Tightwad Tech

Mark and Shawn continue their "If You Build IT" series with a look at some of the policies and procedures they recommend putting in place for a "Tightwad" technology department.

Mark and Shawn take the opportunity of the Memorial Day holiday to slack off a bit and have an impromptu discussion about where they are in their prof

This week Mark and Shawn take a few minutes to celebrate their 100th episode with a couple of guest appearances and well-wishes from the community before they dive back into the "If You Build It" series of shows.

This week Mark and Shawn are joined by Molly Schroeder and Tracy Purdy to learn about how the Edina Public Schools are implementing Google's Chromebooks in their classrooms.

This week Mark and Shawn are joined by Bud Rizer as he talks about the National Cristina Foundation and their thirty-year history of helping special needs kids get the technology they need from every-day donors like you.

This week Mark and Shawn invite Kristy Vincent of the EduMatters podcast on the show to discuss the sticky issues that substitute teachers create in terms of network security.

This week Mark and Shawn continue their "If You Build It" series with a look at network infrastructure.

This week Mark and Shawn are joined by Fred Dixon of the Big Blue Button project to talk about their open-source Web conference tool.

This week Mark and Shawn are joined by Corey Knapp for the 12th installment of our series of Listener Spotlight shows.

This week Mark and Shawn take on a challenge offered by a listener and answer the question, "If you had to build a school tech. department from the ground up, in Tightwad fashion; what would you do?"