The Tech Teachers

We talk about gift ideas for the holidays. Email us at rayandhollye@gmail.com DIRECT DOWNLOAD: Low Quality Version - Small File (170mb) High Quality Version - Large File (8GB) Show Notes - Holiday Special 2008 *Blu-ray Disc Player *Apple Wireless Keyboard Kit *Bluetooth Mouse 5000 Mac/Windows *Western Digital My Passport Essential 320 GB USB 2.0 Portable Hard Drive *External Hard Drive *Photo-related gifts and products: http://www.shutterfly.com/ *Digital Photo Frame *Flip Video Camcorder *Kodak Zi6 Pocket HD Camcorder *Canon VIXIA HF100 Flash Memory High Definition Camcorder *Transcend 8 GB SD Flash Memory Card *Nintendo Wii Fit *Wii 2000 Points Card *Xbox 360 Live Points *PlayStation Portable Console & Accessories Collection *Nintendo DS Lite Console Collection *Apple iPod touch 16 GB (2nd Generation) *Playstation 2 Rock Band Special Edition *Call of Duty: World at War *Gears of War 2 *Fallout 3 *NBA 2K9 *NHL 09 *Scene It? Box Office Smash Bundle *Quesadilla Maker *George Foreman Grill *Cuisinart Mix-It-In Soft Serve Ice Cream Maker ICE-45 *Netflix *MAKE Magazine Subscription *Macworld Subscription *Audible Audio Books *Jinx: Novelty and Geeky Gifts *Think Geek: Novelty and Geeky Gifts *Garmin nüvi 760 4.3-Inch Widescreen Bluetooth Portable GPS Automobile Navigator *Logitech mm50 Portable Speaker System for iPod (White) *iHome IH9 Speaker System and Alarm Clock for iPod (Black) *Logitech Z-5500 5.1 Digital Surround Sound Speakers *Tritton AX360 True 5.1 Dolby Digital Surround Sound Gaming Headset

This week we talk about education and technology topics including woot, picnik, iPhone apps, Pro Profs, Gears of War 2, and Portal. Direct Audio Download: Show 88 Streaming Audio of Show 88, Click Below: Subscribe to the Tech Teachers Podcast in iTunes. If you have a podcast client, you can point it to the following: http://feeds.feedburner.com/thetechteachers Join our Frappr Map!!!: http://www.frappr.com/techteachers Feedback is welcomed and appreciated. You can reach us at rayandhollye@gmail.com Show Notes for Podcast #88: *picnik: edit photos for free in your browser (no downloading or installation necessary) *Woot: Selling a different item each day on sale. *AppShopper: Helps you shop for iPhone applications by keeping track of price fluctuations. *ProProfs: online, free quiz generator *Video tutorial for ProProfs: Ray's PD video tutorial for ProProf *Gears of War 2 *Portal (can be bought with Xbox 360 Live 1600 Points)

This week we talk about education and technology topics including caffeine, the new macbooks, menulets, Tidy Up, Gmail Notifier, animasher.com, Google Toolbar, Hollye's observations about high schoolers vs. middle schoolers, and much more. Direct Audio Download: Show 87 Streaming Audio of Show 87, Click Below: Subscribe to the Tech Teachers Podcast in iTunes. If you have a podcast client, you can point it to the following: http://feeds.feedburner.com/thetechteachers Join our Frappr Map!!!: http://www.frappr.com/techteachers Feedback is welcomed and appreciated. You can reach us at rayandhollye@gmail.com Show Notes for Podcast #87: *Apple MacBook *Apple MacBook Pro *Rock Band 2 *Caffeine: keeps your macbook awake in menu bar. *Ray's video tutorials *Tidy Up: duplicate file finder that helps you tidy up your drives. *Plex *Gmail notifier: Check your gmail messages without opening your browser *Google Toolbar: for Firefox, drag-and-drop documents into Google Docs. *Animasher: create your own animations *Ray's Twitter account: twitter.com/psharkr

This week we talk about education and technology topics including ScreenFlow, Onyx, Google Gears, syncing Google Calendar with iCal, Symplify Media, Mailinator, iPhone applications, and much more. Direct Audio Download: Show 86 Streaming Audio of Show 86, Click Below: Subscribe to the Tech Teachers Podcast in iTunes. If you have a podcast client, you can point it to the following: http://feeds.feedburner.com/thetechteachers Join our Frappr Map!!!: http://www.frappr.com/techteachers Feedback is welcomed and appreciated. You can reach us at rayandhollye@gmail.com Show Notes for Podcast #86: *Ray's Professional Development Links: http://delicious.com/PDresources *Ray's PD Videos from Vimeo *ScreenFlow: to create screen recordings on your Mac. *Google Gears: allows you to interact with web applications, such as Google Docs, offline. *Sync iCal with Google Calendar *Simplify Media: stream your audio files from your home computer over the Internet to your current location. (Ray mispoke when he suggested that you could stream your video files. Simplify Media only allows the streaming of audio files.) *Western Digital Passport Drive *Mailinator: protect your privacy and avoid spam. *OnyX: allows you to perform system maintenance in OSX. *Get iPhone Applications (If you use this link, you will be supporting our show. Thank you.)

This week we talk about education and technology topics including Blip FM, Chrome, Microsoft ads, Kiss YouTube, drop.io, and much more. Direct Audio Download: Show 85 Streaming Audio of Show 85: Click Below Subscribe to the Tech Teachers Podcast in iTunes. If you have a podcast client, you can point it to the following: http://feeds.feedburner.com/thetechteachers Join our Frappr Map!!!: http://www.frappr.com/techteachersFeedback is welcome and appreciated. We can be reached at rayandhollye@gmail.com Show Notes for Podcast #85: *Castle Crashers on the Xbox 360 *Parallels: run Windows on your Mac *VMware Fusion: run Windows on your Mac *Chrome: Google's web browser *Microsoft has an entertaining new ad campaign with Seinfeld and Bill Gates. *BlipFM: be your own DJ *drop.io: Share files online, privately *Kiss YouTube: Download YouTube Videos

This week we talk about education and technology topics including ASUS Laptops, Thunderbird, Foxmarks, Evernote, Google Docs, Twitter, how to keep from becoming stale as a teacher, and much more. Direct Audio Download: Show 84 Streaming Audio of Show 84: Click Below Subscribe to the Tech Teachers Podcast in iTunes. If you have a podcast client, you can point it to the following: http://feeds.feedburner.com/thetechteachers Join our Frappr Map!!!: http://www.frappr.com/techteachers Feedback is welcome and appreciated. We can be reached at rayandhollye@gmail.com Show Notes for Podcast #84: *ASUS Laptops - Eee PC *Thunderbird Email Application *VCard to CSV Converter: get contacts out of your address book easily *Foxmarks: Bookmark synchronizer for Firefox *Evernote: an organizational tool that helps you capture, sync, and find information. *Uses of Evernote: Check this article out for ways to use Evernote. *Google Docs: Google Docs has spreadsheet and text applications that you can share easily. *Ray's Twitter Account: http://twitter.com/psharkr *Vernier Science Scensors Ray uses in his classroom