Thursday, April 30, 2015

Episode 176 - Spring Semester Wrap Up

04/30/2015

It's Thursday, April 30th, 2015 and welcome to Episode 176 of TechTalk4Teachers, I'm Tom Grissom and I'm Cindy Rich.

Welcome to Episode 176 of the TechTalk4Teachers podcast, the show about teaching and learning with technology.

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In this episode...

The Spring semester is nearly over and we take a look back at some of the project accomplishments and discuss what worked well and things we might do differently next semester.


Show Notes


New Zealand Skype Session
http://eiuitc.blogspot.com/2015/04/new-zealand-skype-session-and-tip-about.html?view=magazine

WolframAlpha Time Zone Check
http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=What+time+is+it+in+Auckland%2C+New+Zealand+if+it+is+6pm+CST+on+April+22%2C+2015


Jack and the Beanstalk blog post
http://eiuitc.blogspot.com/2015/04/jack-and-beanstalk-bulletin-board.html?view=magazine


Jack and the Beanstalk Sway Presentation
https://sway.com/6eEWPxUkNZQOl0NW


ITC Spring 2015 Semester OneNote Notebook
https://onedrive.live.com/view.aspx?resid=3547E848D8D715E9!7744&app=OneNote&authkey=!ACW4Tt8ne5xt3Ug




Technology Picks of the Week



Tom's Pick


Dig a hole through the center of the Earth
http://www.ubasics.com/dighole/



Cindy's Pick



Library of Congress new iBook Discovery Series
http://www.loc.gov/teachers/student-discovery-sets/

That wraps it up for episode 176 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, Cindy Rich, go make those backups and keep on learning.

Keep on Learning,

Tom Grissom, Ph.D.