Eric and Marty describe two currently hot apps in academic circles, NotebookLM and Slidespeak.

NotebookLM

Elicit

Slidespeak

Marty and Eric speak about their use of the Canva app for making designs and artwork

Marty and Eric discuss their methods for dealing with meeting appointments.

APPS

Meetingbar

Calendly

Youcanbook.me

Marty and Eric lament about how to keep your academic emails under control

Textblaze

Textexpander

Spark Mail

Eric and Marty talk about the basics of cybersecurity for your devices and how to avoid getting scammed on "good' tech deals.

Marty and Eric each give two tips for hardware, software, and teaching for the start of the semester

HARDWARE

Eric

Atomic wall clock - Sharp

Marty

HDMI extension cords

Eric

Anker USB-C 7-1

OWC 14-port Thunderbolt Dock

Marty

Dinofire wireless presenter

SOFTWARE

Eric

Email episodes of TSP

Marty

TextExpander

Eric

Obsidian

Notion

Marty

Open AI ChatGPT

TEACHING

Eric

Engagement is engagement

Marty

Listen to your students and be curious.

Eric

Review your courses (particularly online but everywhere)

Marty

Why are we meeting like this?

Marty and Eric discuss upgrading your system for online video conferencing for meetings and teaching.

Camera

Insta360 Link

Facecam Pro

Logitech Brio

Microphone

Heil PR4 - XLR

Elgato Wave XLR controller

Shure MV7+ - USB and XLR

Focus

Elgato Prompter

Lighting

Logitech Facelight

Backlighting

Meross

EDISHINE LED Corner Floor Lamp - set of 2

VisionProfiles YouTube stream

Marty and Eric speak about two kinds of monitor extenders they use for that second monitor while traveling.

Marty's

Single monitor - KYY

Laptop extender - CIDETTY

Eric's

Single monitor - Viewsonic

Laptop extender - Kefeya

Eric gives Marty a good explanation of home/office WiFi and things you should consider when setting up your system.

Marty and Eric share some of their tips for making digital videos for the classroom and as student assignments, including the variety of digital editing software used.

Screencastpal

Wevideo

iMovie

Movie Maker

Powerpoint/Keynote to movie

Adobe Premiere Pro

Final Cut Pro

Camtasia

Filmora

Davinci Resolve

Movavi

Lightworks

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