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Copyright & AI

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Tony and Patrick continue to talk about AI in education and what it means. Check out the talking points below and be sure to subscribe to us on your favorite podcasting app.

  1. Copyright case for a comic book that used AI to generate the art
    1. https://www.theverge.com/2023/2/22/23611278/midjourney-ai-copyright-office-kristina-kashtanova
    2. Liken the images to photographs
  2. Tony is on a Committee 
  3. Headphones 

Just ask Chuck

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Tony and Patrick are back and are talking more about Chat GPT, ed tech services and more. Please check out the agenda below and be sure to susbcribe to us on your favorite podcasting app.

  1. Tony has a webinar coming up
    1. CIA Triad – https://www.fortinet.com/resources/cyberglossary/cia-triad
      1. Confidentiality
      2. Integrity
      3. Availability
  2. I love Apple TouchScreen MacMinis (What?)
    1. https://www.touch-base.com/
    2. What you need to make the true nextgen experience with this gen’s stuff 🙂
    3. https://www.touchboards.com/ 
  3. Why are there so many edtech scammers on LinkedIn? Is it really a cashcow?

Tony ChatGPT

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Tony and Patrick talk more ChatGPT and answer some questions we’ve been seeing such as Is it really plagarism? and If a teacher can use sites to find lessons, how is that any different for a student using ChatGPT?

We also take a look at what to do when your lights are on . . . all the time. Check out the talking points below and be sure to subscribe to us on your favorite podcasting app.

  1. Teachers Pay Teachers vs. students paying for their work
    1. Questions and questions
  2. ChatGPT isn’t plagiarism (who cares it still sucks)
    1. Automate processes
    2. Add it as an interview
    3. Think through the arguments
  3. Can’t turn off the lights
    1. https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/lights-massachusetts-school-year-no-one-can-turn-rcna65611 

You can listen to this episode below.

Episode 215 – Baby, baby, baby ohhhh!

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Tony and Patrick are back after a month off. It was the end of the year, things were busy and oh yeah, Tony and his wife had a baby, so I guess there were some legitimate excuses for being away 🙂

As always, you can check out the agenda below and be sure to subscribe to us with your favorite podcasting app.

  1. New Baby!!
  2. What are you drinking?
    1. Water
    2. Andy Gator – Abita – https://abita.com/brews/andygator# 
  3. Gray/Grey Box Testing – Tony’s going to smoke Patrick’s network
    1. https://resources.infosecinstitute.com/topic/what-are-black-box-grey-box-and-white-box-penetration-testing/ 
  4. 2-Factor / MultiFactor – time to annoy people, Blackbaud is requiring this for RE and insurance for other things
  5. Summer plans
    1. Rodecaster Pro 2 and podcasting equipment – https://rode.com/en/interfaces-and-mixers/rodecaster-series/rodecaster-pro-ii 
    2. Starlink – https://www.starlink.com/ – Possible backup

Episode 214 – Where are the teachers?

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Tony and Patrick are back and talking about beer, Tony’s mischief and the “teacher shortage.” As always, you can find us on your favorite podcasting app and check out the talking points below.

  1. Final month of school
  2. What are you drinking?
    1. Founders All Day Vacay – https://foundersbrewing.com/our-beer/all-day-vacay/ 
    2. Coors Banquet – https://www.coors.com/ 
  3. Teacher shortage or something else?
    1. Shortage is a bad label – teachers haven’t gone anywhere
    2. Transitioning to other careers
    3. Poor working conditions
    4. Tony and Patrick’s ideas
  4. Atlas Rubicon – Everyone hates this, and it ruined the world and we let it.
    1. https://www.onatlas.com/ 
    2. https://eduplanet21.com/ 
    3. Tony being devious

Episode 213 – Feel the Flex

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Tony and Patrick are back to talk about their great weather, some delicious drinks and much more. Check out the talking points below and be sure to subscribe to us with your favorite podcasting app.

  1. How’s the weather?
  2. What am I drinking?
    1. Bell’s Oberon Ale – https://bellsbeer.com/beers/oberon-ale/
    2. Samuel Adams Summer Ale – https://www.samueladams.com/our-beers/limited-release/american-wheat-ale/summer-ale 
  3. Chrome OS Flex
    1. https://chromeenterprise.google/os/chromeosflex/
    2. https://itbabble.com/2022/04/20/chrome-os-flex/ 
  4. Samsung Chromebooks – rant by Patrick
  5. Holograms. Only $50,000.00
    1. Like Iron Man – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ddk9ci6geSs 
  6. Build a STEM Lab in a normal room; don’t sweat the big stuff
  • 4 – 3D printers , Sindoh, Dremel, MakerBot
  • 1 – GlowForge Pro Laser Cutter with Air Cleaner
  • 2- Dremel hand saws
  • 1 – large general tool box with common tools
  • Shelves for storing models, materials, etc
  • Robotic Kits – 2 per table 
  • Tables –
  • Art Room Style Tables; more square the better; you need depth
  • 4- self healing large sized mats per table
  • 2- Dremel sets per table (get the most comprehensive kit you can afford)
  •  safety gear per table
  •  2- professional quality glue guns per table
  • 1- heat gun per table
  • Sets of sand paper per table
  • 1- metal meter stick per table
  • 4- small vices per table
  • 5- 8 strong magnets per table

Episode 212 – Ed Tech Lives

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Ah yes, Tony and Patrick are back after a week off. It is now time to talk about ed tech again. Be sure to subscribe to our podcast with your favorite podcasting app and check out or show notes below.

  1. The Masters golf tournament
  2. CISSP Pin – https://isc2education.org/media/catalog/product/cache/6/image/9df78eab33525d08d6e5fb8d27136e95/c/i/cissp_lapel_pin.jpg 
  3. What am I drinking?
    1. https://www.newbelgium.com/beer/1554/
    2. Iced tea
  4. Tony’s BYOD requirements and laptop purchasing plan for 2022-2023
  5. Is ed-tech really dead? Is Tony wrong?
    1. Digital Fetus – https://itbabble.com/2013/02/05/podcast-episode-54-the-digital-fetus-has-arrived-january-31-2013/ 
    2. ISTE Standards for Students – https://www.iste.org/standards/iste-standards-for-students
      https://cdn.iste.org/www-root/ISTEU/ISTE%20Standards%20for%20Students%20-%20Syllabus.pdf?_ga=2.64610543.1783297188.1649637689-927817944.1649637689
  6. Elon – https://slashdot.org/story/22/04/09/2058201/is-twitter-dying-tweets-elon-musk

Episode 211

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Photo by Rob Caterino – https://www.flickr.com/people/25030443@N03

That is a good picture of Michael Dudikoff – famed action star from the 80’s, 90’s, 2000’s and beyond. Want to know why he is our artwork? Listen to find out! Also, be sure to subscribe to us on your favorite podcasting app.

  1. Coach K – what’s going to happen to Duke? 
  2. What am I drinking? 
    1. Elysian Space Dust – https://www.elysianbrewing.com/beer/space-dust-ipa 
    2. Peppermint Tea
  3. Chromebooks on the market for over a decade – what has their impact been?
    1. https://www.reddit.com/r/chromeos/comments/trfz5j/now_that_chromebooks_have_been_on_the_market_for/ 
  4. The BORAT Malware – https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/new-borat-remote-access-malware-is-no-laughing-matter/ 
  5. Insurance is going to kick your ass if you don’t get compliant; Book title? Worth $15.00?

Episode 210 – Linux for all

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After a short break – Tony and Patrick are back! Not only are we talking about some ed tech goodness. Check out all the talking points below and be sure to subscribe to us on your favorite podcasting app.
  1. Welcome back basketball fans!
  2. What am I drinking?
    1. Beeracuda from Abita
    2. Bells Black Hearted Ale 
  3. It’s time to start over- EdTech is dead – Tony’s quantlet to the world or Elon Musk, or anyone with a lot of cash…
    1. App culture is taking over
    2. Linux based curriculum
    3. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V4L8Oci_2Bs 
  4. Why I don’t blog anymore, just when I was getting the hang of it
  5. Best book for people moving from teaching into leadership, Never Split the Difference: Negotiating As If Your Life Depended On It
    1. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B018FHCPDO/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?_encoding=UTF8&btkr=1 

Episode 209 – Spring Cleaning

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Tony and Patrick are back for another tight show! We talk about weather, an upcoming project and of course some quality talk about educational technology. Sit back, relax and enjoy and don’t forget to subscribe to us on your favorite podcasting app.

  1. What am I drinking?
  2. Tony’s Spring Audit- Hardware, Accounts (G-Suite, SIS, JumpCloud and IXL)
    1. Audit hardware (anything in asset inventory)
    2. Check the classrooms for display systems
    3. Don’t mess with facilities and maintenance people during summer – do you 
    4. inventory during the spring
    5. Data audit – Checking the backup
      1. Archive on Bluray DVD
  3. Missing Items 
    1. Try not to lose things we buy (chargers, mice, keyboards, etc.)
    2. Hotglue? 
  4. When to onboard new families into your SIS? 
    1. Do the incoming students need to register for classes/buy textbooks?
  5. GoGuardian Question
    1. Adding parents is kind of a pain – 2 uploads!
    2. Students have to sign in first before you can associate parents and students