In this episode: 

Google Apps just got smarter: introducing the Apps Marketplace’s new EDU category

This week in Docs: Video player in the document list

Use Chrome and Chromium Side-By-Side for Easy Profile Management
Google offering MSI to simplify Chrome enterprise deployment – Google Chrome in the classroom lab

The Best Ways to Tweak Your Search When Google Doesn’t Give You What You Want
- Google Search Lessons Google Web Search – Classroom Lessons and Resources

Google Search from Daniel M. Russell –  http://searchresearch1.blogspot.com/

iPads in Education from Sam Gliksman http://ipadeducators.ning.com

Jim Klein influences Andrew again – How to Turn a Nook Color into an Awesome Android Tablet

CUE at Macworld http://cue.org/macworld

In this episode:

Danny uses an EL strategy to figure out how to pronounce Zeitgeist so that he can watch the Google Zeitgeist 2010: Year in Review, Andrew breaks the BMI calculator at http://www.gainfitness.com/ and should probably use the RunKeeper Pro app he downloaded for free (get yours before January 10th). For all you PE Geeks out there, check out using Google Forms to track student fitness – http://thepegeek.com/2010/08/31/graphing-on-the-go/. Oh, and we talk mobile. Lots of mobile.

Mobile Learning Links
http://www.cellphonesinlearning.com/
http://www.projectmobilise.com/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hCabrl8Fsdg

Ofris-en – http://www.multimediaboom.com/ofris-deep-freeze-alternative-for-ubuntu/

Nook Color – http://community.saugususd.org/jklein/weblog/1344.html

Upcoming Events:

• Danny at California League of Schools PLC’s and Technology Conference January 14, 2011
• Andrew at EdCampOC January 15
• Andrew & Danny at MacWorld with CUE for a live recording January 29th, 2011

Episode 23 My Cr-48 And Me

In this episode:

We talk about the Chrome OS Cr-48 “beta” notebook Google shipped out to Danny and not Andrew. As Christopher Dawson points out, the Cr-48 presents some interesting possibilities for schools, if the price is right. Chrome for Enterprise, finally. MSI files and ADM files, yeah!  Another Google Demo Slam: Epic Docs Animation all done with a Google Presentation.  Danny does yet another presentation – Web Tools for Agricultural Education (hire him, he’s really good). Danny finds a new web based screencasting sight that doesn’t work on the CR-48 – screencastle.com.  Jim Klein’s ubermix has Chrome OS beat! (So says Andrew) and Danny can’t get enough Sesame Street.

In this episode:

We discuss Andrew’s visit with Avery Middle School and their 1:1 iPad implementation. Their IT Director, Michael Wells is moving his school into the future in a very cool way. Our favorite web 2.0 services are starting to offer more formal (and possibly limited) Education accounts. Danny covers the Google EdTech News of the past few weeks, eBooks being the big story this week. No, its not windy in studio, once again, we have audio fun as Andrew breaths heavily into the mic during the whole podcast and Danny goes all Cylon near the end. Enjoy!

Links:
TED Talk – Sugata Mitra shows how kids teach themselves
GoAnimate Launches Education Accounts http://goanimate4schools.com/ with 100 student limit.
Gloggster has 100 student limit.
Animoto has 50 student limit.

Google Links:
Discover more than 3 million Google eBooks from your choice of booksellers and devices
Skitch 1.0 http://goo.gl/NjeP5
Free Graphics and Media for Camtasia Studio http://goo.gl/USRfA from TechSmith
Shape connectors have arrived in Google drawings http://goo.gl/KWSGa
Send as Santa – http://www.sendacallfromsanta.com/
Google Teacher Academy Australia http://www.google.com/educators/gta.html
Google Chrome Speed Tests http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nCgQDjiotG0
Chrome OS and the Chrome Notebook  (Application for trial)
Chrome Web Store https://chrome.google.com/webstore
Google Cloud Print Now Open for Chrome Dev on Windows http://goo.gl/KTUIr

In this episode:

Scientist find New Life…. in Mono Lake, CA. We touch on our favorite topic, IWBs (Interactive White Boards), then talk about screencasting in the class, Animoto goes medieval on education with a 50 student cap and don’t forget http://www.cue.org/Macworld and the secret code: MWCUE2.

Danny’s Google Hot List:
Google Translator Toolkit – Now available with Google Apps
Another Demo Slam – http://www.demoslam.com/#/champs/wxDRburxwz8
Google Apps Education Training Center to help in the creation of classroom how-to videos

The Non-Google Links:
NASA Finds New Life http://goo.gl/oIY3m
Check out our K12HSN Online Video project – www.t3onlinelearning.com
Need to read words off a screen? http://www.cueprompter.com/
Animoto Education Registration Link
http://www.cue.org/Macworld (Use Jon’s super secret code: MWCUE2)
IT Lone Ranger Tech Camp Feb 19, 2011 – http://ctap7.k12oms.org/eventdetail.php?id=43869

The Tweets!

dancallahan

Smartboard presenter is showing us the video “A vision of K-12 Education” but it doesn’t really match up to what I think IWBs are for.

ASCD

Should 21st century teachers continue to compartmentalize learning with daily lesson plans? More in an ASCD EDge post: http://bit.ly/eVfLLA

chadkafka

“When teaching media in class there are two rules: 1-video should be shorter. 2-should be edited one more time!” From @garystager #gl2010

iteachag

2 Impressive Alternatives To Animoto That Will Help You Make Slick Home Videos http://goo.gl/IkUFk

In this episode:

Andrew talks about How to Build a Hackintosh Mac and Install OS X in Eight Easy Steps and why you probably shouldn’t. Special Guest Tim Goree, Director of Technology Services for the Norris School District, tells us how he’s moving his District to Open Source infrastructure with a little help from the team at Revolution Linux and gives us some insight into the importance of focusing on Instruction and the classroom as an IT Director. This is Demo Slam, enough said. Search for “Chubby Bunny” to see more.

Episode 18 MWCUE2

In this episode:

The Silent Andrew episode. Andrew has all kinds of audio issues and mutes his mic while Danny manages to keep the show going to bring you a great episode with SSBT field reporter Jon Corippo @jcorippo giving us the CETPA Exhibitor Hall run down and special guest Richard Byrne @rmbyrne sharing the story behind his amazing http://www.freetech4teachers.com/ blog.

Upcoming Event:
http://www.cue.org/macworld/
Great discount for teachers to attend MacWorld Users Conference (Only $105 with Special CUE Code – MWCUE2 ) Thursday-Saturday, January 27-29, 2011 (regularly $395-475 without the CUE promo code) CUE sessions will be on Saturday (SSBT may be in the house!)
Check the link for all the great presenters and presentations that will be going on along with some great giveaways.

Featured Blog and Special Guest:
http://www.freetech4teachers.com/ – Richard Byrne – @rmbyrne – Google Certified Teacher
Free resources and lesson plans for teaching with technology

Honorable Mention:
Ken Shelton is not waiting for Superman.

Jon’s CETPA 2010 picks from the Exhibitor show floor:
SMART notebook
cyberschool.com

The Day Apple Roared – Lion is coming! http://lifehacker.com/5668967/what-to-expect-in-mac-os-x-107-lion

Is easy App Development for iPhone/iPad just around the corner?
http://gizmodo.com/5596596/whats-ilife11-mysterious-new-application

In this episode:

Apps Iowa http://sites.google.com/a/cuetoyou.net/gwe/events/2010-09-29

Outlook To Google – Now you can turn off threaded conversations  http://gmailblog.blogspot.com/2010/09/turn-off-gmails-conversation-view.html

Google TV http://www.google.com/tv/ http://gizmodo.com/5657345/logitech-revue-google-tv-box-full-details

Running Multiple Google Apps Accounts – http://googlesystem.blogspot.com/2010/08/google-multiple-sign-in-now-available.html

In this episode:

Special guest Mike Magboo, Teacher on Special Assignment – Merced County Office of Education ROP Technology Chair (@allurbaser) shares his thoughts with us on IT’s role in Education, talks about our upcoming T3 video project as part of the K12HSN Grant and shows off his Monster Droid X. More LTSP performance geek out moments, Flash 10.2 for Ubuntu 64-bit is out but didn’t fix the problems. Danny wasn’t happy with just being a GCT so he went out and became a Google Apps Certified Trainer. I didn’t want fan boy status, so I’m only a Google Apps Qualified Individual. Check out http://edutraining.googleapps.com/ for more info on getting certified. And check out these tech resources for CA educators – Calaxy and MyBOE.org. And of course we talk about Jim Klein’s ubermix and Jon Corippo & Minarets High School.

Danny pulls a tweet out of thin air (An awesome Google Site customization):

RT @jessternrays @mattlovegrove‘s Google Apps powered site http://bit.ly/9gnmNK.

Looks like the work of the master craftsman @EdintheClouds. Brilliant!

I ask, “Can we ditch our PBX phone system and replace it with Google Talk in Gmail?”

To become a Google Certified Trainer, check out the “Become an Apps Certified Trainer.”  There is a great Training Center and then you will take six exams.  After passing all six exams, you become a Qualified Individual.  The last step to become a Certified Trainer is to fill out an application and produce a two minute video “which demonstrates your ability to create and present instructional material.” (Program Details)  Even if you are not interested in taking the tests, I would recommend using the training center to learn a great deal of information about Google Apps.

Here is the video that I produced as part of the application process. It is on Google Calendar Labs.

In this episode:

Danny and Andrew remember how to do a Podcast.  We’ve been back from Rock Star Tech Camp for a month and four weeks of school down already. Danny has moved his freshman Earth Science classes to a 1:1 instruction model and Andrew has been busy keeping the lab up and running.  More fun with Ubermix and LTSP in the lab.  Ofris, a deep freeze for linux.

Andrew had a great lunch at the Apple Tech Champs training hosted by the San Joaquin County Office of Education and then had a day of fun and excitement at MOUSE Squad orientation the following day.

Danny is drawn back to the mothership (the GooglePlex) for a GCT Reunion.

We make an appearance on the local radio (well, mostly Danny) 1480 KYOS.

Google announces the Google Apps for Education Certification program with Tests! We both have two down, four to go.

And the mics were set too high so we sounds a bit fuzzy, sorry.

Danny Silva at the Google Teacher Academy

Recently, I was lucky enough to be featured on the front page of the local paper, the Merced Sun-Star.  It was a great opportunity to be able to share information about attending the Google Teacher Academy in London as a Lead Learner (presenter). I was also able to share how I have been able to include technology in my agriculture courses at Le Grand High School, including Agriculture Earth Science and Agricultural Communications, a ROP course.

To my surprise the article has been republished more than once on the internet. It was an editor’s pick for the ASCD Smart Brief and also posted on a blog site sponsored by the National Young Farmer Educational Association (NYFEA) – Agriculture’s Promise. It has been a great way to build my PLN with other Agriculture Teachers from around the country.

I would like to thank Nathan Quevedo, Public Information Officer for MCOE for sending out a press release and Jamie Oppenheim for writing a very nice article.  Here is the full article from the Merced Sun-Star‘s website.

In this episode:

We are live at #CUERockstar Rock Star Summer Tech Camp hosted by Minarets High School. Rockin’ the Ruckus Wireless during the day and crashing the hotel wireless at night.  (Best not to try and build an LTSP Server in the hotel room the night before the presentation, Andrew…). Hold up your cell phones and sway to the background noise for this guest packed show:

Special Rockstar All Stars:

1. Diane Main and friends from Milpitas Christian School (Cristine Vo and Sarah Glossop) – @Dowbiggin Google Certified Teacher (Thanks for loaning us a Blue Snowball Mic for the show)
2. Ken Shelton – @k_shelton Google Certified Teacher, Discovery Educator
   1. Look for more Google Workshops at CUEToYou
   2. Photo Lesson Tip – check out http://dailyshoot.com
3. Dave Childers – @davechilders Principal at ACEL Fresno Charter High School
4. Alice Keeler – @alicegop Teacher at Clovis High and ACEL Fresno Charter School Board Member
5. Guests from our Podcast session! Thanks for jumping in.
   1. Dave Cicoletti
   2. Karen Oppenheim – @karenoppenheim from ACEL Fresno Charter High School
6. Alison Lopez – English Teacher at Le Grand High School (not on twitter, but we’re working on her)
7. Javier Martinez – @lghs_principal Principal at Le Grand High School
8. Mike Niehoff – @minaretsnews Principal of Minarets High School
9. Jon Corippo – @jcorippo Guest appearance Number 4 on the podcast, Minarets’ Helpful Guy and Mastermind of #CUERockstar

In this episode:

Andrew jailbreaks his iPhone4…from a website!!! http://jailbreakme.com – Is it now OK to Jailbreak your iPhone? NPR covers the story here – http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=128772296

Danny returns from Google Teacher Academy in London,
other lead learners
kernkelley
lthumann
dajbelshaw
tombarrett
ZoeRoss19

Great Stuff from New GCT
OliverQuinlan and presentation link
Link to Google Teacher Academy Resources

This Thursday Live from Minarets High School for Rock Star Teacher Tech Camp – the next episode of Small School Big Tech

Blue Yeti
Blue SnowBall
The Ringer

The Cylon

In this episode:

Danny’s at the Googleplex again, this time for the Geo Teacher Institute learning all about Google tools for Geography.  Maine and the UK have edtech that makes California’s Technology look like the 17th Century – BECTA, http://www.micdl.org/ & http://mainelearns.org,  What came first, the chicken or the egg?,  Andrew goes all uber geek on LTSP (the Linux Terminal Server Project) and sets up up Moogle! – Moodle and Google Apps Integration,

Twitter follow of the week: Ian Usher

Links from GoogleGTI:
Student’s Learning History with SketchUp -

• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t4FMGJQ4zfc
• http://bit.ly/ap1vjL
• http://bit.ly/aGKywk

Thomas Cooper’s links – http://thenetworkedlearner.wikispaces.com/ & http://walkonthewildside.wikispaces.com/
3Dmouse – http://bit.ly/dAPfK4
Realworldmath.org

Show Notes:

In this episode:  Andrew remembers that IWB’s come with integrated curriculum – duh! Jon Corippo is straight out of the pool and back for a third guest appearance to sum up ISTE10 in three words – “Interactive whiteboard glut”, Jon also recommends checking out the SP Controls Doceri A/V switch with iPad integration and the Vidifox WebCam with a touch screen interface, Danny is jealous of Jon’s Google Block Party experience and the great games Jon got to play to win swag (even though Danny would have just bought anything with a Google logo on it anyway), Danny forgets all about  http://googletreks.org/ and Andrew and Danny cover some of their favorite tweets from the past week.

Our Favorited Tweets:

RT @jcorippo: Amazing!! Organized!! The Differentiator http://www.byrdseed.com/differentiator/ /via @NMHS_Principal (holy cow!)

@terryfreedman What Are The Big Issues for Ed Tech Leaders?: I’ve done a quick analysis of the entries received so fa… http://bit.ly/cfmRv1 Pls R/T thx!

@googleos Picasa Web Integrates with Picnik http://goo.gl/fb/OgW7v

@youtube Connecting a Google account to your older YouTube account – when, why & how: http://goo.gl/mdYA

@jessternrays OpenOffice can export PowerPoint slides to SWF files  http://tweetphoto.com/32408987

Follow us on Twitter! @anotherschwab and @iteachag and look for these exciting upcoming events and their hash tags:

Google Geo Teachers Institute – July 21-22  http://bit.ly/cz8o62 #googlegti
Google Teacher Academy – July 29-30 http://sites.google.com/site/gtaresources/Home #gtauk
CUE Rock Star Teacher Tech Summer Camp – Aug 3-5 http://cue.org/rockstar #cuerockstar

In this episode: More iPhone 4 talk since Andrew and Danny now both have one, Andrew goes off on Big Curriculum and asks why Technology is not integrated into the big publisher’s offerings, sync multiple Google Calendars to your iPhone Calendar – https://www.google.com/calendar/iphoneselect, add Google mobile apps to your home screen -  http://m.google.com, see your iPhone 4 screen’s potential with the Trip Out app, Danny finds a surprise waiting for him in his notebook bag and Google is finally linking regular Google tools to Google Apps accounts, although neither Danny or Andrew are exactly sure how that is going to work.

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Final days of the fiscal school year and the crunch is on.  We talk about how iTalc can be used (or not) for Classroom management (finally some school tech).  We might actually get some Grants next year. How do you go after money for Tech?  Leave us some feed back on the WordPress site (no its not Google Sites anymore).  The jinx is still on; no iPhone 4 for us.  The power of the iPhone 4 camera/video – The Ducati “156 Turns” iPhone 4 movie and BONUS: “Apple of My Eye” – another cool iPhone 4 film.  Andrew upgrades a 3G to iOS 4 (woof, woof) and then jailbreaks it for fun.

Show notes:

In this episode: Today’s special guest: Joe Bower from Red Deer, Alberta, Canada. And back again, Jon Corippo (the “Helpful Guy”) from Minarets High School, Oneal’s, CA. Joe talks about how he got into blogging (“For the Love of Learning”), the education reforms taking place in Alberta, Canada, field trips and his views on National Standards and Grades. We touch on Finland’s Teacher Centric Approach to reforming their Education System: http://www.rethinkingschools.org/archive/24_04/24_04_finland.shtml and http://www.edutopia.org/international-teaching-learning-assessment-video. Jon shares his experiences and thoughts on teaching without textbooks and pimps the Rock Star Teacher Summer Tech Camp, at Minarets High School August 3-5, 2010. Danny didn’t get an iPhone 4 but the guy sitting next to him at lunch did. Andrew deals with technical problems, most of which are on the cutting room floor (and apologizes for typing so loud during the podcast).

Show Notes:

In this episode:  We talk with guest Melinda Miller from Willard, Missouri.  Elementary School Principal at Willard East Elementary School and GCT from the GTA San Antonio, TX.  How she uses http://www.textmarks.com/ as one possible solution for sending SMS updates to parents and how she can use http://twitterfeed.com/ to get info from Twitter to Facebook for her students’ parents.  We ask her about her blog; The Principal Blog  http://weprincipal.blogspot.com,  posting to her blog everyday in June to get a free book Spilled Ink and Why she needs an iPhone4, why none of us will get one on time and her podcasts; The Podcasting Principal & The Practical Principals with Scott Elias.  We also discuss Google Apps and the new version of Google Docs that came out June 14 as well as the new YouTube video editor.

Show Notes:

In this episode: Moodle training and how we plan Professional Development (or don’t), Is Danny (Certified Google Fan Boy) upgrading to iPhone 4 or switching to Android?, Andrew’s iPhone upgrade dilemma, Andrew gets an EcoVue iPad case, Google Apps and Moodle Integration, Danny can’t find an email detailing some cool new features coming to Google Docs, and how to Build a walled garden for email in Google Apps for Education using Postini Message Security (but really, why would you?).

Show Notes:

In this episode:  iPad in Education Workshops from CUE.org, AT&T iPad and iPhone service pricing, Netbook Summit, AirVideo on the iPhone and iPad, iTunes & iTunesU, Rock Star Teacher Summer Tech Camp and in most episodes Jon Corippo & Jim Klein - http://smallschoolbigtech.com

Andrew Schwab - @anotherschwab & Danny Silva - @iteachag

Show Notes:

In this episode: 1-1 Netbook/Laptop challenges and benefits, Special Guest Jon Corippo from Minarets High School talks web filtering and a bunch more – @joe_bower‘s lone nut Post, Shaping Tech for the Classroom, Digital kids. Analog schools.

Show Notes:

In this episode we discuss what is Small School Big Tech and how it came about.