Examining

In this episode, Erik and Kris celebrate the 50th episode of EdTech Examined. Our co-hosts reflect on the podcast so far, announce their new Patreon page, discuss best practices for file naming, review hardware from Apple and Microsoft, and talk about Windows 11 productivity updates.

PATREON

https://www.patreon.com/EdTechExamined

SHOW NOTES

Links

*Medium: File naming conventions
*MacWorld: Apple 'Far Out' event
*CNET: Windows 11 updates
*Windows Central: Surface Pro rumours
*Windows Central: Surface Studio rumours

CONTACT

Website: edtechexamined.com
Email: [email protected]
Twitter: @EdTechExamined

Erik Christiansen, Co-Founder & Co-Host
Website: erikchristiansen.net

Kris Hans, Co-Founder & Co-Host
Website: krishans.ca

Christopher Hoang, Audio Producer & Sound Engineer
Website: chrishoang.ca

Today we’re re-releasing an interview we did with TALON - the Teaching and Learning Online Network, at the University of Calgary’s School of Architecture, Planning and Landscape.

Our interview was reworked and was recently published as a book chapter in “Voices from the Digital Classroom: 25 Interviews about Teaching and Learning in the Face of a Global Pandemic.” The book is available in print through the University of Calgary Press, and as a free online book.

In this interview we discuss online teaching strategies, including the value of preparation, communicating with students effectively, developing reusable resources, suggestions for collaboration software, and ‘netiquette.’ We also share our vision for the future of online learning. 

SHOW NOTES

*New Book! Voices from the Digital Classroom
*Video interview with TALON
*UofC School of Architecture, Planning and Landscape
*Mac McGinn (interviewer)

CONTACT

Website: edtechexamined.com
Email: [email protected]
Twitter: @EdTechExamined

Erik Christiansen, Co-Founder & Co-Host
Website: erikchristiansen.net

Kris Hans, Co-Founder & Co-Host
Website: krishans.ca

In this episode, Erik and Kris discuss an edtech privacy court ruling, NFT textbooks, new certificates from Meta, the shifting social media landscape, and how to avoid the paradox of success. Our co-hosts also discuss their new book chapter in "Voices from the Digital Classroom" and provide 'tune up' tips for your Mac or Windows PC.

SHOW NOTES

Links

*Bloomberg: Pearson blockchain could make money every time e-books change hands
*New Yorker: TikTok and the fall of social media giants
*The Verge: Universities can't scan students' rooms
*Coursera: New Meta certificates
*LinkedIn: Avoid the paradox of success
*Computer World: 17 ways to speed up Windows 10
*MacWorld: How to speed up a Mac

New book chapter

*Kris Hans & Erik Christiansen in "Voices from the Digital Classroom: 25 Interviews about Teaching and Learning in the Face of a Global Pandemic"

*Free online version

CONTACT

Website: edtechexamined.com
Email: [email protected]
Twitter: @EdTechExamined

Erik Christiansen, Co-Founder & Co-Host
Website: erikchristiansen.net

Kris Hans, Co-Founder & Co-Host
Website: krishans.ca

Christopher Hoang, Audio Producer & Sound Engineer
Website: chrishoang.ca

In this episode, Erik and Kris review essential Windows 10 tips, edtech privacy in schools, tech industry layoffs, 3D Google Maps, Chromebook updates, Intel mini desktops, and iOS Lockdown Mode. Kris reviews the book Atomic Habits by James Clear, and Erik reviews the book Effortless by Greg McKeown.

SHOW NOTES:

Links

Windows Tips from How To Geek: 10 hidden windows features you should be using

Human Right Watch: Online learning products enables surveillance of children

The Economic Times: Why edtech needs a deep renovation

McKinsey & Company (consulting): Demand for online education is growing. Are providers ready?

Times Colonist: We need to ensure education technology doesn’t amplify inequality

Tech Crunch: Google maps rolls out location sharing notification, immersive views and better bike navigation

ArsTechnica: Google Maps is getting 3D imagery on mobile, detailed biking info, and more

Thurrott: Google is bringing a video editor and virtual desktops to chromebooks

Tech Crunch: Denmark bans Chromebooks and Google Workspace in schools over data transfer

Tech Radar: Intel NUC 12 could be a mini PC powerhouse

CNET: Apple’s new Lockdown Mode on iOS 16 could protect you from cyber attacks

Books

Atomic Habits - James Clear

*Resources from Book: https://jamesclear.com/atomic-habits/resources 

Effortless - Greg McKeown

CONTACT

Website: edtechexamined.com
Email: [email protected]
Twitter: @EdTechExamined

Erik Christiansen, Co-Founder & Co-Host
Website: erikchristiansen.net

Kris Hans, Co-Founder & Co-Host
Website: krishans.ca

Christopher Hoang, Audio Producer & Sound Engineer
Website: chrishoang.ca

In this episode, Erik and Kris discuss iA Presenter - a simpler presentation app - emerging edtech companies, the consequences of social media, and Kellogg School of Management's executive education.

SHOW NOTES:

#EdTechOfficeHours:

*iA Presenter

News
*Cal Newport: the 3 hour fields medal
*Medium: The edtech top 50 - emerging companies for higher education
*The New Statesman: Jonathan Haidt: “America is the ghost of liberal democracies’ future”

Discussion item
*Harvard executive education

CONTACT:
Website: edtechexamined.com
Email: [email protected]
Twitter: @EdTechExamined

TEAM INFORMATION:

Erik Christiansen, Co-Founder & Co-Host
Website: erikchristiansen.net
Twitter: @egchristiansen
Blog: tech-bytes.net

Kris Hans, Co-Founder & Co-Host
Website: krishans.ca
Twitter:  @KrisHans
Market Grade: marketgrade.com

Christopher Hoang, Audio Producer & Sound Engineer
Website: chrishoang.ca

In this episode, Erik and Kris discuss Apple's WWDC 2022 event, provide laptop and travel tech recommendations for educators and students looking to upgrade their devices, the latest edtech privacy news, and more.

SHOW NOTES:

#EdTechOfficeHours:

*MacBook Air 2022
*Surface Laptop Go 2
*Charger for all devices

News

*Apple WWDC announcements: MacRumors
*Surface Adaptive Kit: Microsoft, Forbes
*Surface Laptop Go 2: XDA Dev
*FireFox ‘total cookie protection’: Paul Thurrott
*Washington Post: Pandemic disrupted learning for US teens
*Digital Journal: The EdTech market was valued at…
*The Conversation: EdTech is treating students like products
*The Print: Schools. Universities in the metaverse?

Apps of the month

*PictureThis
*Bit Warden

CONTACT:
Website: edtechexamined.com
Email: [email protected]
Twitter: @EdTechExamined

TEAM INFORMATION:

Erik Christiansen, Co-Founder & Co-Host
Website: erikchristiansen.net
Twitter: @egchristiansen
Blog: tech-bytes.net

Kris Hans, Co-Founder & Co-Host
Website: krishans.ca
Twitter:  @KrisHans
Market Grade: marketgrade.com

Christopher Hoang, Audio Producer & Sound Engineer
Website: chrishoang.ca

This episode was originally recorded November 3, 2020.

You might notice that episodes are now released on Fridays instead of Tuesdays. After some testing, we've decided to change our publication schedule so we have a little more time to put these episodes together for you.

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In this episode, Erik and Kris discuss the Descript video editing software, how universities continue to adopt new technologies, and the mental health impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic. They also recommend their top apps for managing mental health and provide more organization strategies for managing the demands of online learning.

SHOW NOTES:

#EdTechOfficeHours:

*Descript video editing software

News

Harvard Business Review: The pandemic pushed universities online

a16z: Edtech's answer to remote learning burnout

Discussion Items:

*How can mental health burnout be avoided when teaching (or taking courses) online?

EdTech Tips

*Breathing Zone App
*Pause App
*Cal Newport's Time Block Calendar

CONTACT:
Website: edtechexamined.com
Email: [email protected]
Twitter: @EdTechExamined

TEAM INFORMATION:

Erik Christiansen, Co-Founder & Co-Host
Website: erikchristiansen.net
Twitter: @egchristiansen
Blog: tech-bytes.net

Kris Hans, Co-Founder & Co-Host
Website: krishans.ca
Twitter:  @KrisHans
Market Grade: marketgrade.com

Christopher Hoang, Audio Producer & Sound Engineer
Website: chrishoang.ca

We have layoffs, iPod RIP, Google I/O conference announcements, lessons from online learning that should continue post-pandemic, and IT considerations in Education.

SHOW NOTES:

News articles
*Tech Crunch: Professor Scott Galloway's EdTech Startup Section4 lays offs
*Engadget: End of the iPod
*The Verge: Google I/O 2022 biggest announcements
*National Post: Four lessons from online learning that should stick after the pandemic
*Forbes: Five tech areas where IT in education should take a step back

Resources
*iFixit
*Apple battery replacements
*Cal Newport's Digital Minimalism

CONTACT:

Website: edtechexamined.com
Email: [email protected]
Twitter: @EdTechExamined

TEAM INFORMATION:

Erik Christiansen, Co-Founder & Co-Host
Website:  erikchristiansen.net
Twitter: @egchristiansen
Blog: tech-bytes.net

Kris Hans, Co-Founder & Co-Host
Website: krishans.ca
Twitter:  @KrisHans
Market Grade:  marketgrade.com

Christopher Hoang, Audio Producer & Sound Engineer
Website: chrishoang.ca

In this episode, Erik and Kris share a repository of over 400 open education tools. Our co-hosts also discuss recent tech and education news including "the next Google", the pros and cons of using technology to improve education, SQLi vulnerabilities in higher ed institutions, new online learning entrepreneurs, and smartphones vs science. The app of the month is iA Writer.

SHOW NOTES:

Tools:
*Innovations in Scholarly Communication by the University of Utrecht
*List of 400 open education tools
*Tabula

News articles
*DKB: The Next Google
*Entrepreneur: 5 edtech trends that will change learning between now and 2030
*Brookings: The promise and perils of new technologies to improve education
*VentureBeat: 35% of educational institutions have a SQLi vulnerability
*Financial Times: The new online learning entrepreneurs
*Cal Newport blog post: Smartphones vs. Science

Learning opportunities
*University of British Columbia: Program for Open Scholarship and Education

App of the month:
*iA Writer

CONTACT:

Website: edtechexamined.com
Email: [email protected]
Twitter: @EdTechExamined

TEAM INFORMATION:

Erik Christiansen, Co-Founder & Co-Host
Website:  erikchristiansen.net
Twitter: @egchristiansen
Blog: tech-bytes.net

Kris Hans, Co-Founder & Co-Host
Website: krishans.ca
Twitter:  @KrisHans
Market Grade:  marketgrade.com

Christopher Hoang, Audio Producer & Sound Engineer
Website: chrishoang.ca

This episode originally premiered on March 2, 2021. 

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The following is an interview with Curt Newton. Curt is the director of the MIT OpenCourseWare (OCW) platform, one of the best-known and respected open education platforms. In this interview, we discuss Curt's background and how he came to MIT, the OCW platform and the impact it's had on the world, and the future of open education. April 4, 2021, will mark MIT OCW's 20th Anniversary. To learn more about MIT OCW, be sure to visit the OCW website and follow the Twitter account @MITOCW.

LINKS

*MIT OpenCourseWare website
*MIT OCW Twitter @MITOCW
*Curt's website
*Curt's Twitter @qwertnewto

PODCAST CONTACT:
Website: edtechexamined.com
Email: [email protected]
Twitter: @EdTechExamined

TEAM INFORMATION

Erik Christiansen, Co-Founder & Co-Host
Website: erikchristiansen.net
Twitter: @egchristiansen
Blog: tech-bytes.net

Kris Hans, Co-Founder & Co-Host
Website: krishans.ca
Twitter:  @KrisHans
Market Grade: marketgrade.com

Christopher Hoang, Audio Producer & Sound Engineer
Website: chrishoang.ca