November 18,
2008. Episode 94 (33:51).
We have implemented the Wimba Voice Tools within
Blackboard; the Earth Sciences department is
holding a GIS day celebration; keep up with the
president-elect at change.gov; tech happens, but
where do you turn for help?; SketchUp 7 is
available from Google; IE8 is delayed; SkyDrive
space is about to be quintupled, again; there is
a new HD Flip video camera; does spamming pay?
yes; and a tech book online about Office 2008
for the Mac.. David's
Blackboard feature this week will address
jumbled word order question types; Haydn will
discuss asynchronous audio communication; and I will talk about our
implementation of the Wimba Voice Tools and the training resources
we have created for them.
October 24, 2008. Episode 93 (52:29).
Google will help you find out where your nearest
polling place is; there is more disquieting news
about the vulnerability of electronic voting
machines; financial gloom and doom has not yet
visited most tech companies; the Blackberry Bold
will go on sale November 4; Gmail users get a
new autoreply feature; your printer is spying on
you; Microsoft issues an emergency vulnerability
patch outside the Patch Tuesday routine;
Washington DC abandons MS Office in favor of
Google Apps; the TED wish winners for 2009 are
announced; Zotero, a remarkable new Firefox
extension research tool is free for download;
news of a new digital resource, and we feature a
Safari Tech book on SmartArt. David's
Blackboard feature this week has to do with
shooting movies with the Flip video camera and
linking to them in Blackboard; Haydn will discuss
Online Teaching Tips and the results of our
TurnItIn -SafeAssignment survey; and I will show how to Create, Edit and
Share placemarks in Google Earth.
September 24, 2008. Episode 92 (32:06).
Adobe CS4 products are announced; funnerer, according to Google and T-Mobile: the
Android debuts; pptPlex and Image Composite
Editor are free downloads from Microsoft; Pew
discovers that teenagers play video games (!);
Lectures to go? Students want 'em
according to the U of Wisconsin; an answer to
the question: What happens to those deleted
articles from Wikipedia?; what's new at the
encyclopedia of life; an interactive Google
election map for embedding; the Large Hadron
Collider goes on the fritz the day after it opens;
and we feature a tech book online about Acrobat 9.
David is off this week; Haydn
will discuss the Illinois Online Network; and I will address portability
issues with PowerPoint in my tech-talk-topic.
September 12, 2008. Episode 91 (50:14).
Apple has announced some new iPods and iTunes 8,
and updated iPhone software in a big way; Google
releases Chrome, announces a newspaper archive,
and makes plans to build floating data centers;
winners of slideshare's best PowerPoint
presentation contest are announced; Microsoft's
"ultimate steal" for students is still going on;
Ubiquity for Firefox is out in a prototype; and
the Large Hadron Collider is turned on without
(so far) destroying the earth.
David will discuss the Blackboard Learning Unit; Haydn's
will turn a spotlight on an exemplary use of
Blackboard and deliver some thoughts on testing
in Blackboard; and I will answer some questions
about using PowerPoint in my tech-talk-topic.
August 29, 2008. Episode 90 (44:51).
IE8 beta 2 is now available; Adobe is offering
great deals to Palomar faculty, staff and students
through the FCCC; Microsoft released photosynth for
public consumption; a computer virus invades the
International Space Station; Pew releases a survey
on an Internet Bill of Rights; geotagging cameras
are becoming commonly available; the rumors of Steve
Jobs' death are somewhat exaggerated; a new video
DRM is announced by Sony; George Orwell is
blogging--from the grave; and we feature a tech book
online about statistics. Rather than
Haydn and Dave doing separate segments this week, we
are combining forces to do a tech support
roundtable. Finally, I will discuss
professors' options for saving PowerPoint for the
web.
August 15, 2008. Episode 89 (52:24).
Blackboard has been updated to version 8; the Kindle
is selling like hotcakes; iPhone/Touch apps have
arrived; Microsoft delivers a record number of
patches this week; Office 2008 for Mac is also
updated; Netflix distribution systems fail; Cuil, a
new search engine, debuts; Google maintains search
dominance; the Surface becomes spherical; and we
feature a tech book on PowerPoint design.
David will discuss the recent Bb 8 upgrade, in
particular the new Grade Center; Haydn's topic this
week delivers practical advice on beginning the
semester well; and I will run down the what's new
list in Academic Technology for fall 2008.
June 13, 2008. Episode 88 (44:59). Next
week Blackboard will be updated to version 8; Apple
announces the next generation iPhone, 3G and
cheaper; be advised the California cell phone law
goes into effect July 1; Microsoft gives up on
digitizing books and scholarly articles; there is a
new beta out of Producer 2007; the digital universe
continues to expand; we are featuring a tech book
online about Google Apps. David will discuss
the upcoming Bb 8 upgrade, and I have a few words to
say about our new TEACH Act procedure.
May 16, 2008. Episode 87 (47:24).
At Palomar the PeopleSoft 9 upgrade is coming, as is a
Blackboard upgrade; SP1 for Office 2008 for Mac is out; Zoho can be used with a Google or Yahoo login; no more
wifi in Philadelphia; Microsoft has released a new
add-in to help users learn the new Office interface;
Microsoft Research has released the spectacular
WorldWide Telescope; Audacity has a new beta out,
and ubuntu Hardy Heron is here; Brian Greene explains
string theory in a TED talk; blu-ray sales have slipped;
the library has three new databases; the Large Hadron
Collider may destroy the universe; and we feature a tech
book on Windows Vista made easy.
Dave's Blackboard feature of the week this week is
titled "Bullets Everywhere," about the
important upcoming events related to PS9, Blackboard and
course life cycles in Blackboard. Haydn
is featuring instructions on using the new features of
PS9 for faculty members. Our Tech Talk Topic
looks at creating charts in PowerPoint.
April 18, 2007. Episode 86 (35:08).
We note the upcoming Blackboard upgrade again; news
on new streaming media requests with respect to
copyright; there is a new version of Google Earth
desktop; PBS adds lots of programming to iTunes U;
Microsoft redesigns its help web site; an
anthropologist has reproduced Neanderthal
speech--sort of; Windows Vista is not being adopted
quickly; Symantec says Microsoft is the quickest OS
to be patched when vulnerabilities are found; and we
feature a tech book on Photoshop Elements 6.
Dave's Blackboard feature of the week this week is
titled "Can You Hear Me Now?," all about linking to
audio content in Blackboard. Haydn
is off again this week. Our Tech Talk Topic
delivers 10 tips on drawing in PowerPoint 2007.
April 4, 2008. Episode 85 (40:39).
Blackboard will be upgraded just before summer
semester classes begin; Firefox beta 3.5 is out;
Adobe has released Photoshop Express, and reveals
plans for CS4; the iPhone giveaway at a Midwestern
University; Wal-Mart slips to number 2; Hulu makes
its debut; half of Americans get their news from the
Internet; the largest academic music library in
North America; news on copyright section 108; and we
feature an online book on Fonts and Encoding.
Dave has an overview of Blackboard vs. Classroom
activities in his Blackboard feature of the week. Haydn
is off this week. Our Tech Talk Topic explains
Archiving in Outlook 2007.
February 22, 2008. Episode 84 (42:55). The shuffle
gets even less expensive; Firefox beta 3 is out;
Apple patches Leopard; SkyDrive goes to 5GB; Vista
SP1 will break certain applications; blu-ray wins
the format war, but does it matter?; DVD Jon wants
to liberate your media; and we feature a tech book
on making things talk. David's
Blackboard feature of the week is a health checkup for
your Blackboard courses.
Haydn's Teaching with Technology segment contains tips
on online testing. Our Tech Talk Topic explains
how to create persistent links to online journal
databases.
February 7, 2008. Episode 83 (42:24).
We have a new Blackboard @ Palomar podcast; Microsoft
makes an offer for Yahoo; Darwin Day is next week;
Google introduces a new anti-spam product, while spam
continues to increase; the Kindle is sold out; band-aids
enter the 21st century; Windows Vista SP1 will be
released in March; Apple doubles the capacity of the
iPhone and iPod touch; ICANN turns on IPv6; the Lego
brick turns 50; shape-shifting microrobots are just
around the corner; and we feature an online book on
Adobe InDesign and XML. David's
Blackboard feature of the week is brought to you by the
letter B and the number 8, as in Bb8.
Haydn's Teaching with Technology segment contains tips
on getting off to a good start with students. Our
Tech Talk Topic is titled "Three for Free," where we put
together three how-tos that might appeal to different
audiences.
January 25, 2008. Episode 82 (57:01).
The library announes some new online databases; a
digital picture frame with a virus; last call for 3C
Media Solutions film festival; Apple is riding high,
in more ways than one; blu-ray is winning at the
cash register; the Library of Congress releases 3000
pictures on Flickr; Sun buys MySql; tje CIA warns
about grid hackers; and we feature Wikipedia, The
Missing Manual, online. David's
Blackboard feature of the week describes how to name a
link in Blackboard and what you can do with those
names. Haydn's Teaching with Technology
segment is about helping online students off to a
great start.
Chris does our Tech Talk Topic this week with Part 2 of
his review of the Amazon Kindle.
January 11, 2008. Episode 81 (44:54).
A reminder to faculty to install the MS compatibility
pack; Panasonic shows off a 128GB SSD; Patch Tuesday
came and went uneventfully; Apple released a new Mac Pro
this week, and soon Office 2008 will be out; Zink is new
at CES; Pew says people use YouTube; Sunny the weather
robot speaks; Newsgator makes their previously for-sale
products free; Microsoft pursues two large companies;
and they sign with the Smithsonian; Blu-ray wins the
fight with HD-DVD; Sony signs with Amazon; and we
feature a book on digital photography. David's
Blackboard feature of the week describes how to use
language packs. Haydn's Teaching with Technology
segment is about communicating with your students.
Chris does our Tech Talk Topic this week about his first
infatuation with the Amazon Kindle.
December 14, 2007. Episode 80 (46:35).
Plenary day moves from Jan. 10 to 17; Microsoft wants
you to try FolderShare; 3CMedia film festival deadline
is Jan. 31; Office 2007 SP1 was delivered; new version
(5) of Google Toolbar; AT&T sells an RFID-GPS student
tracking system; Murray Gell-Mann talks about the theory
of everything; Barracuda says 95% of email is spam; the
word of the year is w00t; and we feature a book on
advanced PowerPoint.
David's Blackboard feature of the week is titled "'Twas
the Night After Finals..." about AT technical tasks
to be accomplished over the winter break. Haydn's Teaching with Technology segment
features an informal assessment of SafeAssign vs.
TurnItIn.
Shay does our Tech Talk Topic this week and tells us all
about FolderShare.
November 30, 2007. Episode 79 (49:54).
CENIC announces their annual conference, this year in
Oakland; Windows Vista SP1 is no speed demon; Firefox 3
is out in beta; the @ONE Winter Institute has been
announced; TiVo and Nero announce a partnership to bring
recorded TV to your computer; Microsoft goes to
Siberia; 3C Media solutions announce their annual
student film festival; Greenpeace rates the electronics
manufacturers; South Korean technicians have developed a
new plastic fiber cable; the US Congress is poised to
approve thought police legislation; the gaming
industry is growing by leaps and bounds; and we feature
a book on Photoshop CS3.
David's Blackboard feature of the week is titled "That
Old Saw Again" wherein he issues the same old
advice that every semester brings. Haydn's Teaching with Technology segment
does a post-mortem on the recent teaching tips
extravaganza.
The Tech Talk Topic this week an interview with Elaine
Armstrong and Chris Norcross on Books (eBooks, that is),
and Blogs.
November 16, 2007. Episode 78 (42:55).
Our Online Teaching Secrets & Tips workshop has been
moved under the bright lights of PCTV studios; the
deadline for new software in the AT labs is November 30;
we have lynda.com training in room LL-111; the library
has a new "Ask Us Now" service; Pew says broadband
has been adapted very quickly in America; Apple released
a fix for many of the Leopard installation miseries;
designer Zunes are here; YouTube goes hi-def; Marvel
comics are online; and we feature a book on Silverlight. David's Blackboard feature of
the week is titled "Some Kind of Joke?"
about making Blackboard courses available early. Haydn's Teaching with
Technology segment makes two announcements and presents
two ideas.
The Tech Talk Topic this week is about the new Google
Notebook.
November 9, 2007. Episode 77 (27:49).
Apple's Leopard has arrived; there is a new iPhone
purchase limit; Google and Microsoft goe head-to-head on
411 services; Shell embraces biometric payment; Oprah is
on YouTube; Google announces Android; Time magazine
names the invention of the year; Microsoft is going to
give away what Google sells; how researchers learned to
create human acceptance for robots; and a book on
PowerPoint makeovers. David's Blackboard feature of
the week is titled "The Roses of Success"
about how to evaluate the effectiveness of online exam
questions. Haydn's Teaching with
Technology segment focuses on two things: "Online
vs. In-Person; and Online Instructor Burnout."
Shay Phillips will do the Tech Talk Topic. He
demonstrates in a screencast how to embed a YouTube
video in a PowerPoint 2007 slide.
October 19, 2007.
Episode 76 (48:44).
The FCCC announces discount prices for faculty and staff
on Adobe products; Apple announes the release date for
Leopard, an SDK for the iPhone, and gets sued by
GreenPeace; Windows Live gets a facelift; Bill Gates
announces a communications revolution [not]; Pew
releases a sutdy on online teen stranger contact; PCLive
offers free antivirus; Unbuntu Gutsy Gibbon is
officially released; Hitachi announced 4TB HD drives by
2011; U of Buffalo engineers bring quantum
computing nearer with a new semi-conductor; Intel
revenues are very up; California forbids RFID implants
in employees; and we feature a tech book online about
nighttime digital photography. David's Blackboard feature of
the week is titled "The Future is Now"
containing several announcements about next semester's
Blackboard course shells. Haydn's Teaching with
Technology segment today is titled "Underused
Blackboard Tools 2: Linking to a Discussion Form." My Tech Talk Topic is "Audio in PowerPoint: Audio from Files."
October 12, 2007. Episode 75 (58:03).
Political Economy Days are coming up and we have the
webcast URL for you; the Excel bug gets fixed; beta
signup for Office Live Workspace; Patch Tuesday
happened; a serious security flaw in Adobe Acrobat has
been discovered; there was a java update this week;
Popular Mechanics has announced the 10 breakthrough
technology products of 2007; Google buys Jaiku; the
Nobel prize for Physics goes to two scientists whose
discoveries have contributed to hard drive technology;
PoliticalBase.com makes it's debut; and we feature a
book on Word. David's Blackboard feature of
the week is titled "Too Many Tools" about the Blackboard
faux student account. Haydn's Teaching with
Technology segment today is titled "Interaction in
Online Learning." My Tech Talk Topic is "The
Quick Access Toolbar in PowerPoint 2007."
October 5, 2007. Episode 74 (49:54).
Political Economy Days are here again; UC Berkeley
announces a YouTube deal; Joost is now publicly
available; "Beyond Google": a study of student research
habits; Microsoft announces Health Vault and extends OEM
sales of XP; Sony announces a new version of the Reader;
a new AltLaw database; CCC Confer has a new interface;
it is banned books week; and we are featuring a tech
book on notebook PCs. David's Blackboard feature of
the week is titled "Identity Crisis" about the Blackboard
faux student account. Haydn's Teaching with
Technology segment today is titled "Pedagogical Uses of
Underused Blackboard Tools: The Survey." My Tech Talk Topic is "Placing
your PowerPoint presentations to Blackboard."
September 28, 2007. Episode 73 (40:23).
An alarming but in Excel; a new version of Live Search;
a free eBook from Microsoft; a new Zune; Pew says
hobbyists use the Internet like crazy; Google adds
features to Book Search, and releases Google
Presentation; USB 3 is coming; a new version of iTunes;
a new podcast from Sesame Street; Belkin releases a
network wireless USB hub; Western Digital unveils a new
My Book external hard drive lineup; and our featured
tech book is on Digital Photography. David's Blackboard feature of
the week is "We need information: Stat!" about the Blackboard
statistics features. Haydn is off this week. My Tech Talk Topic is "How
to Access Academic Technology Workshop Training
Materials."
September 14, 2007. Episode 72 (43:31).
The Ultimate Steal from Microsoft; Apple sells a whole
lot of iPhones at the lower price; spammers direct
zombie attacks; you can blog from your iPhone with
TypePad or Moveable Type; Amazon launches Kindle; a new
YouTubable-friendly flip video camcorder; Patch Tuesday
was a whimper, not a bang; Microsoft releases new
webcams and mice; a 416GB solid state drive from
BitMicro; a new tool for reading ancient manuscripts:
the diamond synchrotron; news of the fabled blue Zune;
Google will give you millions if you can reach the moon; and we feature
a book on search engine visibility as our tech book online.
David's Blackboard feature of the week is "When
Things Go Wrong" about the Blackboard announcement
feature.
Haydn's Teaching with
Technology segment is titled "What Online Students
Say About Assessment." My Tech Talk
Topic is "The Five Best New Things About Outlook 2007."
September 7, 2007. Episode 71 (42:55).
Apple apologizes for lower prices (?!); a new lineup of
iPods and a new iTunes; power failure at Palomar; XML
notepad from Microsoft; a new Google Earth, with Sky; a
new Audition from Adobe; over 4 billion phone lines on
earth; AT&T gives parents the upper hand; and we feature
a Flash CS3 tech book online.
David's Blackboard feature of the week is "Format
Fricassee"
Haydn's Teaching with
Technology segment is titled "Online AA Degree?" My Tech Talk
Topic is "The Five Best New Things About Word 2007."
August 31, 2007. Episode 70 (49:32). On the show:
Bb Sandbox goes live; Yahoo mail gets better; Windows
Genuine Advantage suffered an outage; Net threats
continue to grow; a new report favors online testing;
SanDisk announces a new 8 GB flash drive; Dell launches
a new Optiplex; SP1 for Windows Vista is coming; Acer
acquires Gateway; Vint Cerf predicts the end of TV as we
know it; and we are featuring a tech book online about
Windows Home Server.
David's Blackboard feature of the week is "Building
Castles in the Sand"
Haydn's Teaching with
Technology segment is titled "Principles for
Effective Teaching." My Tech Talk
Topic is "Burning CDs and DVDs with Windows Vista."
August 24, 2007. Episode 69 (59:53).
News of grant opportunities for Palomar staff; Skype
experiences the perfect storm; PCTV can help you;
Windows Home Server is released to manufacturing; Google
makes it simple to embad Google maps; Adobe Flash has a
beta that supports HD video; UK students have great IT
skills, but not so much for English and math; NASA
announces a deal with Internet Archive; HD DVD wins the
latest round in the battle with Blu-ray; and we are
featuring a book on Google in Education.
Dave's Blackboard feature of the week is "Student
Procrastination Prevention."
Haydn's Teaching with
Technology segment is titled "The Pedagogy of
Discussion Board Settings." My Tech Talk
Topic this week is "That Windows Key."
Our gizmo this week is about a girl who had to make a
career change.
August 17, 2007. Episode 68 (1:05:13)
Palomar Blackboard summer 2006 courses to be purged;
TurnItIn unavailable Saturday; a new CCC Confer; Google
is giving away Sun's StarOffice; Google, Microsoft and
Apple announce web storage solutions; Microsoft released
9 security patches this week; Universal music went DRM-free,
but is including watermarks in songs; California voting
machines have been de-certified; IE and Windows are the
dominant browser and OS platforms; our tech book online
this week is about the iPhone.
Dave's Blackboard feature of the week is "Blackboard
Course Management Tips."
Haydn's Teaching with
Technology segment is about "College Papers: Cheating,
Plagiarism, and Education." My Tech Talk
Topic this week is "What's New in Academic Technology."
Our gizmo this week gives men a reason to phone home.
August 10, 2007. Episode 67 (41:55).
iTunes updated again; the new iMacs with a new iLife and
iWork; Microsoft gets a pass on the 1.5 billion patent
infringement penalty awarded earlier this year; two
Windows Vista patches you should know about; students
get free tutoring if they purchase MS Student; water
cooled hard drives from NEC and Hitachi; violent video
game content cannot be controlled in California; and we
feature a new tech book online about podcasting.
Dave is still off on vacation. Haydn has two
topics today, "TeacherTube" and "Preventing Students
from Printing Blackboard Tests" in his Teaching with
Technology segment. My Tech Talk Topic this week
is "Podcasting with the Oscelot Podcaster." Our gizmo
features a shadowy topic.
August 3, 2007. Episode 66 (38:21).
The iPhone gets updated; iTunes has sold over 3 billion
songs; Windows on almost 1 billion computers; VMWare's
Fusion out next week; a tech industry association names
the 10 most influential products of the last quarter
century; Adobe and Java products were updated this week;
the Pew Internet Life project analyzes the YouTube
generation; Apple releases 24 OS X patches; and we
feature a new tech book online about podcasting.
Both Dave and Haydn are absent today, so there will
be no Blackboard Feature of the Week or Teaching
with Technology segments. My Tech Talk Topic
this week is "Searching with Internet Explorer 7."
Our gizmo feature is a laughing matter, but only if
you are a robot.
July 13, 2007. Episode 65 (58:53). On the show:
The iPhone debut; iTunes 7.3; Google gives away things
at Feedburner, and acquires Postini; the Microsoft
Malware Center goes public, and patch Tuesday said it
was going to be small, but wasn't; Windows Vista SP1 is
just around the corner; Dr. Cary Carpenter publishes a
new anatomical term each day; Blu-ray seems to be
beating HD DVD, but then again, maybe not; 1 TB optical
disks?; send a Twittergram; two new video how-to sites;
find money with MS Virtual Earth; Microsoft begins
selling the IQ in India; CCC confer chooses Elluminate;
and we feature a Flash CS3 tech book. David's
Blackboard Feature of the Week is titled "The Coming
Thing," which he phones in from Boston at Blackboard
World 07. Haydn will ask the question "What do
students think of lecture podcasts?" My Tech Talk
Topic this week is "Embedding YouTube Videos." Our gizmo
feature is no laughing matter; or is it?
June 15, 2007. Episode 64 (44:55). On the show: Apple Safari for Windows was
released this week; the Leopard OS was previewed at
Apple's WWDC; MIT researchers demonstrated WiTricity;
Rome was reborn, virtually; Yahoo wants it both ways in
China; Microsoft patch Tuesday was uneventful; MS also
donated software tools to the fight against AIDS;
Windows home server RC1 is out; Google adds a view as
slideshow feature to GMail; we are featuring a tech book
online dealing with Ubuntu this week. David's Blackboard
Feature of the Week is titled "Flotsam,
Jetsam, Miscellaneous & Sundry," a veritable
gallimaufry of content. Haydn is on
vacation in Italy. My Tech Talk
Topic this week is "Installing Fonts." Our gizmo
feature is taking the week off.
June 8, 2007. Episode 63 (49:54). On the show: We will be discontinuing use of the
Horizon Wimba econferencing, IM, and voice tools June
16; the iPhone release date is June 29; there is an
ominous twist in Apple's DRM-free music; Google lands
the Big-10 libraries and doubles the size of the Google
library project; Microsoft Soapbox returns; Photosynth
is in the news again; Amnesty International wants to
stop Internet censorship, except for the censorship they
like; the Howard Hughes Medical Institute holiday
lectures are available free on DVD; a new medical
condition, Wiiitis has been diagnosed; and we are
featuring Office 2007 The Missing Manual as our tech
book online. David's Blackboard
Feature of the Week is titled "Goodbye to
Wimba," where
he describes how your Wimba content will look after we
disable the Blackboard building blocks. Haydn is on
vacation. My Tech Talk
Topic this week is "Using Google Blog Search,"
on how to find information in the blogosphere. Our
gizmo this week describes the convergence of high tech
care on the low tech battlefield.
June 1, 2007. Episode 62 (56:54). Tech and download news: There is a new version of
iTunes out (7.2); Apple also announces the arrival of
iTunes U; Google updates Earth (4.1), adds facial
recognition to Google Image Search, and announces the
release in beta of Gears; Audible gives up on Wordcast;
Shakespeare is vanishing, according to the American
Council of Trustees and Alumni; Microsoft officially
announces Surface, and demos SeaDragon and the new
Photosynth; the BBC broadcasts within Second Life; and
we are featuring a book on Word 2007. David's Blackboard
Feature of the Week is titled "Drop the Drop
Box," where
he discusses the advantages of using the Blackboard
Assignment Manager over the Digital Drop Box. Haydn is out this week, but has phoned one in on "Structuring
Your Discussion Boards." My Tech Talk
Topic this week is "Get Started with Office 2007,"
on how to get Office help online. Our gizmo
this week marshals technology to solve one of homo urbanicus' biggest problems: graffiti.
May 25, 2007. Episode 61 (46:55). Tech news: Fall 2007 Blackboard courses are ready to
use; Microsoft releases Popfly, and the Vista Beta is
due to expire; Google Book Search takes on Indian
literature, they ban paper writing advertising, they buy
Feedburner, and they want to know everything about you;
the US wants Vietnam to stop pirating software; and
Dells will be sold at Wal-Marts. David's Blackboard
Feature of the Week is titled "You've got
mail," where you will learn all about email address
and sending email from Blackboard. Haydn's "Teaching
with Technology" topic this week is "Get a Life--A
Second Life." My Tech Talk
Topic this week is "Using Google Notebook." Our gizmo
this week has to do with a reefer you are really going
to like.
May 18, 2007. Episode 60 (45:35). Tech and
Download
news: Graduation day is here, the
Fall 2007 Blackboard course shells will be available for
development starting May 20, the Spring 2006 courses
will be pruned May 19, @ONE has an online teaching
conference in the bay area or online, Microsoft and
SanDisk are developing a new flash memory standard,
Amazon announced a forthcoming DRM-free mp3 download
service, WinHEC happened this week, friends don't let
friends MySpace, web censorship is growing, according to
the OpenNet Initiative, there's a new way to encode data
on living bacteria, and we have a new online book to
feature on Apple QuickTime Pro. David's Blackboard Feature of
the Week is titled "Announcements,
Announcements, Announcements," wherein he
discusses...
You guessed it. Haydn is off this week. My Tech Talk
Topic this week is "The 'New' Google," about
the new look and functionality of the Google web site.
Our gizmo this week will make your arm rock and roll.
May 11, 2007. Episode 59 (49:54). Tech
and Download
news: Graduation day is here, the
FCCC has announced availability of the new Microsoft
products for sale to CC faculty and staff, updated
StudyMate and Respondus, Windows Live Hotmail is live,
JavaFX, Silverlight and Flash are going head-to-head,
Thunderbird and Presently are new, Google is the
strongest brand name in the world, Dell says XP is OK if
you want it, the Encyclopedia of Life is launched, and
the Pew Trust says most people are connected but few use
the really good stuff. David's Blackboard Feature of
the Week is titled "TGIF," that
is, Thank God It's Finals.
He will describe ways to make working with the final
Blackboard gradebook easier. Haydn's Teaching with Technology segment is titled "The
Pedagogy of Doing It Differently Next Time," wherein he
offers tips on making your next online class more
efficient and effective. My Tech Talk
Topic this week is "Motion Paths in PowerPoint."
Our gizmo this week is the worlds biggest vending
machine.
April 12, 2007. Episode 58 (15:45). We have a very brief podcast this week. We are
publishing this brief episode to inform you that there
will not be a podcast next week. We have two other
major announcements: the Blackboard system will be
unavailable Saturday, April 21, because we will be
performing a system upgrade; and Cory Doctorow will be
speaking on campus Friday, April 20.
March 30, 2007. Episode 57 (1:01:31). Tech and
Download
news: Political Economy Days are
here next week at Palomar; Blackboard will be rebooted
next week; Adobe announced release of Creative Suite 3;
there is a new Apple Boot Camp beta out; Yahoo
intends to remove all space limitations on email
storage; the Citizendium has launched; the US loses its
global Information Technology leadership position
according to the World Economic Forum; there is a new
100 GB upgrade to the iPod; several new studies show
that people are not good at multitasking; a new Parks
Associates' study explains why those who do not have
home Internet do not; there is a new, unique Internet
delivery method in poor, rural countries; Disney.com
sets some records; and we have a new, featured Safari
tech book online. David's Blackboard Feature of
the Week is titled "Oops...now
what?"
where he discusses what to do if your Blackboard course
copy, export/import or course cartridge load do not go
as planned.
Haydn's Teaching with Technology segment is titled "Online
Testing in On-campus Classes" where he
makes a suggestion that could transform the way you do
student assessments. My Tech Talk
Topic this week is "Adobe Acrobat Techniques" where
I detail a few techniques I failed to present in a
workshop earlier this week.
Our gizmo this week is not one dealing with how to wake
you up in the morning, but how to keep you from going to
sleep whenever (especially in class).
March 22, 2007. Episode 56 (48:44). Tech news:
A new (so soon) version of iTunes
(7.1.1); end-of-the-line for Firefox 1.5; the state of
Internet security according to Symantec; why your PC
should be napping; new colorful themes for your Google
home page, and a new "plus box" in Google search
results; you can now buy AppleTV; the EFF podcast "Line
Noise" podcast is available again; Amazon opens a new
classical music blowout store; the most "compelling,
passionate, informed speakers" in the world can be
seen/heard on the web now, thanks to TED online; and a
featured book on PowerPoint in our Safari Tech Books
Online. David's Blackboard feature this week is
titled "Course Prep
Toolbox." Why? Because the new Blackboard
course shells for summer 2007 are ready to be populated
with content and he wants to explain the Blackboard
tools you will need to do that.
My Tech Talk
Topic this week is "10 Cool Drawing Tricks in
PowerPoint 2003."
Our gizmo this week relates to a new superhero, of
sorts: sewer-bot.
March 16, 2007. Episode 55 (1:05:39). Happy St. Patrick's Day! The latest Tech and
Download
news: The summer session
Blackboard courses have been created; there will be a
power shut down to the Northern half of campus March 23;
we experienced an obscure java related daylight savings
time problem with Blackboard this week; political
economy days are coming, April 4-5; we will begin
rebooting the Blackboard system once per month on the
first Wednesday each month; we have several download
from Microsoft to tell about; Google has a new beta
release of their desktop search program; Apple issued 45
patches to OS X this week; the New York Times select is
now free to teachers and students; there is a new report
out that purports to prove the idea that IT drives
prosperity; there is also a new Pew study out on
Latino's online; the DMCA is in the news again, this
time with a 1 billion dollar suit filed against Google
by Viacom; finally, a consortium of vendors, led by
Microsoft, filed FCC documents this week to make and
distribute a device to deliver Internet over unused
parts of the television spectrum. David's Blackboard Feature of
the Week is titled "...the Water's
Fine"
where he concludes his discussion of question pools and
test deployment.
Haydn's Teaching with Technology segment is titled "Learning
Contracts: What and How" where he
weighs the pros and cons of this tool. My Tech Talk
Topic this week is "Audio and Video in PowerPoint:
Linked or Embedded?"
Our gizmo this week is custom made for boneheads.
March 9, 2007. Episode 54 (58:53). Tech news: Palomar's political economy days are just
around the corner, new versions of iTunes and QuickTime
are available, @ONE announces a June Online Teaching
conference, Windows Home Server beta is open for
application, Photoshop CS3 will be out in March, CompUSA
will be closing over half their stores, Bill Gates
testifies on American competitiveness before the senate,
FDR and Lou Reed become linked for eternity, a couple of
brave congressmen take on the recording industry and
attempt to roll back the assault on American freedoms
that is the DMCA, Jimmy Wales says to EssJay you are
forgiven, but get out of here, and our features tech
book online is Windows Vista the Definitive Guide. David's Blackboard Feature of
the Week is titled "No Running the the Pool Area"
continuing to describe the use and design of question pools
in Blackboard.
Haydn's Teaching with Technology segment is titled "A
Potpourri of Tips for Teaching with Blackboard" where he
presents a checklist of good pedagogical ideas. My Tech Talk
Topic this week is how to publish to Blackboard from
StudyMate.
Our gizmo this week is the new Samsung hybrid hard
drives.
March 2, 2007. Episode 53 (58:21). Tech news: getting started tools for Office 2007,
AppleTV and Sony's IVL, Mac patches and a Zune update, a
CCCSAT announcement, endangered species ring tones,
Internet complaints, a Blackboard military cadre, book
publishers' widgets, more on the Joyce Hatto classical
music swindle, and a featured book online. David's Blackboard Feature of
the Week is titled "Filling the Pool, Part 3"
continuing to describe the use of question pools.
Haydn's Teaching with Technology segment is titled "The
Best of Both Worlds?" where he discusses the use of
Horizon Wimba Live Classroom. My Tech Talk
Topic this week is a grab bag of Mac support questions.
Our gizmo this week presents the world's most beautiful
keyboard.
February 23,
2007. Episode 52 (47:55). Tech news includes: several new free downloads from
Microsoft, Steve Jobs on teachers' unions, a new
radiation warning icon, webmonkey surgeons, a classic CD
fraud, and a new featured techbook online. David's Blackboard Feature of
the Week is titled "Filling the Pool, Part 2"
this week on creating a pool by hand.
Haydn waxes revolutionary with "Power to...the
students?". My Tech Talk
Topic this week is short but practical, "How to combine
several PowerPoint presentations into one." And our
gizmo this week is a research project--vaporware, I
suppose, on lips to text conversion.
February 15,2007. Episode 51 (52:29). Tech
news includes: several new free downloads from
Microsoft, an enormous Patch Tuesday, GMail
free-for-all, Blackboard Scholar, a new free version of
AVG anti-virus and anti-spyware for PC, a web site and
pod/vod-casts for the San Diego Opera, a web site on how
to archive digital photos, and a new tech book
online about Windows Vista. David's Blackboard
Feature of the Week is titled "Filling the Pool,"
about populating question pools in the Blackboard
question pool manager. Haydn will speak on
"Online Student Help" in his Teaching with
Technology segment. My Tech Talk Topic this
week is "Using Google Book Search." Sorry, no
gizmo this week.
February 9, 2007. Episode 50 (37:28). In technology news: Monday, February 12 is Darwin
day, get ready; several free downloads from Microsoft
became available this week; Steve Jobs calls for an end
to DRM, and the recording empire strikes back; in Google
news: Princeton joins Google Book Search, and GMail
becomes more widely available; Viacom assaults free
speech (in some cases) on YouTube with DMCA take-down
notices; in News news: the world's oldest continuously
published newspaper discards print in favor of a digital
edition--the NY Times may be next. David is off
this week, so there will not be a
Blackboard Feature of the week. Haydn's Teaching with Technology
segment is titled "Group Activities Online?
Absolutely!" where he focuses on how online
instructors are able to incorporate group activities
that many face-to-face instructors use. In my Tech Talk Topic
I discuss "The Internet Explorer 7 Search Box."
Our gizmo of the week: a prosthetic arm with feeling.
February 2, 2007. Episode 49 (58:33). Tech news: the commercial release of Windows Vista
and Office 2007, a new release of StudyMate, some Apple
patches, Adobe's new Lightroom, some Microsoft freebees,
a new Pew study on tagging, a featured book in our
Safari tech books online on RSS feeds, the latest Vista
vulnerability. The
Blackboard Feature of the week: "Detour Ahead," where
Dave discusses the External and Course Links tools in
Blackboard. Teaching with Technology: "Discussion
Board Guidelines." Tech Talk Topic: "A
New Version of StudyMate: Flash Cards on the iPod."
Gizmo of the week: Ford's new Microsoft-based in-car
communications center Sync.
January 26, 2007. Episode 48 (47:35). Tech and
download news: several announcements from Google, an
extension of WinXP support, iTunes declared illegal in
Norway, a featured book in our
Safari tech books online. The
Blackboard Feature of the week: "Unpopped Kernels:
The 'Other' Content Tools," a
discussion of the many unused tools to be found in
Blackboard. Teaching with Technology: "Teaching
and Getting Results." Tech Talk Topic: "Tech
Support Q and A." Gizmo of the week: a patent
application for "Immortal Computing."
January 19, 2007. Episode 47 (46:14). Tech and
download news: New versions of Google Sketchup,
FeedForAll, Windows Vista, Office 2007 and a beta of ActiveSync. The
Blackboard Feature of the week: "Adding an item to
a content area in Blackboard." Tech Talk Topic: "How to
create a Podcast with Blackboard." Gizmo of the
week: the US Navy's 8-Megajoule railgun.
January 12, 2007. Episode 46 (58:32). We have news of an Academic Technology birth; lots of
tech and download news which we are going to do
roundtable style, starting with this episode, including
news from CCCSAT; from Bill Gates via his keynote at the
Consumer Electronics Show; from Steve Jobs via his
keynote from MacWorld; from Pew Internet Life Project
regarding social networking sites; a new type of
flexible electronic paper, from Plastic Logic; and news
of the Word-of-the-Year for 2006.
David's Blackboard Feature of the Week is titled "Please
Hold On to the Bar" in which he discusses
things to remember about Fall classes, and things to do
for spring classes. Haydn's topic for the first
"Teaching with Technology" segment for 2007 deals with
the new Visual Presentation tool in Blackboard. My Tech Talk Topic is
"What's New in Academic Technology for Spring 2007."
Our gizmo this week is more serious than usual: a
solid-state hard drive.
December 22, 2006. Episode 45 (57:00). Tech news includes new newsletter software we are
using; our maintenance activity for the first week of
next year; Google domain registration; the release of
Opera 9.1; a Zune update, making its software compatible
with Windows Vista; an update on the Word zero-day
vulnerability; security patches for Mozilla products;
news of a new Sloan grant to the Internet Archive; a new
Windows Media player plugin that allows syncing with an
iPod; a Pew
study on election 2006; a Zogby poll about Internet use;
and the 10 most searched terms at Google for 2006.
David's Blackboard Feature of the Week is titled "Stick
a fork in it!" in which he discusses
last night's Blackboard system update, among other
year-ending things. Haydn is on hiatus until next
year. My Tech Talk Topic is called "Future
Tense," wherein I polled our staff for their take on
what is coming over the next 10 years. Since this
is the last show of the year, we do a retrospective in
our Gizmo segment on the 10 best gizmos of 2006.
December 15, 2006. Episode 44 (54:44).
Happy holidays to all. We have a somewhat
abbreviated show today. Haydn is on hiatus and Dave
is phoning his segment in. Tech news includes
a summary of Academic Technology activities over
winter break; Firefox 3 alpha 1 has been released to
private testers--the Firefox community having been
under-whelmed by the recent release of 2.0; Jimmy
Wales has announced a new free web space free web
development software venture called "openserving;"
patch Tuesday came with about 9 updates from
Microsoft this week; there's news of the economic
impact of Windows Vista; a thumb drive drive from
inveneo; a mouse innovation from Microsoft for
developing countries called MultiPoint; Photoshop
CS3 beta release; and Google announced the beta
release of a new, very cool, patent search engine. David
is sending us his Blackboard Feature of the Week
from a remote location. His title is "Looking
Ahead: Winter Break Upgrades" in which he
discusses the hot fixes we will be applying to
Blackboard and the addition of Pronto and the new
Horizon Wimba voice tools. My Tech Talk Topic
is an interview with our own Shay Phillips who
reviews the Microsoft Zune for us. The gizmo
section this week is titled "Every Dog Will Have His
(Holi)Day, about all things doggy tech.
December 8, 2006. Episode 43 (1:00:41).
This week we have some local news about our
lab; Adobe Reader 8 is out; news of vulnerabilities
in MS Word, Mac OS X, and previous versions of Adobe
Reader; MS Web Expression has gone on sale;
Microsoft released a new beta of its Live Book
Search, while its Live Search product has lost
market share; Greenpeace released its Guide to
Greener Electronics, Nokia finished first and Apple
last; and we have news of some new databases in the
library. David's Blackboard Feature
of the Week is a double-header this time titled "A
Time for All Things," which considers copying
course materials for Spring 2007 and filtering the gradebook for Fall 2006.
Haydn's Teaching
with Technology segment is titled "Can
I Make It Better Next Time?: Conducting A Quality
Review." My Tech Talk Topic
discusses creating your first blog. Our gizmo
feature has turned in to gizmos, as we address the
tech stocking stuffer with some exotic products.
December 1, 2006. Episode 42 (54:59). We have,
again, lots of tech and download news.
From Microsoft, a new day for business has dawned;
also from Microsoft a free XML notepad, an
updated Windows Live toolbar, an updated 3D Virtual
Earth, and a patch for 2007's new daylight savings
time; from Adobe there is a new Flash player; from
Pew a new study of the podcasting phenomenon; from
US-CERT news of an Apple OS X vulnerability and a
patch; from Merriam-Webster a chance to vote on the
word of the year; from the U of Maryland a new
world's fair collection; from the Palomar library a
great new title in the Safari database; and finally,
from our Behavioral Science department news of a
research poster session. David's Blackboard Feature
of the Week is titled "The Performance Dashboard -
Revisited," where he
describes the new features in performance dashboard
and discusses some of their uses.
Haydn's Teaching
with Technology segment is titled "What is
Effective Online Teaching: Student Survey Says..." My Tech Talk Topic
describes how to use the Horizon Wimba voice board
within Blackboard. Finally we have our first
official cold weather gizmo this week, the evil
snowbots.
November 17, 2006. Episode 41 (1:04:30). Welcome on PS3 Friday. Once again, the volume
of tech and download news has grown. From the CVC
and Blackboard we have news of awards for best online
courses; from HHMI news of their holiday lectures
webcasts; the Microsoft Zune went on sale this week; it
was also Patch Tuesday week, and Office Live came out of
beta and is publicly available; the Google Book project
added the U. of Virginia; Google, Yahoo! and
Microsoft announced a new search engine metadata
standard this week; and Sun announced the release of the
source code for Java to the public under a GPL license. David's Blackboard Feature
of the Week is titled "Support Call Roundup," where he
takes on "known issues" and frequently asked support
questions.
Haydn's Teaching
with Technology segment is titled "Time Management
Strategies for Online Instructors and Students." He will recommend a couple of ways to
get students more involved in discussions, both
in-person and online. My Tech Talk Topic deals
with tabbed browsing in IE7. Our gizmo this week
extends last week's discussion of runaway alarm clocks
in an interesting way.
November 9, 2006. Episode 40 (56:05). We have,
as usual, a lot of technology and download
news. There are several items from Microsoft, as
they ramp up to officially deliver Windows Vista, Office
2007, and Exchange 2007. This week we also have
news about Microsoft giving away free accounting
software; Windows Defender is out of beta; there is a
new Office Online web site; a new Compatibility Pack
which allows older versions of Office to read/write the
new file formats; and a new 3D Virtual Earth. We
also report on a new StudyMate beta; what's happening
with the new version of Horizon Wimba voice tools;
Photoshop Lightroom beta; new MacBooks; an initiative on
electronic voting from the EFF; and a special CCC Confer
webinar coming up. David's Blackboard Feature
of the Week is titled "The Deep End of the Pool," having
to do with a problem with publishers' question
pools.
Haydn's Teaching
with Technology segment is titled "Stimulating
Discussion." He will recommend a couple of
ways to get students more involved in discussions,
both in-person and online. My Tech Talk Topic
will recommend three IE7
extenders. Our gizmo this week solves the world's
greatest work-related problem.
November 3, 2006. Episode 39 (50:02).
Our tech news briefs include new versions of Windows
media player (11) and Sun java runtime (9), a new
episode of PCOnline Exposed, new
voice tools from Horizon Wimba, several
announcements from Apple, including a fix for the
unexpected MacBook shutdown problem, awards for best
online classes from Blackboard and ITC, another
Google acquisition, and new resources from the
Electronic Frontiers Foundation. David's
Blackboard Feature of the Week explains adaptive
release of materials. Haydn is off this week,
so there will not be a Teaching with Technology
segment. My Tech Talk Topic deals with
shortcut keys in IE7. Our gizmo this week is a
high-tech bun warmer, with a difference.
October 27, 2006. Episode 38 (1:01:30). Our
technology news this week involves the new TurnItIn
trial at Palomar college, the release of Firefox 2,
Windows Desktop Search 3, Darwin online, a call for presentations from CENIC and
the CETC, a call for big spenders from Jimmy Wales, the
founder of Wikipedia,
and a couple of product 5th birthday parties. We also
have news of training opportunities at Palomar and
beyond. David's Blackboard Feature of the Week
is title "Word Up," having to do with the Blackboard
glossary tool. Haydn has a Teaching with Technology segment titled
"I want to do it, but will they cheat?"
about testing online. My Tech Talk
Topic deals with how to subscribe to an RSS feed in
IE7. Our gizmo this week solves the world's
number one technology problem.
October 20, 2006. Episode 37 (47:31).
A 60-day trial of the TurnItIn anti-plagiarism
product will commence Monday, October 23; IE7 was
officially released for download Wednesday, and soon
will be released as an automatic update; Apple
acknowledged shipping a PC virus in recent video
iPods; Sony is recalling Sony Vaio batteries; we
have a new Teaching with Blackboard screen video
promoting the Assignment feature; and Google and U.
of Wisconsin announce a joint project. We also
have news of training opportunities at Palomar and
beyond, including @ONE, Adobe, and
Horizon Wimba. Haydn has a Teaching with Technology segment titled
"An Online Instructor's Best Friend."
David's Blackboard Feature of the Week is title
"Spring is Busting Out All Over," to acknowledge the
creation of the Spring 2007 Blackboard course shells
this week. My Tech Talk
Topic extends my discussion last week of the Windows
Live Writer. Finally, our gizmo this week
makes you look like the geek you want to look like,
with a techno-prosthesis, and gives you a super
power to boot.
October 13, 2006. Episode 36 (50:22). Tech news briefs: IE7 will be out any day;
Firefox 2 RC2 has been released and official release
is expected in November; Patch Tuesday was a
whopper; the annual Campus Computing Project report
has been released; Google announced beta
availability of Docs and Spreadsheets, and followed
it immediately with the release of Google for
Educators, incorporating those same tools; and, by
the way, Google bought YouTube for 1.65 billion;
finally HP released its vision of the personal hub,
a Dick Tracy wrist device that serves as
headquarters for all your wireless gadgets. We also
have news of training opportunities at Palomar and
beyond, including @ONE, Microsoft, Adobe, and
Horizon Wimba; Haydn has a Teaching with Technology segment titled
"Instructional Strategies to
Enhance Online Learning;" David is concluding
his vacation this week and will not have a
Blackboard feature of the week, tune in next week
for a new one; my Tech Talk
Topic is about Microsoft Live Writer, a terrific,
free blogging tool,
and finally, our for gizmo this week, think 1984,
think Superbowl, think that Mac ad, its back, but
this time from Hasbro. It's like Kurt Vonnegut
said, "History is merely a list of surprises."
October 6, 2006. Episode 35 (1:11:28). Tech news: Fujitsu and Hitachi join the battery recall
parade, and Toshiba ups the number, while HP continues to deny the need;
the OED comes to Palomar; CCC
fees drop and more financial aid is available;
Google is giving away free gadgets for your web
site; Google also announced a new literacy portal
this week; IE 7 has the best anti-phishing
technology; UC teams up with Google to present some
questionable videos; @ONE announces a new online
community; high school students question the
legality TurnItIn; Microsoft announces strong anti-piracy
measures in Windows Vista, which, by the way appears
to be on schedule for release to businesses in
November and consumers in January. We also
have news of training opportunities at Palomar and
beyond; a Teaching with Technology segment titled
"The Collaborative Tools in Blackboard: What Are
They and Should I Use Them"; a Blackboard Feature of the Week titled
"Thinking Outside the (Digital Drop) Box;" (clever
Dave) delivered on location from Denver; a Tech Talk
Topic that deals with the future of the Internet,
and a speed demon gizmo.
September 29, 2006. Episode 34 (54:04). Haydn is out this week, but Dave has mailed it in
from Colorado. Thanks Dave. It's short
and sweet, having to do with the Blackboard Edit
View shortcut. Consequently, I'm tempted to promise a very short show--and I do expect
it to be short-er, but there is so much interesting
tech news that I'm not sure how short. That tech news
includes an IBM/Lenovo battery recall, a bug-fix
release for iTunes, Firefox 2 RC 1, a new social web
site from Microsoft called Wallop, a couple of early
critical bug fixes from Redmond, and pricing for the
new Zune has been announced. (We'll get to that real Zune).
We have the usual training opportunities news, my
tech-talk-topic turns legal this week with a
discussion of the TEACH Act and its implication for
us tech types, and the gizmo this week is like an
Arnold remake, the rise of the machines--kind of
funny and kind of scary. How far will
Automation go lugging along its buddy Stupidity?
September 22, 2006. Episode 33 (1:03:52). We
have a lot of technology and download news to report this week:
a new version of Acrobat, iTunes bugs, a Toshiba
battery recall, a new, cured, wikipedia called
Citizendium, vector graphic malware, and Microsoft
Soapbox. David is on hiatus this week,
vacationing in Colorado. Haydn's Teaching with
Technology segment is titled "Is Online Teaching for
Me?" My tech-talk-topic will be "Using
Audio in PowerPoint." The gizmo this week has
to do with a distinctly Orwellian development in
good old England.
September 15, 2006. Episode 32 (57:20).We
have tech and download news this week, and
exciting announcements of new products, especially
from Apple. David's Blackboard feature of the
week topic is "Discussion Board Controls."
Haydn's Teaching with Technology segment is all
about WebQuests. My tech-talk-topic will be an
overview of the two new video download services
announced this week from Apple and Amazon. For
the gizmo this week we present iriver one-ups iPod,
again.
September 8, 2006. Episode 31 (58:15). We
have a moderate amount of download and update
activity to report on this week.
David's Blackboard feature of the week topic is "The
Horizon Wimba Live Classroom." Haydn's
Teaching with Technology segment is "Ideas for
using the Discussion Board." My tech-talk-topic will be an
interview with Chris Norcross of our staff who has
been reviewing help desk software so that we might
pick one for our department. We have a winner,
and Chris will be here to report. The
gizmo of the week is dedicated to my wife, but I
won't say what it is at this point.
September 1, 2006. Episode 30 (1:12:06). We had to bring Blackboard down twice this week,
once for an hour, once for half an hour, to run
firmware updates on its new Dell database server.
Download
and update activity heated up this week, with new
offerings from Microsoft, Google, Adobe, FeedForAll,
Respond/StudyMate, and others.
David is finally back. We'll get the full
story about his absence as part of his Blackboard
feature this week. His topic is "The Faculty
Faux Student Account." Haydn
will be speaking on "Active Learning--The Key to
Online Success" in his Teaching with
Technology segment. My tech-talk-topic is
a review of a new tool from Blogger.com that allows
postings to blogger blogs directly from Word 2003. The
gizmo of the week is the swiss army knife of memory
card readers. You won't believe how many
formats it reads. I'm closing the show with a
trivia question, one that's going to take some
detective work, so send us your answers.
August 25, 2006. Episode 29 (1:07:52). We have made it through the first week of Fall
2006 semester. A serious course copy error has
cropped up in Blackboard, but we are working through
it. Once again, we have a lot of news from
Palomar and Academic Technology, and some
significant news on the download front too.
David is out this week, so there will be no
Blackboard feature of the week. Hope you're
feeling better soon Dave. Haydn has an
interesting one, though: the pedagogical potential
for online audio, called "Online
Pedagogy...Enhanced!". My tech-talk-topic is
related: how to make and receive an audio recording
over the web, end to end. Since Dave is not here, we are filling
in with a new feature, which I have a feeling will
become semi-regular, called "Campaign 06."
The campaign this time? An all out war against
the CAPS LOCK key. Finally, the gizmo of the
week is a must have for the concertgoer, the raver,
even the has been boomer laying on the couch in the
dark watching Clapton DVDs. Your clue is, it
shines in time.
August 18, 2006. Episode 28 (1:00:54).
We have a lot of news from Palomar and Academic
Technology, but not much in the way of download
news. Dave has another multipart Blackboard
feature of the week. Haydn is back from the Grand Canyon
and ready to regale us again with a Teaching with
Technology segment. My tech-talk-topic is
a laundry list of what's new in academic technology
this fall, for those who are catching up--and that
includes almost everyone. Finally, the gizmo
of the week is, once again, a service, sort of, and
not a thing, sort of. It is the website
YouTube, and that is why we started off the program
notes with the quote from who's on first.
August 11, 2006. Episode 27 (1:10:52). Our technology and download news includes news of
hardware failures and rebuilds, upgrades, new
versions of Firefox, Respondus-StudyMate, Windows media
components for QuickTime, and others. We also
have news of a
Blackboard upgrade--a Service Pack this time, which
means bug fixes, and new Google features.
Beginning with this show we start announcing the
training opportunities for next week, the "plenary"
week as it is now called. We're back in the
training business in a big way. Dave in his
Blackboard feature of the week will do a post-mortem
on the Blackboard SP1 update, and make a couple of
Blackboard announcements, pleas and reminders to
faculty members. Haydn is on hiatus this week,
at the Grand Canyon. Remember Haydn, when your wife
says to step back just a couple more steps to get
that photo, don't do it. My tech-talk-topic is
the Olympus WS-100 voice recorder in particular,
audio recording in general, and how they relate to
our new podcasting solution for faculty members. The
Gizmo of the week for the first time is a service,
not a thing. And what a service.
July 28, 2006. Episode 26 (53:08).
We have some interesting tech and
download news, especially with reference to backup
services. I am also expecting a news flash
from David about his new video podcast--or vodcast--series. We have
the usual training
opportunities news. Dave,
continuing his "getting ready for Fall" theme will
speak on "Anatomy of a Menu" where the Blackboard
menu system gets the precise treatment. Haydn will speak on
ontological reality. Well, sort of.
He kindles a fire under the objectivist vs.
constructivist approaches to education. My
tech-talk-topic will address the Horizon Wimba voice
tools, with how-tos on the voice recorder, a warning
about the voice announcement tool, and an evaluation
of several audio headsets. The Gizmo of the
week may strike many as the least practical ever,
but I have some practical suggestions for it.
July 21, 2006. Episode 25 (1:04:21).
Today we have, mercifully, just a couple items in
download news. We have a couple of new training
opportunities from @ONE and Microsoft. Dave,
continuing his "getting ready for Fall" theme will
cover publishers' course cartridges in his
Blackboard Feature of the Week. He presents
it as a riddle. Haydn will speak on student
frustration and what to do about it. My
tech-talk-topic will address creating PDF documents,
and promote our Palomar College PCPDF service.
We have multiple gizmos this week, all having to do
with iPods, and especially the well dressed iPod.
July 14, 2006. Episode 24 (1:05:16). On today's show we have ....
A ton of download and local tech news. A new
training opportunity among others. Dave, in his
Blackboard Feature of the Week, will talk about
"Getting Ready for Fall." Yep. It is
that time already. Haydn will speak on "Why
Johnny Won't Post" and the basics of excellent
online courses. My
tech-talk-topic will be on the new Microsoft Private
Folder, and amounts to a very simple little how-to
feature. For our gizmo of the week, we are
featuring "the Terranaut."
June 30, 2006. Episode 23 (57:22).
Today we have news of downloads, news of coming
technology, and even an advocacy issue: net
neutrality. We have also upcoming @ONE and
Microsoft training opportunities. David will
speak on controlling Blackboard personal
information. Haydn will speak on evaluating
the quality of online courses. My
tech-talk-topic will be on the new features in IE7
Beta 3. And finally, forgotten last week, the gizmo
of the week week--since the week of the 4th of July
is coming up and last week we had midsummer day--the coolest
barbecue grill ever.
June 23, 2006. Episode 22 (41:28). On
this show we have the usual download and tech news,
news of training opportunities.
David will discuss three things in his Blackboard
feature of the week: 1) faculty reminders and his
"Tell-a-friend" campaign; 2) how to see all replies
to a post in the Blackboard discussion board; and 3)
a mention of the voice email tool now available in
Blackboard. Haydn phones his segment in, doing a
valuable remote on the topic of "How to Create an
Exemplary Online Course." In my
tech-talk-topic this week I follow up on my open
letter to Blackboard from
episode 19. Finally, the gizmo this week--since
we had midsummer's day last Wednesday--the coolest
barbecue grill ever, bar none!
June 9, 2006. Episode 21 (50:35). We
have the usual news and downloads segments.
Haydn will have his teaching with technology tip,
speaking this week on the topic of "Resources for
Online Students and Faculty." David will
discuss "using html in your course menu" during his
Blackboard feature of the week. I will discuss
personal organization and the use of MS Outlook in
my tech-talk-topic. And the gizmo this week is
the girliest one we have featured yet.
June 2, 2006. Episode 20 (1:02:17).
All is well at Palomar. We have completed the
second week of summer "intersession" classes, with
the six and eight week summer classes to begin June
19. Last Sunday, May 28, David completed the
database migration to the new database server for
the Blackboard system. He will talk about that
and more on his Blackboard of the week segment.
The barracuda has swum into our waters. I'm
talking about SPAM filtering. Our IS
department has deployed the Barracuda spam firewall
publicly this week, and we have an interview with
Mike Dimmick of the IS department to explain the ins
and outs of it, which is the subject of my tech-talk
this week. Haydn will discuss "facilitating
students in an online course" in his teaching with
technology segment. Finally, for our gizmo of
the week, is something that no spy should be
without: video recording eye glasses.
May 26, 2006. Episode 19 (1:02:12). This was a really big week for upgrades and
downloads. Starting with us. Dave
performed a tech support miracle in getting our
large and growing Blackboard system upgraded to
version 7.1 on Saturday, May 20. After a 21
hour stint, he still did not have time to integrate
the new database server into the server platform.
That will have to be done this Sunday, from noon to
6pm. We will discuss the upgrade during his
Blackboard feature of the week. There were
also big upgrades and previews from Microsoft and
Sun. Haydn will discuss "How to Teach Online
Like a Pro" in his teaching
with technology segment. In my tech talk topic
I have a "Dear Blackboard" open letter to our
Courseware Management System producer.
Frustration will be evident, but fairness will be
maintained during the finger pointing, I hope.
Finally, for our gizmo of the week, the iPod has
been boomboxified.
May 19, 2006. Episode 18 (37:02). Our show today features Palomar tech news and downloads, a Blackboard feature
of the week, "the Wimba voice tools,"
which we now have installed on our test system,
Haydn is on hiatus this week, trying to get his
grades submitted post haste, my tech
talk topic on training, part 2, which I neglected to
include in last week's show, so it will be given
from the perspective of the fait accompli, and
finally the gizmo of the week,
unique USB drives.
May 12, 2006. Episode 17 (48:41). Our show today features
Palomar tech news and downloads, a Blackboard feature
of the week, "the course and account life cycle," a
teaching with technology segment from Haydn
discussing technology tips, where he gives valuable
tips and resources, my tech
talk topic on training, part 2, and the gizmo of the week,
a shocking feature, this week.
May 4, 2006. Episode 16 (59:47). We
are planning an upgrade to Blackboard--Blackboard
7.1 App pack 1--immediately after commencement.
We are also planning to install the Wimba voice
tools in Blackboard and to develop our training
schedule for Fall 2006. Our show today
features downloads, upgrades and tech news for those
at Palomar, a Blackboard feature of the week,
looking forward to version 7.1, a teaching with
technology segment from Haydn, my tech talk topic on
training, and the gizmo of the week.
April 28, 2006. Episode 15 (31:01).
Our show today features a remote segment from
Haydn, adding more to his ideas on engaging the
online learner--from Palm Springs, or at least so he
says. David is not doing a remote this week.
I report on news and events from campus, upcoming
training, a brief talk on the Wimba voice tools, and
the gizmo of the week.
April 21, 2006. Episode 14 (44:44). Our show today features tech news from around
campus, info on the latest downloads, a Blackboard
feature of the week from Dave, believe it or not,
remote from San Juan Capistrano, a teaching online feature from Haydn
titled "engaging the online student," a
tech-talk about the Tegrity system, and the gizmo of
the week: the Elvis spreader.
April 7, 2006. Episode 13 (45:16).
Our show today features tech news from around
campus, a teaching online feature from Haydn, a
tech-talk about RSS, blogging, and podcasts, and the
gizmo of the week: the TrackStick.
March 31, 2006.
Episode 12 (46:44). Professors continue to export/import and populate
their summer Blackboard course shells.
Political Economy days are coming next week. We have
all the tech news fit to print (and speak).
Our Blackboard feature of the week is integrating
the discussion board into other course content areas.
Haydn joins us this week for an Online Teaching
feature of the week. Our tech-talk-topic is
rich media presentation systems.
Finally, the gizmo of the week is a cigarette
vending machine RFID system.
March 23, 2006. Episode 11 (42:02). This week summer course shells were created in
Blackboard: one-thousand and twenty-one of
them. We made the decision to turn off the
course copy feature in Blackboard because it is
still not working correctly. Dave addresses
the problem in our "Blackboard feature of the week"
segment. On the show today we also have lots
of campus technology news, highlighting the spate of
recent @ONE announcements. Our tech-talk-topic
today is plagiarism, and specifically what,
technologically, can be done to address this highly
charged topic. Finally, our gizmo of the week
is a set of mp3 sneakers.
March 17, 2006. Episode 10 (36:33).
Happy St. Patrick's day to all. It is still
cold around here, and the prognostication is for
rain again this weekend. This week we made the
decision to integrate the new Blackboard database
server on March 23; we attended a demo on RF
Audience Response systems, called rf clickers, and,
quite separately, decided to stop supporting the
Real media format. There are software
upgrades, and many events to report on. Listen
in.
March 10, 2006. Episode 9 (33:51).
Our tech-talk-topic today is synthetic voices and
text-to-speech within Windows XP, including how to
set up and configure text-to-speech in Windows and
where to get those "better" voices. We have
lots of tech news from around campus, upcoming
conferences, AT training review, the Blackboard
feature of the week (gradebook view filtering), and
the gizmo of the week: the revelation of the MS
Origami project.
March 3, 2006. Episode 8 (53:04).
Haydn, Shay, David and Chris are back from
Blackboard World '06. I have David and Haydn
on today's show and will thoroughly debrief them
about what went on at the annual Blackboard users'
conference. Other features of today's show
will be the usual
Palomar tech news/reminders, upcoming Academic Technology
training, Dave's Blackboard feature of the week,
a brief discussions about MS reader, and finally, the
gizmo of the week.
February 24, 2006 - Episode 7 (33:02). Another short week, but all
is well. On today's show
we have the software upgrade roundup and other
Palomar tech news, a talk with David and Haydn about
the Blackboard certificate program, upcoming
Academic Technology training, Dave's Blackboard
feature of the week, brief discussions about the
demise of FrontPage and free downloadable audio
books, and finally, the gizmo of the week, the Skype/Netgear
wi-fi phone.
February 16,
2006 - Episode 6 (34:54). I'm back from Monterey.
Everything is running smoothly. Dr. Haydn
Davis is appointed Academic Technology Coordinator.
There is lots of tech news at Palomar.
StudyMate updated. FrontPage classes starting
on 2/27. Setting the course entry point in
Blackboard. Installing Beta software?? Lots
more...
February 9, 2006
- Episode 5 (34:18). A memory leak in Blackboard 7? We think so.
Placing your audio on the web. Upcoming training and
the @ONE training schedule. How to use the
Blackboard unpackager. And more...
February 3, 2006 - Episode 4 (25:59). The third week of spring
semester is completed, and all is well.
Academic Technology training is in full swing.
StudyMate is being introduced on campus, and there
are lots of news and happenings.
January 27, 2006 - Episode 3 (1:00:24). The second week is past us
and all systems are go. This show features a
great interview with Linda Locklear of our American
Indian Studies department, a technology star at
Palomar.
January 20, 2006 - Episode 2 (44:59). We survived the first week of
Spring semester.
January 13, 2006
- Episode 1 (29:52). What's new in Academic Technology for Spring 2006.
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