Ba) Dual band WiFib) Faster processorc) $35 - https://www.raspberrypi.org/blog/raspberry-pi-3-model-bplus-sale-now-35/ d) Tony’s issues with Arduino boards and MacBooks

1) Wikispaces is going awaya) https://blog.wikispaces.com/ b) Did you ever use Wikispace2) Anchor - A review by Patricka) https://itbabble.com/2018/02/23/anchor-a-review/b) Podcasting service 3) Useless technologya) https://www.theverge.com/circuitbreaker/2018/2/21/17036762/tap-wearable-keyboard-mouse-price-availability b) What useless technology does your school have?4) Network monitoring a) Jennifer Abrams - http://jenniferabrams.com/

1) Happy Olympics and Valentine’s Day!2) Smarthphones - Let’s experiment and see by Patricka) https://itbabble.com/2018/02/02/smartphones-lets-experiment-and-see/b) Tony how is your experiment going?3) Devices - Students, teachers, schools by Patricka) https://itbabble.com/2018/02/07/devices-students-teachers-schools/b) Tony’s thoughts4) School Shooting Simulation Software (and the Problem with How People Define ‘Ed Tech’) by Audrey Watters of Hackeducationa) http://hackeducation.com/2018/02/08/what-is-ed-techb) Should we consider Ed tech to such a broad degree?c) Thoughts5) Gmail extensions - do you use any?a) https://itbabble.com/2018/02/05/my-three-gmail-extensions/

Tony and Patrick are at it again. Check out the talking notes for this show!1) Mobile Phone Shutdown by Tony DePratoa) https://itbabble.com/2018/01/14/mobile-phone-shutdown/b) http://blog.tieonline.com/mobile-phone-shutdown/c) A solution for a school in Massachusetts: http://m.wbtv.com/story/37349086/ma-school-locks-students-cell-phones-in-pouches d) Jumpcloud - https://jumpcloud.com/ e) Yondr - https://www.overyondr.com/howitworks/ f) Laptops and Phones In The Classroom: Yea, Nay or a Third Way? By Anya Kamenetz from NPR: https://www.npr.org/sections/ed/2018/01/24/578437957/laptops-and-phones-in-the-classroom-yea-nay-or-a-third-way?utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=npred 2) MySimpleShow.com - A review by Patrick Cauleyhttps://itbabble.com/2018/01/22/mysimpleshow-com-a-review/a) The good, the bad and the boringb) Should schools use it?3) Tony’s Macbook Pro hella) MacBook Pro’s when update to High Sierra (10.13) b) Loses WiFi connectivityc) Up to 2 hours per computer to fix4) Two different takes on a study from

1) Happy New Year and Welcome Back2) It’s not just Logan Paul - the moral compass of social media is broken by Katherine Cross of The Vergea) https://www.theverge.com/2018/1/4/16850798/logan-paul-youtube-social-media-twitch-moderation b) Agree/Disagreec) Should platforms be ultimately responsible for moderation of contentd) How should schools address this issue?e) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halt_and_Catch_Fire_(TV_series) 3) Patrick’s Review of Canva a) https://itbabble.com/2018/01/04/canva-a-review/ b) https://www.canva.com/4) Tony’s angry at Gmail and Google Groupsa) Tony is trying to message to all parents using Google Groupsb) Google Groups limits to 100 external emails to be added per dayc) Gmail BBC can hold up to 2000 emails d) Google Support & MailChimp as solutions5) Patrick’s take on gaming disordera) https://itbabble.com/2018/01/08/gaming-disorder/b) This won’t lastc) Behavioral Addiction - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Behavioral_addiction

This episode Tony and Patrick talk about the latest and greatest ed tech topics plus Patrick's kids pop in to say hi.1) Much Cheaper iPad Expected in 2018 by Henry T. Casey of laptopmag.coma) https://www.laptopmag.com/articles/ipad-2018-specs-priceb) Will this help vs the Chromebook in schools?c) Predictions?2) France to impose total ban on mobile phones in schools by Henry Samuel of the Telegrapha) http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/12/11/france-impose-total-ban-mobile-phones-schools/ b) Could they actually do this?c) istraction for schools?d) FOMO - Fear of Missing Out https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fear_of_missing_out 3) Chromageddon Come Down: Educators are Wary After Thousands of Google Devices Fail by Sydney Johnson of edsurge.coma) https://www.edsurge.com/news/2017-12-13-chromageddon-come-down-educators-are-wary-after-thousands-of-google-devices-failb) Schools here called it Chrompocalypse which is a better namec) Should schools be deterred by this?

1) The buzz be gone!2) Kiddom - A newish LMS for the classroomwww.kiddom.coa) An overview video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gpwIXxd3nHI b) A Silicon Valley startup is quietly taking over U.S. Classrooms by Kia Kokalitcheva from Aixoshttps://www.axios.com/a-silicon-valley-startup-is-quietly-taking-over-u-s-classrooms-2511356737.htmlc) Standards driven3) Why Perfect Grades Don’t Matter - A Youtube video by The Atlantica) https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=82&v=KShfEMy8UZQ4) What is STEAM Education and Why It is the New Engine of the Future Job Market? By Karol Górnowicz CEO of Skriwarea) https://blog.daftcode.pl/what-is-steam-education-and-why-it-is-the-new-engine-of-the-future-job-market-1c0430587bbfb) https://skriware.com/ c) MIT Fab Lab - http://fab.cba.mit.edu/ d) Lucid Chart - https://www.lucidchart.com/

Tony and Patrick are back for some great ed tech analysis and discussions. Check out our agenda below.1) Happy Thanksgiving!2) The Push for Education Programs that Pay People as They Learn by Lolade Fadulua) Apprenticeships sound like a good ideab) Down sides?c) Does it take away a person’s choice?3) Does Educational Technology need to be its own discipline in universities?a) Contours of a New Discipline by Carl Straumsheim b) Disciplining Education Technology by Audrey Watters of Hackeducation4) Apple’s ‘Everyone Can Code’ initiative expands to colleges and universities outside the US by Jon Russell at Techcrunch a) Should high school be doing this?b) Problems with Apple’s Swift Codinghttps://www.apple.com/everyone-can-code/ c) https://swift.sandbox.bluemix.net/#/repld) https://developer.apple.com/swift/

Welcome back! 1. Canadian Schools Silence Teachers on Social Media by Andrew Campbell from his blog Looking Up a.What’s the policy like at your schoolb.Trampling on free speech or do schools and districts have the right?c. How should schools treat this issue?2. The fight against racist algorithms by Tolulope Edionwe from the Outlinea.Tips for teachers and schoolsb.Other sources of informationc.Faceapp - https://www.faceapp.com/3. How school leaders can combat ‘filter bubbles’ and ‘fake news’ by Scott McLeod from Dangerously Irrelevanta. Kids and being obsessed with their phonesTristan Harris - https://journal.thriveglobal.com/how-technology-hijacks-peoples-minds-from-a-magician-and-google-s-design-ethicist-56d62ef5edf3