Tuesday, April 30, 2013

Episode 150 - Story Behind Our TechTalk4Teachers Theme Music, Twitter Hacked, and Summer Projects

It’s Tuesday, April 30th, 2013 and welcome to episode 150 of Tech Talk 4 Teachers, WooHoo, it is our 150th Episode!

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Show Links:

http://mashable.com/2013/04/27/hacked-starbucks/



AP Twitter  Hack  Preceded  By  A  Phishing  Attempt,  News  Org  Says


http://techcrunch.com/2013/04/23/ap-twitter-hack-preceded-by-a-phishing-attempt-news-org-says/

OneNote Remodeling Example




Technology Picks of the Week
Tom’s Pick
Mixcraft 6 Teachers Guide for teachers and student music and audio projects

http://www.acoustica.com/mixcraft/v6guide.htm

Cindy's Pick
Critter Cams
http://www.wildlifeforever.org/conservation/wildlife-forever-video/critter-cams/

 Mike's Pick
Nest Thermostat
http://www.nest.com/
That wraps it up for episode 150 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 Mike Gioia,
Keep on Learning,
Tom Grissom, PhD

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Monday, April 15, 2013

Episode 149 - Death, Taxes, and Online Accounts

It’s Monday, April 15th, 2013 and welcome to episode 149 of Tech Talk 4 Teachers, I’m Tom Grissom, and I’m Mike Gioia. 
Happy Tax Day! 

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Today we discuss a somber but necessary topic of dealing with online accounts in the event of death. Last week Google introduced a tool to help with inactive account management. We also discuss our Tech Picks of the week including my recent blog series and Mike discusses a new fitness device he is beginning to use.


Show Links:

Plan your digital afterlife with Inactive Account Manager
http://googlepublicpolicy.blogspot.com/2013/04/plan-your-digital-afterlife-with.html

Roger Ebert Memorial Website

Passing Down Digital Assets



Technology Picks of the Week
Tom’s Pick
Lessons Learned, 30 Days with a Surface Pro Windows 8 Tablet
http://eiuitc.blogspot.com/2013/04/day-30-lessons-learned-from-30-days.html
Mike’s Pick
Fitbit - Fitness Pedometer
http://www.fitbit.com/

That wraps it up for episode 149 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 Mike Gioia,
Keep on Learning,
Tom Grissom, PhD

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