Episode 142- A Conversation About the New Windows 8 Tablets for Educators

Episode 142- A Conversation About the New Windows 8 Tablets for Educators

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Tom: It’s Friday, December 14th, 2012 and welcome to episode 142 of Tech Talk 4 Teachers, I’m Tom Grissom. Cindy: and I’m Cindy Rich. Tom: Welcome to Tech Talk for Teachers the show about Teaching and Learning with Technology. 

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(36 minutes 27 seconds)


ITC Chronicles Blog
Postings about my Windows 8 Tablet Experiences

http://eiuitc.blogspot.com/

Logitech K400 2.4GHz Wireless Keyboard with Trackpad

http://www.logitech.com/en-us/product/wireless-touch-keyboard-k400?crid=26

Technology Picks of the Week

Tom's Pick

Google Zeitgeist 2012

http://www.google.com/zeitgeist/2012/#the-world

(Be sure to checkout the video)


Cindy's Pick

iPad Music Apps

Virtuoso Piano

https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/virtuoso-piano-free-2-hd/id304075989?mt=8

and Bongos!

https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/bongos!-free/id483719120?mt=8

Happy Holidays and Keep on Learning!

Tom Grissom, Ph.D.

Episode 141- The tablets are coming, the tablets are coming...

Episode 141- The tablets are coming, the tablets are coming...

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Tom: It’s Friday, November 30th, 2012 and welcome to episode 141 of Tech Talk 4 Teachers, I’m Tom Grissom. Cindy: and I’m Cindy Rich. Tom: Welcome to Tech Talk for Teachers the show about Teaching and Learning with Technology. 

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(28 minutes 45 seconds)

How tablets are invading the classroom

http://www.digitaltrends.com/mobile/tablets-invading-the-classroom/

Technology Picks of the Week

Tom's Pick

Google Nexus 7 - Android 4.2 Update

https://play.google.com/store/devices/details?id=nexus_7_16gb

Cindy's Pick

Symbaloo

http://www.symbaloo.com/

Tech for Teachers
http://www.symbaloo.com/mix/techforteachers?searched=true

Tech for Teachers 2
http://www.symbaloo.com/mix/techforteachers2

Episode 140 - New Tech for New Teachers

New Tech for New Teachers

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Tom: It’s Thursday, November 15th, 2012 and welcome to episode 140 of Tech Talk 4 Teachers, I’m Tom Grissom. Cindy: and I’m Cindy Rich. Tom: Welcome to Tech Talk for Teachers the show about Teaching and Learning with Technology. 

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(34 minutes 11 seconds)

Technology Picks of the Week

Tom's Pick

Excel Surveys in Skydrive

http://www.thewindowsclub.com/excel-surveys-on-skydrive

Cindy's Pick

Guidebooks for the NCSS Conference in Seattle, WA

http://www.socialstudies.org/conference

http://www.socialstudies.org/annual_conference/download_the_new_ncss_conference_app


http://guidebook.com/g/ncss2012/

Episode 139 - The new new iPad

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Tom: It’s Monday October 29th, 2012 and welcome to episode 139 of Tech Talk 4 Teachers, I’m Tom Grissom. Cindy: and I’m Cindy Rich. Tom: Welcome to Tech Talk for Teachers the show about Teaching and Learning with Technology. 

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(26 minutes 15 seconds)


The new new iPad and iPad mini

Comparison Chart
http://www.cnn.com/2012/10/24/tech/mobile/ipad-mini-comparisons/index.html

Technology Picks of the Week

Tom's Picks

Personal Video Conferencing

Skype
http://beta.skype.com/en/


Google Hangouts
http://www.google.com/+/learnmore/hangouts/

Wolfram Alpha
http://www.wolframalpha.com/



Cindy's Picks

doodle.com (Easy Scheduling)
http://doodle.com/

iBooks
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/ibooks/id364709193?mt=8







Keep on Learning.

Episode 138 - Space Jumps, eBooks, and Word Clouds

 Episode 138 - Space Jumps, eBooks, and Word Clouds

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Tom: It’s Monday October 15th, 2012 and welcome to episode 138 of Tech Talk 4 Teachers, I’m Tom Grissom. Cindy: and I’m Cindy Rich. Tom: Welcome to Tech Talk for Teachers the show about Teaching and Learning with Technology.




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(42 minutes 45 seconds)

Show Notes and links for Episode 138 

Felix Baumgartner lands after flying faster than the speed of sound

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/innovations/post/felix-baumgartner-tries-record-breaking-jump-again-live-blog/2012/10/14/b7ddfc18-159d-11e2-be82-c3411b7680a9_blog.html 

eBook Settlement
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/ebook-settlement-means-publishers-apple-162202879.html 

Student Podcast Reviews Talk Shoe
http://www.talkshoe.com/

Word Clouds
 Tagxedo
 http://www.tagxedo.com/ 

http://blog.tagxedo.com/101-ways-to-use-tagxedo-completedhttp://www.tagxedo.com/gallery.html 

Wordle

http://www.wordle.net/http://www.wordle.net/

tt4t_054 Web 2.0 and Deeper Meaning (Wordle Activity)

http://techtalk4teachers.blogspot.com/2008/09/4t054-web-20-and-deeper-meaning.html 

Technology Picks of the Week 

Tom’s Pick:

Word Talk Add-in for Microsoft Word (Office 2007 and Office 2010) 
http://www.wordtalk.org.uk/Home/


Cindy’s Pick Flip Board App

http://flipboard.com/ http://flipboard.com

That wraps it up for episode 138 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.

Episode 137 - Blogging, Books, and RSS Changes

Episode 137 - Blogging, Books, and RSS Changes

It’s Friday, September 28, 2012 and welcome to episode 137 of Tech Talk for Teachers. I’m Tom Grissom and I'm Cindy Rich.

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(30 minutes 57 seconds)

In this episode we talk about a blogging project with 34 students and some of the issues we run into with using wireless Internet connections. We also talk about the National Book Festival that was completed last weekend in Washington, D.C. and we finish up with a couple of useful Technology Picks of the Week.

Take a look at the brand new site, Congress.gov http://beta.congress.gov/ for federal legislative information. This beta site is exciting for educators that teach social studies or current events and are familiar with THomas.gov.

Technology Picks of the Week.

Tom's Pick Sound Cloud http://soundcloud.com/

Cindy's Picks

Safeshare.tv http://safeshare.tv/

That wraps it up for episode 137 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.

Episode 136 - We have the technology and we can use it

Episode 136 - We have the technology and we can use it

It’s Friday, September 14, 2012 and welcome to episode 136 of Tech Talk for Teachers. I’m Cindy Rich and I’m Tom Grissom. We are changing things up a little bit. TechTalk4Teachers is moving to a bi-monthly format.

   

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(36 minutes 29 seconds)

In this episode we talk about the all the technology available for teachers and students to use to create amazing projects. We also have a couple of useful Technology Picks of the Week. Technology Pick of the Week

Tom's Pick

Wacom Bamboo Pen and Touch USB Slate http://www.wacom.com/en/products/bamboo/bambootablets.aspx

Cindy's Pick

Hero GoPro Caneras http://gopro.com/

Keep on Learning!