Episode 160 – Security Questions and Holiday Tech Gift Ideas

12/13/2013

It's Friday, December 13th 2013 and welcome to 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.

In this episode...

Mike Gioia will lead our Security Spotlight feature and discuss the how hackers are using keyloggers and security questions to steal your passwords. Our Tech Picks this week will focus on Holiday Gift Stocking Stuffers for the teacher/techies in the house.

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Avoiding Vulnerable Passwords - and Rules, Too

http://research.microsoft.com/en-us/news/features/telepathwords-120513.aspx

https://telepathwords.research.microsoft.com/

Technology Picks of the Week

For Tech Picks of the Week we will focus on some holiday gift ideas for teachers and techies so be sure to check those out

Cindy’s Picks – Personalized Gifts

Vista Print http://www.vistaprint.com

Zazzle http://www.zazzle.com/create

MyPublisher http://www.mypublisher.com/

Shutterfly http://www.shutterfly.com/

Snapfish http://www.snapfish.com/

Mike’s Picks

Glif Tripod Mount for Smartphones

http://www.studioneat.com/products/glif

Remote Mouse Clicker (can often catch these on sale)
http://targus.com/us/wireless-presenter-with-laser-pointer-amp16us

Tom’s Pick

Raspberry Pi Kit Computer

http://www.makershed.com/Raspberry_Pi_Model_B_Revision_2_0_p/mkrpi2.htm

http://www.raspberrypi.org/

http://www.raspberrypi.org/archives/5387

Hour of Code
http://code.org/educate/hoc

Happy Holidays and...

Keep on Learning,

Tom Grissom, PhD.

@tomgrissom

Episode 159 - Mobile Phone Photography for Teachers and the Hack Heard Round the World

11/20/2013

It’s Wednesday, November 20th, 2013 and welcome to episode 159 of Tech Talk 4 Teachers. I'm Tom Grissom, I'm Cindy Rich, and I'm Mike Gioia. Welcome to TechTalk4Teachers the show about teaching and learning with technology.

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Mobile Phone Photography for Teachers

Brian Poulter - Professor of Journalism at Eastern Illinois University

The Long Winding Road- Illinois Route 1 

http://brianpoulter.com/

D. Jones Photo

http://www.flickr.com/photos/ittybitty/9932835585/

Tea Party Photo

http://www.flickr.com/photos/ittybitty/9932977313/

Illinois Route 1 Mobile Phone Flicker Set

http://www.flickr.com/photos/ittybitty/sets/72157634715824231/

Joe Gisondi - Hearld and Review Articles

Illinois 1: Danville stadium and its team part of rich baseball heritage

http://herald-review.com/news/local/illinois-danville-stadium-and-its-team-part-of-rich-baseball/article_80a3c7fa-2339-11e3-899a-001a4bcf887a.html

Getting lost on the way to a hanging

http://brianpoulter.com/?tag=illinois-route-1-project

Illinois 1: Story seekers visit final resting place of accused witch and killer

http://herald-review.com/lifestyles/recreation/story-seekers-visit-final-resting-place-of-accused-witch-and/article_9e1dfc4a-27b9-11e3-aa9f-001a4bcf887a.html

Do we know it when we see it? Or, do we see it when we know it?

The Story Behind the FedEx Logo

Do you see the arrow in the FedEx logo?

Image from: http://logodesignerblog.com/lindon-leader-the-man-behind-the-fedex-logo/

Old Big Ten Logo

Image from:

http://www.thelogofactory.com/logo_blog/index.php/new-big-ten-logo/

Mobile Phone Apps

Security Spotlight – Mike Gioia

Adobe in the news…..again.

EIU Security Twitter account

@EIU_InfoSec

Technology Picks of the Week

Tom’s Pick

The Magic of Miracast Wireless Display Technology

http://eiuitc.blogspot.com/2013/11/using-miracast-to-wirelessly-display.html?view=magazine

Cindy’s Pick

Library of Congress Today in History Archive

http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/today/archive.html

Gettysburg Address – 150^th Anniversary

http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/today/nov19.html

JFK Assassination – 50^th Anniversary

http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/today/nov22.html

Mike’s Pick

Charity Navigator Website

http://www.charitynavigator.org/

That wraps it up for episode 159 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, I'm Cindy Rich, and I'm Mike Gioia, keep on learning.

Keep on Learning,

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Episode 158 - MOOCs, Cryptolocker, and RIP iGoogle

It’s Thursday, October 31st, 2013 and welcome to episode 158 of Tech Talk 4 Teachers. I'm Tom Grissom, I'm Cindy Rich, and I'm Mike Gioia. (evil laugh - Halloween edition)

Welcome to Tech Talk for Teachers the show about Teaching and Learning with Technology.

This month we will be talking about a Technology and Science Symposium currently underway here at EIU, MOOCs (Massive Open Online Courses), a very scary Cryptolocker threat for PCs and we will finish with our Technology Picks of the Week.

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Show Note Links

NSA infiltrates links to Yahoo, Google data centers worldwide,
Snowden documents say

http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/nsa-infiltrates-links-to-yahoo-google-data-centers-worldwide-snowden-documents-say/2013/10/30/e51d661e-4166-11e3-8b74-d89d714ca4dd_story.html



2013 - EIU Technology and Science Symposium
http://castle.eiu.edu/~wahby/Symposia/Science-Technology/2013-EIU-S&T-Symposium-Web-Schedule.pdf




MOOCs

https://www.coursera.org/

https://www.edx.org/

https://www.udacity.com/

Stephen Colbert Tries to Make Sense of MOOCs with the Head of edX

http://www.openculture.com/2013/07/stephen-colbert-tries-to-make-sense-of-moocs-with-the-head-of-edx.html  

Technology Picks of the Week

Tom's Pick
Twitter in-line pictures
 http://mashable.com/2013/10/29/twitter-photos-videos/  

How to turn off Twitter in-line pictures
http://mashable.com/2013/10/29/turn-off-twitters-photo-preview/




Cindy's Pick

ighome - iGoogle Alternative

http://www.ighome.com/ 


Mike's Pick

Lunatik Stylus

 http://www.amazon.com/LunaTik-Stylus-iPhone-Screens-PMSLV-020/dp/B00821TR7G/ 


Keep on Learning,
tg

Episode 157 - Edchats, Hashtags, and Adobe hacked

It’s Wednesday, October 16th, 2013 and welcome to episode 157 of Tech Talk 4 Teachers. I'm Tom Grissom, I'm Cindy Rich, and I'm Mike Gioia.

Welcome to Tech Talk for Teachers the show about Teaching and Learning with Technology.

This month we will be talking about Connected Educator month and participating in ed chats by using the  #edchat by using other educational hashtags on Twitter, we will also discuss the recent Adobe hack that compromised 2.9 million Adobe accounts and of course we will finish with our Technology Picks of the Week.

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Connected Educators Month
http://www.ed.gov/edblogs/technology/connected-educators/


Oldie but a Goodie for Connected Educator Month
http://techtalk4teachers.blogspot.com/2011/11/episode-126-social-media-digital.html

Chats: What are they and why do we need them?

http://tomwhitby.wordpress.com/2013/10/14/chats-what-are-they-and-why-do-we-need-them/

Cybrary Man Links

How to take part in, or moderate a Twitter chat

Excellent link to Some Educational Hashtags

Google Doc List of edchats with times

http://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=3780539831788176254#allposts/postNum=0

other chats of interest

#ntchat

#edchat

#iledchat - 9-10pm CST Monday Nights

#iaedchat
#aledchat
#caedchat

Security Spotlight - Adobe hacked

http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2013/oct/03/adobe-hacking-data-breach-cyber-attack

EIU IT Security Website
http://www.eiu.edu/its/security/

Technology Picks of the Week

Tom’s Pick

FlippedPD YouTube Screencasts for Smart Notebook 11.3 available at the EIUITC YouTube Channel

itcts_024 Launching Smart Notebook 11.3

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1myckl_OAOk&feature=c4-overview&list=UUAkVWHTOjqjhlmEn742w2Aw

itcts_025 Using the Smart Notebook 11.3 Toolbar ( Part 1 of 3)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BJBJnWRjfoY&feature=c4-overview&list=UUAkVWHTOjqjhlmEn742w2Aw

itcts_026 Using the Smart Notebook 11.3 Toolbar ( Part 2 of 3)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jK7w0cwkF9E&feature=c4-overview&list=UUAkVWHTOjqjhlmEn742w2Aw

itcts_027 Using the Smart Notebook 11.3 Toolbar ( Part 3 of 3)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gZLgcLgXQuQ&feature=c4-overview&list=UUAkVWHTOjqjhlmEn742w2Aw

itcts_028 Using the Smart Notebook 11.3 Gallery

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_lHnEaWZ81U&feature=c4-overview&list=UUAkVWHTOjqjhlmEn742w2Aw

You're unable to interact with Adobe Flash Player objects in SMART Notebook software after updating to Adobe Flash Player 11.9.X

http://knowledgebase.force.com/articles/Troubleshooting/You-re-unable-to-interact-with-Adobe-Flash-Player-objects-in-SMART-Notebook-software-after-updating-to-Adobe-Flash-Player-11-9-X?utm_content=Adobe+Active+X+11.9+issue&utm_campaign=Software+Updates+EDU&utm_source=Facebook%3A+SMART+Technologies&utm_medium=post&WT.mc_id=Facebook%3A+SMART+Technologies_Software+Updates+EDU_Adobe+Active+X+11.9+issue

Cindy's Picks

Archive.org and teh Way Back Machine

http://archive.org/

Mike's Pick

Nest Protect

http://nest.com/smoke-co-alarm/life-with-nest-protect/

That wraps it up for episode 157 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, I'm Cindy Rich, and I'm Mike Gioia, keep on learning.

Keep on Learning,

Tom Grissom, PhD

Episode 156 - A Fresh Phish On Campus

It’s Monday, September 30th, 2013 and welcome to episode 156 of Tech Talk 4 Teachers. I'm Tom Grissom, I'm Cindy Rich, and I'm Mike Gioia.

Welcome to Tech Talk for Teachers the show about Teaching and Learning with Technology.

This month we will be talking about getting organized with some note-taking apps, the new iOS7 update, a brand new phishing attempt on campus and our Technology Picks of the Week.

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iOS7 updates strain college wireless networks
http://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/personal/2013/09/19/wireless-networks-college-ios-strain/2837341/

Living life with OneNote: OneNote at school

http://blogs.office.com/b/microsoft-onenote/archive/2013/08/22/living-life-with-onenote-at-school.aspx?WT.mc_ID=soc_tw_office

Security Spotlight - A Fresh Phish On Campus

EIU IT Security Website
http://www.eiu.edu/its/security/

Technology Picks of the Week

Tom’s Pick

YouTube Royalty-free Audio Library
http://techcrunch.com/2013/09/25/youtube-launches-free-audio-library-with-150-royalty-free-tracks/

Make sure you click on the tabs across the top as music is categorized by featured, genre, mood, instruments, duration, and favorites.


Cindy's Picks

GOOD ONE!!!! iPod and iPad Apps & Android Apps
http://www.unh.edu/disabilityservices/ipod-ipad-and-android-apps-college-students

18 Apps Every College Student Should Download Right Now So the best four years of your life will also be the most convenient.

http://www.buzzfeed.com/regajha/apps-every-college-student-should-download-right-now

21 best apps for college students

http://www.consumerreports.org/cro/news/2013/08/bet-apps-college-students/index.htm

Back to School: Top 10 Must Have Android Apps for College Students
http://www.heavy.com/tech/2013/09/top-best-back-to-school-android-apps-for-college-students/

BET Top 15 Free Apps for College Students
http://www.bet.com/news/national/photos/2013/08/top-15-free-apps-for-college-students.html#!081313-national-college-apps-study-blue-logo

Mint

Worried about blowing your budget? Use the Mint.com app (Free) to manage all your money in one place. View all your accounts — checking, savings, credit cards — and automatically add and categorize your transactions, all within the app.

iHomework

The iHomework app ($1) makes organization a cinch. Use it to keep track of assignments, readings, courses, teachers, and schedules. Even better: you can set alarms for your homework and be notified of upcoming deadlines.

Notability

Pen and paper? So 2009. Try the Notability iPad app ($1) for note-taking, PDF annotation, typing, and recording. Customize the look with a variety of "pen" colors and paper styles, then add in links or photos. The coolest feature: if you remember the context of your scribbles, the audio recording capability allows you to tap a word to hear what was said at that moment.

The Best Back-to-School Apps for Middle School Students
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/brad-spirrison/the-best-back-to-school-a_1_b_3757347.html

Best 100 iPad Apps for Middle School Students

http://instructionaltechnology.susd.curriculum.schoolfusion.us/modules/locker/files/get_group_file.phtml?gid=1067602&fid=17338481

The 70 Best Apps For Teachers And Students

http://www.edudemic.com/70-best-apps-teachers-students/

Mike's Pick

Pocket 

https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/pocket-formerly-read-it-later/id309601447?mt=8

That wraps it up for episode 156 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, I'm Cindy Rich, and I'm Mike Gioia, keep on learning.

Keep on Learning,

Tom Grissom, PhD

Episode 155 - Stay Safe with Good Passwords

It’s Monday, September 16th, 2013 and welcome to episode 155 of Tech Talk 4 Teachers.

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The ugly state of password security in the cloud
http://venturebeat.com/2013/09/07/the-ugly-state-of-password-security-in-the-cloud/

Password Recovery Speeds

                http://www.lockdown.co.uk/?pg=combi

Technology Picks of the Week

Tom’s Pick

Microsoft Word - Text-to-Speech
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/word-help/using-the-speak-text-to-speech-feature-HA102066711.aspx


Cindy's Pick

Common Core App
Apple
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/common-core-standards/id439424555?mt=8

Android
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.masteryconnect.CommonCore&hl=en

Windows 8
http://apps.microsoft.com/windows/en-us/app/common-core-standards/bc530154-7b03-478f-a168-eceb8da2f407

Mike's Pick

Assistive Touch on iPhone
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5587

Keep on Learning,
Tom Grissom, PhD

Episode 154- Constitution Day, Technology Triage, and Corporate Hacking

It’s Friday, August 30th, 2013 and welcome to episode 154 of Tech Talk 4 Teachers.

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Library of Congress Constitution Day PD Opportunity
http://blogs.loc.gov/teachers/2013/08/new-constitution-day-webinar-from-the-library-of-congress/

Technology Picks of the Week

Tom’s Pick

Record Voice and Pen Screencasting App

30 Days with a Surface RT Windows Tablet 
http://eiuitc.blogspot.com/2013/08/day-30-creating-screencasts-and.html?view=magazine

Cindy's Pick

CNN Student News
http://www.cnn.com/studentnews/

Mike's Pick

Budget App

Keep on Learning,
Tom Grissom, PhD

Episode 153 - Hacks, Railroads, and Wego the Wonder Dog

It’s Wednesday, July 31st, 2013 and welcome to episode 153 of Tech Talk 4 Teachers.

Welcome to Tech Talk for Teachers the show about Teaching and Learning with Technology.

This month we have stories about summertime hacks, what it was like to be a Railroad mail person in the 1960's and the debut of Wego the Wonder Dog!

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Wego the Wonder Dog!

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Phishing scam piggybacks on Apple Dev Center hack
http://news.cnet.com/8301-1009_3-57595511-83/phishing-scam-piggybacks-on-apple-dev-center-hack/

Railroad Postal Clerk Links 

http://eiu.edu/~eiutps/clerks/index.php

http://eiu.edu/~eiutps/clerks/001.php

Technology Picks of the Week

Cindy's Pick
http://beta.congress.gov/


Mike's Pick

Keeper Password Vault (Be Careful)
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/keeper-password-data-vault/id287170072

https://keepersecurity.com/

Tom’s Pick

New 30 Days with a Surface RT Blog Series
http://eiuitc.blogspot.com/2013/07/day-1-beginning-surface-rt-for-teachers.html?view=sidebar

Keep on Learning,
Tom Grissom, PhD

Episode 152 - Not at ISTE and Security Spotlight

It’s Tuesday, June 25th, 2013 and welcome to episode 152 of Tech Talk 4 Teachers.

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Technology Picks of the Week

Tom’s Pick
Windows 8 app - FOTOR  (works on Surface RT)

http://apps.microsoft.com/windows/en-us/app/fotor/6f797ba2-500d-4dee-9c5a-13c2d818c958

Mike's Pick
Screen Protector for Mobile Phones
http://www.clarivue.com/


Cindy's Pick
The Answer Pad and Tap It
http://theanswerpad.com/

Keep on Learning,
Tom Grissom, PhD

Episode 151 - Google Photo Search, Xbox One, and What is Ransomware

It’s Friday, May 31st, 2013 and welcome to episode 151 of Tech Talk 4 Teachers.

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Google I/O
https://developers.google.com/events/io/

Google Photo Search +
http://techcrunch.com/2013/05/23/google-starts-using-computer-vision-to-let-you-search-your-google-photos/

Xbox One Entertainment Demo Video (worth a watch)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sWWZaERtgto

Xbox One
http://www.xbox.com/en-US/xboxone/meet-xbox-one


What is Ransomeware?
http://www.eiu.edu/its/security/RansomwareTraining.php

Technology Picks of the Week

Tom’s Pick
OneNote Travel Example Template for OneNote users
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/onenote/onenote-travel-wedding-remodel-FX102665185.aspx

Travel with OneNote: Staying organized on the road
http://blogs.office.com/b/microsoft-onenote/archive/2013/05/20/travel-with-onenote-staying-organized-at-home-and-on-the-road.aspx

Mike's Pick
Malwarebytes
http://www.malwarebytes.org/lp/lp4/?gclid=CIS_nt2CwbcCFbBFMgodEFwAKA


Cindy's Pick
TheMint for Kids
http://themint.org/kids/

Keep on Learning,
Tom Grissom, PhD