06/29/2020 It’s Monday, June 29th, 2020 and welcome to Episode 237 of TechTalk4Teachers, I’m Tom Grissom, and I'm Newton Key. Welcome to TechTalk4Teachers the show about teaching and learning with technology.  In this episode the Director of the EIU Faculty Development and Innovation Center, Newton Key, and I discuss the choices faculty are preparing for in the upcoming summer session and Fall 2020 semester.  This will be my final episode of TechTalk4Teachers. I am retiring from EIU tomorrow...

05/29/2020 It’s Friday, May 29th, 2020 and welcome to Episode 236 of TechTalk4Teachers, I’m Tom Grissom, and I'm Newton Key. Welcome to TechTalk4Teachers the show about teaching and learning with technology.  In this episode the Director of the EIU Faculty Development and Innovation Center, Newton Key, and I discuss the choices faculty are preparing for in the upcoming summer session and Fall 2020 semester.  Your browser does not support the audio element. Right-click here to download. If you...

04/30/2020 It’s Wednesday, April 29th, 2020 and welcome to Episode 235 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 graduate assistants and I discuss the past five weeks of emergency remote learning as the semester finally comes to a close. So much has happened this semester as our faculty and students adjusted to 100 percent...

01/31/2020 It’s Thursday, January 30th, 2020 and welcome to Episode 232 of TechTalk4Teachers, I’m Tom Grissom, I'm Danielle Beamon. Eric Hernandez is our producer for this first ever Live Event broadcasting live to all of EIU using Microsoft Stream.  Welcome to TechTalk4Teachers the show about teaching and learning with technology.  In this episode my graduate assistants and I are pushing the frontiers of what is now possible for every faculty, staff, and student at EIU using Microsoft Stream...

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. Your browser does not support the audio element. Right-click here to download. If...

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. Your browser does not support the audio element. Right-click here to download. If you experience buffering please download the file locally...

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...

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. Your browser does...

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...

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?"  Your browser does not support the audio element. Right-click here to download. If you...

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...

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. Your browser does not support the audio element. Right-click...

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...

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. Your browser does not support the audio element....

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. Your browser does not support the audio element. Right-click here to...

01/31/2019 It’s Thursday, January 31st, 2019 and welcome to Episode 220 of TechTalk4Teachers, I’m Tom Grissom. Welcome to TechTalk4Teachers the show about teaching and learning with technology.  In this episode I discuss some of the beginning of the semester questions and issues teachers face at the start of a new semester. I also have a Technology Pick of the Week related to creating informal instructional videos. Your browser does not support the audio element. Right-click here to download....

12/31/2018 It’s Monday, December 31st, 2018 and welcome to Episode 219 of TechTalk4Teachers, I’m Tom Grissom. Welcome to TechTalk4Teachers the show about teaching and learning with technology.  In this episode I discuss the Top Ten Things to do at the Instructional Technology Center. I also have a Technology Pick of the Week related to classroom technology. Your browser does not support the audio element. Right-click here to download. Show Notes: Top Ten Things to do at the ITC 1 - Check your...

11/30/2018 It’s Friday, November 30th, 2018 and welcome to Episode 218 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 discuss the end of semester wrap up and traditions of the ITC. We also have our Technology Picks of the Week. Your browser does not support the audio element. Right-click here to download. Show Notes: Community Coloring (stress relief for finals)...

10/30/2018 It’s Tuesday, October 30th, 2018 and welcome to Episode 217 of TechTalk4Teachers, I’m Tom Grissom, I'm Brian Poulter, it's Halloween eve. Welcome to TechTalk4Teachers the show about teaching and learning with technology.  In this episode Brian and I discuss an article he recently published about how he brings real-world projects into his photojournalism classroom and empowers students to get better using a project-based approach. We also have our Technology Picks of the Week. Your...

09/28/2018 It’s Friday, September 28th, 2018 and welcome to Episode 216 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 Beamon and I discuss some of the decisions students make when creating a OneNote Notebook. We also have four Technology Picks of the Week. Your browser does not support the audio element. Right-click here to download. #MSIgnite #Office365 Show Notes:...

08/31/2018 It’s Friday, August 31st, 2018 and welcome to Episode 215 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 have a special guest, Danielle Beamon is my new Graduate Assistant at the ITC and has an interest in podcasting. This is her first episode with me and we share some of the many changes and improvements related to educational technology that have been happening...

07/31/2018 It’s Friday, July 31st, 2018 and welcome to Episode 214 of TechTalk4Teachers, I’m Tom Grissom and I'm Stacey Knight-Davis. Welcome to TechTalk4Teachers the show about teaching and learning with technology.  In this episode Stacey and I talk about the changing world of digital technologies and some considerations for preserving the massive amounts of digital content being produced everyday. From magic lanterns to modern cloud-based computing we have come a long way, but in terms of...