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Geek!Ed! is a frequently-weekly netcast produced by five geeks (and occasional guests) from Pinckney Community Schools, MI. We're geeks in education who are geeked about the impact of technology on education.
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November 16th, 2009
November 9th, 2009
Technology is for the Nerds…
We go to a deeper level of geekiness on this one:
Web Content Management
The most inexpensive email archiving EVER!
More on Jane – (not Moron Jane)
October 30th, 2009
We’re Back!
Budget issues continue to impact the district and the tech dept. is trying to keep up. Chris and Diane are teaching new classes and Michael has been sleeping in his car.
Diane is the Technology Prophet!
Does instruction need to be hi-tech to be good? Diane’s adventures in private school.
Netbooks! Ehhh…. maybe.
Geek of the Week
Tom likes www.newsmap.jp
October 29th, 2009
“So what are you doing back?”
“Well, I set back and thought about the things we used to do.
It really meant a lot to me, you mean a lot to me.”
“I really mean that much to you?”
“Girl, you know it’s true.”
June 18th, 2009
Tom, Nancy, Jennifer, Jodi, Lori, Wendy, Tom, Rick, and Michael P.
Reflections on the second year of working with a class of eighth graders who have been in a 1:1 laptop program.
Very interesting…
June 18th, 2009
Chris, Ted, Tom, Diane (for a few minutes), and Michael P.
A conversation about what tech skills should be expected of a new hire – administrator or teacher.
It all ends with The Lament Of Desmond R. G. Underwood-Fredrick IV
May 1st, 2009
Ted, Tom, Diane, Chris, Mikey P.
@2:40 – A shameless plug for the Beauty and the Beast at LCS
@3:30 – Cincinnati is a little bit safer.
@5:00 – twitter is back in favor at geeked… Tom’s thoughts on twitter as a more valuable tool.
April 20th, 2009
…at least I think it’s 128…
Chris, Diane, Ted, Tom, and Mikey P.
Topics:
Prezi (http://www.prezi.com)
A mention of pptPlex (http://www.officelabs.com/projects/pptPlex/Pages/default.aspx)
Some on teaching problem-solving skills to teachers…
April 3rd, 2009
We’re at it again, and less than 2 weeks later with our first en plein air netcast. No students this time, but there is a lot of silliness.
Here are some of the topics (perhaps you should review this before listening):
April fools pranks/jokes on the web
2:00 xBox 360 hoax – http://www.xbox.com/en-GB/games/a/alpinelegend/
4:30 our MicroSoft Connection is with xBox. (Episode 28)
5:30 Windows 7 is coming in just one version. No…wait…
6:00 Google’s April fools prank – the Panda is everywhere…
7:00 The Guardian’s prank
7:40 Tom’s admission…
8:45 An in-depth analysis of the various flavors of Vista by Michael (tech knowledge you can find no where else)
10:30 Tom’s “frustration + despair = productivity” business philosophy
12:30 MACUL reflections, post-conference blues…
15:45 Tom visited New Tech High and was greatly impressed. We talk about it. A lot. – this gets good…
30:00 Wrap-it up… GOTW
- KISS – for youtube.com http://www.kissyoutube.com/
- Tom gathers the birds with his annoying iPhone app “Dog Whistler”
- Chris is using an iphone WordPress app
- Page Zipper Bookmarklet
- TinyURL has a bookmarklet as well.
35:45 Here come the cops..
36:00 Steve Taylor – Cash Cow (A Rock Opera in Three Small Acts)
** Extra credit for listening to the end. 
March 21st, 2009
Geeking from MACUL 2009 in Detroit, Michigan. Tom Chris and Diane are joined by:
- Dean Meyer and his 5th grade students from Laingsburg, Michigan,
- Bball23,
- Pbandj,
- Bballstate,
- Eeyore,
- Mexico
- Fatima from Universal Academy
- Derek Kauneld from Taylor Schools
- Danielle Letter from Bridgeport-Spaulding Schools
- Daryl Tilley from Ingham ISD