Honest Company

It’s Thursday, October 31st, 2013 and welcome to episode 158 of Tech Talk 4 Teachers. I'm Tom Grissom, I'm Cindy Rich, and I'm Mike Gioia. (evil laugh - Halloween edition) Welcome to Tech Talk for Teachers the show about Teaching and Learning with Technology. This month we will be talking about a Technology and Science Symposium currently underway here at EIU, MOOCs (Massive Open Online Courses), a very scary Cryptolocker threat for PCs and we will finish with our Technology Picks of the Week. Click on the Player to listen to this podcast (requires Adobe Flash) TechTalk4Teach ers or Right Click Here to Download MP3 (36 minutes 23 seconds) Subscribe to the TechTalk4Teachers podcast by using our  RSS Feed Show Note Links NSA infiltrates links to Yahoo, Google data centers worldwide, Snowden documents say http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/nsa-infiltrates-links-to-yahoo-google-data-centers-worldwide-snowden-documents-say/2013/10/30/e51d661e

Silent Light.  Where have you been all my life?  In the past, I have used a generic decibel meter on my iPad to help show my students the noise level in the classroom.  But,  I just discovered this app handmade for teachers.  It lets you set the noise level.  It then allows you to choose the time increment expectations.  Every time your class meets that expectation, they get a point.  My class earns points for parties, so this was a big hit.  Also, if you set your iPad to landscape viewing, you can set the learning target.  I have used this app over the last week, and it has been a miracle for keeping a large class of 5th graders on target for learning and for noise.  And at only $0.99, it is a steal. **UPDATE: The app price has risen to $3.99.  For me, the price is still worth it--but I wanted to be sure everyone knows about the increase!

It’s Wednesday, October 16th, 2013 and welcome to episode 157 of Tech Talk 4 Teachers. I'm Tom Grissom, I'm Cindy Rich, and I'm Mike Gioia. Welcome to Tech Talk for Teachers the show about Teaching and Learning with Technology. This month we will be talking about Connected Educator month and participating in ed chats by using the  #edchat by using other educational hashtags on Twitter, we will also discuss the recent Adobe hack that compromised 2.9 million Adobe accounts and of course we will finish with our Technology Picks of the Week. Click on the Player to listen to this podcast (requires Adobe Flash) TechTalk4Teach ers or Right Click Here to Download MP3 (29 minutes 02 seconds) Subscribe to the TechTalk4Teachers podcast by using our  RSS Feed Show Note Links Connected Educators Month http://www.ed.gov/edblogs/technology/connected-educators/ Oldie but a Goodie for Connected Educator Month http://techtalk4teachers.blogspot.com/2011/11/episode-126-social