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The Gang has a conversation with 4 men, @DinoTheGeneticMarval, Derek Duval, Larry Young, & Dempsey Gibson!  We pose different questions; do you believe that they've heard us? Let us know down below in the comments, especially men!  We will respond!! #WomensVoicesUnite on An American Conversation Podcast, check us out on every platform! Blog RSS:            https://www.anamericanconversationpodcast.com/blog YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/AnAmericanConversationPodcast https://youtu.be/kvC4KwHEQPg Apple https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/an-american-conversation-podcast/id1466704745 https://www.AnAmericanConversationPodcast.com https://www.AnAmericanConversationPodcast.com/donations An American Conversation Podcast™ has captivating shows, compelling Guests & Controversial Issues! Don't forget to Like Share Subscribe & Donate to Support Women's Voices in America & Around the World; we also have men of course!  If you have an idea for a show, want to be on our show, or write a piece for our blog, email us at info@AnAmericanConversationPodcast.com.  We support all voices/opinions all over the planet speaking out on every issue affecting women, children & men of all persuasions.  All voices matter whether we agree with them or not. If I could get a dolphin on I would! Freedom of Speech is Paramount for EVERYONE! If you believe in “Freedom of Speech” please donate to support our podcast.  Thank you & Gracias! All the Best & Don't Forget to Speak Your Truth! Rose Medina, MSSW & Leland Heflin, Comedian Extraordinaire

Got a Minute? Website owner checkout today's episode of The Guy R Cook Report podcast - the Google Doc for this episode is @ 20220617 - Replay 20210622 How to share your blog RSS feed ----more---- Support this podcast Subscribe where you listen to podcasts I help goal oriented business owners that run established companies to leverage the power of the internet Contact Guy R Cook @ https://guyrcook.com The Website Design Questionnaire https://guycook.wordpress.com/start-with-a-plan/ In the meantime, go ahead follow me on Twitter: @guyrcookreport Click to Tweet Be a patron of The Guy R Cook Report. Your help is appreciated.   https://guyrcook.com https://theguyrcookreport.com/#theguyrcookreport Follow The Guy R Cook Report on Podbean iPhone and Android App | Podbean   https://bit.ly/3m6TJDV Thanks for listening, viewing or reading the show notes for this episode. Vlog files for 2022 are at 2022 video episodes of The Guy R Cook ReportHave a great new year, and hopefully your efforts to Entertain, Educate, Convince or Inspire are in play vDomainHosting, Inc 3110 S Neel Place Kennewick, WA 509-200-1429

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Hello folks!It’s been a while since I last produced some content for this website and my podcast. Last week, I had some very interesting feedback from a friend regarding a comment I made about the salutation Dear Sirs towards the end of episode 43. Anna K. informed me that her language school teaches students that the salutation Dear Sirs should be used when addressing a legal entity. I had never come across this before and so I decided to do a little reading and investigating. This is a link to an article from The Guardian. If you’d like to check out Ken Adams’ article, you’ll find it here. It’s very informative and definitely worth a read. Have a look at this to find out what the UK Law society has to say and here is a link to an announcement by the Irish Law Society on the same topic. Blog RSS

Hello folks, this week while preparing a lesson for one of my grammar classes I stumbled across a footnote in a grammar book on cognate objects. The topic is absolutely fascinating from both a grammar perspective and a cognitive linguistic perspective. If anyone is interested in reading more about this topic, I highly recommend this article. In particular, chapters 4 and 5 of this dissertation are worth reading if you have some time on your hands. Blog RSS

Hello folks! This week I’m chatting with you about how to address people in emails. In this episode I have things to say about honorifics and mention the conversation about gender-neutral titles. If you are interested in reading more about that, check out this link. Blog RSS

Hello folks! I’m back with more from my interview with Anna. In this episode we talk about the impact of Covid-19 on teaching and what the future might bring. We also spoke about how a digital future could impact our work. Another topic that came up was the idea of global English or English in an international context and how the subtleties of hedging require a human teacher/trainer. During our chat we referred to some news articles we had read that claim that native English speakers are poor communicators. Here’s one from the BBC. And here’s a link to the SAP News Center article on Digitizaton vs. Digitalization. I’d love to hear your thoughts on these topics. Feel free to leave a comment below. Blog RSS

Hello folks!This week I’ve got another interview; this time it’s with my friend Anna. She works in adult education and has lots of really interesting insights into teaching. This week we talk about teaching, imposter syndrome and Anna shares her method of teaching Germans how to use the present perfect - of course that led to a bit of grammar geekery. There’ll be a part two for this interview, so be sure to come back and listen in to the second half of this conversation. Thanks again to Anna for sharing her time and insights with us! I really enjoyed this conversation. Blog RSS

Hello folks!This week I’ve got part two of my interview with Anja. In particular, we discussed how Covid-19 has impacted our teaching. Anja brought up the topic of teacher bashing and the widespread mis-conception that educators are unwilling to embrace modern technology when in fact the real problem is a lack of investment in educational infrastructure. This series of interviews will continue into the autumn of this year. If there’s someone you’d like me to interview, leave a suggestion in the comments. If there are questions you’d like me to ask, leave those in the comments too. Blog RSS

Hello folks!This week I’ve got part one of an interview with my friend Anja who is a teacher in Bavaria. This week Anja introduces herself and tells us a little about her work before we start digging into topics like fun over fear and fluency over accuracy and then we start really digging into the meaty of topics of edutainment, learners as consumers and what that might mean for independent thought and further education. Come back next week for part 2! We’ll be discussing topics like open book exams and how societal changes impact our classrooms and what that could mean for the future. If you have questions you’d like to hear answered in future episodes, leave them in the comments. This interview series is going to carry on over the summer and early autumn. I’d love to ask your questions: share them with me. Blog RSS

Hello folks!This week I’m going to talk you through the processes I follow when I see a verb phrase that my English-native-speaker gut feeling tells me is wrong and I automatically know how to correct it but I want to really understand what’s driving the correction. This episode was inspired by one of my students who will remain anonymous and the use of the verb phrase have been arising. Here’s a link to the dictionary definition that I refer to in the episode.If you want to read more about stative verbs, check out chapter 5.3 of Biber, Douglas, et al. Longman Student Grammar of Spoken and Written English, which I also reference in this episode. If you have verb phrases you suspect are “wrong” but can’t figure out why, leave them in the comments below and we can investigate them together. Blog RSS

Hello folks, This week I’m back with another episode of say this, not that. I’ll be talking you through two errors that my students frequently make in written English and one transfer error from that German that really amused me recently. If you have suggestions for expressions you think should appear in a future episode of say this, not that… leave them in the comments below. Blog RSS

Hello folks!In this episode, I bring to you an interview with my friend, and colleague, Victoria Gath. In this episode Victoria introduces herself and tells us about how her own experience of language learning informs her approach to teaching. We also discuss testing and things we’d change in the classroom if we had a magic wand.If you have questions you’d like to hear future interviewees answer, leave them in the comments below. Blog RSS

Hello folks!I’m back with an episode on the as and when introducing adverbials. I’m slightly perplexed by a translation error lots of my students made in a recent piece of work. In an effort to untangle my thoughts, I’ve decided to make as and when the focus on this week’s episode. If you’d like to join the discussion, feel free to leave comment on why you think my students used as instead of when in their work. Blog RSS

Hello folks!As promised, I’m back with an episode on mixed conditionals. This is a very dense topic and I’m sure it’s one that I’ll revisit in the future. Please note that while I’ve talked about a lot of possible mixes, I’m sure that the list is not exhaustive. If you want to read more about conditionals, I recommend the following resources:“Chapter 11.2 Conditional Meaning.” A Student's Advanced Grammar of English, by Peter Fenn, Francke, 2010, pp. 386–404.“Part Two: Grammar in Use; Section B Information, Reality and Belief.” A Communicative Grammar of English, by Geoffrey N. Leech and Jan Svartvik, Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2002, pp. 145–154.“Section 22 If.” Practical English Usage, by Michael Swan, Oxford University Press, 2018, pp. 238–248. Blog RSS

Hello folks! It’s good to be back! This week we have a topic that many people find tricky, namely conditionals. I’m starting off with the zero, first, second and third conditionals. These are all pretty clear cut and fairly easy to use. Next week I’ll be back with the trickier mixed conditionals. Blog RSS

Hello folks!Welcome back to another episode of say this, not that! This week I’m tackling some false friends from German. The first item that we’re taking a look at this week is the locative adverbial next to vs. the linking adverbial in addition to. I’ll also be explaining the genesis of two prepositional errors which come from direct translations from German into English. As you know, errors arising from first language interference are very difficult to remedy. If any of the errors in today’s episode are fossilised in your English or that of your pupils, you need to keep correcting them until they vanish. Blog RSS

Hello folks!This week I’m back with some errors that I routinely hear in my classes. While the present simple can be used to refer to the future in both German and English, Germans (or at least my students) use it far more frequently than English native speakers do. Am I the only person who thinks that the German Präsens is slowly replacing the Futur 1? If this is the case, does it explain why my students frequently use the futurate in instances that call for the will-future in English. Let me know what you think in the comments. Blog RSS

Hello folks!This week I’m making a start on future time reference. As you know the linguists out there view the future as a tense but many grammarians think of future time as a semantic category. Today I’m going to chat to you about the five most commonly used ways to talk about the future.If you are interested in reading up on this topic in more detail, check out chapter four of Geoffrey Leech’s Meaning and the English Verb For practical exercises, check out chapters 9-14 of Martin Hewings’s Advanced Grammar in Use. Blog RSS

Hello folks!This week I’m correcting errors mainly with the prepositions of and for. And we’ll be taking a look at a false friend which has turned up in my inbox quite a few times recently. If you want to practice prepositions, I recommend the exercises in the book English Grammar in Use by Raymond Murphy as a good starting point. Blog RSS

Once upon a time, there was a crow chilling on a tree branch. He looked below and saw a black pig and said out loud:HAHA! Look at this pig, he looks dirty.The pig looked around and finally realized it was an equally black crow who was poking fun at him. He responds:Oh, it’s just a pathetic filthy little crow.The crow became offended and shouts:Who are you calling filthy? Have you taken a look at yourself?The pig clapped back:Have you?!After a string of arguing back and forth. They walked over to the nearest pond to see determine who was the lesser attractive animal. They stared at their reflection, looked at each other in detail and remained silent for a while. Then the crow happily spoke up and said:There’s nothing wrong with having a dark coat!The pig happily agreed:Yeah I think black is a good look!Moral of the idiom: Don’t judge someone else before taking a good look at yourself. Additionally, just because someone has similar traits to you, does not also mean it’s a good thing. BLOG RSS

Hello folks!I’m going to take a look at how the German word sondern messes up your English. This is an error that I see fairly frequently in work produced by my students even at a very advanced level. That is of course because this is an ingrained error and you know what I have to say about fossilised errors: identify; correct; correct some more; rinse and repeat until you don’t make that mistake any more. Blog RSS

Hello folks! This week it’s another episode of say this, not that. In this episode I’m focussing on errors that are made with interrogatives. All of these errors are a result of first language interference meaning they are classic transfer errors from German to English. We all know these are the kinds of errors that most easily become fossilised. As always, I’m asking you to correct these errors whenever you hear them. If you can think of any other typical errors that Germans make when asking questions, write them in the comments below. If you have suggestions for a future episode of say this, not that…, I’d love to hear them! Blog RSS

Hello folks!It’s lovely to be back and to bring a new episode to you. In this episode I explain where I’ve been and what happened last week. I also respond to a request for clarification on the topic of stative vs. dynamic use of the verb hope. Blog RSS

Hello folks! This week’s episode is a response to a question from a listener. I’m so pleased that my listeners are starting to really engage with this podcast and send me requests for content - keep the requests coming!In this week’s podcast there’s a lot of nitty-gritty with regard to tense and to modality. On the one hand, we’ll be summing up the dominant paradigms with regard to tense and modality, and on the other, we’ll be engaging with some linguistic research that questions these paradigms. For anyone who is interested, I highly recommend reading this paper by Raphael Salkie. Here’s a list of all the material that I have referenced either directly or indirectly in this episode:“4 Tense and Aspect.” Advanced English Grammar: a Linguistic Approach, by Ilse Depraetere and Chad Langford Bloomsbury Academic, 2020 pp. 175-154.“5 Modals and Modality.” Advanced English Grammar: a Linguistic Approach, by Ilse Depraetere and Chad Langford, Bloomsbury Academic, 2020, pp. 255–314.“Chapter 4 Clause as Exchange.” An Introduction to Functional Grammar, by M.A.K Halliday, 3rd ed., Hodder Education, 2004, pp. 106–167.“Chapter 6 Below the Clause: Groups and Phrases.” An Introduction to Functional Grammar, by M.A.K Halliday, 3rd ed., Hodder Education, 2004, pp. 309–361.“4 The Expression of Future Time.” Meaning and the English Verb, by Geoffrey N. Leech, 3rd ed., Routledge, 2004, pp. 55–71.“Chapter 5 Verbs: Modals .” Navigating English Grammar a Guide to Analyzing Real Language, by Anne Lobeck and Kristin Denham, Wiley-Blackwell, 2014, pp. 90–94.Salkie, Raphael. “Degrees of Modality .” Modality in English: Theory and Description, by Raphael Salkie et al., Mouton De Gruyter, 2009, pp. 79–104.Salkie, Raphael. “Will: Tense or Modal or Both?” English Language and Linguistics, vol. 14, no. 2, 2010, pp. 187–215., doi:10.1017/s1360674310000055. Blog RSS

Hello folks, This week I’m responding to a listener request for some content on multi-word verbs. Here’s a link to what Michael McCarthy author of English Phrasal Verbs in Use has to say about teaching phrasal verbs. Here’s a reading list if you want to delve a little deeper into multi-word verbs:“Chapter 5: Verbs.” Longman Student Grammar of Written and Spoken English, by Douglas Biber et al., Longman, 2005, pp. 123–135.“Chapter 2 The Verb and Its Complements.” Advanced English Grammar: a Linguistic Approach, by Ilse Depraetere and Chad Langford, 2nd ed., Bloomsbury Academic, 2020, pp. 62–68.“Chapter 5: Verbs.” Longman Student Grammar of Written and Spoken English, by Douglas Biber et al., Longman, 2005, pp. 123–135.“Section 1 Verbs 12 Two-Part Verbs: Phrasal Verbs.” Practical English Usage, by Michael Swan, 4th ed., Oxford University Press, 2018.“Section 1 Verbs 13 Two-Part Verbs: Prepositional Verbs.” Practical English Usage, by Michael Swan, 4th ed., Oxford University Press, 2018. Blog RSS

Hello folks, This week I’m back with another episode of say this, not that. I’ve picked three pairs of words that often cause problems for native speakers of German, namely: isolated vs. insulated; economic vs. economical, & happy vs. lucky. Two of these errors arise as a result of L1 interference or false friends. I haven’t yet pinpointed why native speakers of German tend to struggle with the difference between economic vs. economical but when I figure it out, I’ll let you know. It might be that it’s just a morphological error or perhaps people are oblivious to the fact that these words describe two entirely different things. Do you have any idea what triggers this error? If so, let me know in the comments below. If you or your students/pupils make any of these errors, work on correcting them. As you already know, repeated correction is the only way to eliminate fossilised errors. Blog RSS

Hello folks, This week we’re taking a look at the correlative conjunction as…as vs. than in comparative constructions. I’ve reviewed the German use of als vs. wie because I’m pretty sure that’s where errors in the use of as…as vs. than have their genesis. In this week’s podcast I said I’d give you a link to the now retired After Deadline blog from The New York Times. If you are a school teacher and looking for some pretty simple classroom examples you can use, check out units 105-107 of Raymond Murphy’s English Grammar in Use. Blog RSS

Hello folks! This week I’m back with a more on modals. This week’s content is aimed at the true grammar nerds amongst my listeners. My focus today is on categories of stance meaning and modality. In order to elucidate that I take a trip down memory lane and use a story about my childhood to demonstrate the variety of meaning in modal verb phrases. I hope you’ll enjoy this. Blog RSS

Hello folks! This week we are delving into the topic of modals. As this is quite a complex topic, today I’m reviewing some basics on how modal verb phrases are constructed and giving you an overview of what is and is not possible. Modal verb phrases operate a little differently in English than in German, which is where some of the errors in the modal verb phrase arise. Other errors occur with negation and occasionally with interrogatives both of which are addressed in this episode. I will be returning to this topic in the near future with an episode on modal meaning. Of course, modals play a major role in conditional clauses too. Do you have questions you’d like me to answer regarding either of these topics? If so, let me know in the comments below and I will try to address them in a future episode. Blog RSS

Hello folks, This week, I’ve decided to delve into the topic of reported speech. We have two main ways to tackle reported speech in English. We can choose to use direct reported or indirect reported speech. Indirect speech is where all the trouble is. German has a verb form which elegantly indicates reported speech (Konjunktiv 1); however, English lacks this type of subjunctive and so reported verbs play a very important role in reported speech. The tense of the reporting clause plays a vital role in the tense choices for the subsequent reported clause. Past tense reporting verbs trigger a backshift in tenses in the reported clause. Regardless of the tense of the reporting verb phrase, there are some changes which are always triggered in indirect reported speech. As you are aware, in reported speech there is a switch in perspective and all of the information is filtered through a third party. This triggers changes in pronoun choices, some determiners as well as time and place adverbials. As I’ve already mentioned, German often calls for the Konjunktiv 1 when rendering reported speech, but German has a second subjunctive form (Konjunktiv 2) which is used to render reported speech if the verb form is ambiguous in Konjunktiv 1. This can cause some problems for German speakers when rendering reported speech in English as German and English subjunctives do not share all of the same qualities. The biggest difference between subjunctive forms is that the English subjunctive is often hypothetical (overlapping with the German Konjunktiv 2), but it can never be a stand-alone option for rendering reported speech; instead a reporting clause is required. Here’s a handy pdf if you’d like to have a quick overview of the main changes that occur in indirect reported speech. Blog RSS

Hello folks! Happy new year! We’re starting this year with a complex topic; interrogative and relative pronouns. The word what is increasingly frequently used in place of the relative pronoun that. Based on the work I’ve seen including this error, it’s clear to me that some students believe that what can be used exactly the same way as the relative pronoun that. What is almost always an interrogative pronoun, sometimes an exclamative, but very rarely a relative pronoun. This episode also takes a look at reduced relative clauses which exclude the relative pronoun in favour of a participle form of the verb. Germans overuse this type of construction and I explain why. Blog RSS

In the final episode of Semester 2, Robby and Craig revisit lesson planning. Then they get into a discussion of “Sticky Tech,” or apps and services that they keep coming back to. Previous Lesson Planning Episode Agenda - iOS, Mac Bear - iOS, Mac KeepIt - iOS, KeepIt GoodNotes 5 OmniOutliner - iOS, Mac DayOne - iOS, Mac Calendar Episode BusyCal RSS eMac Feedly FeedBin Reeder Fiery Feeds PDF Expert - iOS, Mac Overcast Exit Ticket Subscribe Apple Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS Follow The Class Nerd - Blog RSS, Micro.blog, Twitter Craig - Micro.blog, Twitter Robby - Twitter, Blog

In today’s episode, Craig and Robby explorer tools for mind mapping and how it can be useful for teachers in the classroom. Show Outline in MindNode MindNode iThoughts Linea Sketch Paper Concepts OmniOutliner OmniFocus OmniGraffle MarginNote 3 Subscribe Apple Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS Follow The Class Nerd - Blog RSS, Micro.blog, Twitter Craig - Micro.blog, Twitter Robby - Twitter, Blog

In this week’s episode, Craig and Robby try to explain what Shortcuts are (though Apple’s naming doesn’t make it easy), share several of their favorite shortcuts as inspiration, and then get to some listener questions. Also, Craig’s kids were home during the recording of this episode…and you can definitely tell. Apologies. MacStories Workflow Review GoodNotes 5 Shortcuts App on the App Store Drafts Episode Number Talks Book Number Talks Shortcut Podcast Posting Blog Post Robby’s Seating Chart Shortcuts OmniGraffle OmniOutliner Start Concert Band Craig’s Instagram Shortcut Robby’s Wake Up Shortcut Robby’s Coffee Shortcut Robby’s Go to Work Shortcut Robby’s Good Night Shortcut Craig’s Makeup Work Shortcut Variables Tutorial Canvas Workflow Series Episode 1 MacSparky Video Field Guide Matthew Cassinelli Twitter Subscribe Apple Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS Follow The Class Nerd - Blog RSS, Micro.blog, Twitter Craig - Micro.blog, Twitter Robby - Twitter, Blog

In this episode, Craig and Robby discuss the differences between task and time management, then get into the apps and workflows they use to manage their busy teacher schedules. The Class Nerd - Semester 2 Episode 3 - Task, Reminder, Project, and Habit Apps, Oh My! Timepage Calendar 366 BusyCal - Mac, iOS Fantastical - iPhone, iPad, Mac Fantastically Good Event Parser Drafts Action Google Calendar Subscribe Apple Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS Follow The Class Nerd - Blog RSS, Micro.blog, Twitter Craig - Micro.blog, Twitter Robby - Twitter, Blog

In this week’s episode, Craig and Robby dive deep into ways to make parent communication easier using technology. Robby gives helpful tips, and Craig goes off the JavaScript deep end. Canvas Synergy Drafts 5 Drafts Episode Ulysses Byword Squarespace Remind Band Drafts Action To Automate or Not Episode Textexpander TextCase PopClip Email Episode of TCN Scriptable Scriptable Script for Saving Contacts to Contact Group on iOS Spark Cardhop FileMaker Episode Subscribe Apple Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS Follow The Class Nerd - Blog RSS, Micro.blog, Twitter Craig - Micro.blog, Twitter Robby - Twitter, Blog

Teachers (and hopefully people in other professions) should always be lifelong learners. In this week’s episode, Craig and Robby share their workflows, primarily on iPad, to help make continuing education and learning easier. PDF/Research Apps LiquidText MarginNote 3 MindNode OmniOutliner Book Reading Apps Kindle Apple Books Club MacStories Everything Buckets (Again) Evernote Keep-it Scrivener Subscribe Apple Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS Follow The Class Nerd - Blog RSS, Micro.blog, Twitter Craig - Micro.blog, Twitter Robby - Twitter, Blog

In this week’s episode, Craig makes Robby’s editing job difficult, and we discuss apps for taking handwritten notes on iPad. The Class Nerd - Semester 1, Episode 4 - Drafts The Class Nerd - Semester 1, Episode 3 - Notes Notability GoodNotes 5 Penultimate Linea Sketch Paper DayOne Noteshelf OneNote Subscribe Apple Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS Follow The Class Nerd - Blog RSS, Micro.blog, Twitter Craig - Micro.blog, Twitter Robby - Twitter, Blog

In this week’s episode, Craig and Robby get into a listen requested topic discussing the differences between different types of apps in the productivity category and how we use them. OmniFocus (iOS), (Mac) Things 3 (iPhone) (iPad) Craig’s Things Blog Post “Getting Things Done” by David Allen GoodTask Due Streaks Productive Habitica (Robby referred to this in episode as Habit RPG) Shortcut for Note Tasks Subscribe Apple Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS Follow The Class Nerd - Blog RSS, Micro.blog, Twitter Craig - Micro.blog, Twitter Robby - Twitter, Blog

Craig and Robby wax philosophical about automation, and then turn to everything bucket apps. Semester 1 Episode 3 - Notes Bear Drafts 5 Semester 1 Episode 4 - Drafts OmniFocus Robby's Book Devonthink Keep It Subscribe Apple Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS Follow The Class Nerd - Blog RSS, Micro.blog, Twitter Craig - Micro.blog, Twitter Robby - Twitter, Blog

In the first episode of a new semester, Robby and Craig discuss their new iPad Pros and then how they use their Apple Watches in the classroom. Robby Blog Post about iPads Semester 1 Health Episode Apple Watch Complication Semester 1 Drafts Episode Craig’s Watch Face Modular Date Things Calendar Activity Robby’s Watch Face Infograph Face Alarm OmniFocus Date Calendar Timer Activity Drafts 5 Carrot Weather Waterminder Apps 1Password Due Things OmniFocus Mail Slack Timelogger Spire Breathe Tempo Tonal Energy Tacit (pulse tempo) Keynote Subscribe Apple Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS Follow The Class Nerd - Blog RSS, Micro.blog, Twitter Craig - Micro.blog, Twitter Robby - Twitter, Blog

In this bonus episode, Craig and Robby talk a bit (ok, a lot) about the products Apple is releasing in September, and then move on to their favorite features and apps of watchOS 5 and iOS 12. MacStories watchOS 5 Semester 1 Exit Ticket Apps Keep It Carrot Weather Waterminder OmniFocus 3 Things 3 Bear OmniOutliner Ulysses Drafts 5 Overcast Subscribe Apple Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS Follow The Class Nerd - Blog RSS, Micro.blog, Twitter Craig - Micro.blog, Twitter Robby - Twitter, Blog

STOP! Before you read on, please make sure to take our Semester 1 EXIT TICKET so that we can better improve our show for Semester 2. Show Notes: This week The Class Nerd talks about apps they use to gather, process, manage, and reflect on student data. Bear Drafts Workflow Drafts/Workflow Action to Append a Bear Note Drafts Action, Workflow Action OmniGraffle Notability Dropbox Canvas forScore Airtable Craig’s Airtable Notes Script Agenda FileMaker Pro TAKE OUR SEMESTER 1 EXIT TICKET! Subscribe Apple Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS Follow The Class Nerd - Blog RSS, Micro.blog, Twitter Craig - Twitter, Micro.blog Robby - Twitter, Blog

Show Notes: This week The Class Nerd talks about the apps they use to make letters, posters, worksheets, documents, and other classroom related documents. Robby says the word “artifact” in this one. Pages Microsoft Word Keynote OmniGraffle Craig’s Classroom in OmniGraffle Adobe Apps Affinity Designer Affinity Photo Pixelmator - iOS, Mac Sketchnoting Linea Sketch Paper Subscribe Apple Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS Follow The Class Nerd - Blog RSS, Micro.blog, Twitter Craig - Twitter, Micro.blog Robby - Twitter, Blog

This week, The Class Nerd breaks down their paperless process. In this one, we cover scanning apps, file organization, PDF annotation apps, and handwritten note apps. Show Notes: Scannable Scanner Pro Scanbot PDF Expert PDF Viewer Notability Goodnotes Subscribe Apple Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS Follow The Class Nerd - Blog RSS, Micro.blog, Twitter Craig - Twitter, Micro.blog Robby - Twitter, Blog

This week The Class Nerd takes a moment to reflect on the importance of maintaining good physical and mental health in the teaching profession. This episode isn’t as focused on productivity, but it is still 100 percent nerdy! Every app we discuss is perfect for fostering self care, but also tracking data in charts, chaining apps together, and monitoring your every movement. Built in Apps Apple Health Website Diet and Exercise Workouts++ MyFitnessPal WaterMinder Caffiend Workflow (Ron Swanson Gifs Workflow) Robby’s Caffiene Workflow Robby’s Water Workflow Sleep Tracking Sleep Cycle AutoSleep Sleep Watch Sleep++ Beddit Mindfulness Breathe Headspace Calm Lasting Spire Spire App Bonus Apps (Not discussed in episode) Hidrate Spark Smart Watter Bottle Pinnacle Climbing App Pocket Yoga Streaks Habit-forming to-do list Gymatic Workout Tracker Auto Rep Counting Gym Log Fit Weightlift Golfshot 7 Minute Workout Pedometer++ Runkeeper Cardiogram Heart Rate Monitor for Apple Watch Strava Subscribe Apple Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS Follow The Class Nerd - Blog RSS, Micro.blog, Twitter Craig - Micro.blog, Twitter Robby - Blog, Twitter

Though we spent the first two episodes of this semester discussing tools to manage email, there is a better way! In this week’s episode, Robby and Craig discuss tools that can take you beyond email to better collaborate and communicate with your teams at school. Apple Pay Square Cash Venmo Slack Songshare Workflow Slack Pricing Todoist Todoist Education Pricing Semester 1 Episode 4: Drafts Trello Kanban Subscribe Apple Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS Follow The Class Nerd - Blog RSS, Micro.blog, Twitter Craig - Micro.blog, Twitter Robby - Twitter, Blog

In our nerdiest episode yet, we do a deep dive into our most used iOS app, Drafts 5. We share how we use this app in the classroom, and how it can save you time and mental energy. Drafts 5 API Evernote X-callback-url OmniFocus Markdown David Sparks Markdown Field Guide Episode 3: Notes Bear Robby’s Repertoire Idea Action Note/Omnifocus/Mail Action Bear Task Reference Action Airtable Airtable Drafts Action - Scroll Down to the readme area for instructions on where to download the Airtable template and how to install this action. Code Academy Swift Playgrounds Drafts Episode of Robby Burns and Friends Automation Episode of Robbie Burns and Friends MacStories Review of Drafts 5 Subscribe Apple Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS Follow The Class Nerd - Blog RSS, Micro.blog, Twitter Craig - Micro.blog, Twitter Robby - Twitter, Blog

Do you remember the 1980s? The Cold War, Reagan, big hair, synthesizers, yuppies, AIDS, MTV? It can be easy to point and laugh at times, maybe easier than it is to remember the good things about the era. It did not make national headlines, but one of those good things was Green Acres Music Hall, which came of age in that decade. In our first episode, we touched on some of the history of the music scene in the region and how rough things could get in the 70s, with biker gangs taking over outdoor festivals and rock clubs, and in this episode we get to some more of the history of the live music business in the 80s and early 90s. You know, the days when you didn’t buy tickets online, but at a window after you waited in line. When being social was always in person rather than often on a network. This was the heyday of Green Acres Music Hall. Victor Wooten, Steve Metcalf, Roy "Futureman" Wooten, Vicki Dameron and Bela Fleck in the early 1990s This episode features conversations with artists like Bela Fleck, John Cowan, Darin Aldridge, the band Acoustic Syndicate, Sandy Carlton, Ashley Capps of AC Entertainment, Green Acres regular and frequent emcee Vicki Dameron, Carol Rifkin, former club owner Phil Dennis and Mettie, the “Little King”, Steve Metcalf. We’ll also feature more live music recorded at the Acres, as we have been able to dive into more tapes from Steve Metcalf’s collection, and live shows from archive.org. Plus, we travel to a place in neighboring Cleveland County called Brackett Cedar Park, which also brought in artists that were fusing bluegrass and country with rock elements, and is still going. You can subscribe to Southern Songs and Stories podcasts here via the "Blog RSS" button near the top of the right column, as well as iTunes, Google Play, Stitcher, Soundcloud and TuneIn. Please take a moment to rate the show, and comment on the podcasts on those platforms -- it is tremendously helpful in our effort to spread awareness of Southern Songs and Stories, and the artists we spotlight. And we hope you will support the music of the artists you enjoy hearing on the show -- even though the performances we’re highlighting are from decades ago, all of these artists are still out touring and making music, and they wouldn’t be able to do it without support from people like you. Thanks to our supporters, and to Osiris Podcasts and Bluegrass Planet Radio for carrying our series, and to Dynamite Roasting for sharing their coffee with our listeners.

If you enjoyed this podcast please provide an iTunes review using this link: http://apple.co/1dgFZzEHere is a link to the post: http://iteachblogging.com/summarize-rss-feed-summarize/There is a great debate in the blogging world and that is “Should I summarize my blog rss feed or should I share the entire post?”First let’s discuss what an rss feed is how it works:RSS; originally RDF Site Summary; often dubbed Really Simple Syndication, uses a family of standard web feed formats to publish frequently updated information: blog entries, news headlines, audio, video. …http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RSS_feedSo now that we have the official wiki definition let’s try a bit more simple of an explanation of why you care. If someone subscribes to your blog they are saying that they want to know when you release another blog post. If they fill out the subscribe information and “opt in” they will receive an email of your latest blog post.At this point it is up to you as to what they receive. They can receive a summary of up to however many characters that you choose or you can allow for them to see the entire blog post in their email.https://www.amazon.com/shop/iteachblogging

If you enjoyed this podcast please provide an iTunes review using this link: http://apple.co/1dgFZzEHere is a link to the post: http://iteachblogging.com/summarize-rss-feed-summarize/There is a great debate in the blogging world and that is “Should I summarize my blog rss feed or should I share the entire post?”First let’s discuss what an rss feed is how it works:RSS; originally RDF Site Summary; often dubbed Really Simple Syndication, uses a family of standard web feed formats to publish frequently updated information: blog entries, news headlines, audio, video. …http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RSS_feedSo now that we have the official wiki definition let’s try a bit more simple of an explanation of why you care. If someone subscribes to your blog they are saying that they want to know when you release another blog post. If they fill out the subscribe information and “opt in” they will receive an email of your latest blog post.At this point it is up to you as to what they receive. They can receive a summary of up to however many characters that you choose or you can allow for them to see the entire blog post in their email.https://www.amazon.com/shop/iteachblogging