It’s the holiday season, and for episode 33 we’ve brought you a special “Technology Shopping Cart” panel discussion helping you find the perfect gifts for the tech nerds in your life! Welcome to the EdTech Situation Room from December 14, 2016, where technology news meets educational analysis. Visit https://edtechsr.com/links to access all referenced links from our show. This week we had four panelists including Jason Neiffer (@techsavvyteach), Martin Horejsi, Miguel Guhlin (@mguhlin) and Wesley Fryer (@wfryer) share book recommendations and techie gift ideas under $10, in the $10 – $20 range, and the over $100 category. Everyone also shared a movie or video series recommendation to check out over the holidays. You’ll definitely want to visit our shownotes this week for a complete list of referenced links. If you purchase something, read something, or watch something as a result of our show please let us know! We’ll be back for one more episode in 2017 with our “EdTech Year in Review” show, but that date will be announced pending Jason’s European vacation travel plans. Follow us on Twitter @edtechSR for updates about that show’s date and time, which will most likely break with our “normal” Wednesday night routine. Please also fill out our listener survey at http://wfryer.me/edtechsr to let us know where you’re tuning in from and what you’ve liked from our shows. Have a safe, restful, and joyful holiday everyone! (And go download Miguel’s FREE security ebook right away, you’ll feel much safer after you read it and change your personal security habits as a result!)
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- Jason Neiffer (@techsavvyteach)
- Book: Europe through the Back Door, by Rick Steves
- Under $25: Don’t know what to buy your nerd? Amazon giftcard, yo! or Belkin 3-Outlet SurgePlus or Mini Travel Swivel
- Great Audio Products for Non-Audiophiles Monoprice DJ Headphones and Monoprice Ear Buds
- $25-100:Kindle Paperwhite and Amazon Refurbished Store for Amazon items
- More than $100: and Amazon Echo or Google Home
- Martin Horejsi (NCCE Board bio – University of Montana contact info)
- Book: The Inevitable: Understanding the 12 Technological Forces That Will Shape Our Future by Kevin Kelly (June, 2016)
- < $20: Bondic Plus Plastic Welder
- $20-100: UE ROLL 2 Reef
- > $100: Mercedes Maybach S600
- Movie: Watch all 5 Jason Bourne in order finishing with You Know His Name
- Contact info for Martin: Click Here and choose one.
- Miguel Guhlin (@mguhlin) Blog: mguhlin.org | TCEA Director of PD: www.tcea.org/blog
- Free ebook, Protect Your Digital Privacy and free digital audio books or A Spy’s Guide to Thinking (Data ->Analysis->Decision->Action – “The world is overflowing with data, secret and otherwise. It has to be shrunk. That happens in the analysis process.” Fascinating writing style/ or How to Write Short
- Under $20: Lightning to USB cable ($5.99) or Messenger Bag ($14.99)
- From $20-$100: Chipolo Plus (approx $30 per unit) – Never lose stuff again! Or Kindle Fire 7” ($39.99 per unit, holiday) or Blue Mikey microphone ($99) for iPad/iPhone with Lightning connector or Portable Shower Bluetooth Rugged Speaker ($29.99)
- Over $100: MS Surface Pro 4 tablet
- TCEA’s Tech to Ask Santa For: December, 2016 and More gadgets
- Wesley Fryer (@wfryer)
- Book: “Spam Nation: The Inside Story of Organized Cybercrime-from Global Epidemic to Your Front Door” by Brian Krebs (@briankrebs) – ($10.49 on Audible)
- Under $20: iPow iPad Tripod Mount Adapter Universal Tablet Clamp ($9)
- From $20 – $100: Brother QL-700 High-speed, Professional Label Printer ($65 – hat tip to @tonyvincent) and SanDisk Connect Wireless Stick (h/t to Martin)
- Over $100: 12” 1.2 GHz MacBook ($1600)
- Citizenfour Documentary (@citizenfour)
