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09/30/2016 It’s Friday, September 30 th , 2016 and welcome to TechTalk4Teachers I’m Tom Grissom and I’m Cindy Rich. Welcome to TechTalk4Teachers the show about teaching and learning with technology. This time we share our mid-semester checkup as we near the middle of the semester. Cindy has returned to the classroom and she shares some of her classroom practices. We wrap things up with our Technology Picks of the Week. Your browser does not support the audio element. Right-click here to download if the Player does not work with your browser. Technology Picks of the Week Tom’s Pick of the Week Microsoft Forms https://blogs.office.com/2016/08/18/individualizing-instruction-with-the-new-microsoft-forms/ Cindy’s Pick of the Week OneDrive (for digital nomads like Cindy) https://onedrive.live.com/about/en-us/ That wraps it up for Episode 193 of TechTalk4Teachers. Show notes this episode and archived episodes are available on the web at the EIU ITC website at eiu.edu/itc To leave a comment...

Adopted Cloud Vocabulary and Architecture Given the amount that is written about the Cloud it is not surprising that many have entered various terminology and definitions into text that it can be difficult to know which are accepted industry vocabulary. Part of the work of the ISO/IEC is produce standards adopted by national bodies; thus they hold greater weight when used to identify particular

According to Statista Android is the undisputed smartphone platform leader. Of course, a single identified platform does not of itself identify which of the Android OS versions is used more than any other. Wikipedia Android version history states Android Lollipop 5.0-5.1 ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Android_version_history ) is the single most widely used Android version. Additional

Took a day off from work to take my wife and grandson to visit the new British Airways i360 viewing tower in Brighton, Sussex, England. The i360 Guide informed me this new tourist feature goes higher than the London Eye but lower than The Chard in London. We had a good time; but I wont spoil it for you by showing you the photos of the spectacular views across Brighton.          

Proliferation of mobile devices and computers associated with cybercrimes and legal disputes grow on a daily basis. I thought perhaps readers might find this 2015 document a useful and helpful reminder. DEFT Practice Notice J10702015.pdf   Download link: Practice Notice J10702015.pdf?

08/31/2016 It’s Wednesday, August 31st, 2016 and welcome to TechTalk4Teachers I’m Tom Grissom and I’m Brian Poulter. Welcome to TechTalk4Teachers the show about teaching and learning with technology. This time we share our back to school episode and talk a little teacher shop with combing technology and pedagogy and new possibilities for personalized learning with OneNote. We wrap things up with our Technology Picks of the Week. Your browser does not support the audio element. Right-click here to download if the Player does not work with your browser. Show Notes: OneNote Class Notebook https://docs.com/dr-grissom/5099/pedagogy365-onenote-class-notebooks-a-game-changer Technology Picks of the Week  Tom’s Pick of the Week New to Office 365 in August—the continued evolution of inking and more (Math to Ink) https://blogs.office.com/2016/08/30/new-to-office-365-in-august-the-continued-evolution-of-inking-and-more/ Welcome to the 4th Grade (Music Video) -Dwayne Reed https://www.youtub...

Admissibility of Computer Evidence in Criminal Proceedings https://www.dropbox.com/s/xiz257jktl0owu9/Admissibility%20of%20Computer%20Evidence%20in%20Criminal%20Proceedings%201998.pdf?dl=0 The article *‘Admissibility of Computer Evidence in Criminal Proceedings’ was originally produced back in 1998 and appeared in a publication produced Professor David Bainbridge, Aston University, relating to

When technically researching and investing evidence on smartphones, computers or network storage two further standards worth keeping in your research library that are available and recently updated:   ISO/IEC 15444-4:2004 2nd Information technology -- JPEG 2000 image coding system: Conformance testing bitstreams http://standards.iso.org/ittf/PubliclyAvailableStandards/

Two ISO/IEC standards available and updated for 2016 that should be in your cyber management and technical library:   ISO/IEC 27000:2016(E) 4th Information technology -- Security techniques -- Information security management systems -- Overview and vocabulary http://standards.iso.org/ittf/PubliclyAvailableStandards/c066435_ISO_IEC_27000_2016(E).zip   ISO/IEC 30107-1:2016 1st

07/30/2016 It’s Saturday, July 30th, 2016 and welcome to TechTalk4Teachers I’m Tom Grissom. Welcome to TechTalk4Teachers the show about teaching and learning with technology. I am going solo this time with a quick summer update of the many things that are happening over the summer to improve the learning environment of our students. We wrap things up with our Technology Picks of the Week. Click on the Player to listen. Your browser does not support the audio element. Right-click here to download if the Player does not work with your browser. Technology Picks of the Week  Tom’s Pick of the Week  Google Arts and Culture App http://www.wired.com/2016/07/googles-new-app-brings-hundreds-museums-phone/ That wraps it up for Episode 191 of TechTalk4Teachers. Show notes this episode and archived episodes are available on the web at the EIU ITC website at eiu.edu/itc To leave a comment of suggestion please send an email to techtalk@eiu.edu of leave a comment on our TechTalk4Teachers...

  What a brilliant act of kindness by Massachusetts Institute of Technology sharing of knowledge for free.                                     http://ocw.mit.edu/courses/ocw-scholar/

06/30/2016 It’s Thursday, June 30 th , 2016 and welcome to TechTalk4Teachers I’m Tom Grissom, and I’m Brian Poulter. Welcome to TechTalk4Teachers the show about teaching and learning with technology. Cindy is out of the office this week so we have invited Brian Poulter, long time friend of the show, to be on the TechTalk4Teachers podcast. This time we talk about Personal Weather Stations and the possibilities for teaching and learning. We wrap things up with our Technology Picks of the Week. Click on the Player to listen. Your browser does not support the audio element. Right-click here to download if the Player does not work with your browser. Show Notes: Personal Weather Stations (Weather Underground) https://www.wunderground.com/ Ambient Weather Stations http://www.ambientweather.com/ NY Times Article on Personal Weather Stations (2013) http://www.nytimes.com/2013/07/11/technology/personaltech/a-guide-to-personal-weather-stations.html?_r=0 Technology Picks of the Week Tom’s Pick ...

This is part of what is involved following the Brexit Referendum. Prior to the British Referendum regarding EU Membership the PM David Cameron gave orders to the Cabinet Office, Government Departments, Agencies and additional bodies to prepare for an eventuality should Britain opt-out of the EU political model. The outcome of the British vote is that eventuality has now come to fruition and now