Episode 149 - Death, Taxes, and Online Accounts

It’s Monday, April 15th, 2013 and welcome to episode 149 of Tech Talk 4 Teachers, I’m Tom Grissom, and I’m Mike Gioia. 

Happy Tax Day! 

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Today we discuss a somber but necessary topic of dealing with online accounts in the event of death. Last week Google introduced a tool to help with inactive account management. We also discuss our Tech Picks of the week including my recent blog series and Mike discusses a new fitness device he is beginning to use.

Show Links:

Plan your digital afterlife with Inactive Account Manager
http://googlepublicpolicy.blogspot.com/2013/04/plan-your-digital-afterlife-with.html

Roger Ebert Memorial Website

http://www.rogerebert.com/

Passing Down Digital Assets

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10000872396390443713704577601524091363102.html

Prepare a digital will for your Google Accounts
http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-57579113-93/prepare-a-digital-will-for-your-google-accounts/

Tell your family you love them – Write Your Will
http://www.forbes.com/sites/moneywisewomen/2012/03/30/tell-your-family-you-love-them-write-your-will/

Technology Picks of the Week

Tom’s Pick
Lessons Learned, 30 Days with a Surface Pro Windows 8 Tablet
http://eiuitc.blogspot.com/2013/04/day-30-lessons-learned-from-30-days.html

Mike’s Pick

Fitbit - Fitness Pedometer
http://www.fitbit.com/

Get Stepping with EIU Moves
http://www.eiu.edu/herc/nutrition_eiumoves.php

That wraps it up for episode 149 of TechTalk4Teachers. Show notes for this episode and archived episodes are available on the web at the EIU Instructional Technology Center website at eiu.edu/itc To leave a comment or suggestion, please send an email to techtalk@eiu.edu or leave a comment on the Tech Talk for Teachers blog. Until next time, this is Tom Grissom and I'm Mike Gioia,

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Tom Grissom, PhD

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