Year: 2016

TechTalk Podcast: Communicating Authentic Culture to a Broad Audience

Dr. René Horcicka is the Director of the University of Portland’s Salzburg Center in Salzburg, Austria.  He is an Academic Technology Roundtable Fellow with an interesting project on cultural geography titled “Creative Bridges – Acquiring Cultural Content through the use of Technology.” In this podcast, he talks with UP Tech Talk cohost Sam Williams on…Continue Reading TechTalk Podcast: Communicating Authentic Culture to a Broad Audience

Develop Your Personal Learning Network with Twitter

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  We all depend on our networks for support. As humans we love to communicate, to share our experiences, to learn from others, and to influence and be influenced within our social spheres. This is equally as true for professional networks where we can talk shop with peers as it is for networks of family and…Continue Reading Develop Your Personal Learning Network with Twitter

TechTalk Podcast: A Front Row Seat to the Future

Artificial Intelligence, Virtual Reality, Augmented Reality, and why we should be afraid of Barbie are just some of the fascinating topics we always seem to explore whenever Dr. Eric Anctil, Associate Professor of Education, is our guest on Tech Talk.  Dr. Anctil’s scholarly work centers on the nexus of media, technology, innovation, and the curriculum. He…Continue Reading TechTalk Podcast: A Front Row Seat to the Future

UP Tech Tip: MS Office & Accessibility

Educators use Microsoft Office to deliver a wide range of material — syllabi and other vital class documents in Word, slide decks in PowerPoint, and more. With Office 365 coming to campus, now is a great time for a reminder and refresher on the importance of creating documents that are accessible to a diverse audience. Creating documents in an…Continue Reading UP Tech Tip: MS Office & Accessibility