IT Babble's Podcast

1) Patrick’s new mouse - Logitech MX Ergo a)https://www.logitech.com/en-us/product/mx-ergo-wireless-trackball-mouse 2) What's a Student Information System (SIS)? And why you should care a) One Roster - http://www.imsglobal.org/activity/onerosterlis 3) People still teaching flash and a mention about CAD - Tinker Cad , SketchUp Pro a) Adobe Animate - https://www.adobe.com/products/animate.html b) Tinkercad - https://www.tinkercad.com/ c) SketchUp Pro - https://www.sketchup.com/products/sketchup-pro d) Autodesk - https://www.autodesk.com/ 4) Kahoot! Challenges do not work with Chromebooks without the Google Play Store a) I reviewed Kahoot! In April of 2014 - I still don’t like it b) https://itbabble.com/2014/04/30/kahoot-yeah-you-should-not-use-this/ c) Alternatives - Quizizz, Socrative, Quizlet

1) Airlines banning certain MacBook Pros a) https://www.macrumors.com/2019/08/29/macbook-pro-some-airline-restrictions/ 2) Google getting serious about Enterprise a) https://www.theverge.com/2019/8/26/20832925/google-chromebook-enterprise-dell-laptops-microsoft-windows-challenge-businesses b)Chrome OS not going anywhere! 3) Amazon Web Services 4) Office 365 Video Streaming

1) Apple’s New Hardware a) MacBook Air - https://www.apple.com/macbook-air/ b) Mac Mini - https://www.apple.com/mac-mini/ c) iPad Pro - https://www.apple.com/ipad-pro/ 2) VR Headset My Hands On Experience a) Lenovo Mirage Solo - https://www.lenovo.com/us/en/virtual-reality-and-smart-devices/virtual-and-augmented-reality/lenovo-mirage-solo/Mirage-Solo/p/ZZIRZRHVR01 b) Not ready for mainstream anything 3) Google and LDAP a) https://cloud.google.com/blog/products/identity-security/simplifying-identity-and-access-management-for-more-businesses b) Pricing - https://cloud.google.com/identity-cp/ c) LDAP - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lightweight_Directory_Access_Protocol

Wow! 150 episodes and going strong. Omar (cofounder of IT Babble) joins Patrick and Tony for this episode. 1) Social media in schools a) Should it be used at all? b) Instant messaging vs Social media c) 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 Laptop a) Is a Chromebook a mobile device or a laptop b) 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 design 3) Eye strain because we are so connected Kids are being given iPads and numerous tasks on devices (screen time) a) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Effects_of_blue_light_technology b) F.Lux - https://justgetflux.com/ c) Reading mode on mobile device 4) Handwriting - Should we continue to focus on it? a) Studies show a link between writing on paper and stronger “connections” b) https://www.psychologicalscience.org/news/were-only-human/ink-on-paper-some-notes-on-note-taking.html

1) Happy Olympics and Valentine’s Day! 2) Smarthphones - Let’s experiment and see by Patrick a) https://itbabble.com/2018/02/02/smartphones-lets-experiment-and-see/ b) Tony how is your experiment going? 3) Devices - Students, teachers, schools by Patrick a) https://itbabble.com/2018/02/07/devices-students-teachers-schools/ b) Tony’s thoughts 4) School Shooting Simulation Software (and the Problem with How People Define ‘Ed Tech’) by Audrey Watters of Hackeducation a) http://hackeducation.com/2018/02/08/what-is-ed-tech b) Should we consider Ed tech to such a broad degree? c) Thoughts 5) Gmail extensions - do you use any? a) https://itbabble.com/2018/02/05/my-three-gmail-extensions/