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03/31/2014 It's Monday, March 31st, 2014 and welcome to TechTalk4Teachers, I'm Tom Grissom, and I'm Mike Gioia, and I'm Cindy Rich and we have a special guest, Bryan Murley. Welcome to the TechTalk4Teachers podcast, the show about teaching and learning with technology. In this episode... Bryan Murley a Professor of Journalism at EIU shares his podcast called Colllege Media Podcast. Mike Gioia and I will discuss World Backup Day and encourage EVERYONE to make a backup of your data today and we will finish up 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 (31 minutes 08 seconds) Show Note Links Bryan Murley Links: Podcast home page: http://collegemediapodcast.libsyn.com/ Innovation in college media weblog http://www.collegemedia.org/news/innovation_in_college_media/ Spreadsheet of tools: http://www.collegemedia.org/news/innovation_in_college_media/arti...

Hi all! I decided that I needed to learn how to create an iTunes U course using the free iTunes U Course Manager. I wanted to understand what went into the creation of a course, and I also wanted something my students can use year after year. As with most 5th grades across the country, I teach colonialism and the American Revolution. One research project I have students complete is about the various battles of the Revolution. So, I created an iTunes U course for the students to use as research materials and project pieces. I also have included the instructions for doing the research in teams of four, graphic organizers, and the instructions for creating a stop motion movie that shares the main points of the battle. So, now I am sharing it with you. Please feel free to use it for yourself and your students. Click on this link and it will take you to the course.

02/28/2014 It's Thursday, February 27th, 2014 and welcome to TechTalk4Teachers, I'm Tom Grissom, and I'm Cindy Rich. Welcome to the TechTalk4Teachers podcast, the show about teaching and learning with technology. In this episode... Cindy and I will discuss a possible new phone search and some plans for getting some projects completed over Spring Break.  Mike Gioia will lead our Security Spotlight feature and discuss more data breaches and Apples latest iOS and OS X security flaws. Click on the Player to listen to this podcast (requires Adobe Flash) TechTalk4Teach ers or Right Click Here to Download MP3 (41 minutes 36 seconds) Show Note Links More notes coming soon  Changes to EIU iTunes U feed be sure to resubscribe using our feedburner RSS feed. http://feeds.feedburner.com/techtalk4teachers Technology Picks of the Week Tom’s Pick Find out reading level of your text by grade level. http://www.hemingwayapp.com/ Cindy’s Pick C25K Rund Double App https://play.google.com/...

So, here is our final project.  It was a ton of fun! Created with Haiku Deck, the free presentation app

01/30/2014 It's Thursday, January 30th, 2014 and welcome to TechTalk4Teachers, I'm Tom Grissom, I'm Cindy Rich, and I'm Mike Gioia. Welcome to the TechTalk4Teachers podcast, the show about teaching and learning with technology. In this episode... Mike Gioia will lead our Security Spotlight feature and discuss Data Privacy Month and share a few resources about keeping your data private and being safe online. We will also have our Tech Picks of the week including a new Chromebook review. Happy 2014! Click on the Player to listen to this podcast (requires Adobe Flash) TechTalk4Teach ers or Right Click Here to Download MP3 (23 minutes 56 seconds) Show Note Links Data Privacy Month Educause Data Privacy Resources http://www.educause.edu/focus-areas-and-initiatives/policy-and-security/educause-policy/community-engagement/data-privacy-month Stay Safe Online Resource Website http://www.staysafeonline.org/data-privacy-day/ Technology Picks of the Week Tom’s Pick New Chrome...

Haiku Deck is such an interesting application.  It is a slideshow presentation app that looks completely different from any other.  It will not allow the slides to be filled with text, so unlike powerpoint, it is almost impossible to make a presentation that is boring.  The app designers had three foci: 1. Keep it simple. 2. Make it beautiful 3. Have fun.  Haiku Deck succeeds at all three.  The thing that I appreciate the most is that it allows for image searching within the application and only pulls images that are appropriate and will not break copyright.  A great thing for teachers is that it also has an online education presence.  There are a lot of haiku deck presentations created by other educators that can be used in your classroom.  There are also lots of ideas for your students.  The possibilities are endless with Haiku Deck.  Here is the link to Haiku Deck's Ideas for Education .  I am also including the link to the Haiku...

12/13/2013 It's Friday, December 13th 2013 and welcome to TechTalk4Teachers, I'm Tom Grissom, I'm Cindy Rich, and I'm Mike Gioia. Welcome to the TechTalk4Teachers podcast, the show about teaching and learning with technology. In this episode... Mike Gioia will lead our Security Spotlight feature and discuss the how hackers are using keyloggers and security questions to steal your passwords. Our Tech Picks this week will focus on Holiday Gift Stocking Stuffers for the teacher/techies in the house. Click on the Player to listen to this podcast (requires Adobe Flash) TechTalk4Teach ers or Right Click Here to Download MP3 (25 minutes 02 seconds) Show Note Links Avoiding Vulnerable Passwords - and Rules, Too http://research.microsoft.com/en-us/news/features/telepathwords-120513.aspx https://telepathwords.research.microsoft.com/ Technology Picks of the Week For Tech Picks of the Week we will focus on some holiday gift ideas for teachers and techies so be sure to check t...