edtech – Lab Out Loud

We Can’t Recycle our Way Out of This: The Hidden Cost of Cheap Technology

August 25, 2023

Are you getting new laptops this year? Have you wondered what happens to them when the older ones are replaced? Does it bother you that they only last for a few years? To talk to us about the life cycle of our technology, we welcome Lucas Gutterman to the show. As the director of the Design to Last campaign with […]

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On the Lookout: 3D Printers, Virtual Reality, and Drones!

June 6, 2016

This week’s episode is a Mini-lab. Mini-lab episodes are shorter versions of the same shows you find at laboutloud.com. To close season nine, we discuss new technologies such as 3D printers, virtual reality and drones. These newer technologies have recently caught our attention and we are exploring how they might be used in the science classroom. We also talk with Benjamin Schrom, product manager at […]

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