Tightwad Tech
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.
- Update frequency
- every 6 days
- Average duration
- 48 minutes
- Episodes
- 142
- Years Active
- 2010 - 2013
Episode 35 - Untangle
This week Mark and Shawn are joined by Dirk Morris the founder and CTO of Untagle to talk about their unified gateway appliance.
Thu 24 Feb 2011
Episode 34 - Virtualization in the Server Room
This week Mark and Shawn are joined once again by two previous guest, Rusty Meyners and Jeremy Fluhmann to discuss the current state of hardware server virtualization.
Thu 17 Feb 2011
Episode 33 - TCEA
This week Mark and Shawn broadcast live from the the Texas Computer Educators Association annual convention during their 90-minute session entitled "Podcasting Live."
00:18:16 |
Fri 11 Feb 2011
Episode 32 - Bring Your Own Tech
This week Mark and Shawn are joined by Paul Wood and Christine Voigt of Bishop Dunn High School in Dallas, Texas to talk about their practice of requiring students to bring their own personal computi…
00:55:15 |
Thu 03 Feb 2011
Episode 31 - Listener Spotlight #3
This week Mark and Shawn are joined by listener Michael Wahlstrom, a.k.a. MonkeyMartin for the third installment of our Listener Spotlight.
Thu 27 Jan 2011
Episode 30 - Progressive Leadership
In this episode Mark and Shawn are joined by Superintendent Mike Gilbert and middle school principal Kevin Weaver to discuss some of the challenges and techniques involved in being an educational lea…
Thu 20 Jan 2011
Episode 29 - 1:1 Computing
In this episode Mark and Shawn take a look at one-to-one computing and discuss some of the options available today, as well as some of the specifics regarding the setup of their school's one-to-one i…
00:56:37 |
Wed 12 Jan 2011
Episode 28 - Desktop Video Editing
In this episode Mark and Shawn discuss the current state of desktop video editing Tightwad style (i.e. a focus on free software options).
00:42:01 |
Thu 06 Jan 2011
Episode 27 - Tightwad Year in Review
Mark and Shawn recap the 2010- the inaugural year of the Tightwad Tech and discuss some of the highlights of past shows.
00:37:04 |
Wed 29 Dec 2010
Episode 26 - Listener Spotlight #2
This week Mark and Shawn are joined listener Bjorn Behrendt for our second Listener Spotlight episode.
Thu 23 Dec 2010
Episode 25 - Vicki Davis
This week Mark and Shawn are joined by Vicki Davis, A.K.A. CoolCatTeacher to discuss a wide range of topi
00:56:42 |
Thu 16 Dec 2010
Episode 24 - Digital Citizenship
This week Mark and Shawn are joined by Dr. Mike Ribble to discus the theory and practice of developing good digital citizens of the 21st Century.
Thu 09 Dec 2010
Episode 23 - Desktop Distance Learning
This week Mark and Shawn are joined by Lisa Parisi and Brian Crosby, two nationally-recognized educators, to discuss the concept of desktop distance learning.
Thu 02 Dec 2010
Episode 22 - Tightwad TV
This week Mark and Shawn give you a virtual tour of their "studio" and discuss some of the techniques and tools they use to produce the Tightwad Tech podcast, and its accompanying video feed.
00:42:41 |
Wed 24 Nov 2010
Episode 21 - Listener Spotlight #1
This week Mark and Shawn are joined by Chris (a.k.a. Slipp3D in the Tightwad Community) in our first ever Listener Spotlight show for a wide-ranging discussion of tech, podcasting, hacking and more!
Thu 18 Nov 2010
Episode 20 - Google Apps, Part 4
This week Mark and Shawn wrap up their four-part series on Google Apps with a look at the Google Apps Marketplace and some of their favorite addons.
00:40:45 |
Thu 11 Nov 2010
Episode 19 - Hodgpodge for 200, Alex
This week Mark and Shawn discuss a few different items that are too big to be ignored, but too small to be an episode in themselves.
00:49:17 |
Thu 04 Nov 2010
Episode 18 - Google in the Classroom
This week Mark and Shawn are joined by Derrick Waddell for part three of their series of shows related to Google Apps- focusing this time on classroom application
Wed 27 Oct 2010
Episode 17 - The Social Classroom
This week Mark and Shawn are joined by Amanda Wilson to discuss her use of Facebook and other online tools in the college classroom.
Wed 20 Oct 2010
Episode 16 - Who's LAN is it, Anyway?
This week Mark and Shawn have an informal discussion about a couple of interesting things that happened in their school recently, and what it may mean to others in similar environments.
Wed 13 Oct 2010
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