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11/30/2018 It’s Friday, November 30th, 2018 and welcome to Episode 218 of TechTalk4Teachers, I’m Tom Grissom, and I'm Danielle Beamon. Welcome to TechTalk4Teachers the show about teaching and learning with technology .  In this episode Danielle and I discuss the end of semester wrap up and traditions of the ITC. We also have our Technology Picks of the Week. Your browser does not support the audio element. Right-click here  to download. Show Notes: Community Coloring (stress relief for finals) Star Wars Origami X Wing Star Wars Snowflakes Star Wars Origami Tie Fighter Why aren't schools using the apps they pay for? Technology Picks of th e Week Tom's Tech Pick of the Week Office 365 @EIU Danille's Tech Pick of the Week Pillow Sleep Tracker App That wraps it up for Episode 218 of TechTalk4Teachers . For show notes please visit eiu.edu/itc and click on the TechTalk4Teachers link. Until next time, this is Tom Grissom, and I'm Danielle Beamon. Keep on Learning! Keep o...

Atlantic City's Surveillance Center Solving Crimes Beyond City's Borders Breaking AC, (11/20/2018), Lynda Cohen In the Atlantic City Headquarters for Intelligence Logistics Electronic Surveillance (ACHILES), retired patrol officers watch computer screens that can access more than 1,400 cameras throughout the city's streets. The network, known as Protecting Atlantic City Together (PACT), includes cameras belonging to private businesses and homeowners who voluntarily join the program. In 18 months of operation, ACHILES and its staff have already provided valuable information that helped with a number of investigations. Link to Article Chicago Police Officer Shot In Bulletproof Vest One Day After Officer Slain At Hospital Block Club Chicago, (11/20/2018) A Chicago Police officer making a traffic stop near 87th Street and Ashland Avenue was saved by his ballistic-resistant vest when a suspect got out of the car and attempted to flee. As the officer pursued the suspect, h...

A 2009 NIJ Forensic DNA Unit EIP solicitation provided crime laboratories' DNA testing services with a funding opportunity to meet increasingly numerous requests from the criminal justice community. The 2009 EIP encouraged crime laboratories to implement novel ideas and processes that would provide a measurable, significant and sustainable way to meet the needs of national DNA programs. This November 2018 Technical Note focuses on the final outcomes of an award received by the Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office. NIJ support of an approved and implemented plan involving interagency cooperation between three jurisdictional law enforcement agencies within Palm Beach County resulted in the successful and efficient establishment of a centralized biological pre-screening laboratory for DNA evidence prior to submission to the county's forensic laboratory for DNA testing.  Read the Technical Note on this program, produced by the NIJ Forensic Technology Center of Excellence, at htt...

Go to https://forensiccoe.org/webinar/workforce-resiliency-psychological-survival-violent-career/ to register for "Psychological Survival in a Violent Career,” a new webinar in the FTCoE Workplace Resiliency Series. Law enforcement officers, firefighters, paramedics, EMTs, crime scene investigators and others are frequently exposed to human tragedy on a regular basis, yet few have purposely developed a coping strategy for dealing with this repeated exposure. This webinar presents real-life examples of trauma and its negative consequences, as well as positive coping steps a person may use. The December 13 event runs from 1 to 2 p.m. Eastern Time.