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PODCAST

Tightwad Tech

Mark Cockrell & Shawn Kibel

Tightwad Tech is a podcast by and for those in the education field who face ever-growing demands and ever-shrinking budgets. Hosts Mark Cockrell and Shawn Kibel discuss the strategic implementation of free and open source software as well as the creative deployment of hardware.

technology k-12

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64:12

Tightwad Tech #112 - The Ho-Hum Book

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2012/11/15

After discussing some of the tech news of the day, Mark and Shawn take a look at Google's new round of Chromebooks.

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54:11

Tightwad Tech #111 - The Numeric Palindrome

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2012/10/31

Shawn introduces us all to a couple of new tools he's been playing with around the office.

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71:34

Tightwad Tech #110 - Listener Spotlight #13

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2012/10/25

For our thirteenth installment of the Listener Spotlight series, Mark and Shawn are joined by Pete Kuykendall to discuss his unique applications of the Tightwad Tech mentality.

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58:18

Tightwad Tech #109 - Listener Q&A

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2012/10/11

This week Mark and Shawn turn their attention to a number of items of listener feedback. They answer some questions, receive some advice, and take some criticism, too.

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57:33

Tightwad Tech #108 - Are You the Keymaster?

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2012/10/03

The guys try to unravel the mysteries of Microsoft Volume Licensing for education and discuss the challenges of the Windows 7 activation scheme.

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61:32

Tightwad Tech #107 - Google Goodness Gone

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2012/09/26

This week Shawn laments the loss of a couple of his favorite Google Apps add-ons and Mark takes to task the makes of one of his favorite tools for changing their terms of agreement only AFTER cashing his check.

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42:33

Tightwad Tech #106 - Wrapping Up Loose Ends

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2012/09/19

This week the guys bring to the table a few short topics that didn't warrant a show on their own, including an update on one of our favorite classroom management tools- iTALC.

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68:56

Tightwad Tech #105 - The Virtual Move

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2012/09/13

This week the guys cover a couple of tech news items before delving into a discussion on how to handle an overloaded VM server.

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71:16

Tightwad Tech #104 - The First Day

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2012/08/30

Shawn talks about his first day with students as "The Boss" and shares a few wins along with a couple of challenges he faced as the 2012 school year kicks off.

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60:58

Tightwad Tech #103 - What I Did This Summer

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2012/08/21

After an extended break, Mark and Shawn return to their mics again to fill you in on what happened while they were away, and what's in store for the future. Plus, Shawn announces his complete transformation into an Apple fanboy.

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54:43

Tightwad Tech #102 - If You Build IT, Part 4

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2012/06/05

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

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62:11

Tightwad Tech #101 - The State of the Tightwad Address

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2012/05/30

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

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Tightwad Tech #100 - If You Build It, Part 3

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2012/05/22

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

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54:39

Tightwad Tech #99 - Connecting with the Chromebook

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2012/05/15

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

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55:46

Tightwad Tech #98 - The National Cristina Foundation

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2012/05/09

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

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50:45

Tightwad Tech #97 - Subs and Security

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2012/05/01

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

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57:32

Tightwad Tech #96 - If You Build It, Part 2

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2012/04/24

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

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54:38

Tightwad Tech #95 - Big Blue Button

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2012/04/17

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

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58:13

Tightwad Tech #94 - Listener Spotlight #12

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2012/04/11

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

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62:19

Tightwad Tech #93 - If You Build IT, Part 1

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2012/04/03

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

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