Welcome to the Check This Out Podcast! Episode 162 for February 18th, 2025 Titled - Let’s Be Creative with A.I. Show Notes: https://checkthisout.live/ep162 This episode discusses getting back into podcasting for 2025. It also covers the history of A.I. tools and a new A.I. tool called Whisk. The episode also touches on other A.I. tools, a recipe creator, a new piece of hardware, and much more. If you enjoy the show, please head to iTunes and give us a few stars. We appreciate the feedback and ac...
Feb 17, 2025•57 min
Welcome to the Check This Out Podcast! Episode 161 for December 19th, 2024 Titled - The Holiday Special Show Notes: https://checkthisout.live/ep161notes In this episode of Check This Out, we’re joined by some of our favorite friends—Jen Giffen, Tom Covington, and Brent Warner—for a special holiday celebration! Together, we’ll share some great things to check out, highlight our favorite tech gifts, and reminisce about nostalgic finds and festive traditions. So grab a cozy drink, settle in, and en...
Dec 19, 2024•1 hr 14 min
Welcome to the Check This Out Podcast! Episode 160 for November 26th, 2024 Titled - S.D.H.S.F.R. Show Notes: https://tinyurl.com/ctoep160 Join us on Episode 160 as we dive into the latest edtech trends, explore the impact of AI on teaching and learning, and share practical tips for navigating the ever-evolving digital landscape. We'll also discuss the challenges of maintaining student focus, the decline of Chegg, and the rise of new social media platforms. Plus, we have some great podcast recomm...
Nov 26, 2024•1 hr 3 min
Welcome to the Check This Out Podcast! Episode 159 for May 6th, 2024 Titled - Some New Things From Some Old Guys Show Notes: https://tinyurl.com/ep159cto In this episode, we discuss the Spring CUE Recap and talk about AI—shocker! Plus, we discuss some AI tools and things to listen to, some future conferences, a PBL podcast, and much, much more… Items to Check Out: Fullerton’s Whodunnit Progressive Professional Development on AI Using AI Brisk Quizizz AI Features Suno Neptune Navigate If you enjo...
May 06, 2024•48 min
Welcome to the Check This Out Podcast! Episode 158 for Feb 26th, 2024 Titled - Prepping for Spring CUE In this episode, we discuss the upcoming Spring CUE conference with Christine Feenstra. Plus, Brian and I brainstorm ideas for our game night at CUE that YOU can be a part of! Plus, a fun video game system, an audio video solution for your classroom, and much more.... *** Exclusive announcement about the Fall CUE Conference 2024 heard here first!*** Items to Check Out: Nex Playground Artome If ...
Feb 26, 2024•1 hr 10 min
Welcome to the Check This Out Podcast! Episode 157 for December 18th Titled - Back in the Saddle? Show Notes: https://bit.ly/cto157 In this episode, we talk AI!!!!! and even more AI Plus, we have a new segment idea that we need your input on... Items to Check Out: https://bit.ly/cool-tools-23 My Induction Workshop EduCopilot MagicSchoolAI DiffIT Canva Curipod Polite post Crocker Art Museum AI am I? Plaud Microsoft Designer O’D Characters Future Episodes mentioned… Bard Gemini Pro If you are enjo...
Dec 17, 2023•1 hr 2 min
Welcome to the Check This Out Podcast! Episode 156 for July 10th Titled - Brent’s Blueblocker Bonus Episode In this episode, we talk with a special guest, The Brent Warner, and his future adventure. Plus, games to play, some extensions to download, and a few things to listen to or stream (especially for Brent on his journey). Brent Warner Higher Ed Tech Podcast The DIESOL Podcast Items to Check Out: Eleven Labs Voice AI Curipod Adobe Firefly Adobe Scanner app The Gameshow Guy Twitter YouTube TPT...
Jul 10, 2023•1 hr 18 min
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Mar 15, 2023•53 min
Welcome to the Check This Out Podcast! Episode 154 for Feb 6th Titled - ChatGPT 2.0: The Return of the Bot King In this episode, we revisit ChatGPT and AI again. Plus… that's it, just AI. Also, an AI copilot for lesson planning, an AI Search engine, and much much more... Show Notes: https://bit.ly/cto154notes If you are enjoying the show, please head over to iTunes and give us a few stars. We appreciate the feedback and acknowledgment. Join our Facebook group and follow our Twitter ! #PodcastEDU...
Feb 05, 2023•1 hr 7 min
Welcome to the Check This Out Podcast! Episode 153 for Jan 17th Titled: A.I… Yep In this episode we talk about some AI that is going around the EDU sphere. Plus some note taking tools, and Adobe’s own podcasting platform. And a free suite of tools, some music making fun and much much more…. Show Notes: bit.ly/ctoep153 If you are enjoying the show, please head over to iTunes and give us a few stars. We appreciate the feedback and acknowledgement. Join our facebook group and follow our twitter ! #...
Jan 17, 2023•1 hr 5 min
Welcome to the Check This Out Podcast! Episode 152 for Oct 31st Episode 152 - All Hallow’s Eve In this episode we talk about our take on the recent Fall 2022 CUE conference. Plus an Augmented Reality reading experience, and little Ted Lasso. Canva magic shortcuts, revisit a podcast tool and the mysterious organization of the Pentaverate. Show Notes: https://bit.ly/152cto If you are enjoying the show, please head over to iTunes and give us a few stars. We appreciate the feedback and acknowledgeme...
Oct 31, 2022•1 hr
Welcome to the Check This Out Podcast! Episode 151 for Sept 24th Titled: Was Live from NS CUE Tech Flight This was a live recording from NorthState CUE’s Tech Flight Event. Was an amazing event with friends from North State CUE. Our guests included Kate from Play Piper, Lisa Butler, and Jason Williams. Enjoy! If you are enjoying the show, please head over to iTunes and give us a few stars. We appreciate the feedback and acknowledgement. Join our facebook group and follow our twitter ! #PodcastED...
Sep 27, 2022•23 min
Welcome to the Check This Out Podcast! Episode 149 for Aug 22, 2022 Titled: The Start of Something New This is an exciting episode Eric Guise and Nick Johnson of the Got Tech Ed Podcast . We discussed items that we are going to try this upcoming school year. We all also shared some cool tools, tips, and items you should all check out. I may just be ordering a mouse pad soon! Show Notes: https://bit.ly/ctoep149 If you are enjoying the show, please head over to iTunes and give us a few stars. We a...
Aug 22, 2022•1 hr 4 min
Welcome to the Check This Out Podcast! Episode 149 for Jul 19, 2022 Titled: Summertime Sweat In this episode we talk about our summertime adventures and work projects. A new Ryan O’D review game, some map fun, a tab resizer and culture to make us smarter. Show Notes: https://bit.ly/ctoep149 If you are enjoying the show, please head over to iTunes and give us a few stars. We appreciate the feedback and acknowledgement. Join our facebook group and follow our twitter ! #PodcastEDU ***Please visit C...
Jul 19, 2022•53 min
Welcome to the Check This Out Podcast! Episode 148 for Jun 18, 2022 Titled: S.S.R. In this episode we talk about the trials and tribulation of teaching summer school and trying “new” things. Helpful Google Slides extension how to plan your next year’s curriculum this summer ! And a hand drawn illustration gallery, podcasting tool and much more! Show Notes: https://bit.ly/cto148notes If you are enjoying the show, please head over to iTunes and give us a few stars. We appreciate the feedback and a...
Jun 19, 2022•1 hr 8 min
Welcome to the Check This Out Podcast! Episode 147 for Apr 23, 2022 Titled: Smackdown: Adobe Creative Cloud Express vs Canva In this episode we talk about Adobe Creative Cloud Express and Canva. That’s right we are having a good ole fashioned smackdown debate! And some updates to iMovie, and much more! Show Notes: https://bit.ly/ep147cto If you are enjoying the show, please head over to iTunes and give us a few stars. We appreciate the feedback and acknowledgement. Join our facebook group and fo...
Apr 23, 2022•58 min
Welcome to The Check This Out Podcast! Episode #146 for March 28, 2022 Title: XanaCUE In this episode we talk about Our CUE Conference Recap in Palm Springs. Re-finding our purpose and some sites to check out, people to check out and some fun stories. Show Notes: https://bit.ly/ctoep146 If you are enjoying the show, please head over to iTunes and give us a few stars. We appreciate the feedback and acknowledgement. Join our facebook group and follow our twitter ! #PodcastEDU ***Please visit Check...
Mar 28, 2022•1 hr 13 min
Welcome to The Check This Out Podcast! Episode #145 for March 7, 2022 Title: Healing for the #CUEmmunity On this episode we talk about what we're looking forward to with the upcoming CUE Conference Palm Springs. We talk about our new streaming setup. And we share a whole lot of stuff that we've been holding back for weeks. Special thanks to Tom Covington for filling in for Ryan on this episode. Make sure you share with Tom on his twitter post: Hey #WeareCUE #SpringCUE is coming! 9 days until we ...
Mar 06, 2022•56 min
Welcome to The Check This Out Podcast! Episode #144 for Dec. 30, 2021 Title: Some Of Our Favs For 2021 We had the privilege to talk and share with our friends about our favorites for the year 2021. We broke them down into categories for this long episode, we almost stretched this recording into 2022. Thanks to: Tom Covington Brent Warner Jenn Giffen Michael Jephcott Our Favorites: Brent’s Brian’s Jenn’s Mike’s Ryan’s Tom’s If you are enjoying the show, please head over to iTunes and give us a fe...
Dec 30, 2021•2 hr 2 min
Welcome to The Check This Out Podcast! Episode #143 for Nov. 6, 2021 Title: Sho’Nuff In this episode we talk about subscriptions you are willing to pay for. Holiday Ed Tech Advent Calendar and some mind blowing Google Slides updates. And, an upcoming game night that you are invited to and much much more... If you are enjoying the show, please head over to iTunes and give us a few stars. We appreciate the feedback and acknowledgement. Join our facebook group and follow our twitter ! #PodcastEDU...
Dec 06, 2021•1 hr 2 min
Welcome to The Check This Out Podcast! Episode #142 for Nov. 1, 2021 Title : “Making YOU Relevant Again” In this episode we talk about things are starting to open up a bit like conferences and football games. Plus, Canva, Fonts, a cool new vlog camera, plus we have a secret word And, the ipad mini, fun phone game, create with chrome stuff and much much more… #podcastedu #CreateWithChrome Show Notes: https://bit.ly/ep142notes If you are enjoying the show, please head over to iTunes and give us a ...
Nov 01, 2021•58 min
Welcome to The Check This Out Podcast! Episode #140 for Sept. 20, 2021 Title : “Are We Back?” In this episode we talk about What we have been upto while we were out for a moment of time. We also talk about stuff and more stuff. Also mention about the return of the mini, and edtech test drive and much, much more. #podcastedu Show Notes: https://bit.ly/ctoep141 If you are enjoying the show, please head over to iTunes and give us a few stars. We appreciate the feedback and acknowledgement. Join our...
Sep 20, 2021•55 min
Welcome to The Check This Out Podcast! Episode #140 for June 7th, 2021 Title : “It’s Over” In this episode we talk about some of the positives and negatives from the past covid school year. Plus, Fonts, snap chat and project based learning. And Some Jamboard templates, a shark tracker, a snazzy webcam and much much more... #podcastedu Show Notes: http://bit.ly/ctoep140 If you are enjoying the show, please head over to iTunes and give us a few stars. We appreciate the feedback and acknowledgement...
Jun 06, 2021•1 hr 1 min
Welcome to The Check This Out Podcast! Episode #139 for March 14th, 2021 Title : “That's Life” In this episode we talk about what is happening with us in the real world. We share some of this and some of that. We listen to a few things. But mainly we hung out for some good needed conversations. Oh, and here are some notes: http://bit.ly/ep139cto If you are enjoying the show, please head over to iTunes and give us a few stars. We appreciate the feedback and acknowledgment. Join our facebook group...
Mar 15, 2021•55 min
Welcome to The Check This Out Podcast! Episode #138 for January 24th, 2021 Title : “We Ain't Got Time for That” In this episode we talk about why we haven't been recording in awhile. And BIG CLOCKS, animated gifs, Plus some killer ideas on how to use Google Lens! Plus some Great shows to watch and podcasts to listen to. Show Notes: http://bit.ly/ctoep138 If you are enjoying the show, please head over to iTunes and give us a few stars. We appreciate the feedback and acknowledgment. Join our faceb...
Jan 25, 2021•56 min
Welcome to The Check This Out Podcast! Episode #137 for December 21st, 2020 Title: “Digital Detox” In this episode we talk about Some ideas to unwind over the holiday break to detox for the digital world. And the Rams choked! Plus some shows to watch over the break and an example of a new green screen and much much more. Sites we cover: DeckToys Recordcast FrameVR CrowdParty Challonge Luminar AI Bundled Notes Google Tour Builder Shutting Down Killedbygoogle.com Google Photos Google Nest Wifi And...
Dec 21, 2020•1 hr 16 min
Welcome to The Check This Out Podcast! Episode #136 for November 9th, 2020 Title: “World Kindness Day” In this episode we talk about World Kindness Day on Nov 13th. And as always we have to have few check this out tech moments that you may well, want to check out. Plus podcasts and books about kindness and much much more…. What are you going to do or what have you done to inspire kindness? Please share your inspiration. Flipgrid: https://flipgrid.com/c644a414 Show Notes: http://bit.ly/CTO136 If ...
Nov 09, 2020•55 min
Welcome to The Check This Out Podcast! Episode #135 for October 19th, 2020 Title: “Fantasy Draft of EdTech Tools” In this episode we talk with Scott Bedley and Jon Samuelson and do a fantasy draft of edtech tools.Have some good discussions with great friends about each of the tools. Show Notes: http://bit.ly/ctoep133 If you are enjoying the show, please head over to iTunes and give us a few stars. We appreciate the feedback and acknowledgment. Join our facebook group and follow our twitter ! #Po...
Oct 19, 2020•1 hr 23 min
Welcome to The Check This Out Podcast! Episode #134 for September 27th, 2020 Title: “What’s Worked and What Hasn’t” In this episode we discuss life back in the hybrid classroom. And with that, what’s been working and what’s NOT. Plus some deep fake fun?, a new virtual presentation tool, and much much more. Show Notes: http://bit.ly/ep134cto If you are enjoying the show, please head over to iTunes and give us a few stars. We appreciate the feedback and acknowledgment. Join our facebook group and ...
Sep 27, 2020•1 hr 16 min
Welcome to The Check This Out Podcast! Episode #133 for August 24th, 2020 Title: “What Color Is Your Hybrid?” In this episode discuss how we are dealing with what education dealt us today. Also a countdown of ideas for Distance Learning, Plus more and many more resources for distance learning. Show Notes: http://bit.ly/ctoep133 If you are enjoying the show, please head over to iTunes and give us a few stars. We appreciate the feedback and acknowledgment. Join our facebook group and follow our tw...
Aug 24, 2020•1 hr 18 min
