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12/21/2016 It’s Wednesday, December 21st, 2016 and welcome to Episode 196 of TechTalk4Teachers, I’m Tom Grissom, and I’m Brian Poulter. Welcome to TechTalk4Teachers the show about teaching and learning with technology.  This time we discuss the end of the semester and reflect back on some of the different technologies implemented in the classroom and how they helped improve the teaching and learning process. We wrap things up with our Technology Picks of the Week.  Keep on Learning! 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 Radio Garden http://radio.garden/live/ Microsoft Translator https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/translator/ Brian's Pick of the Week Camera +   (not free, currently $2.99) https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/camera+/id329670577?mt=8 Snapseed (Photo app) Apple iOS https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/snapseed/id439438619...

11/30/2016 It’s Wednesday, November 30th, 2016 and welcome to Episode 195 of TechTalk4Teachers, I’m Tom Grissom, and I’m Cindy Rich. Welcome to TechTalk4Teachers the show about teaching and learning with technology.  This time we discuss the culture of learning and how our attitudes affect the way we learn new things. Professional Development is often approached as something to be "done" to teachers instead of "with" teachers. A slight adjustment to a perpetual professional learning culture makes all the difference in the world. We wrap things up with our Technology Picks of the Week.  Keep on Learning! 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 Photo Scan https://www.google.com/photos/scan/ Cindy's Pick of the Week Zazzle   http://www.zazzle.com/ That wraps it up for Episode 195 of TechTalk4Teachers. Show notes this epi...

10/31/2016 It’s Monday, October 31st, 2016 and welcome to TechTalk4Teachers I’m Tom Grissom and I’m Newton Key. Welcome to TechTalk4Teachers the show about teaching and learning with technology. This time we share information about a couple of Faculty Development workshops coming up in November. Dr. Newton Key, Director of the EIU Faculty Development program is our guest. 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 - New Add Images!!! https://docs.com/dr-grissom/3755/new-add-images-to-microsoft-forms Newton’s Pick of the Week Zotero  (for citing Internet resources  https://www.zotero.org/ That wraps it up for Episode 194 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 commen...

Having just finished part two of the work study into QA and Laboratory Accreditation MTEB UK SEMINARS 2016 II v03- QA Lab Accreditation.pdf ( http://trewmte.blogspot.co.uk/2016/10/qa-and-laboratory-accreditation.html ) I came across this cracking article by Karin Athanas, Program Manager at the American Association for Laboratory Accreditation (A2LA) titled "Accreditation for the One-Person

MTEB UK SEMINARS 2016 II v03- QA Lab Accreditation.pdf Read more - updated link http://tinyurl.com/zr2oqyp QA and Laboratory Accreditation. Previously, lab criteria applied to mobile phone forensic testing was randomly applied: - various industry standards - public and private approach to best practice - guidelines/training courses - Some certified ISO9001, some sought UKAS accreditation. The

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/