Thursday, February 28, 2013

Episode 146 – Keeping up with EdTech: Twitter, Diigo, and RSS Feeds

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Tom: It’s Thursday, February 28th, 2013 and welcome to episode 146 of Tech Talk 4 Teachers, I’m Tom Grissom. Cindy: and I’m Cindy Rich.

In this episode we talk about some of the tips and tricks we use to keep up with the constant flow of information coming at us daily. It is easy to become overwhelmed but there are some things you can do to keep ahead of the game. In this episode we explore some of the technology we use to manage and archive the vast amounts of information we receive each day. As usual we also share our Technology Picks of the Week and discuss the ICE 2013 conference currently underway and how to take advantage of using hashtags on Twitter like #ice13 even if you cannot attend in person.
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Tools we use:
Twitter

Cybrary Man's Educational Web Sites and Educational Hashtags
http://cybraryman.com/edhashtags.html

#edchat Twitter Discussions
http://shellyterrell.com/2009/08/18/edchat-join-the-conversation/


Diigo

Google RSS Reader

OneNote

YouTube video using OneNote in class at Pitt Meadows Secondary School




Technology Picks of the Week

TweetDeck (now part of Twitter)

Request your Twitter Archive

Google Glass

That wraps it up for episode 146 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 and I'm Cindy Rich,


Keep on learning.
Tom Grissom, PhD
Cindy Rich, PhD

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Friday, February 15, 2013

Episode 145 – Did the President Just Flip the State of the Union Address?

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Tom: It’s Friday, February 15th, 2013 and welcome to episode 145 of Tech Talk 4 Teachers, I’m Tom Grissom. Cindy: and I’m Cindy Rich.


This episode we talk about the State of the Union Address recently delivered by President Obama and some of the new technologies involved with delivering the speech in a “flip-style” presentation format. Plus we have two Technology Picks of the Week you will want to be sure to checkout.

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Technology Pick of the Week


Tom’s Pick

Actiontec ScreenBeam: Wirelessly Display (Mirror) your computer screen to a Big Screen
http://www.amazon.com/ACTIONTEC-SBWD100KIT01-ScreenBeam-Universal-Wireless/dp/B009Z8T3K6




Cindy’s Pick


We the People Petition at whitehouse.gov

http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2011/09/22/petition-white-house-we-people

https://petitions.whitehouse.gov/


That wraps it up for episode 145 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 and I'm Cindy Rich,


Keep on learning.
Tom Grissom, PhD

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