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The Tech Savvy Professor

The Tech Savvy Professor

By The PodTalk Network

​The Tech Savvy Professor, hosted by Dr. Marty Jencius (Kent State University) and Dr. Eric Perry (Southern New Hampshire University), are two professors' love for all things technology. TSP will be brief weekly conversations regarding what technology they are currently enjoying. You'll get helpful ideas of great software, apps, and hardware as they can be used in your academic and non-academic life.
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The Tech Savvy ProfessorMar 20, 2019

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Communicating with colleagues

Communicating with colleagues

Marty and Eric speak about methods we use (and have to) to communicate with our academic colleagues and the options we would prefer.

Apr 16, 202419:35
Watches

Watches

Eric and Marty catch up on a variety of tech and settle on talking about Watches and how they use them

Apr 03, 202427:12
New gadgets

New gadgets

Marty and Eric chat about new and future gadgets, some for work and some for fun.

Mar 19, 202431:06
What's your workflow?

What's your workflow?

Eric and Marty speak about how they handle work coming in and how they organize their workflow using tech

Mar 12, 202422:49
AI Part 3 - Faculty use

AI Part 3 - Faculty use

Marty and Eric do the third part of a three-part series on A.I. focusing on how faculty are using LLMs like ChapGPT for productivity at work.

Mar 09, 202429:10
AI Part 2 - Managing student use
Feb 22, 202420:35
AI Part 1 - What's it all about

AI Part 1 - What's it all about

Eric and Marty start a series on AI and education. In this episode, we introduce AI, describe some of the responses we've seen to it in higher education, and share some ways that faculty are using AI.

Feb 06, 202428:04
Software for managing fieldwork files

Software for managing fieldwork files

Eric and Marty discuss software platforms for managing students' fieldwork experience documents.

Jan 29, 202427:16
What's on your desktop?

What's on your desktop?

Marty and Eric share what apps they currently find invaluable for productivity.

TextExpander

TextSniper

TicTok

Canva


Jan 09, 202421:02
2023 Christmas list

2023 Christmas list

Marty and Eric provide some last-minute shopping ideas for the holidays.

Dec 20, 202329:42
Browsers

Browsers

Eric and Marty share their favorite internet browsers and a few that you might want to try.

Nov 15, 202321:05
Supplemental apps for online teaching

Supplemental apps for online teaching

Eric and Marty speak about supplemental apps that you can use to engage your online teaching.

Nov 09, 202320:44
Podcasting - Part 3 - Platforms

Podcasting - Part 3 - Platforms

Marty and Eric present the third part of a three-part series on podcasting. This episode focuses on podcasting platforms to distribute your podcast.

Nov 01, 202323:36
Podcasting - Part 2 - Software

Podcasting - Part 2 - Software

Marty and Eric continue a 3-part series on podcasting. This episode speaks to software needed to do podcasting with last episode on equipment and the next episodes on podcasting platforms.

Oct 24, 202328:06
Podcasting - Part 1 - Equipment

Podcasting - Part 1 - Equipment

Marty and Eric start a 3-part series on podcasting. This episode speaks to equipment needed to do podcasting with future episodes on software and podcasting platforms.

Oct 11, 202329:34
Apps for professional conferences

Apps for professional conferences

Marty and Eric discuss conference program apps and other tech used for attending professional conferences.

Oct 04, 202329:38
Learning Management Systems

Learning Management Systems

Marty and Eric discuss LMS differences, ways to get the most out of them, and online grading components.

Sep 28, 202330:06
Tips about monitors

Tips about monitors

Marty and Eric speak about their computer monitor setup at work and home with ideas for increasing your productivity.

Sep 20, 202323:28
Printers we love to hate

Printers we love to hate

Marty and Eric speak about their relationship with printers and Marty's clandestine office setup.

Sep 13, 202316:54
Tech to travel with

Tech to travel with

Marty and Eric talk about the tech they take when they travel whether it be domestic, international, work, or leisure. 

Sep 06, 202323:05
Calendars - part 2

Calendars - part 2

In part 2, Eric and Marty talk about how they managed to resolve their calendar app issues and suggest some tips for listeners setting up their calendars.

Aug 30, 202318:57
Calendars - part 1

Calendars - part 1

Marty and Eric review their history with Calendar apps for managing appointments and productivity. In part 1, we go through a variety of apps we have used and provide some tips on making choices.

Aug 24, 202321:08
Choosing a webcam

Choosing a webcam

Eric and Marty demystify the jargon with webcams and help you make educated decisions about what you need for video streaming and recording.

Aug 19, 202320:40
TextExpander and Text Blaze

TextExpander and Text Blaze

Eric and Marty talk about two incredible apps that will shorten your time at the keyboard for repetitive tasks like the same email you have to write all the time, and retyping the same comments on grading assignments.

Aug 09, 202317:58
The band is back together

The band is back together

Marty and Eric decided two years was too long a break and have started the podcast up again with regular episodes, keeping them short, digestible bits and enjoying themselves in the process. This rebirth episode discusses returning and what tech currently occupies our time.

Aug 02, 202318:20
Remote teaching enhancements

Remote teaching enhancements

Eric and Marty discuss how to enhance you remote teaching platforms (Zoom, Teams, and Adobe Connect) with supplemental apps and plug-ins

Mar 06, 202127:21
Testing your system for online teaching

Testing your system for online teaching

Eric and Marty discuss ways to test your desktop and mobile devices for internet speeds so you can run an online class, and getting technical assistance.

Oct 26, 202025:14
Screen capture application

Screen capture application

Eric and Marty discuss screen capture apps for your desktop and mobile devices, how to grab video and still screens on a variety of platforms.
Mar 20, 201927:15
Post-Holiday Q & A

Post-Holiday Q & A

Eric and Marty answer a caller’s question about note-taking on the fly and discuss system crashes, broken flash drives, and the Setapp service.
Jan 23, 201929:17
Evernote

Evernote

Eric and Marty discuss Evernote, one of their favorite apps for web-clipping, document storage, and information management.
Dec 21, 201826:58
Note that down

Note that down

Eric and Marty sort through all of the Note apps and suggest some good ones so you can capture your ideas
Dec 07, 201833:11
Everybody needs a to-do list

Everybody needs a to-do list

Welcome to the first show of The Tech Savvy Professor. Eric and Marty look at what every working academic needs, a good to-do list app.
Nov 16, 201829:01