Friday, December 13, 2019

Episode 231- The ITC Graduate Assistants Show

12/12/2019


It’s Thursday, December 12th, 2019 and welcome to Episode 231 of TechTalk4Teachers, I’m Tom Grissom, I'm Danielle Beamon, I'm Brittany Phelps, and I'm Eric Hernandez. Welcome to TechTalk4Teachers the show about teaching and learning with technology

In this episode my three graduate assistants take over the studio and talk about life as a GA in the ITC. We then share our Technology Picks of the Week.



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Show Notes:



itcts 106 - Ten TEC Classrooms Updated Over Break - College of Education - EIU




Technology Picks of the Week

Tom's Tech Pick of the Week


Eric's Tech Pick of the Week

Woebot Self-care app

Brittany's Tech Pick of the Week

Pinterest

Danielle's Tech Pick of the Week



That wraps it up for Episode 231 of TechTalk4Teachers. For show notes please visit eiu.edu/itc and click on the TechTalk4Teachers link. Until next time, this is Tom Grissom, Eric Hernandez, Brittany Phelps, and Danielle Beamon. Keep on Learning!


Keep on Learning,
Tom Grissom, Ph.D.

Twitter: @tomgrissom

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Saturday, November 30, 2019

Episode 230 - Ten COE Technology Enabled Classrooms Updated Over Break

11/30/2019


It’s Saturday, November 30th, 2019 and welcome to Episode 230 of TechTalk4Teachers, I’m Tom Grissom. Welcome to TechTalk4Teachers the show about teaching and learning with technology

In this episode I talk about the technology updates for Ten of our College of Education technology enabled classrooms that were upgraded over Thanksgiving break.



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Show Notes:



Ten (10)Technology Enhanced Classrooms Updated Over Break in Buzzard Hall  11/27/2019




Technology Picks of the Week

Tom's Tech Pick of the Week





That wraps it up for Episode 230 of TechTalk4Teachers. For show notes please visit eiu.edu/itc and click on the TechTalk4Teachers link. Until next time, this is Tom Grissom and Danielle Beamon. Keep on Learning!


Keep on Learning,
Tom Grissom, Ph.D.

Twitter: @tomgrissom

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Wednesday, October 30, 2019

Episode 229 - Next Generation Video - ITC Studio B

10/30/2019


It’s Wednesday, October 30th, 2019 and welcome to Episode 229 of TechTalk4Teachers, I’m Tom Grissom and I'm Danielle Beamon. Welcome to TechTalk4Teachers the show about teaching and learning with technology

In this episode we are joined by my Graduate Assistant, Danielle Beamon, who has a renewed interest in podcasting and video production. She also shares some of her experiences with taking notes on an iPad using Apple Pencil as her Technology Pick of the Week.

This podcast was partially edited by Danielle Beamon, Graduate Assistant at the ITC.



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Show Notes:




Technology Picks of the Week

Tom's Tech Pick of the Week

What is FlipGrid AR








Danielle's Tech Pick of the Week





That wraps it up for Episode 229 of TechTalk4Teachers. For show notes please visit eiu.edu/itc and click on the TechTalk4Teachers link. Until next time, this is Tom Grissom and Danielle Beamon. Keep on Learning!


Keep on Learning,
Tom Grissom, Ph.D.

Twitter: @tomgrissom

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Friday, September 27, 2019

Episode 228 - Online and Hybrid Learning at EIU

09/27/2019


It’s Friday, September 27th, 2019 and welcome to Episode 228 of TechTalk4Teachers, I’m Tom Grissom and I'm Brittany Phelps. Welcome to TechTalk4Teachers the show about teaching and learning with technology

In this episode we are joined by my Graduate Assistant, Brittany Phelps, who is interested in podcasting and she shares some of her experiences with online and hybrid learning at EIU.

This podcast was edited by Eric Hernandez, Graduate Assistant at the ITC.



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Show Notes:




Technology Picks of the Week

Tom's Tech Pick of the Week


PowerPoint Presenter Coach




Brittany's Tech Pick of the Week





That wraps it up for Episode 228 of TechTalk4Teachers. For show notes please visit eiu.edu/itc and click on the TechTalk4Teachers link. Until next time, this is Tom Grissom and Eric Hernandez. Keep on Learning!


Keep on Learning,
Tom Grissom, Ph.D.

Twitter: @tomgrissom

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Friday, August 30, 2019

Episode 227 - A New Podcaster

08/30/2019


It’s Friday, August 30th, 2019 and welcome to Episode 227 of TechTalk4Teachers, I’m Tom Grissom and I'm Eric Hernandez. Welcome to TechTalk4Teachers the show about teaching and learning with technology

In this episode we are joined by my new Graduate Assistant, Eric Hernandez, and I give a general overview of how we make the TechTalk4Teachers podcast. After the recording I demonstrated to Eric the process of editing and helped him do his first editing job to finalize this podcast into the MP3 audio file that you are listening to now.



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Show Notes:




Technology Picks of the Week

Tom's Tech Pick of the Week


Wakelet Blog

Wakelet in EDU


Eric's Tech Pick of the Week





That wraps it up for Episode 227 of TechTalk4Teachers. For show notes please visit eiu.edu/itc and click on the TechTalk4Teachers link. Until next time, this is Tom Grissom and Eric Hernandez. Keep on Learning!


Keep on Learning,
Tom Grissom, Ph.D.

Twitter: @tomgrissom

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Wednesday, July 31, 2019

Episode 226 - Is Your Pedagogy Keeping Pace With Technology

07/31/2019


It’s Wednesday, July 31st, 2019 and welcome to Episode 226 of TechTalk4Teachers, I’m Tom Grissom. Welcome to TechTalk4Teachers the show about teaching and learning with technology

In this episode I take a look back at an influential article titled Seven Principles for Good Practice in Undergraduate Education and ask the question, "Is your pedagogy keeping pace with technological change?" 



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Show Notes:

Mentioned in Episode 226



Seven Principles for Good Practice in 

Undergraduate Education




Technology Picks of the Week

Tom's Tech Pick of the Week




To truly appreciate how technology and pedagogy can partner to create an improved learning experience watch the demo video linked below to get an overview of the power of using Microsoft Teams in the classroom.


Demo: Teams in the Classroom at Microsoft Inspire 2019



That wraps it up for Episode 226 of TechTalk4Teachers. For show notes please visit eiu.edu/itc and click on the TechTalk4Teachers link. Until next time, this is Tom Grissom, Keep on Learning!


Keep on Learning,
Tom Grissom, Ph.D.

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Friday, June 28, 2019

Episode 225 - Taking Advantage of Video for Online Instruction

06/28/2019


It’s Friday, June 28th, 2019 and welcome to Episode 225 of TechTalk4Teachers, I’m Tom Grissom and I'm Michele McDaniel. Welcome to TechTalk4Teachers the show about teaching and learning with technology

In this episode Michele McDaniel, Coordinator of the Booth Library - Ballenger Teachers Center at EIU shares her experience of creating instructional videos from scratch in the ITC using green screen technology. We discuss some of the technical aspects as well as the pedagogy involved with creating effective instructional videos for online learning.



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Show Notes:

Mentioned in Episode 225



Booth Library



Booth Library - Ballenger Teacher Center




Tom's Tech Pick of the Week


Flipgrid

Flipgrid is the leading video discussion platform for millions of PreK to PhD educators, students, and families in 180+ countries. Create a Grid community for your classroom, school, PLC, #GridPals, families, and more!


Michele's Tech Pick of the Week


Libby

Did you know your local library has thousands of ebooks and audiobooks? You can borrow them, instantly, for free, using just the device in your hand.
MyMediaMall will be changing names July 1, 2019 to Digital Library of Illinois, here is the new link:


That wraps it up for Episode 225 of TechTalk4Teachers. For show notes please visit eiu.edu/itc and click on the TechTalk4Teachers link. Until next time, this is Tom Grissom, and Michele McDaniel. Keep on Learning!


Keep on Learning,
Tom Grissom, Ph.D.

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Tuesday, May 28, 2019

Episode 224 - Faculty Summer Institute Debrief

05/28/2019


It’s Tuesday, May 28th, 2019 and welcome to Episode 224 of TechTalk4Teachers, I’m Tom Grissom, I'm Newton Key, and I'm Catherine Polydore. Welcome to TechTalk4Teachers the show about teaching and learning with technology

In this episode we do a debriefing about a recent Faculty Summer Institute conference we all attended. We share some of the session information we gathered and discuss active learning and Generation Z.




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Show Notes:



Faculty Summer Institute - 2019


#FSIengage
    


Technology Picks of the Week

Tom's Tech Pick of the Week


Microsoft Stream and Microsoft Forms Integration


Newton's Tech Pick of the Week




Catherine's Tech Pick of the Week



That wraps it up for Episode 224 of TechTalk4Teachers. For show notes please visit eiu.edu/itc and click on the TechTalk4Teachers link. Until next time, this is Tom Grissom, I'm Newton Key, and I'm Catherine Polydore. Keep on Learning!


Keep on Learning,
Tom Grissom, Ph.D.

Twitter: @tomgrissom

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Tuesday, April 30, 2019

Episode 223 - First Ever All EIU Live Event Streaming Now Available

04/30/2019


It’s Friday, April 26th, 2019 and welcome to Episode 223 of TechTalk4Teachers, I’m Tom Grissom and I'm Danielle Beamon. Welcome to TechTalk4Teachers the show about teaching and learning with technology

In this episode Danielle and I explore a brand new feature within Office 365 called Microsoft Live Events. Live Events is a 100 percent cloud-based streaming service that is a part of Microsoft Stream that allows producers and presenters to stream live video content internally to an organization up to 10,000 users! 




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Show Notes:


Microsoft Teams Meetings and Live Events for Education 

Teams Meetings For smaller lectures, breakout sessions, capstone courses, group meetings
         Supports up to 250 concurrent participants
·         Audio and video for both presenters and participants
·         Meeting recording available with Stream integration
·         Transcription available after recording
·         Chat, share files and reactions inside the meeting
·         Capture lecture notes


Live Events For large lectures, online courses, public virtual events
        Supports up to 10K concurrent participants
        Audio and video for presenters only
        Automatic meeting recording via Stream
        Real time closed captioning
        Real time translation in up to 6 languages at a time
        Moderated Q&A available
        Attendance report available after event
        Engagement report available after event



Technology Picks of the Week



That wraps it up for Episode 223 of TechTalk4Teachers. For show notes please visit eiu.edu/itc and click on the TechTalk4Teachers link. Until next time, this is Tom Grissom and Danielle Beamon. Keep on Learning!


Keep on Learning,
Tom Grissom, Ph.D.
Twitter: @tomgrissom

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Friday, March 29, 2019

Episode 222 - Formative Assessment End of Semester Projects

03/28/2019


It’s Friday, March 28th, 2019 and welcome to Episode 222 of TechTalk4Teachers, I’m Tom Grissom and I'm Brian Poulter. Welcome to TechTalk4Teachers the show about teaching and learning with technology

In this episode Brian and I discuss the approaching end of the semester and what we can do as teachers to help students finish strong. We also have a Technology Pick of the Week and several recommendations for podcast listeners.




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Show Notes:






Technology Picks of the Week

Tom's Tech (Podcasts) Picks of the Week





Brian's Tech Pick of the Week




That wraps it up for Episode 222 of TechTalk4Teachers. For show notes please visit eiu.edu/itc and click on the TechTalk4Teachers link. Until next time, this is Tom Grissom and Brian Poulter. Keep on Learning!


Keep on Learning,
Tom Grissom, Ph.D.
Twitter: @tomgrissom

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Thursday, February 28, 2019

Episode 221 - Spreading the Word

02/28/2019


It’s Thursday, February 28th, 2019 and welcome to Episode 221 of TechTalk4Teachers, I’m Tom Grissom and I'm Jeff Duck. Welcome to TechTalk4Teachers the show about teaching and learning with technology

In this episode Jeff and I discuss a recent talk I gave to his class of freshmen and transfer students covering the many technologies available to all EIU students. We also have a Technology Pick of the Week.




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Show Notes:













Microsoft Office 365 at EIU



Historia Sway - EIU History Class


Chinese Artificial Intelligence (AI) News Reporter



Technology Picks of the Week

Tom's Tech Pick of the Week


Introducing Microsoft HoloLens 2 Blog Post


YouTube Video:

Microsoft HoloLens 2 in 13 Minutes at Mobile World Congress 2019 - Barcelona, Spain






Jeff's Tech Pick of the Week





That wraps it up for Episode 221 of TechTalk4Teachers. For show notes please visit eiu.edu/itc and click on the TechTalk4Teachers link. Until next time, this is Tom Grissom and Jeff Duck. Keep on Learning!


Keep on Learning,
Tom Grissom, Ph.D.
Twitter: @tomgrissom

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