Fake students are a frustrating problem that a lot of teachers have to deal with, especially in online classes, but don't get a lot of support on how to do so. Tim & Brent break down some of the issues and offer some suggestions on recognizing and dealing with them.

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Tim and Brent sit down with Tricia Bertram Gallant to talk about ideas around Academic Integrity as it goes through a new round of concerns and frustrations in the age of AI. Listen in as Dr. Bertram Gallant shares philosophical and practical approaches to dealing with the problems we're all facing.

For those at IVC, this episode serves as a launching point for our AI Task Force Spring 2026 book club as we will read The Opposite of Cheating and Dr. Bertram Gallant will join us at the end of the semester on campus.

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To kick of 2026, we sit down with Irvine Valley College's Vice President of Instruction, Rick Miranda to talk about approaching the conversation around Agentic AI and his broader vision for tech in the future of higher education.

We often talk about the teacher's perspective, but today we get to dig into the thinking of administration. Tune in to think about alternative approaches to these tricky conversations!

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If you've been hearing about NotebookLM, but haven't explored what it has to offer, Tim & Brent discuss what it is, how it's different than other AI Chatbots, and some ideas on how you can use it in your classrooms and institutions.

There's a lot to explore here, so listen in and then crack open your own account to see if NotebookLM is a fit for you.

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Every year Tim and Brent dig into some possible gifts for the techie teacher in your life. Whether you're looking to treat yourself, or just can't find something that will make the teacher in your life a little happier, we've got some ideas for you to check out. Listen in to hear the suggestions and thoughts about how teachers might use them.

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Companies like Google, Microsoft, Canvas, and many more have positioned themselves as solutions to education problems, but they're making very few moves to protect what we know about the learning process? It wouldn't be hard for them to make things work in much more pedagogically sound ways, but they seem to be uninterested in doing much beyond the status quo.

In this episode, Tim and Brent discuss what Google (and all of the other corporations, too) can do to actually help teachers and students through the learning process.

Warning, some of these ideas could lead to slippery slopes, so it's worth thinking them through.

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Millions of people, including teachers and students, were affected by the recent outage of AWS as it took almost all EdTech, including Canvas, out of commission. While we may not collectively learn not to put all of our eggs in one basket, we can individually prepare ourselves for when this (inevitably) happens again. Listen in for ideas on how to deal with tech outages.

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It's been a while since we've looked at Zoom updates, and there have been a LOT recently! If you've gotten into a rut with the ways you use Zoom, listen in to hear some of the new features that might be useful for you and your students or colleagues!

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