Episode 168 - Happy Anniversary TechTalk4Teachers

08/29/2014

It's Friday, August 29th, 2014 and welcome to Episode 168 of TechTalk4Teachers, I'm Tom Grissom, I'm Cindy Rich, and I'm Mike Gioia.

Welcome to the TechTalk4Teachers podcast, the show about teaching and learning with technology.

The gang is all back for this back to school episode!

In this episode...

TechTalk4Teachers reaches another milestone completing our 7th year of podcasting!!!

Mike shares his Security Spotlight and reminds us to be safe with changing passwords and not to fall victim to Phishing scams. In segment 2 Mike, Cindy, and I discuss our favorite keyboard shortcuts and we finish with our Technology Picks of the Week.

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Show Note Links

Mike's Five Monitor Surface Pro Setup
http://eiuitc.blogspot.com/2014/06/how-to-setup-surface-pro-2-with.html?view=magazine

Technology Picks of the Week

Tom's Pick

Office Mix (again)

https://mix.office.com/Gallery

Tom's first OfficeMix - Using Wireless Video in the Classroom
https://mix.office.com/watch/105nj9o5abvem

Peter and the Wolf OfficeMix Example
https://mix.office.com/watch/yz2o4hh8w4qm

Photosynthesis Example
https://mix.office.com/watch/1t7ghm0pk68ax

Cindy's Pick

Spotify - Music for Everyone
https://www.spotify.com/us/

Mike's Pick

Mission BackPack for Traveling
http://missionworkshop.com/

(Arkiv Field Pack)
http://missionworkshop.com/products/arkiv-system-bags/

That wraps it up for episode 168 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, keep on learning.

Keep on Learning,

Tom Grissom, Ph.D.

Twitter: @tomgrissom

http://eiu.edu/itc/

http://techtalk4teachers.blogspot.com/

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