High Ed Hangout

You thought you’d never hear another episode of HEH… WRONG! The “lost episode” was found after a hard drive cleanup, so here you go. It’s a rapid-fire question episode. It was originally recorded in January, 2021 so some of the topics are a bit dated. Rapid fire question a la Brenae Brown podcast * What’s the last show that you binged and loved? * Dan: Queen’s Gambit * Daniel: Expanse * Ken: Bridgerton * Scott: Ted Lasso * Dave: The Great British Baking Show * Also watch Derry Girls * What’s your favorite meal? * Dan: Pizza or Chinese food * Hawaiian pizza * Daniel: Fresh pasta and marinara sauce (from scratch), poached pear with caramel cream sauce. * Ken: Salmon steak * Scott: Good italian pizza, Craft Steak in Vegas, reubens * Dave: Rigatoni pasta * What is something that people often get wrong about you? * Ken: Not friendly or in a bad mood * Daniel: intensity in voice as upset or angry * Dan: That I’m actually listening to people * Scott: Age – people think I’m younger than I am * Dave: Come off as stuck up, care what people think about him * Give us a film you really love? * Scott: Magnolia, Rainman, Donnie Darko, Inception * Daniel: Childhood- The Explorers, Teen- Clockwork Orange, Adult- Donnie Darko * Ken: The Mission * Dan: The Joker * Dave: Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Matrix, Inception * Give us a concert you’ll never forget? * Dave: Nirvana * Scott: Weird Al Yankovic * Ken: John Denver (1987) * Daniel: The Cure * Dan: Bonnaroo * What is the one thing you’re deeply grateful for right now? * Scott: Employed and no covid * Daniel: friends and family safe * Ken: Get to work from home – healthy children and parents * Dave: Employed

It’s a special holiday episode of High Ed Hangout (we have holiday beverages!). We jump right in with our favorite note-taking apps and then transition to our yearly tech (and non-tech) Christmas lists. What note-taking apps do you use? * iCoud Notes or Google Keep (quick notes or lists) * Google Docs * Textmate [https://macromates.com/] * OneNote (handwriting recognition) * Bear [https://bear.app/] * Obsidian [https://obsidian.md/] * Nebo [https://www.nebo.app/] (handwriting cross-platform) * Remarkable Tablet [https://remarkable.com/] (e-ink) What is on your Christmas list this year? * Ken: new laptop M1 Macbook Air * Dave: more smart plugs or smart lights * Dan: Retropie Emulation for a new Pi (NES Pie Case [https://www.amazon.com/Retroflag-Functional-button-Shutdown-Raspberry/dp/B07BRHDVTN]) * Scott: Arcade Cabinet for a pi [https://gameroomsolutions.com/shop/mid-size-arcade-cabinet-with-riser/] Non-tech list * Dave: Kitchenaid Mixer * Ken: D&D books * Daniel: (he just orders what he wants) * Scott: Bombas socks Anyone purchased a webcam? Do people in your meetings keep your video on? Beard trimming… [https://highedhangout.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Screen-Shot-2020-12-23-at-7.54.10-PM-1024x626.png] [https://highedhangout.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Screen-Shot-2020-12-23-at-7.46.10-PM-1024x610.png] [https://highedhangout.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Screen-Shot-2020-12-23-at-7.47.20-PM-1024x403.png]

It’s been a while since we’ve met, so we spend some time talking pandemic and lock-down, and what the work environment will look like when this is all over. Then we move into tech and talk a bit about the new Apple M1 chips. Haircuts blah blah How has social isolation been for everyone? * Social distanced vacations? * Lines blurred between work and home? Will we go back the same way as before? * Will certain places force the return to “normal” in-person? Ken started playing D&D again (he started in 1977) Who is buying a new mac (M1)? * System on a chip Playing Among Us for team building, Ken is using Zwift [http://zwift.com]for bike riding [https://i0.wp.com/highedhangout.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/01.png?ssl=1]https://i0.wp.com/highedhangout.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/01.png?ssl=1 [https://i2.wp.com/highedhangout.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/02.png?ssl=1]https://i2.wp.com/highedhangout.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/02.png?ssl=1 [https://i2.wp.com/highedhangout.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/03.png?ssl=1]https://i2.wp.com/highedhangout.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/03.png?ssl=1 [https://i0.wp.com/highedhangout.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/04.png?ssl=1]https://i0.wp.com/highedhangout.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/04.png?ssl=1 [https://i2.wp.com/highedhangout.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/05.png?ssl=1]https://i2.wp.com/highedhangout.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/05.png?ssl=1 [https://i2.wp.com/highedhangout.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/06.png?ssl=1]https://i2.wp.com/highedhangout.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/06.png?ssl=1 [https://i1.wp.com/highedhangout.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/07.png?ssl=1]https://i1.wp.com/highedhangout.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/07.png?ssl=1 [https://i1.wp.com/highedhangout.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/08.png?ssl=1]https://i1.wp.com/highedhangout.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/08.png?ssl=1

We still live in Covid-land so we talk about haircuts, Covid trackers that our schools are using or building, and what it will look like to come back to campus. We also sprinkle in a bit of Apple to try and add a positive spin. * We all have haircuts except Dan (who is still very hairy) * GVSU is building a Covid-19 self (health) assessment tool to use when campus reopens. * Simple form using GVSU credentials * Questionnaire asking about contacts and symptoms * Every faculty/staff/student needs to fill out this form every day before coming to campus. * How is this HIPPA compliant? * GVSU: HIPPA protected information is sent to the health department. * Have you looked at the Google/Apple contact tracing app? * GVSU uses Visitour for phone-guided walking tours * Also use it for virtual tour [https://grandvalleystate.university-tour.com/map.php?pk_campaign=homepage&pk_kwd=homevirtualtour&pk_source=homevirtualtour]  * UALR just released official reopening tour * 100% back to campus in August * Board of trustees required a plan * Apple WWDC Updates

We’re still figuring out this quarantine thing. Many of us need a haircut! We go over reopening plans and talk through what other schools have announced before going into how we list areas of study and majors on our websites. * The state of Arkansas is officially OPEN! WOOT! * Lotsa weekend party barges! * Anti-Mask League NPR Embeded Podcast [https://www.npr.org/transcripts/849695185] * The state of Iowa is open! * GVSU slowly reopening for staff June 22nd – student plan is still to “reopen in fall” * Iowa planning to open in fall, a plan is in the works * UALR received a large donation for aid, also plans on opening in the fall * Some schools are starting early and stopping in the Fall (Thanksgiving) * What do you do with college areas of study? * UALR has a contact form on each area of study/major page. * GVSU central marketing maintains their areas of study pages and their catalog