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In this episode, I share with you some resources I've been reading through about cloud computing and education and I share some of my own experiences in how cloud computing has enhanced education. Resources discussed in this episode: The Future of Disruptive Technologies by Dr. Srikanth Gadda (affiliate link) González-Martínez, J. A., Bote-Lorenzo, M. L., Gómez-Sánchez, E., & Cano-Parra, R. (2015). Cloud computing and education: A state-of-the-art survey. Computers & Education, 80, 132-151. 30% of American adults don't have a credit card. If you've been thinking about sharing your knowledge and educating others to have a higher impact in the world, you might be interested in my online course answering some of the top FAQs about online course creation. This is applicable if you're teaching at a university, creating a course for your team at work, or you want to create a course to offer on your own website. I will be continuing this series on various disruptive and emerging technologies and it's impact on society, the workforce, and education. I'll also be sharing some very strategic and tactical ways you can use these technologies to help education others and share your own expertise to have a higher impact on the world! FULL TRANSCRIPT: 0:00Hello there, and welcome back to my podcast. My name is Heather Monthie. And in this podcast, we talk about all things related to education and leadership in the digital age. We talk about technology, education, innovation, all that kind of fun stuff. So, today's episode, what I wanted to do is talk a little bit about cloud computing in education. And I am reading a book about disruptive technologies. And I wanted to supplement some of my thoughts about the book, some of the things that are covered in the book, I wanted to supplement some of it with, you know, as you know, if you've listened to this podcast, I like to cover research articles and talk a little bit about some of the research articles that are out there. So I have a book that I'm reading, it's called The Future of disruptive technologies by doctors from Comp gada. And then I also found an article or research article, it's a literature review. And it is by Gonzalez Martinez at all published in 2015. In computers and education, it is called cloud computing and education, a state of the art survey. So it is from 2015. So it does have some, you know, it's seven years old at this point. But it has been cited 370 times, which is quite a lot. As you're, as you're talking about some of the different technologies in education, that's quite a lot. So I figured it was probably worth it to take a look at it. This book was published in 2020. I also wanted to put out this disclaimer that, you know, things can and do change over time. So there are going to be some things in the article, they'll eventually be some things in the book that are no longer relevant. And as we go forward into the future, maybe even this podcast episode, this video, wherever you are watching or listening to me today, could become out of date, or my thoughts and views might have changed. So I just want to put that disclaimer on here that this is a point in time. So I just wanted to share that things change, and so do opinions and thoughts and that kind of thing. So this book is called again, it's called The Future of disruptive technologies. And it breaks all these different tech disruptive technologies down by business workforce and society and some of the impacts that it has on those three particular areas. What workforce education can certainly be a part of workforce. But what I wanted to do is take the different technologies that are covered in this book. And hopefully at some point, we can get the author of the book on this podcast to talk a little bit more about it. But I want to do is take each technology that's covered in the book, and let's talk about how those technologies have changed, or are changing education,

Are cybersecurity and coding boot camps worth it? Let's discuss! I have nearly 20 years of experience in technology education leadership as a Dean, Vice President, and Professor. I've helped thousands of people start and advance their tech careers over the years. This is just my opinion based on my previous experiences. Nothing guarantees an interview or a job! https://learn.heathermonthie.com The article I referenced: Caliskan, E., & Vaarandi, R. (2020). Career development in cyber security: Bootcamp training programs. In International Conference on Cyber Warfare and Security (pp. 503-XVII). Academic Conferences International Limited. https://search.proquest.com/openview/a97ccef9164163f137c669041dfffec9/1?pq-origsite=gscholar&cbl=396500&casa_token=6FQmzXFO2VoAAAAA:gTCkSHd5fB2k1cP8pO-5SBRgGJBw7lDOb3dFlluH35CzLROpm3-sDZNg-gW4s74kwDHrBZZx-A https://www.youtube.com/embed/zvrBcmJk5DM TRANSCRIPT: Hello there, and welcome back to my YouTube channel, podcast, website blog, wherever it is that you're watching this video, I am Dr. Heather Monthie. And in this episode or video, whatever it is that you are, I want to talk about cybersecurity boot camps, coding boot camps, it boot camps, and whether or not they're effective. And one of the things that I see a lot posted online, and I get a lot of questions by individual people, is whether or not coding boot camps, cybersecurity boot camps, etc, are worth the money. And then a lot of other questions that I see are, what is the difference between XYZ University and ABC University's cybersecurity boot camp? And which one should I choose? Which one's better? So, you know, let's talk about this a little bit here. So, it my answer for everything is always it just it depends. It really depends on what your goals are, it really depends on what it is that you want to do long term for your career. And it really depends on what kind of education experience training etc you already have. You can be successful, you can be wildly successful attending a boot camp, you can be wildly successful getting a bachelor's degree, you can be wildly successful getting a master's degree, it really a lot of it depends on the kind of work and effort that you put in to Intuit right? So, um, a couple things. So cybersecurity boot camps. Yes, absolutely. They're great. So with cybersecurity and it boot camps, one thing you'll see is that there's boot camps out there to help prepare you for a certification. And then there's boot camps out there that will help prepare you probably more to have a foundational understanding, have a high level overview, be able to apply this more in, in industry more of a practitioner based approach, okay. And then some of them are gonna be much more hands on. Now, the difference comes in this, you have the certification training, and then you have sort of career training, I guess I would call it and preparing to take a certification test is very different from preparing to start a new career. Okay. Now oftentimes, when you're trying to break into it cybersecurity, coding, tech, anything, you'll see a lot of job ads wanting certain certifications, you see it more on computer, cybersecurity, and it versus the software development computer science side, you certainly do see some of it there. But mostly, you see a lot on the cybersecurity information security, it site. And when you're going to get these go through these boot camps, they're teaching you the skills to pass a test, that's very different from taking a class to be able to apply it in your workplace. Okay. And so when you are looking at boot camps, you have to understand what the outcome is of that particular boot camp. So what is it that you will learn to do? What is the transformation that you will get during that boot camp? So when you're going and you're talking to, you know, enrollment counselors, you're talking to different companies, and you are unsure of, you know,

 “How do I leave a career in healthcare to go into cybersecurity? I love what I do, but am definitely ready for a change. What kind of experience do I need to get? I already have a master's degree so I don't really want to go back to school for another degree.” Remember: "The resume gets you the interview; the interview gets you the job." - Heather Monthie, PhD https://www.youtube.com/embed/aDTAD9RdFhE TRANSCRIPT: Hello, and welcome back to my podcast, my YouTube channel, my Instagram page, LinkedIn Facebook page, wherever it is that you are watching this video. So I am Dr. Heather Monthie. And in today's episode, what I'm going to do is answer a frequently asked question about transitioning from a career in healthcare to a career in cybersecurity.  So I am I've been asked this question frequently, but I just saw recently posted online, somebody was asking a question about transitioning careers from healthcare to cybersecurity and some steps that he could take two to make that transition happen. So let's talk about it. So here's the question, How do I leave a career in healthcare and go into cybersecurity? I love what I do. But I'm definitely ready for a change. What kind of experience Do I need to get? I already have a master's degree. So I don't really want to go back to school for another degree. What can I do? So there's a lot of different things going on here with regards to if I were to help you in this situation, okay.  So somebody who already has a bachelor's degree or a master's degree, you know, there are a couple of different reasons why he or she might not necessarily want to go back to school to get another degree in cybersecurity. So say you have, you know, a degree and a bachelor's degree in nursing, for example, you've got you to know, you got an RN BSN. And you want to transition into cybersecurity, there are programs out there that you can get a graduate program in cybersecurity, where you don't necessarily have to have an undergraduate degree related to that particular field.  But when you already have a master's degree in cybersecurity, well, then what right? So there's a couple of different options that you have here, you could go back to school and get another degree, might not necessarily be the best choice for a couple of different reasons. Number one, time, number two, you've got responsibilities, you want it, you want to be working, you don't want to quit your job and go to school full time. And number three, you know, oftentimes, if you're using financial aid, this is not financial advice.  But if you're sometimes if you're using financial aid, you won't necessarily be covered, if you've already got a degree. So it'll usually only financial aid usually only kicks in to cover the next degree that the next degree up, right. So again, not financial advice, but just something to take into consideration here. So what you need something to get your foot in the door, you need to have something to get your foot in the door, right. So like, there's got to be some sort of technical experience, some sort of cybersecurity-related experience, it doesn't necessarily need to be technical, because there's so much to cybersecurity, that's nontechnical, there's law, there's, there's, you know, compliance, there are policies, all that kind of stuff that isn't necessarily super technical, right.  So you do have to have something to get your get your foot in the door. So what I would suggest doing is going to your own internal IT department or Information Security Department, especially if you work in a hospital or a larger healthcare system, there is a information security team, there is an IT team. And so what you can do is you can see if there's any open opportunities, open entry level opportunities there that you might be qualified for, as is, okay. So they might not necessarily, you know, need, you know, a degree in it or, you know, a degree in computer science, something like that.

How to teach technical skills online Download the Tech Teacher Toolkit herehttps://bit.ly/TechTeacherToolkit Join the free TECH Edupreneur communityhttps://bit.ly/TechEDUCommunity Try Thinkific here:https://try.thinkific.com/heathermonthie3702 Try ConvertKit here:https://convertkit.com?lmref=qujVXw https://www.youtube.com/embed/Gq_Zx7E9x1U How to teach technical skills online.  So in this video, I'm going to share with you a couple of different ways that you can teach technical skills online. I think a lot of times people think that when they are learning hands on skills, or they are teaching hands on skills, it can be very difficult to do online.  And it while it is a little bit different than teaching some of these skills in person, many of these skills can absolutely be taught online, you just got to use a, you know, some of the technology that's available out there. And so what I wanted to do is just go over what some of the pieces of technology you can use to teach technical skills online.  Now, this is not going to be for any sort of technical hands on training that needs to happen on a very expensive piece of equipment, for example. So if you have a piece of equipment that costs $10,000, and you want to give your students hands on training on said piece of equipment, and you may be able to give sort of informational online sessions to show students how to use the piece of equipment.  But if you want to teach that sort of, you know, the hands on you having students have that opportunity to, to practice the technical skills, it's not necessarily going to work for you know, some of these things that do require some very expensive pieces of equipment, this is really going to be related to it skills, technology skills, coding skills, teaching social media, anything that really is done either online, or it can be done using either free or affordable software.  So the first thing that, you know, when people are thinking about teaching online, they start thinking about Well, where is it that I'm going to put my course? Where is it that I'm going to put all of my information that I have prepared for my students? And your answer is going to be? It depends? The answer is always it depends. For every question that you guys ask. It's always It depends, right? But so what you can do is you can use online marketplaces, I've spoken about these before, you can use online marketplaces, where you know, people just put all of their courses, they've got a lot of information, a lot of different types of courses out there. Udemy is probably one of the more popular ones within the it in the technical world. And, you know, the thing is, with Udemy, couple different things, there's a lot of stuff out there, some is good, some not so good. But you as an instructor, if you put a course out on Udemy, you don't necessarily you don't get contact information of all all of your students. So you want to use Udemy strategically, you want to use it as a way that you can help bring draw students into you and your ecosystem and all the different other offerings that you have. And so you can use online marketplaces, they're absolutely a wonderful place to start out. They've got everything is hosted for you, you create an account, you log in, you upload your videos, you upload your course content, and bam, you have an online course. Alright.  The other option that you have is to build your own learning management system, which you know, you can use, there's some open source ones that you can install, and build and configure and all that on your own website and your own web server. I've done that. And it does require a lot of maintenance, a lot of just stuff that happens on the back end, any of you have who worked on websites before know that websites don't just run themselves, somebody's got to, you know, maintain them, update them, that kind of stuff. So when you build your own learning management system,

Stop spending all your time making PowerPoints! What you need to know as an IT educator instead. Download the Tech Teacher Toolkit here https://bit.ly/TechTeacherToolkit Join the Cyber Coffee Talk community to discuss more about your tech career! https://bit.ly/YourTechCareer “PowerPoint as an innovative tool for teaching and learning in modern classes” https://www.youtube.com/embed/s9d6xQKf_jM TRANSCRIPT: Stop spending so much time making PowerPoints.  If I had to give one piece of advice to brand new, IT, information security, software development, technical instructors, that would be it, just stop spending so much time making PowerPoints.  So in this video, what I wanted to do is share with you a couple of my tips about how to effectively use PowerPoint as a teaching tool in technical courses and hands on related courses. And so the thing that I see, and I've seen in the past over the last almost 20 years, is that when people are brand new to teaching, people are, you know, very passionate about their topic.  They want to know, they want to make sure that they can answer every single question that their students ask them is that they start to over prepare, and spend so much time on the content and making sure you know, every little thing, every little, every little piece about the content. And as a result, all that information gets put into PowerPoint. And so you're creating these very elaborate PowerPoints, maybe you're giving a 30 minute lecture or a 45 minute lecture, maybe even a 20 minute lecture.  And you're spending all this time putting together a PowerPoint. And when you should be using that time for other things, and be spending all this time over preparing is the first step to burnout. And that is not something that you want to have happen, especially in your first year of teaching. If you're teaching online, you're teaching for a training company, you're teaching for yourself. Teaching for a college or university doesn't matter. That is the first step to burnout. And we don't want you to burn out.  We need people like you who are willing to take your time and your expertise and help develop the next generation of technology professionals. So how should you use PowerPoint? I'm not saying you shouldn't use PowerPoint, I know that there's some things out there, Steve Jobs infamously said that, that, you know, if you have to use PowerPoint, you don't know you don't know what you're talking about. Right.  And I do believe that there's a time and a place for a PowerPoint presentation, I'll give you an example. I was giving a presentation to a group of high school teachers about how to teach computer science. And we had plan and plan to plan and put together this whole thing. And, you know, I had like three slides I was supposed to talk to. And I got up and I just started talking, I didn't pay any attention to my slides. Because I knew what it was that I was talking about. I knew in my head exactly what I wanted to get across all the points, I wanted to make all the stories I wanted to tell I've given this presentation many, many, many times that I wasn't reliant on the PowerPoint to keep me on track.  But it's your first time giving a lecture on something your webinar and something PowerPoints are a great way to keep you on track to make sure that you cover all the talking points that you want to hit, that you share the stories that you want to share, you spend a lot of time preparing for this, you're not just going to go to a class session and just start talking off the top of your head. But you can use PowerPoint to help sort of keep you on track. But what you don't want to do is have this novel across the screen on your PowerPoint page, right? So you can have your bullet points and maybe a nice graphic that's related to your, to your to your topic. It gives students something to look at something for students to engage with, but it also helps keep you on track.

How to create a course syllabus - Cybersecurity Awareness Program I share my screen in this episode, so you may want to check out the video version of this podcast at https://www.heathermonthie.com/how-to-create-a-course-syllabus-cybersecurity-awareness-program/ Download the Tech Teacher Toolkit here https://bit.ly/TechTeacherToolkit Join the Cyber Coffee Talk community to discuss more about your tech career! https://bit.ly/YourTechCareer https://www.youtube.com/embed/7boyMtTbLcQ How to create a course syllabus.  So in this video, I'm going to show you how to create the course syllabus for a technical course, we're going to use a Cybersecurity Awareness course as an example. So if you are working in it, you worked in information security, you might be have been responsible for putting together a Cybersecurity Awareness Program for your company. And so you might have some experience putting together a course syllabus.  So let's take what you already know, and maybe what you don't know. And let's talk about what it takes to put together a course syllabus for somewhat of a technical type of topic. So I'm going to share my screen with you here. And so the first thing we're going to do is we're going to think about the end in mind. So we're gonna have the end in mind. So what is it that we want our students, it might be employees, it might be whoever is purchasing your course. You know, what is it that we want them to do?  So if we're going to create a Cybersecurity Awareness Program, we're just going to create one course for program in a in a Cybersecurity Awareness Program, you might have multiple courses. So but in this video, I'm just going to, we're just going to take one as an example. And we're going to create a course about fishing.  Okay, so what we want to do is we want to think about what is the end in mind? What is it that we want our learners to either know, do or feel when they are finished with our course. Alright, so rather than give, you know, write a course about absolutely everything there ever could possibly need to know about fishing, it's really, you know, what is it that we want to learn to know how to do? So first of all, let's identify who our learners are to begin with.  This is very important, because when you're talking about a topic like phishing, phishing is going to be very different for Cybersecurity Awareness training for you know, a receptionist somebody who works at accounting, you know, somebody like that, or somebody who is working in cybersecurity, and you're, they're trying, you're, you're showing them and you're, you're teaching them how to do investigative tasks that go with when when phishing emails come in, right? So it's, it's going to look very different.  So you want to identify who your students are. So who are your students? So in this example, here, we're going to say it's employees of Acme Acme company, right? And we're going to say this is about a 500. person company, right? So those are my students. So I'm going to really just give them an overview of what is an awareness of phishing, right? So when they are finished with my course, what is it that I want them to? What is the transformation I want them to have had? So you can look at? What are they? What do you want them to know? What do you want them to do? Or what do you want them to feel or some combination of those three.  So what I'm going to do here is say I want them to know how to identify a possible phishing email. And I want them to be able to this is the do be able to report a phishing email to the infosec. department. I can't type today when people are watching me, right. So we're going to use up the two things that I want them to do, you can really have as many as you need to have, for a course just know that the more sort of learning objectives, that's what these are, these are learning objectives, the more learning objectives you have,

Download the Tech Teacher Toolkit here https://bit.ly/TechTeacherToolkit Join the Cyber Coffee Talk community to discuss more about your tech career! https://bit.ly/YourTechCareer Schedule some time with Heather to review your resume for teaching IT/InfoSec/Software Development  online teaching https://www.heathermonthie.com/work-with-me/ https://www.youtube.com/embed/W5JnetjPmcg What I wish I knew before I got my first adjunct teaching position as an IT instructor. So in this video, what I wanted to do is just share with you. One of the major things that I really wish I knew and understood before I took my first position as an adjunct instructor. I think that teaching at colleges, universities, community colleges is a wonderful way to break into teaching. And I am very thankful to have had the opportunity that somebody gave me that opportunity. And as I move forward in my career in higher education, was able to give so many people their first chance at teaching at the university level, college level, vocational school level, etc. And so what I wanted to do, though, is just share with you to sort of reflect back a little bit on my own career and share with you what I just kind of wish I knew. And there's one big day, there's a lot of things that I wish that I knew. But there's  I guess one big thing. So I guess first let's go back a little bit.  So I always knew I was going to be a teacher, I've always enjoyed teaching, I love working with people and helping them achieve their goals. I first my first teaching gig was in 2000, I actually became a certified flight instructor, and you taught adults how to fly. I also taught Junior Junior Achievement, and I taught you know, second graders about, you know, finance, economics, that kind of stuff. And that was those are really sort of my first gigs in teaching. actually think flight instructing came a little bit later in 2002. And then I also started teaching online in 2013, I started working with educators, for teachers who were bringing technology into the classroom.  And so, you know, obviously using technology to teach online, that was a fantastic thing to be able to do and bring all these things together. And then I started my PhD in 2010. And I completed that in 2014, with a goal that I wanted to keep progressing in my career in education, what I really wanted to do was I really wanted to start my own school, I wanted to start a school that would help people advance their technology careers earn a very good income, and to be able to change their lives. And you know, I've always been very passionate about helping people really just change their financial situation. And oftentimes, you know, having a larger income or higher income really does help level up their financial situation. There's other things that obviously go into people's finances. But that is just one way that I, I know that I can help people. And so I actually had tried starting my own school back in like, 2006 2007 timeframe.   And I realized how much work that goes into starting a school. And I really realized that I could at that time with my skill set and the things that that I knew how to do, I could have a bigger impact by working within the school systems. So working within existing schools, I, you know, started working with schools that were struggling, that were struggling financially, that were struggling with outcomes, that kind of thing. And so I was able to, you know, just have have a bigger impact by working in existing schools. But what I really, really, really wish that I knew prior to going into teaching was I wish I had a little bit more business acumen. And I haven't now and, you know, I've, I've learned a lot over the last, you know, 15 or so years, but I, you know, I really wish that I had sort of this, you know, way of approaching teaching as sort of a business and it's really hard for people to put the words you know,

Download the Tech Teacher Toolkit herehttps://bit.ly/TechTeacherToolkit Join the Cyber Coffee Talk community to discuss more about your tech career!https://bit.ly/YourTechCareer Schedule some time with Heather to review your resume for teaching IT/InfoSec/Software Development online teaching https://www.heathermonthie.com/work-with-me/ Cybersecurity domain map https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/cybersecurity-domain-map-ver-30-henry-jiang/www.Cyberseek.orgNIST Cybersecurity Workforce Framework https://niccs.cisa.gov/workforce-development/cyber-security-workforce-framework https://www.youtube.com/embed/XQnx2CPHXq0 Think about your cybersecurity career roadmap.  So in this video, I'm going to share with you a couple of different resources that you can use to help plan out your cybersecurity career or help plan out the cybersecurity career of your students. So this works very well for entry level people that are coming in to cybersecurity is as as an entry level employee.  But this also works very well for people that they're working towards, you know, upper management, senior management, the executive level as well. So these are some great resources that you can use for yourself and for your students to help them plan out their cybersecurity careers. So I'm gonna go ahead and share my screen with you right now. And right here is the first resource that I want to share with you, it is called let's see that the map, let's see and move myself out of the way.  So map of cyber security domains by Henry Yang, and he released this, this is where I'm rev three, that one. This is like think the third version, obviously, it's third version of it, and he keeps us updated. It's really great. It's a way to show all the different cybersecurity domains. So when you're talking about cybersecurity careers, it's not necessarily just I'm going to go into cybersecurity. There's one pathway to it, right?  There's there's one certification, there's one degree you need. It's It's It's not a linear pathway. And I liken it to the medical profession where the healthcare profession where people don't necessarily say I'm going to go into healthcare, well, what aspect of healthcare you're going to go into? Are you going to go into billing and coding? Are you going to go into insurance? Are you going to be a medical assistant? Excuse me a medical assistant? Are you going to be an RN and nurse practitioner? Are you going to be a surgeon? You know, a general practitioner, what is it that you're going to do? Right? So cybersecurity has quickly become the same way. There's a lot of different opportunities here in cybersecurity. And this cybersecurity domain map really shows a good solid, you know, all the different domains within cybersecurity. So you can start here, you can just you find sort of the one in the center, I guess, and it kind of branches off from there.  So you've got security operations, career development, and user education, threat, intelligence, governance risk, you frameworks and standards that would might be compliance, application security, security architecture. So what I would suggest doing is find an area so if you already work within cybersecurity, and or your students already work within cyber security, and they want to advance their career, then you can come and look up, what is it that you already know how to do? What is it that your students already know how to do? And you can sort of branch out and go, Okay, well, maybe I need to get some skills in this area, or that area. The other thing, right, so maybe if you are, you know, you're you're really involved in security architecture, and maybe you're really more involved on the data protection, data, data leakage, prevention, that kind of thing.  But now you kind of want to maybe, maybe do a shift, or maybe you want to gain some more skills, because you want to get into you know, more of a technical leadership role or something that you might look at c...

Read the blog post here: https://www.heathermonthie.com/how-to-use-linkedin-to-find-online-it-teaching-positions/ Download the Tech Teacher Toolkit herehttps://bit.ly/TechTeacherToolkit Join the Cyber Coffee Talk community to discuss more about your tech career!https://bit.ly/YourTechCareer Schedule some time with Heather to review your LinkedIn profile for teaching IT/InfoSec/Software Development online teaching https://www.heathermonthie.com/work-with-me/ How to use LinkedIn to find online IT teaching jobs.  https://www.youtube.com/embed/XawkF_SU568 So in this video, I'm going to share with you some of my tips as a former higher education administrator working in both colleges, universities, vocational schools, community colleges, etc. and how you can use LinkedIn to find different online teaching positions specific to it and the technology professions. So I wrote a blog post last week that really shared some of my tips for you.  And in this video, I'm going to give you an extra special tip that's not included in the blog post. But I want to make sure to include it because I think it's something that's important. So listen all the way to the end to hear that final tip, it's not included in a blog post.  So the first is to really create a comprehensive LinkedIn profile that complements your resume and highlights all of your existing training and education experience. So in your profile, you want to make sure that you are including any types of training that you have done in the past, whether they are part of your paid positions, or they might be part of volunteer positions as well. So that when you're trying to break into teaching, either online or face to face, having some sort of training experience, really is really helpful.  Whether or not it's paid, it doesn't necessarily matter whether or not it's paid. But it does help to show that you're interested in this kind of work that you have some experience doing this kind of stuff that you have experience working with people who are trying to achieve a particular goal. So some things that you might want to consider highlighting with regards to your training experience that you may already have is that if you are you know currently working in it, or you worked at it in the past, and you've done, you've been part of a phase of a software rollout, and part of that software rollout plan, it usually comes a training plan that goes with that. So highlight any pieces of the training plan that you had a part of.  So whether you put you planned out the training sessions, you determine who needed to be in them, you determine what the outcomes of those training sessions needed to be, you determined, you know if there were different types of training sessions that needed to be done based on work roles, things like that. It's not necessarily always just delivering the training session, there's a lot of planning that goes into coming up with the right training as a training plan for the right people in your place, or your place of work.  So make sure you highlight that if you maybe you delivered a workshop for seniors, senior citizens, on how to use the internet, how to use Facebook, how to use email, how to stay safe online, how to, you know, properly do your internet banking, that kind of thing. So you put together any sort of, you know, a workshop for your community, senior citizens, maybe you know, through your Hoa, something like that, make sure you highlight that. And again, it's not just the actual delivery of the training session, it also includes all the planning that goes into putting together that training session.  And then also think about our few are the go-to person in your family for any tech-related questions. So the fact that people are coming to you and asking questions, shows that you are approachable, that you are patient that you're you know, willing to work with people you're willing to help them.

So let's talk about the great resignation in tech. Download the Tech Teacher Toolkit herehttps://bit.ly/TechTeacherToolkit Join the Cyber Coffee Talk community to discuss more about your tech career!https://bit.ly/YourTechCareer https://www.youtube.com/embed/8j39RtE1AmA this morning, I watched a video that was put on YouTube by CNBC. And it was, it was it was titled, why Millennials are leaving six figure tech jobs. And it was a pretty well done video explaining sort of, you know, this great resignation, and that there are 40% of people this year in 2021, are considering leaving their positions for something else. And this seems to be big news to people. And as somebody who has been a hiring manager in education for a long time, I would argue that this has been going on for a very long time. And I think it's just been brought to the forefront now people are actually paying attention to this. And it's not just millennials, it's Gen X and baby boomers two, that have been looking for a little bit more meaning in their lives. And I really just honestly think that the pandemic has really brought this to the forefront. Alright. And here's the reason why. So over the last, you know, 1516 years, I've done a lot of hiring, and I've done a lot of hiring of technology professionals. And they're people who are, you know, in the, in many of the positions in which I'm hiring for, is I'm hiring people to become technology instructors, and whether they're in it, software development, even things like some of the trades, you know, some of the some of the very technical highly technical professions. A nd so when I'm when I'm working with somebody, when I'm interviewing somebody who they have no teaching experience, no teaching background, they did not, they're not teaching at like a community college. They haven't taught any, like online classes as an adjunct instructor or anything like that. They're really looking for that first break into teaching. And I'll ask them, I'll say, Well, what is it that has piqued your interest about teaching? Why is it that you want to teach and the the overwhelming response that I get now you have to remember that people are, you know, they're in a job interview, they're hoping that I'm going to give them a job. But you know, so the, they'll frame it in this way that they'll say things like that they want to give back, and that they want to help form the next generation of technology professionals. But then when you start getting in to the, you know, the meat of what they're really saying, and in conversations, some of the other things, some of the other reasons come out, and oftentimes, it's that they're looking for a more stable schedule, they've got a family at home, they've got kids, they've got grandkids, they want to be around, they are completely over being on call, and, you know, being being at their employer's beck and call 20 473 65. Just because, you know, technology is, technology is running, you know, every day, all day, Christmas Day, New Year's Day, your kid's birthday, like it's running all the time, right. And so, um, you know, they're, they're, they're really more interested in having a more of a work life balance. Another thing that I saw a lot were consultants who were traveling, every you know, they get on an airplane, every Sunday night, they'd work on site, you know, Monday through Thursday, and then Thursday night or Friday morning, they're back on an airplane to come back home. And while the pay is very well, it pays very well and they love it. But after a certain amount of time in your life changes. Again, you've got kids, you've got grandkids, things like that, things start to change. So they start looking for other opportunities that they can use their technology skills, but looking for a little bit more of a stable schedule. And so, you know, there's a lot of focus right now, on this great resignation.

Download the Tech Teacher Toolkit herehttps://bit.ly/TechTeacherToolkit Join the Cyber Coffee Talk community to discuss more about your tech career!https://bit.ly/YourTechCareer Try Thinkific here! (Affiliate link) https://www.youtube.com/embed/uTBgCP4mjJw TRANSCRIPT: How to teach it online without a degree. So say you are interested in giving back and helping to develop the next generation of IT professionals, technology professionals, and you want to teach but you don't have a degree or you don't have a degree in it, or computer science or something like that. So most of the time, when a University College community college is looking for somebody to teach a particular course, oftentimes they're looking for somebody with a relevant degree. Generally, it'll be a graduate level degree, especially if you're teaching in a undergraduate bachelor's degree program. And I did a previous video on you know, how you can, you know, set yourself up for getting online teaching positions, you know, you've got the degree, you've got the credentials, etc. But what happens when you don't have those credentials, what happens when, you know, maybe you are a very skilled individual, you're skilled network engineer, but you don't have a college degree. Or maybe you are currently working in cybersecurity, and you've got an English degree. Alright. So there are some things that you can do. So first of all, some universities and colleges, community colleges, they can qualify you to teach a course based on your work experience. So if you think about how, you know there are certain maybe music musicians, famous musicians, famous artists, etc, that are able to teach at a university, and they may not necessarily have a degree, well, they're, they're being qualified based on their work experience. So there are some ways that you can still teach at a community college, or a university, that kind of thing. But you can teach, you might want to look into teaching for IT Training companies, they fall outside of some of the accreditation requirements that you know, that institutes of higher education fall under. So if you look for your corporate training organizations, it training organizations, people that go out and do certification trainings, people that go out to do your trainings at at companies on site training, and even online training as well. So you can look for sort of that corporate training model that is looking to you where they were a company will come and hire you to teach their staff. So the other option that I really highly recommend is to build your own courses. So just because you don't have the right credentials, to be able to teach in some other areas, or maybe you do have the right credentials to teach in some other areas, I firmly believe that you should develop your own courses, create a, you know, create a business around this, and I've spoken about this in previous videos is that to treat online teaching to treat your online teaching endeavor as a career, and there's going to be a lot of different ways that you're going to earn revenue in this in this business, or I said, treat his crew treated as your business, right. But there's going to be a lot of different ways that you're going to generate revenue out of this. And so one of the ways you're going to do that is to build your own courses and sell them yourself. And you can do that in a couple of different ways. There are online learning marketplaces where people can go, they can develop their courses, and they can, you know, sell them there. So a site like Udemy is a really good example of that. A lot of times that certain topics are oversaturated. And, you know, there's, there's a lot of courses on, you know, some of the entry level certifications, that kind of stuff. And some of these courses are very, very, very cheap. So, there, you're not necessarily going to generate a lot of income, you could,

Advice from a former University Dean and Higher Education Vice President on How to put Together a Resume or CV for Your First Online Teaching Job in IT or Cybersecurity Download the Tech Teacher Toolkit here https://bit.ly/TechTeacherToolkit Join the Cyber Coffee Talk community to discuss more about your tech career!https://bit.ly/YourTechCareer Schedule some time with Heather to review your resume for teaching IT/InfoSec/Software Development  online teaching https://www.heathermonthie.com/work-with-me/ How to create your resume for your first online teaching position teaching it information security or any other technology related courses.  https://www.youtube.com/embed/pxTdqA5NPF4 So in this video, I'm going to share with you some steps that you can take to put together a effective resume or CV for your first online teaching position.  The first thing I always tell people to do is to really hone in on what it is that you're going to teach, what is it that you are a specialist at? What is it that you could walk into a class today, and teach the class without a whole lot of prep time? The reason I say that is because oftentimes, especially when you're brand new to teaching, you know, you look back at your own career and say, well, I've done this, I've done this, I've done this, you've done a lot of things, you've had a long and lengthy career. And now you're ready to give back and start helping to develop the next generation of IT professionals and infosec professionals, right.  But in order for you to be able to teach some of those things, you're probably going to need a lot of prep time just because maybe it's been five years, maybe it's been 10 years since you've done some of these things. And so you got to kind of get it back into the forefront of your mind, right. So if you sit down and think about what are the things that I could sit down and I could teach a class on right now today, without a whole lot of prep time, just kind of read over the materials, look at the syllabus to see what we're teaching and in what order that kind of thing that really focus their focus there so that you don't burn yourself out.  If you if you start teaching a course that you have to do a lot of prep time for for your first couple, you know, your first time teaching or your first couple of courses that you've taught, it's gonna burn you out. And that's the last thing we want to have happen is heavy, heavy burnout on teaching. So think about what it is that you are going to specialize in that you can really just walk into a class today and teach that particular class, okay. So make sure you highlight that on your resume.  Your credentials really, really do matter when you are when you're trying to get into an institute of education that has accreditation requirements around it. So we're talking community colleges, vocational schools, universities, colleges, etc. So if there's any sort of accreditation around the program, there's going to be some credentialing requirements that the people who are teaching need to have.  So for example, if you're teaching in a vocational program, and the are you're teaching a certification, so if you're teaching the security plus certification, you should probably have the security plus certification yourself. If you are teaching at a community college level, generally, you need a bachelor's degree in the field in which you want to teach. And then if you want to teach at the university level at the undergraduate level, you need to generally need a master's degree in the field in which you want to teach.  Now what happens if you don't have a degree in the field on what you want to teach. There's a lot of people working in the technology profession, that you know, they've got degrees in history got degrees in English got degrees in business, but you've been working as a cloud architect for a long time. So there are ways that you can still teach online,

Download the Tech Teacher Toolkit herehttps://bit.ly/TechTeacherToolkit Join the Cyber Coffee Talk community to discuss more about your tech career!https://bit.ly/YourTechCareer https://www.youtube.com/embed/54gLVzTF8SA TRANSCRIPT: The best investment that I ever made, as I was progressing in my career as an IT, tech, technology, educator, administrator, etc, the best investment that I ever made was listening to, and reading business based podcasts, books, audio books, all that kind of anything related to business. And so it's always a difficult conversation when you start talking about education and business in the same context. Because, you know, people don't necessarily want to think about education as a business. But for me, it was really learning how to run my career, like it was a business, and really learning how to promote and market myself how to package up my skills in a way that was necessary for employers, as I've done some consulting work with, with educational institutions, and companies that maybe they run a training program, really just showcasing, you know, my skills and my abilities in a way that really makes sense for them. And so when I listened to all these different books, audio, I had, I had a pretty long commute for a little while and listened to a lot of different audio books, podcasts and and then purchase books went to the library had it I have an Amazon Kindle, or Kindle unlimited subscription, really just short of shifting that mindset from one of I am looking for opportunities to teach and to become an educator, really shifting to one of I'm going to create those opportunities and create those opportunities for myself and create them for other people as well. And that was a huge shift for me. And I really think it helps helped my career and helped me build out myself as a technology educator. I remember one time I was at a networking event at you know, and it was for cybersecurity professionals. And I was talking to a group of people and somebody had asked me what, you know, what kind of degrees Do you have to get to be able to, you know, teach and to work in administration, that kind of thing. And I said, Well, I have a, I have a bachelor's degree in computer science, I have a master's degree in education, and I have a PhD in information technology, and I was able to merge all those three things together to create, you know, some of the opportunities that I've been, been afforded the wonderful opportunity to do some of these things. And so the guy commented, he's like, he's like, I just never really thought of that as like a career path. And I said, well, somebody's got to teach people how to do the things that you need to do out in industry. So, you know, it was really just like a way of just learning how to market myself and package up the skills that I have to be able to share them with whoever might need them. So I again, I really just, you know, treat my career like I'm running a business, as opposed to being assigned particular tasks from, from from an from an educational institution. So and as you are progressing, and you are becoming an IT, an online, it instructor, you're either working for a university or working for a college, or you're building some of these courses out on your own, you want to you want to approach things that way, as a hiring manager, I could tell the difference between the people who were like, they're taking charge of this, they really enjoy doing this, this is something that they're taking charge of. So treat your career like you're running a business. I quickly figured out, like I said, if there's if there's not the opportunity that I wanted, I went and created it. And one of my first adventures in online education was running a training program for teachers and how to manage their online presence and how to make sure that you know, this is like, this is like, you know, social media was was becoming a thing, Instagram,

Download the Tech Teacher Toolkit herehttps://bit.ly/TechTeacherToolkit Join the Cyber Coffee Talk community to discuss more about your tech career!https://bit.ly/YourTechCareer Inside Higher Ed: https://careers.insidehighered.com/Higher Ed Jobs: https://www.higheredjobs.com/faculty/The Chronicle of Higher Ed https://jobs.chronicle.com/ What are some opportunities to teach online for IT professionals? - Becoming an IT / InfoSec / Technology Educator https://www.youtube.com/embed/VDcx6VZzWmE TRANSCRIPT: Hello there, and welcome back to the cyber coffee talk podcast. I'm Heather Monthie, your host for this podcast. So today's episode is the second part of the series that I am doing on how to become an information security it technology educator. I spent many years in education answered a lot of questions over the years. So here I am answering them for you here on the podcast, my YouTube channel, my blog, etc. So in today's episode, we're going to talk a little bit about what are the online teaching opportunities for it and information security professionals enjoy. So what are some opportunities for it and information security professionals to teach online. So in this video, I'm going to share with you a couple of different ways that if you're interested in learning how you can become an online it instructor or professor, I'm gonna give you a couple different ways that you can start taking some steps today. So the first thing I always think that you should do, if you are interested in becoming an online instructor is really sit down and think about what it is that you really know how to do, and you know how to do well. So you have to remember that if you're going to go teach in an undergraduate program, you're going to go teach in a vocational program, you're teaching students who have never done some of these things before. So you need to know how to do it well and be able to answer a lot of different types of questions. Sometimes as you progress up in your career, you start to forget some of those things that you used to have to do when you were you know, sort of a newbie in your profession. So if you are a software developer, and you're leading your technical teams, and you're you're you're, you're doing a lot of project management, that kind of stuff, it might have been a while since you've done some very basic programming concepts. So you want to sit down and really think about what it is that you can teach. And you can teach it really well right now if you could sit down and talk about it for an hour to two hours just off the top of your head. And the reason I say this is because oftentimes when people are new to teaching it, people are new to teaching, you know, data science professionals, etc, are new to teaching, you're very smart, you're very intelligent person and you want to come across as being smart, intelligent, you want to be able to answer all your students questions. And so what ends up happening is, as I see people over preparing, they spend way too much time prepping for the course, for a one hour lecture or 45 minute lecture, they might spend five or six hours preparing for it for you know, an hour and a half class period, they're spending you upwards of 10 hours preparing for it. And you shouldn't have to do that, especially if it's your first time teaching, it will burn you out. So you want to make sure that you really just sit down think about what is it that I know that I can teach walking in day one, no problems, not a lot of prep time is going to be necessary. So think about that first, and then just be very clear, it is what the what you want to teach, you know, no one can teach everything. Sure you can, you know, there's some people out there that can take a book, they can take a syllabus, and they can they can teach it but they're not necessarily the expert in it. But um, you just understand that you're not going to be able to teach absolutely ever...

Download the Tech Teacher Toolkit here: https://bit.ly/TechTeacherToolkit Join the Cyber Coffee Talk community to discuss more about your tech career!https://bit.ly/YourTechCareer https://www.youtube.com/embed/HDjJZkRwsus TRANSCRIPT: Hello there, and welcome back to the cyber coffee talk Podcast. I am Heather Monthie, your host for this podcast, I am going to do something a little bit different this month with the podcast, I hope you enjoy it. What I'm going to do is I'm doing some short videos, live videos on Facebook and YouTube. And I will eventually be posting them on LinkedIn as well. But what I'm going to do is share with you some of my experiences, my advice and my thoughts on my experience as an information security it software engineering instructor, and the career path that I've had over the last 20 years or so. And the hopes that I can share with you, those of you who are interested in becoming an educator, so you work in the IT field, you work in information security, you're a software developer, maybe you work in data science, or you know, some other highly technical field and you listen to this podcast, I want to share with you some thoughts I have and advice that you know, you can take it or leave it, it's up to you on how to become an educator. And so there are several people who have, you know, I've done a lot of hiring over the years, I've seen things that have been done, right. And I've seen things that have been done wrong. And you know, I've given a lot of advice to people over the years as a teacher trainer. So you know, many of you know, I worked in education for a very long time, I was a teacher and then realized I had a larger impact as a teacher trainer. And so I wanted to answer some of the most frequently asked questions and share some stories, advice, tips, etc. So you'll be seeing over the next month or so some shorter episodes, more frequent episodes, where I am taking the audio from some of the videos. And we'll be sharing them here with you on the podcast. So I do talk about a technology teacher toolkit in this, in this video, the audio of this video. So I will put the link to that in the show notes. And that will be in the link, or I'm sorry, will be in the show notes for all of the episodes that come beyond this. So enjoy. Have a listen, talk to you soon. Hello, everybody. Welcome. I am Heather Monthie. And I am going to start doing some quick short videos to share with you some of my experiences about becoming a it information security technology educator and my transition that I made from becoming a technologist to becoming a technology educator. Over the years I have worked in education at all different levels. And I get a lot of questions from people about how to make that transition. So I wanted to make this video series to to share with you some of my experiences and some of my thoughts and some things that you can do. If you are currently working in the IT technology field, you are interested in helping to give back and develop the next generation of technology professionals, whether you want to do it full time or part time or on your own, etc. So I wanted to just share with you today a little bit about my story, and how I got into becoming a technology educator. And so my first foray into teaching was back as a flight instructor. I always sort of knew as a child that I really enjoyed teaching, I liked working with people helping them achieve their goals. And so I always just kind of felt like I work in education in some capacity. And so I became a flight instructor. And I really found that I enjoyed teaching. That airline pilot career path didn't work out for me, it just didn't happen. That's a whole nother story. But I had been working on a degree in Computer Science sort of as my backup plan in case something happened to me. And I couldn't know I could no longer be an airline pilot. And so I ended up going that route.

This episode is a replay of a live podcast I was on where 2 other women and myself shared our experiences and stories about being a woman in tech. This episode originally aired in June on the Arizona Technology Council's Tech Cast. I am sharing with you the full episode here with full permission to do so. Enjoy!

Manny Felix, Founder & CEO - AZ Cyber InitiativeLinkedIn:  https://www.linkedin.com/in/manuel-felix-0468a1bb/Website: https://azcyber.org/Make a donation today! https://azcyber.org/donate/ AZ Cyber Initiative Social Media Links:Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/company/az-cyber-initiative/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/azcyberinitiative/Twitter: https://twitter.com/az_cyberFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/AZCyberInitiative/Beginner's Guide to Developing a High School Cybersecurity Program https://www.heathermonthie.com/shop/ In this episode, Manny and I discuss: How he got into cybersecurity without a cybersecurity-related degree or a technical backgroundThe AZ Cyber Initiative and it's goals to encourage more high school and community college students to consider a career in cybersecurity. How Manny came up with the idea to form a non-profit to support his vision and some advice for other people who may be considering starting up a non-profit in their area.The future of the AZ Cyber Initiative and how you can get involved even if you're not in AZ. Heather Monthie 0:01Welcome to the cyber coffee talk podcast with me Dr. Heather Monthie. I help break down important topics in information security for you, the business leader, information security leader, education leader, or protective mom or dad to help you make informed decisions to protect your business, your assets, and most importantly, your family. Regardless of your industry, cybersecurity is one of the most important issues facing us today. Let's work together to make cyberspace a safer place. Today's episode is with Manny Felix, who is the founder and CEO of the Arizona cyber initiative, a new nonprofit here in Arizona that is dedicated to helping high school students explore cybersecurity careers. Manny found me on LinkedIn. And we've just started chatting about what he was doing and what he was doing with the nonprofit. And I ended up becoming a board member of the Arizona cyber initiative and very passionate about the things that he's doing with this nonprofit. So I wanted him to come on the podcast and share it with you. So we're gonna just get right into today's episode. Let's go meet Maddie. This is our second episode where we have a guest on the podcast. I'm really excited about this. Today's guest is Manny Felix, he is the founder and CEO of the AZ cyber initiative. I'm going to let him tell you all about the initiative, all about himself, all that kind of stuff in the episode, so I'm not even going to go over it. Let's just jump right in. So Manny, thank you for coming on the podcast today. Manny Felix 1:40No, thank you, Heather. I really appreciate it. I'm very excited to be here. Heather Monthie 1:44So why don't you tell our listeners just a little bit about what your background is, and then how you got interested in cybersecurity? Manny Felix 1:51Sure, I always enjoy answering this question. And I think it's mainly because I don't have a very traditional path to how I got into cybersecurity. I like to sometimes say that was a little bit of luck and a little bit of just coincidence being at the certain place at a certain time. But then again, I think a lot of us grew up in a in a generation or in a time where we didn't grow up thinking oh, we're going to be cybersecurity professionals or even IT professionals. So, you know, I think I kind of find myself falling into that into that category as well. A couple of months before I graduated from the University of Arizona, I majored in, I was majoring in political science and Spanish legal translation interpretation. I had goals and aspirations since I was in middle school to go to law school and, you know, be an immigration lawyer. Since I, I wasn't born in the US, but I grew up in Mexico, I kind of wanted to find a profession that combined both cultures and both nationalities and find ways of giving back to the community where you know, where I grew up for so long.

www.CyberCoffeeTalk.com I got to see IBM's Quantum Computer - the System One! https://www.heathermonthie.com/ibm-quantum-computer-system-one/ How to protect your organization from ransomware https://www.heathermonthie.com/how-to-protect-your-organization-from-ransomware/ Sign up to be the first notified when my new cybersecurity education book is available! https://www.heathermonthie.com/cyberedbook/embed/#?secret=tnnY9ARB3B Listen to this episode at: https://www.heathermonthie.com/quantum-computing-ransomware-password-managers-and-getting-started-with-a-career-in-cybersecurity/ Join in the Cyber Coffee Talk Facebook group! https://www.facebook.com/groups/cybercoffeetalk/ Topics covered in today's podcast: Quantum Computing and CybersecurityRansomwareUsing password managers and MFAGetting users and developers to understand securityGetting started with a career in cybersecurity and what to do if you don’t have a degree in security? Additional links discussed in today's episode: Colonial Pipeline Cyber Attack Timeline https://www.msspalert.com/cybersecurity-breaches-and-attacks/ransomware/colonial-pipeline-investigation/Colonial Pipeline CEO: Paying Ransomware was the Right Thing to Do https://bgr.com/business/colonial-pipeline-update-ceo-explains-payment-network-goes-down-again-5926531/Hydra Darknet Made over 1.3B in 2020 https://thehackernews.com/2021/05/russian-hydra-darknet-market-made-over.htmlHave I Been Pwned https://1password.com/haveibeenpwned/Last Pass and Mult-Factor Authentication (MFA) https://www.lastpass.com/products/multifactor-authenticationCybersecurity Domain Map https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/cybersecurity-domain-map-ver-30-henry-jiang/CyberSeek https://www.cyberseek.org Connect with Joe here! Linkedin - https://www.linkedin.com/in/joeurbz/Twitter - @mrurbzFacebook - https://www.facebook.com/MrUrbz/ https://www.youtube.com/embed/sIxuCMQfloI 0:01Welcome to the cyber coffee talk podcast with me Dr. Heather Monthie. I help break down important topics in information security for you, the business leader, information security leader, education leader, or protective mom or dad to help you make informed decisions to protect your business, your assets, and most importantly, your family. Regardless of your industry, cybersecurity is one of the most important issues facing us today. Let's work together to make cyberspace a safer place. Welcome back to the cyber coffee talk Podcast. I am Heather Monthie, your host for this podcast. Today's episode I am super excited about it is our very first guest on the podcast. If you've been listening with me for a couple of years, you know that I record at weird intervals that weird times, this is something I do on the side. And so I just record when I can. So I was really glad to get some people signed up for the to be guests on the podcast that can you know, just you'll work with crazy schedule sometimes. So this Today's guest is his name is Joe. He is somebody that I've known for many years. And I've worked with Joe in the past, I call him a friend. And he's got some really great information to share with you today about ransomware password managers, talking about how you can help people learn more about cybersecurity. If you are a person who wants to learn more about cyber security, he gives you a lot of really good tips, resources, things to go check out all of the things that we are talking about in this podcast, we don't have any sponsors on this particular episode. So all the things that he talks about those are, you know, things that he's recommending things I'm recommending, you know, and you just got to go do your research and figure out what is best for you. But these are some things that you can go check out. So join me, we're ready to get in. Alright, so we are ready to do this. We have our very first guest here today on the cyber coffee talk podcast. I have Joe herbs with me here.

Sign up to be the first notified when my new cybersecurity education book is available! https://www.heathermonthie.com/cyberedbook/ Listen to this episode at https://www.heathermonthie.com/how-to-protect-your-organization-from-ransomware/ Join in the Cyber Coffee Talk Facebook group! https://www.facebook.com/groups/cybercoffeetalk/ Ransomware’s Triple Extortion https://threatpost.com/ransomwares-swindle-triple-extortion/166149/ An undercover interview: Applying for a Job with a Ransomware Gang https://cybernews.com/security/how-we-applied-to-work-with-ransomware-gang/ NIST Releases Tips and Tactics for Dealing with Ransomware https://www.nist.gov/news-events/news/2021/05/nist-releases-tips-and-tactics-dealing-ransomware Detailed Fact Sheet to Prepare Your Organization for Ransomware Attacks https://csrc.nist.gov/CSRC/media/Projects/ransomware-protection-and-response/documents/NIST_Tips_for_Preparing_for_Ransomware_Attacks.pdf For Fun: Unable to Resist the Urge to Wave at the End of Zoom Calls? You’re not alone. https://www-nbcnews-com.cdn.ampproject.org/v/s/www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/ncna1267260?amp_js_v=a6&_gsa=1&usqp=mq331AQFKAGwASA%3D#aoh=16212147386168&csi=0&referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com&_tf=From%20%251%24s&share=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nbcnews.com%2Fnews%2Fus-news%2Funable-resist-urge-wave-end-zoom-calls-you-re-not-n1267260 How to protect your organization from ransomware transcript 0:01Welcome to the cyber coffee talk podcast with me Dr. Heather Monthie. I help break down important topics in information security for you, the business leader, information security leader, education leader, or protective mom or dad to help you make informed decisions to protect your business, your assets, and most importantly, your family. 0:25Regardless of your industry, cybersecurity is one of the most important issues facing us today. 0:33Let's work together to make cyberspace a safer place. 0:39Hello, everybody. Welcome back to the podcast. I'm Heather Monthie. In today's episode, we're going to talk about ransomware. And just kind of briefly go over what it is exactly. And talk a little bit about some of the interesting article that I found online about ransomware. And then if you are a business owner, or somebody who works in a small business in it, or cybersecurity, NIST has recently released some guidelines for pre preventing ransomware attacks or protecting yourself against ransomware attacks, I want to talk a little bit about that as well. So first, the first article that I linked to in the show notes is from threat post, it's called ransomware as new swindle, triple extortion. And so what they are reporting is that there's a there's a new threat is called triple extortion, it means that the attackers are now reaching out to customers, partners, other third parties, etc, that are related to that initial company from that initial breach, to demand payments from them to get even more cash for their crimes. They're finding that, you know, the payments have spiked over the last year, and they are averaging about $310,000 as a ransom payment. So those numbers keep going up, they keep getting, you know, paid, they're getting paid the ransom, so those numbers keep going up. And now that there's these new techniques for getting even more money, I've even seen some articles that are saying that, you know, the idea behind ransomware is that, you know, they encrypt your files, 2:15and they'll give you the key to decrypt your files, if you pay the ransom, right, so that's, that's they're, they're essentially holding your data holding your business files for for ransom. But now what I've read a few articles about is that they are actually now 2:33even, they're releasing some of the sensitive customer data that they might have, if you don't pay the ransom. So the idea there is your you know, you whether you do you don't, they're still gonna, they're gonna,

Build your online presence.Cultivate existing relationships.Be clear on what you want from your career.Stand out from the crowd online.Find a mentor or coach.Start up other projects.Be open to short term work.POSSIBLY invest in more education. 0:00Hello, everyone, welcome back to my podcast. I am Heather 0:04Monthie, 0:04your host for this podcast, I want to thank you for returning to listen to this podcast. It's been a hot minute since I've had an episode. And you know, I think that, like anyone COVID really helped to shift a lot of people's priorities, mine as well. And so what happened was the podcast just kind of got pushed down on the list of my priorities. Over the last almost year, I have had some career changes. And a lot of other things have just changed since COVID. So I hope you understand. And I'm glad that you're back, I'm glad to be back here, talking about STEM education, STEM careers, all those different things. In the past, the podcast was about the tn stem where we were talking specifically about technology education, we talked a lot about, you know, different aspects of technology. What I would like to do now going forward is really branch out more into all of STEM. So science, technology, engineering, math, talk about careers, workforce development, skills that are needed leadership, and even talking more about the skilled trades as well. I think that these are the careers of the future. And I want to share my expertise, my experience, I've been working in that industry for many, many, many years. And just with some changes in my life, I am able to share a little bit more about what's required to be successful in these particular fields. So you'll see going forward, we'll talk not just specifically about technology, we're going to really focus on the other areas of STEM, and then go into more of the skilled trades as well. Like I said, I want to talk about the stuff that's of the future. And I think that that's where things are going. So I want to be able to share that with you. So whether you you might be a teacher, you might be a principal, you might be a parent, you might be a person who works in one of these fields, you might be a person considering transitioning to a career in one of these fields, you might be a leader in one of these fields, who is interested in mentoring and helping others propel their careers. And maybe you already work in this field, and you want to become a more of a leader in this field. So this podcast is for you. So what I wanted to do today is really just get back into the swing of things for the podcast, and talk a little bit about what steps that you can take to either make a career transition, or to start your career amid a pandemic, some of the tasks that you might do are going to be the same. But you might approach them a little bit differently. And I wanted to go over I have eight different tips, tactical things that you can do to just really propel your career during a pandemic, whether you work in technology, you work in cybersecurity, you work in engineering, whatever it may be some of these things I have talked about before in the podcast. So some of this might be duplicate of what you've already heard. But it's always good to hear it again, right, especially if you're new. And this is the first episode that you're listening to. Number one is to build your online presence, I can't stress this enough is to you need to put things out into the web sphere that makes you searchable online. I always say that if you're not managing your online presence, Google is doing it for you. So if you don't have a blog, if you don't have a LinkedIn account, Google's really just deciding what pops up first when somebody Google's your name. So there could be other information out there news articles, you know, social media accounts, all that kind of stuff. What comes up first, when somebody Google's your name? So what I suggest is to Google your name, put it in quotes,

• Google yourself, your family, include Google Images• The focus is maintaining a good reputation.• If you have a bad digital presence, it can be fixed but it does take some work.• These are some tips to get you going on building and maintaining a positive online presence.• Check privacy settings• Get your social media accounts.o Twitter, Linkedin, Instagram, Facebook, YouTubeo Increase your activity levels on these platforms. Figure out which work best for you• Assume nothing is private. Screenshots are forever.• Don’t argue with people online• Buy your domain name (and your kids)• Consider starting a blog! I have a free 30 minute tutorial about how to start a wordpress blog step by step https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SvSjbKrXcqE

Today’s episode, I share with you a free digital spring cleaning checklist. This is all about cleaning up your cyber clutter. Whether you’re sick and tired of not being able to find your files when you need them, you just have a lot of junk saved on your computer, or you feel like all your client information is all over the place, with some on a computer, some on your phone, and others on your ipad, in this episode, I give you all sorts of tips to help you clear your digital clutter. Your Digital Spring Cleaning Checklist This episode is full of tons of great info and you’re going to want to take notes. If you’re out walking the dog, or driving to the grocery store right now, don’t worry. You can download your digital spring cleaning checklist for free in a nice, organized, printable PDF at www.heathermonthie.com/digitalspringcleaningchecklist. Click here to download. Hardware: Get rid of old hardware lying around the house or your business. Check with the BBB to see if there’s an upcoming shred day event that also includes destruction of electronic equipment and digital files as well. Your old hardware will still contain files, such as pictures, browsing history, old business files, etc. You can use a hammer to destroy and old drive but that really just slows down someone who really wants to get access to the drive. You really need to find a shredder that will completely destroy your old drives. According to the BBB, there should be another one in the US in October, 2020. Software: Manage your online passwords. Check out last week's episode for more details here https://www.heathermonthie.com/manageyourpasswords/Update your software. You want to make sure you have the latest security updates.Computer/phone/tablet operating systemYour web browserAny apps you use on your phone, computer, ipad, chromebookMake backupsBackups for your business data. 3-2-1 backup method as suggested by the BBB. You should have 3 backups, 2 should be on a different media, and 1 should be offline and offsite in another geographical area. Delete old software and apps that you’re no longer using.Clean out old email you don’t need anymore.Unsubscribe from email newsletters you don’t read anymore.Clear out old files on your computer, such as your recycle bin, temporary files Manage your online presence: Review your privacy and security settings on your personal and business social media accounts.Set up a Google Alert for your name, your spouse's name, your kid’s names, your business names, your phone number, and your home and business address. https://www.google.com/alertsReview your policies about what type of content can and should be shared on social media. This goes for your business and your family!Next week’s episode is all about how to create a professional online presence for yourself and/or your business. You can download your digital spring cleaning checklist for free in a nice, organized, printable PDF at www.heathermonthie.com/digitalspringcleaningchecklist. We’ll see you next week where we’ll discuss different techniques you can use to make sure you have a nice, professional online presence for yourself to help you advance in your career or your business.

Get ready for another episode of the Tech for Regular People Podcast with me, Heather Monthie. This is THE podcast where I answer your tech questions you’ve always wanted to ask in a fun and entertaining way. You can easily ask me your questions by going to www.GoAskHeather.com Let’s get started with today’s topic! Today’s topic is to help you figure out what it is that you should really be doing to manage all of your online passwords. Tips: Use STRONG passwords Upper case, lower case, symbols, and at least 8 charactersString random words togetherUse unique passwords for every website you use Don’t reuse your passwords Change your passwords every 6 months. Some companies want you to do it sooner.You should also enable two-factor authentication (2FA) If you’re going to write down your passwords, here are my tips: Don’t carry them around with you in your purse, work bag, etcStore the piece of paper in a secure place at home, such as inside a bookBefore you do this, think about what might happen if someone in your home got ahold of all that information Be smart about sharing passwords Never shareNever send passwords in emailBe wary of phishing Managing your online passwords Password managersThe more passwords you have, the harder it is to rememberPlus if they are really strong, it may be impossible to remember since they are random letters and numbers strung togetherThere are password managers that will remember all these passwords for you and you just have to enter one master password to get access to all your passwords.This allows you to easily have a different strong password for each site you use.You can enter in secure notes to help you remember the answers to your security questionsYou can also set these up to sync between other computers, your smartphone, and tablets. Password managers to investigate Norton 360LastPass1PasswordI will be providing a full review of various password managers on my YouTube channel in the upcoming weeks, so make sure to head over to Heather Monthie’s Tech Tips Using secure websites Look for the padlock next to the URL in the address barLook for the site to start with HTTPS (instead of HTTP)This means that the data sent/received is encrypted Phishing These are emails that look like legitimate emails from your bank or retailer or the IRSThey try to entice you to open a link or an attachment (scams, tell you your account is locked, etc)They try to catch you off guardYou are oftentimes sent to a website that looks just like your bank’s website to try to get you to login. This fake website will collect your user name and password. Identifying phishing emails The IRS, your bank, etc won’t email you to discuss your account (bank statements might come through email, but even then, just log right into the page you know is your bank’s)The email isn’t addressed to you. Maybe just a generic salutationPoor spellingThe email is in plain text with no company graphics What to do if you receive a possible phishing email. Delete itJust visit the site directlyYou may want to report to your bank so that they can notify other customers that someone is sending out these kinds of emails. Don’t click on links or attachments you weren’t expecting. Finally, you can get links to the password managers I talked about as well as the list of all the tips I shared in today’s episode at https://www.heathermonthie.com/manageyourpasswords Thanks for joining us this week on the Tech for Regular People Podcast. Join us next week for the answers to your tech questions you’ve always wanted to ask. You can find other informative episodes at www.TechForRegularPeople.com. I’d also like to invite you to connect on social media.

Learning new tech & growing into new things! Taking a bit of a pivot to help more people learn about technology without feeling afraid to ask questions, feeling overwhelmed by all there is out there. I think a lot about the time I was at a big name electronics store and a woman was clearly confused about which camera was right for her. The sales guy was trying to sell her something way more than she needed. When he walked away to check something on the computer, I walked up to her and asked her how she was going to use the camera. She said she just wanted to take pictures of her grandkids. I said ok, are you going to print anything larger than 8x10? She said no. So I showed her the best camera for her based on what she was going to use it for. This was obviously before we were all carrying around little computers with cameras in our pockets everyday. I find that I am asked a lot of questions about technology. Some people want to know if they’re using the right software, or did they do the right thing when someone randomly called them telling them they were from support and needed to login to their computers. Others want to buy a computer and are looking at a $3000 laptop and are unsure if they’re spending too much money. And often times a $600 chromebook will work just fine for what they want to do. When I started this podcast in July, 2018, I was really focused on helping teachers learn how to teach technology in their classroom. I still think this is very important and will certainly still be covering these topics on my podcast. Over time, as I’ve figured out the best technology for me to help teachers, my YouTube channel has really become the place for me to share tech tutorials many of which apply to teachers. So now I want to use this podcast as a way to help those of us who didn’t grow up with technology, but our every days lives are filled with tech. We have to learn how to use this new banking software, figure out when it’s REALLY time to upgrade your cell phone, we have to help our kids learn how to safely navigate a digital world, manage digital distractions, and deal with the complex social issues around social media use and the anxiety that comes with comparison. We also have to help our aging parents and grandparents with their tech issues, when the printer doesn’t work, or there’s a weird message on their smart phone. Technology often times isn’t designed with the elderly in mind, so it’s up to us to help them figure out how to use it.I also had to learn a ton of new technology over the past year and a half to set up a successful podcast and YouTube channel. I won’t go into that here, but I knew I wanted to help more and more people so I had to figure out the best way to do it. And what better way than with this podcast! Here’s what you can expect going forward. I’ve affectionately named this podcast “The Tech for Regular People Podcast” because it’s just that. It’s not going to be overly technical. I will explain things in terms that you will understand. And if I use a term you don’t know, I want to know so I can explain it in a future episode. This is a judgement-free zone, where you can safely ask your tech questions without feeling talked down to, afraid to ask, or just plain embarrassed. Rather than talking about how much RAM something has or how many gigabits of this there are, I will explain to you that this works better because of that, so this would be a good choice for you if you are doing this. I have a list of questions that I am starting out the podcast with for the month of May, 2020. What I would like for you to do is to submit your questions to me via phone, text, social media or email. If you go to www.GoAskHeather.com, there are directions on that site to help you submit your questions anonymously in any way you’d like. Your name will not be mentioned on my podcast to protect your privacy. So, come along with me as I embark on this new journey to help more and more ...

The Library of the Future In my quest to learn more and more about drone business models, I came across an interesting article by Francis Nath from the Rain Forest Research Institute in India. Library drone delivery is not something I’ve seen much in the drone blogs I read or even in the scholarly papers I read about drone technology and business. So, I wanted to provide a summary of the article as well as provide a little of my own opinions and input on the article. Over the past several years, drone technology has become much more commercialized and as a result, so many creative technology professionals and entrepreneurs are looking for ways to create scalable businesses around this technology. Some current sources of revenue for drone operators include filming video and movies, aerial photography, search and rescue operations, crop monitoring services, and meteorological services. As more and more business leaders become more familiar with this technology, many businesses are moving their drone services in-house. In the article Library drone delivery programme: A study, Nath provides a framework for understanding how drone technology can be integrated into library resources for the community. Since people today are busier than every (well, except for right now in during the quarantine!), many don’t have the time to visit their libraries to use the resources available to them. What if your local library offered drone delivery services? Would you use it? Delivery drones could deliver books wherever and whenever a patron needs the resources, just by using their smartphones. Worldwide, there are already a few drone delivery services up and running such as FlyTrex in Israel. The FAA is working with several drone delivery companies in the US, including Amazon Air. One way libraries can bring drone technology into it’s offerings is to provide workshops and curriculum to the community of how to fly, code, and build drones. Drones will (and already have) created opportunities around content creation and research, therefore more libraries should be using this emerging technology. In densely-populated areas, libraries are usually centrally-located. Urban expansion, traffic, complicated bus schedules, and hectic schedules often prevent people from using the library. To encourage more library use, delivery drones could deliver 2-5 books at one time the patron’s doorstep or right to their hands, regardless of location using the GPS technology in their phones. In 2018, the cost of a single delivery drone was $5,000. Add on the cost of software and extending the library’s Integrated Library Management System, there does need to be an investment and long-term commitment to implementing a drone program in a library. Should a library bring drone delivery to their available resources, here’s how it might work: The library patron use the library app to make a selection. The patron’s physical location would be found using the phone’s GPS.The library receives the request and staff retrieve and check-out the documents (wouldn’t it be cool to have an automated robot retrieve the books?) Staff hands over to drone-handling staff to safely pack the droneStaff in the Ground Control Center fly the drone to deliver the books and fly back Library Drone Delivery Considerations As with creating anything new, there are some important points to consider. Why is library drone delivery necessary?What pain-point is this solving?Technical requirements of the drone, ILMS, maintenance, data storage should all be clearly documented.A site analysis should be conducted to determine any safety hazards, including an airspace analysis.How, when, and where will the drone delivery services be tested.What constitutes success?The one question I always like to add in is, “So what?” It really helps you get past the “this would be a really cool thing to do” and get more into the nitty gritty of the problem you’re trying to solve.

Links discussed in this episode can be found here: https://www.heathermonthie.com/dronesinedu In this episode, I share with you Some updates! Women Who Drone, https://www.womenwhodrone.co Redesigned website, it's a work in progress, easier to find things Adding more tutorials to my YouTube channel, so make sure you subscribe! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC2ivAyb-wmmZp3ZpuNyrjvA?view_as=subscriberAnother free resource for those of you considering becoming a commercial remote pilot Free Facebook group to help those who are studying for the FAA Part 107 Knowledge Exam: https://www.facebook.com/groups/Part107StudyGroup/What's coming in the next few months Working on 2 new online courses. Make sure you join the waitlist today!FAA Part 107 Knowledge Exam Prep Course: https://www.heathermonthie.com/faa-part-107-exam-online-course/ Intro to Tello Edu Drone Programming Course: https://www.heathermonthie.com/intro-to-tello-edu-drone-programming-online-course/And the FAA's take on the educational use of drones in the United States: FAA Educational Use of Drones https://www.faa.gov/uas/educational_users/Academy of Model Aeronautics (AMA) https://www.modelaircraft.org Women Who Drone Links: FAA Educational Use of Drones: https://www.faa.gov/uas/educational_users/

Review of the article "Practical Pedagogy for Embedding Drone Technology into a Business and Computing Curriculum" You can listen to the podcast or watch the YouTube video here: Links: Kuzma, J., Robinson, A., Dobson, K., & Law, J. (2018). Practical Pedagogy for Embedding Drone Technology into a Business and Computing Curriculum. Journal of Education and Human Development, 7(3), 1-9. Use of drones has expanded outside of military into business applications across multiple industries (Antanasov, 2006)European Commission performed an impact report and found that by 2025 drones will account for 10% of all air traffic (2015)The number of drone jobs in the US is set to exceed 100,000 by 2025 Pedagogical Approach to Drones in the Classroom As technology advances, the pedagogical approach needs to shift to include more technology-based competencies within curriculumCarnahan, et. al, (2016) find the inclusion of drones in curriculum improves student motivation and engagement (affiliate link)This allows for concrete examples of how STEM principles are appliedSoft skills, or professional skills are valuable to employers. Things like teamwork, problem-solving, and presentation skills. Carnahan et al (2016) have created the SOAR model for drones in the classroom (affiliate link)this focuses on the student's experience but follows research-based education on ethical, legal, and pragmatic uses of drone technology SOAR model (Carnahan, 2016) (affiliate link) S - safety and legal issues O - operations, flight maintenance, and trouble-shooting A - Active learning, engagement in solving problems R - Research, practical applications This model has been successful in K-12 application of drones and can be successful in other types of drone education and training Preliminary Assessment insurance company required a site risk assessmentwhat drones will be flownsafety planssite surveyrisk rating matrixactivity and site specific locationthey conducted an assessment for every indoor and outdoor location where drone flights might occurused the gym and larger classrooms without expensive audio-visual equipmentsome outdoor sites were ruled out due to high voltage cables, CAA laws (UK)decided it was necessary to have a certificate pilot on grounds for any event such as seminars, research activities, etcdecided it was necessary to train more staff to become certificated drone pilots "Module Development and Pedagical Approach" Idries et al (2015) mention technical and non-technical needs in drone operations, including business processes and project managementmust first address drones from the business application point of view, how is this going to be applied in business?project management, risk management, operations, and scheduling need to be reviewedpractical, hands on flying experience Outcomes: "Display knowledge of the legal framework in which drones operate. Complete risk assessments and site surveys to industry standards. Demonstrate confidence in operating a drone safely. Successfully implement a practical project using drone technology. Discuss potential future applications for drone technology"(Kuzma, et al, 2018) Each one of these outcomes are aligned to one of the components in the SOAR model. Some examples of projects they gave are: Constructing a 3d model of a building using aerial footage Constructing an annotated panorama for use on social media or developing a video presentation of a property Capturing high quality video footage for use in a film drama Exploring the potential for drone delivery of small packagesUsing drone photography and panorama stitching to assemble an isometric map of a large area Using drones as an educational tool for primary school students would appeal to Education students. Some lessons learned: flying too many drones at one time can be problematic with too many radio frequenciesflying in a gym limits the number of drones that can be flown at one time ...

Welcome to the Learning with Drones Podcast with Heather Monthie, educator, technologist, pilot, and STEM education advocate. In this episode, I share a free drone programming curriculum, the new DJI RoboMaster EP, and medical drones in Rwanda and innovation. Tynker offers free drone programming curriculum Tynker offers free drone programming curriculum to Prek-12 teachers worldwide affected by the corona virus. You can watch my YouTube video on how to apply for the offer here: https://youtu.be/NTYXczcDElo DJI Launches RoboMaster EP DJI launches the RoboMaster EP, an educational robot. Worlds largest drone maker launching into the world of educational robots. A complete set of robotic services and educational materials for schools and teachersWill help students learn programming, artificial intelligenceDJI intends to start holding robotics competitions for students aged 9-19Comes with more than 50 sensors that can be assembled as a sorting robot, carrier robot, engineering robot or infantry robotHardware includes high-performance servos, robot arms, grippers, infrared depths sensors, sensor transfer, modules, and power transfer modulesA programming interface allows the steering gear to be customizedSupports 3rd party sensors such as Micro:bit, Arduino, Raspberry PiCould set up a miniature warehouse to test automation conceptsSupports 2 programming languages, Scratch 3.0 and Python 3.6Don't know when and if this will make it's way to the US Corona Virus, Medical Drones in Rwanda, and Innovation 2016 Rwanda established the first nationwide system of medical drones. 2/3 of blood deliveries outside the capital are delivered by drones.Robert Graboyes, a senior research fellow at the Mercatus Center at George Mason University and Darcy Nikol Bryan wrote about the medical reasons to use drones in the USOffers speedier deliveries over vast rural areas, urban areas troubled with traffic, and disrupted transportation routes (icy roads, etc) In Rwanda, CA based Zipline carries medications, supplies, and other items using fixed-wing drones to deliver to clinics throughout the countryGhana is another country with light air traffic and medical drones are crtitical for supplying medical supplies in a timely manner 2017 Tanzania announced similar plans2018 An Australian company Swoop Aero began delivering vaccines to Vanuatu, a small nation in the PacificMany believe using drones for public safety and aid is key to acceptance in the USMany live far from hospitals, road conditions can be bad, drones offer alternatives in these situationsCall out some obstacles to adoption, including BVLOS, privacy concernsUS could be benefiting from this same technology to transport medical supplies to rural areas and through traffic jams In another article, Graboyes suggests that drones can be used to transport ill patients without putting medical personnel at risk US has some obstacles that some smaller countries do not have, such as more frequent air traffic and the need for better unmanned traffic management (UTM)Graboyes also brought up some other questions that need to be asked: should it be easier for doctors licensed in one state to be able to offer medical services in another?We are still in the early stages of drones and the various medical uses of this technology.Some estimates indicate this could be a $27 billion industry by 2030 China has been using drones to assist in delivering medical supplies to remove unnecessary human contactChina has used drones with thermal cameras to scan crowds to see who may need medical treatmentUsing drones to spray sanitizer over densely population communitiesHas also created some concerns with electronic surveillance and human rights Don't forget to download your free study guide for the Part 107 exam Sources: https://dronedj.com/2020/03/09/dji-releases-robomaster-ep-on-march-9th-as-predicted/ https://asiatimes.com/2020/03/dji-makes-push-into-educational-robots/ https://mikeshouts...

Welcome to the Learning with Drones Podcast with Heather Monthie, educator, technologist, pilot, and STEM education advocate. This is the very first episode of the Learning with Drones Podcast. I've learned a lot about podcasting, internet marketing, SEO, and more over the past 2 years of the podcast and YouTube channel. I am going to share with you a bit about where we're going in this episode. I recently took a course in my local community about marketing which has helped me to figure out what it is that you, the listener has really enjoyed hearing about. Over the past 2 years, there have been 2 topics that have really stood out as your favorite topics that I put out there: The professional development side of being successful at a career in STEM. (The professional skills required). A few months ago, I really thought this was the way I was going with the podcast. It's a topic I enjoy talking about and it seems to be very popular. Some of you who have been listening for a while may remember me talking about how this was the direction I was going with the podcast. The other topic that's been very popular on my blog and YouTube channel is drones. BTW - I have the full version of each episode of this podcast on my YouTube channel. I do this so that those who need the closed-captions can also enjoy the podcast episodes. If you know someone who may like this podcast, but needs the closed-captions, make sure you share my YouTube channel with them. 2. Drones, drone programming, drones and cybersecurity, drones in education, and the business of drones has been the other really popular topic since I started blogging and my YouTube channel. I haven't talked much about drones on the podcast since that's really been a topic that I have saved for my blog and YouTube channel. But when I looked at the analytics across everything: my blog, podcast, YouTube channel, Pinterest, Google Analytics, this was the topic that was the most searched for and the most viewed! So, I thank you for your patience as I have been embarking on this whole new world of understanding how internet marketing works and the analytics behind the scenes! I've decided to rename the podcast the Learning with Drones podcast. I will still be sharing research-based topics around using drones in the classroom, drone programming, cybersecurity, and business. We're just going to focus down the topic of the podcast a bit more narrowly to help more of you learn about drones in education, technology, and business. I did a literature search just on drones in education and found so much stuff that I get to share with you. I am excited about this re-focus and I hope that you'll come along with me! In February, 2020 I the FAA Part 107 written exam (US) scored a 95. Since my commercial pilot certificate is not current under part 61 (my CFI is current though), I needed to take the exam since I will be flying outdoors (mostly for my YouTube channel!) I also made a YouTube video and blog post where I share all the free resources the FAA provides you to study for the exam. I pulled the audio from the video for you to listen to here. The FAA part 107 exam is pertinent to those of us in the US only, but even if you're in another country, these are great resources for you to learn more about drones. https://youtu.be/HFUGkH2OaB4 I also have a YouTube video explaining the FAA's ruling on drones in education you can watch here: https://youtu.be/MQPKUPL6UsU Happy Flying! :)

STEM Education + EdTech Resource Review STEM Education + Ed Tech Weekly #2: Maybe You Should Fly a Jet, Educators in VR, Lego Drone, Podcasting in Education  STEM Careers Personal and Professional Development Soft Skills Needed to Be Successful in STEM & STEAM Technology evolves and changes the way that we work, as a result, the skills needed are changing. Verizon recently published an article called 4 Soft Skills Needed to Be Successful in STEM (Four soft skills needed to be successful in STEM.)  Let’s examine a research study  Summary of Study Title: Fostering students’ 21st century skills through Project Oriented Problem Based Learning (POBL) in integrated STEM education program (Husin, Wan Nor Fadzilah Wan et al., 2016). Students need to be equipped with the skills necessary in a global economy, especially in science and technology.Study was to identify changes in 21st century skills after participating in a STEM programProject Oriented Problem Based Learning (POPBL) was applied in the learning activities125 students ages 13-14 from rural areasThe outcome shows that the application of POPBL in STEM education could help enhance 21st century skills through learning how to solve real world problems through projects21st century skills include:Digital age LiteracyInventive thinkingEffective communication High ProductivityResearchers added a spiritual norms and values criteria to accommodate the Malaysian contextTo deal with 21st century challenges, workers are required to have these skills to be creative, solve problems, and work effectively on a team.To achieve this, we must help be able to help the next generation achieve those skillsThe POPBL method is a student centered teaching and learning approach which can be summarized asStudent centered and able to increase commitment and motivation from the studentsFocus is on the learning process of finding a solutionIs project-based and has a goalHaving exemplarityPromotes team work Purpose of the Study and Research Questions Malaysia is focused on developing their human resources that are competitive at the global levelThere is a decline in student interest in science What is the level of 21st century skills of the students before they were involved in the POPBL in STEM education program? What is the level of 21st century skills of the students after they were involved in the POPBL in STEM education program?Was there any significant changes to level of 21st century skills of the students before and after the STEM education program? (Husin, Wan Nor Fadzilah Wan et al., 2016)  (Husin, Wan Nor Fadzilah Wan et al., 2016) Subjects and Methods Four different units were introduced for students to participate inEnergyBalloon rocket and parachutePotato batteryUrban infrastructureWater turbineEarthquake townTransportationMaking a circuitRobot programmingWireless CommunicationFlash LEDCell antennaPre-test and post-test quasi-experimental design125 13-14 year olds in MalaysiaMajority of participant scored well on Primary School Evaluation Test (A for science and math)Used a questionnaire developed from Arsad (2011) which takes 21st century skills into considerationResearchers added the spiritual values component Findings Rise in all the scores except spiritual valuesIncrease in mean scores in 21st century skillsSignificant difference in digital literacy and high productivityInventive thinking and effective communication were not significantHigh productivity had highest increase  Summary and Suggestions for Future Research Integration of POPBL in STEM education has helped students further develop 21st century skillsHands on activitiesStudents had to create new artifactsNeed to ensure students are equipped with spiritual values to ensure that the nation is “morally upright, whole, and well-balanced” References Arsad, N.M., Osman, K., & Soh, T.M.T. (2011). Instrument development for 21st century skills in Biology.

Download my free e-book "Digital Resources for Edupreneurs" https://www.heathermonthie.com/resources/ I share with you 7 different thoughts and things I've learned over the last year and a half of podcasting. I also share my vision for the podcast in 2020 and beyond! Why I started my blog and podcast in the first place.I wanted to share technology and education research and news at scale.Really struggled with a name for the podcast, so I took a strategic approach based on alphabetization in the iTunes directory.I think it's time to change the podcast name now that I have a vision and direction for the podcast. Should I just call it the Heather Monthie Show or the Dr. Heather Podcast? What are your other ideas?Decided to add my podcast to YouTube even though all the "experts" advise against it.YouTube is the 2nd largest search engine and I am able to track that several of you have found the podcast through YouTube.YouTube offers closed-captions on videos which allows those of you who are deaf or hard of hearing to be able to participate. I am still trying to figure out if I am doing the captions correctly, so please feel free to reach out with suggestions to make the podcast more accessible.Podcasting has helped with public speaking and thinking on my toes. I've done quite a bit of public speaking in the past, but podcasting has really helped develop that skill even more.I initially made the decision to not do interviews just due to the logistics around trying to match up schedules of two busy people. I intend to start doing interviews in 2020 and will just schedule out when I intend to record hoping that one of those times will work for the guest!I have been financing the costs around setting up and running the podcast. There's software, hosting, graphics, etc. I've kept the cost down quite a bit, but as this grows, I will need to start outsourcing some of the behind the scenes work. I will be looking for an editor, someone who can help with graphics, and promoting on social media. This costs money, so I will be open to having discussions with potential sponsors.I envision this podcast being interesting to these groups of people. I call these individuals social edupreneurs, or education entrepreneurs with a social mission:Teachers, administrators, coaches, technology professionals, etc who are currently working in schools whether it's K-12, vocational schools, training centers, community colleges, or universities who are interested in making creative change happen in education using technology as a tool. Teachers, administrators, coaches, technology and business professionals, developers, investors, etc who are currently working outside of the educational system who are interested in making creative change happen in education using technology as a tool. A subgroup here are business professionals who are passionate about education but don't work in education and are interested in helping to make a difference without leaving their profession. I give the example of a cybersecurity professional who might write a book to help teachers feel more confident in the content area.If you're interested in being on the podcast or maybe you have an idea for what I should rename the podcast, please feel free to send me a message on Linkedin, Facebook, or Twitter!

In this episode, I walk you through a few different security settings you can use to tighten up your Facebook privacy. You will learn how to protect yourself on Facebook in 2020. While nothing is 100% secure, you can take certain steps to protect your data! Update your ABOUT sectionTurn off facial recognitionDon’t use Facebook to login to partner sitesHide your friends listControl who sees your posts and other personal informationDo a privacy check upTurn on extra security settingsUse a strong password that’s hard to guess

School and Small Business Security Starts with You! A few weeks ago, I spoke on a Cybersecurity panel here in Arizona. The Q&A session was filled with questions from people with varying security backgrounds on steps that small businesses and schools can take to secure their data and protect assets. So, here are 8 cybersecurity resources for small businesses and schools that you can use to get started. The majority of these resources are geared specifically to small businesses. At a high level, I think that some smaller schools can be included in this category since some of the same issues pop up in both types of organizations: a lack of resources and qualified cybersecurity professionals. So while the word “business” is used throughout these, if you’re an IT professional working in a small school without a cyber team, these will be great for you too 1. SBA.gov | Cybersecurity for Small Business The US Small Business Administration has created a 30-minute self-paced course you can complete to get the basics of cybersecurity for small business. Topics include a definition of cybersecurity, learning the importance of cybersecurity best practices, identifying threats, and risk management. This overview course is a great starting point for you even if you’re not a technical person.  2. U.S. Chamber of Commerce | Internet Security Essentials for Business 2.0 The U.S. Chamber of Commerce has created a free e-book you can download to read up on cybersecurity for small business. Topics include an overview of the different types of common threats to small businesses, cybercrime, the fundamental steps you can take to secure your assets. Some of these steps are a bit more technical in nature.  3. Stop. Think. Connect | Technology Checklist for Businesses Stop. Think. Connect. Is a cybersecurity awareness initiative through the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. There are many different types of downloads, checklist, etc for online shopping, talking to teens about internet safety, and there’s also a comprehensive technology checklist for businesses for you to download. I suggest printing it off and going through each item line by line. Not all will apply to you based on your business or school’s IT infrastructure.  4. FCC.gov | Cyberplanner The FCC.gov Cyberplanner is a fantastic way for you to create a customized plan based on your business or school’s needs. You can select the different categories that apply to your specific environment and the planner will generate a customized plan for you. They do suggest that you go through this with a trained cybersecurity professional. There is quite a bit of information in here and a trained professional can help you sort through it as it applies to your needs.  5. FTC.gov | Cybersecurity for Small Business The FTC has a blog that has quite a few different cybersecurity for small business resources. Cybersecurity basics, the NIST Cybersecurity framework, and physical security are among the topics covered on this site. These are technical topics that are covered but are written in a way that non-technical small business owners can understand and implement. 6.NISTIR 7621 Rev. 1 | Small Business Information Security: The Fundamentals NIST has created a publication specific to small business cybersecurity. Developed as a reference guide for small businesses, this publication presents information security for the non-technical executive. This is another document that I suggest printing up and going through each item like a checklist. Going through this document with a trained cybersecurity professional will be helpful as well since each business is different and he/she can help you determine how this applies to your unique situation. 7. DHS.gov | Small Business Tip Card A much shorter read, the small business tip card from the Department of Homeland Security provides you some quick hits to get started implementing some cybersecurity best practices ...

Links:  https://www.heathermonthie.com/cybersecurity-resources-for-teachers/ National Cyberwatch K12 Cybersecurity Educator Academy http://www.edtechpolicy.org/cyberk12ARCHIVE/cybersecurityeducatoracademy.html Data Privacy in Education, an iKeepSafe Educator Training Course https://ikeepsafe.org/resources/data-privacy-in-education-an-ikeepsafe-educator-training-course/ Cyber Educators https://cyber-educators.com/ Introduction to Cybersecurity https://www.edx.org/course/introduction-to-cybersecurity Free eBook Repo on Heather’s GitHub https://github.com/DrMonthie Crypto 101 https://www.crypto101.io/ Hacking with Swift https://www.hackingwithswift.com/ Security Weekly https://securityweekly.com/ The Cybersecurity Cast https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/herjavec-group-3/the-cybersecurity-cast/e/54753445 The Cyber Wire https://thecyberwire.com/podcasts

In this episode, I share with you 5 free resources to help you learn how to teach about cyberbullying to students. View the corresponding blog article here You can follow along by downloading the free section of my new High School Cybersecurity book below! Join my free About the T in STEM Education Community: http://bit.ly/AboutTheTinSTEMCommunity 

Join me in this episode where I share my thoughts on how STEM education needs to evolve a bit faster. Read the Scientific American article I discuss in this episode. This episode kicks off a cybersecurity education series in the podcast to help you get ready for Cybersecurity Awareness month in October! Join my free About the T in STEM Education Community: http://bit.ly/AboutTheTinSTEMCommunity  Download your free chapter sample from Beginner's Guide to Developing a High School Cybersecurity Program http://bit.ly/CYBERBOOKFREESECTION Purchase here: http://bit.ly/CYBERBOOK  Use code OCTOBERPOD10 for 10% off before October 31, 2019

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Review of an Online Safety Parent's Guide from the AZ Attorney General As I continue to do more and more outreach in technology education, cybersecurity awareness, and workforce development, I am fortunate to meet some very passionate people who are all willing to share their work that they are doing to help educate parents about online safety. The Arizona Attorney General, Mark Brnovich has put together a great guide to help parents understand online safety and how to talk to your teens about acceptable use of technology. There's also a supplement to this guide, Online Safety for Teens that's written specifically for your teen. This guide serves a great purpose to help educate families and help start conversations. Even if you don't live or work in AZ, you can download a copy of this guide. I also understand that each state's Attorney General provides this type of literature to help families understand internet crime, identity theft, human trafficking, and other crimes that affect us today. I suggest Googling your state's Attorney General office for more information. In this podcast episode, I go over some of the points in the guide. I do not review the entire document but you can get a copy of it for yourself here. I believe the printed copy I have is updated, so I will see here you can get the updated version. The information is all the same, just a different format. You're not missing out! Online Safety for Parents (English) Online Safety for Parents (Spanish) Online Safety for Teens Connect with me on social! www.HeatherMonthie.com/connect

About the T in STEM is back. I took June off from the podcast to focus more on getting the book done! We'll it's here and in this episode, I share with you what you'll find in the book, where you can buy it, and how to get a discount on the book when you purchase from STEM Geek Boutique. About the T in STEM was named to the list of top Education IT influencers. You can check out the full list here. Lots of other great podcasts listed here worth checking out!Getting ready to head out to the CSTA conference this week where I will be presenting on our Cyber Center of Excellence and sharing a bit more about my book. Can’t make it? Here’s the list of resources I will be going over in the presentation. Now let’s go over the contents of my new book the Beginner’s Guide to Developing a High School Cybersecurity program. Listen to the podcast for your 25% off discount code when you purchase directly from STEM Geek Boutique

In this episode, I describe a the free guide I have available for you on this site sharing a ton of High School Cybersecurity Education Websites and Resources. You can download the guide here or below. Join us in the About the T in STEM Education Facebook group!

About the T in STEM Podcast was named one of the top 15 STEM podcasts by Feedspot! You can see the entire list of the top STEM podcasts here.Will be speaking at the CSTA conference in Phoenix in July about teaching Cybersecurity in High School grades. Two new Facebook groups:Drones in STEM EducationAbout The T in STEM Education Facebook group for the podcast to carry on the conversation The technology that students are using today, will be the oldest technology they ever use. What do K-12 Students Need to Learn About Artificial Intelligence? Girl Scouts Add 30 new badges in robotics, science, and engineering Article by EdWeek Market Brief AI4K12.org AI4K12 on my GitHub Trend #3 AI Driven Development in Education 1956 Dartmouth Conference  defining AI Challenges and Opportunities of AI in Education

Hi everyone! In this episode of the podcast, I share with you these couple of research articles that discuss the cognitive benefits of interacting with nature, how unplugging from technology and getting back into nature can really help "reset" us. Links to articles in this podcast episode: Berman, M. G., Jonides, J., & Kaplan, S. (2008). The cognitive benefits of interacting with nature. Psychological science, 19(12), 1207-1212. Atchley, R. A., Strayer, D. L., & Atchley, P. (2012). Creativity in the wild: Improving creative reasoning through immersion in natural settings. PloS one, 7(12), e51474. Uhls, Y. T., Michikyan, M., Morris, J., Garcia, D., Small, G. W., Zgourou, E., & Greenfield, P. M. (2014). Five days at outdoor education camp without screens improves preteen skills with nonverbal emotion cues. Computers in Human Behavior, 39, 387-392. Texas Tech Basketball Coach Bans Smart Phones. Now The Team is in the Final Four. Credits: Podcast intro and outro music Late Night Tales by Lee Rosevere is licensed under a Attribution License.

If you’ve been on any sort of social media over the last two weeks, you know that the Momo challenge was making its rounds again on the internet. News feed filled up with the disgusting details of this challenge, that I won’t go into here. Then we started to see how this challenge was probably a hoax, a modern day urban legend. Real or not, the internet still has a problem. I saw with my very own two eyes multiple videos with this so-called bird-human creepy character urging the viewer to harm him or herself. I’ve also seen a video that has “Filthy Frank” spliced into the video reminding kids that “sideways for attention, longways for results.” That video has since been removed.  (Also, don’t google that term. Some pretty disgusting images come up in search results.) Now, if we look at this with a critical eye, this brings up a few thoughts for me. Where are these videos and why are they on the internet at all? It’s tough to share with you these videos, mostly because once they are reported YouTube and YouTube kids has been great about taking these videos down. I found a pediatrician online how blogs quite a bit about keeping kids safe online. She recorded a few of these videos to share. Even after viewing her website a few times, he videos OF the videos are getting pulled off the internet. (Which is good, but you can see why it’s tough to show you that this is actually happening).  She has a few more videos here to give you some examples. Of course any sort of content needs to be taken in context. Some of the videos do appear to be made by children themselves. My point is, this stuff is out there and you need to know this.It’s also difficult to tell if some of the videos are copycats of the urban legend that is Momo. Here’s one example of a video, but there’s really not enough information to to figure out if this is a copycat or not. Doesn’t matter. It’s out there and you need to know this too. YouTube is demonetizing any videos about the Momo challenge in an effort to stop this from being spread. I think this is a good move on their part to just stop the spread of such horrible information. So, anyways. I am sharing this information because there really is a lot of crap on the internet. It is a good reminder of how well social engineering works. Hoax or not, there is still this dark side to the internet that many of us don’t know about. If you’re interested in learning more about what really goes on in the dark corners of the web, I highly recommend the book “The Cyber Effect” by Mary Aiken (this is an affiliate link where I earn a small commission.) Dr. Aiken studies a new branch of psychology that intersects with technology called cyberpsychology. In her book, she explains how “technology is shaping our children, our behavior, and our values and what we can do about it.” It’s really eye opening as to exactly HOW some of this terrible, disgusting things actually happen right in front of our eyes on social media. It’s a great read and worth it to read a couple of times. I even have it as an audio book and a printed copy, it’s that good!

In this episode, I talk about the recent social media posts about Silicon Valley execs limiting the amount of technology their children use, I review a couple studies that show that tech isn't so bad for kids, and I also share with you the Wait Until 8th movement to encourage families to wait until at least 8th grade for your first smartphone. Links to resources in this episode: Wait Until 8th Wait Until 8th on Pinterest New York Times: Steve Jobs Was a Low-Tech Parent Smartphones are bad for some adolescents, not all Predicting Depression via Social Media Credits: Podcast intro and outro music Late Night Tales by Lee Rosevere is licensed under a Attribution License.

In this episode, I give you a quick review of CES 2019 in Las Vegas and a bit about the programmable drones for STEM education that I found. I love aviation and think it's a great way to teach STEM. I found 2 options to help kids learn more about programming and drones at CES 2019. I took a little break from the blog and podcast over the holidays. Then, I got sick! So, my break was a little longer than I planned but I am glad to be back. Subscribe to my YouTube channel: I also share a bit in this episode about reviving my YouTube channel. I took a bit of a hiatus to get this podcast up and running and it's time to start adding more videos! Credits: Podcast intro and outro music Late Night Tales by Lee Rosevere is licensed under a Attribution License.

Research review: Technology in US schools: Are we preparing our kids for the jobs of tomorrow? (PWC, 2018) Are we preparing our kids for the jobs of tomorrow? - Review of study recently completed by PWC A recent study completed by PWC showed a gap between the digital skills business leaders need to build a future workforce and educators abilities to sufficiently prepare students to meet those demands. In this podcast episode, I break the study down, offer some of my own insight, and share some practical steps to take to help advance technology education Background of study: This has an impact on workforce preparedness and the US economy. By 2020, 77% of all jobs will require some sort of technology skill (that’s only a year away).  There will be 1 million more computing jobs than there are workers to fill the need. Study: Surveyed 2,000 K-12 teachers in Spring 2018 in various schools, experience levels, and grade levels. Purpose is to explore strategies to help teachers develop student technology and career-readiness skills. Results Six Trends were observed in the results: Most K-12 teachers are not comfortable teaching higher order technology skills, such as data analytics, programming, web design, robotics 10% felt comfortable, grade level, school affluence, teacher experience level had no impact on results Teachers were most comfortable teaching web design and robotics Teachers were least comfortable teaching app design/creation, CAD, and computer programming High schools are offering technology-related courses, but only 35% of teachers report offering web design / app building courses 20% say their school offers data analytics Course topics are Computer Fundamentals Graphic design CAD Web design Robotics Computer Programming App design/creation Data Analytics Students don’t spend a lot of time actively practicing the skills needed for job readiness 60% of technology use is passive (videos, visiting websites) 32% of technology use is active (coding, creating videos, performing data analysis) Teachers want more support from their districts 79% would like more professional development on technology related topics 81% would like more release time to attend professional development 81% would like more funds to attend professional development 81% would like more curriculum plans and course materials Technology access in schools is on the rise, lack of access at home makes it challenging for teachers to integrate technology into the classroom 36% report their school is a 1:1 device school 48% say that some students don’t have access to devices 54% of teachers say students don’t have access to the internet at home Students in underserved schools are more likely to lack access to technology at home 64% of teachers at underserved schools state that do not have access to devices at home 69% report that students don’t have access to the internet at home About 1/3 of teachers at affluent schools report students don’t have access to devices at home or the internet Discussion: Need to bridge gap between the need for teaching higher level technology skills and teacher’s confidence to do so Advocate for support and training Balance consuming technology and creating technology to provide students with the skills needed to be career-ready References PWC (2018). Technology in US schools: Are we preparing our kids for thejobs of tomorrow? Retrieved fromhttps://www.pwc.com/us/en/about-us/corporate-responsibility/library/preparing-students-for-technology-jobs.html How to get started? If you're looking to start teaching some of these higher order technology skills, take a look at my free coding for kids ebook. I provide various coding resources at the different K-12 grades.  It's free, and you can get it by downloading it below!

Gartner's report on technology trends is here. What does it mean for the classroom? Emerging technology trends in education: Gartner's Top 10 Strategic Technology Trends list is here again this year. There are a few repeats from the 2018 list and a few newcomers to the list. Some of these may just turn out to be fads, but some could have a lasting impact on education over the next 30 years. I decided this year to take Gartner's technology trends for 2019 and apply them in the context of education and the classroom and how these technologies could potentially change how we reach students in the classroom every day. In the podcast, I discuss the things I found on how each of these technologies could have an impact on education. In the show notes, I am listing the notes I took from my research, links to articles I found, and also a list of citations of various website articles and research publications I found helpful. Gartner's Technology Hype Cycle 1. TREND: Autonomous Things Definition: Gartner defines autonomous things in five different types: vehiclesroboticsdronesappliancesagents These five types all exist across four different environments: sealandairdigital Impact on education: Drones are a fantastic way to teach all areas of STEM. Just a simple google search for “Drones in Education” brings up a ton of different resources for teachers to bring drones into the classroom. I’ve been patiently waiting for the price of drones to come down so that there’s equitable access to this wonderful way to teach kids about coding, robotics, aerodynamics, physics, the four forces of flight (lift, weight, thrust, drag). The price is slowly coming down, but we still have a ways to go for schools to be able to supply entire classrooms with drones. Skills needed: Indeed put together this report on the companies, locations, and skills needed for jobs in autonomous vehicles.  Top 10 skills for autonomous vehicles jobs    Wired has good article on the past, present, and future of autonomous vehicles. 2. TREND: Augmented Analytics Definition:  The term Augmented Analytics was first introduced on Gartner’s 2017 report as a method to automate insights into data using machine learning and natural-language generation. This article does a great job explaining what this actually means. Analytics by itself is useless in a business. There needs to be some insight, supplemented with additional data to find reasons for changes in the data, and actionable insights need to be created. Without these, all the data in the world is useless. Impact on education:  Learning analytics - Teachers, administrators, and other educational leaders will have access to more and more data to make informed decisions, which can have a  massive impact on individual student performance as well as school performance to help close achievement gaps. Data analytics is already present in finance, medicine, science, and business. Use of data analytics or learning analytics in education has grown in recent years due to an increase in the amount of data and advances in computing (Baker, 2014). Bringing learning analytics to education has the potential to have a dramatic effect on outcomes. 3.TREND: AI-Driven Development Definition: John McCarthy has long been credited for coining the term “artificial intelligence” at the 1956 Dartmouth Conference   as the study and design of intelligent agents, where the agent observes its environment and takes appropriate actions to maximize success (Moore, 2006). Impact on education:  How AI can be used to achieve learning outcomes through the foundations of teaching and learning, understand the options to realize the benefits to support teaching and learning, there are unanswered questions, such as the acceptable use of the data that AI collects (MagicBox, 2018) There are still some obstacles to bringing AI into education, such as cost and computing power.

In this episode, I share with you how Stan Lee helped to promote STEM education though aviation. His new character Aviore was introduced at the EAA Airventure airshow in 2017 and the Adventures of Aviore, a new comic book was released in 2018. You can read a few other blog posts here about Stan Lee and here to read more about Aviore and his comic book debut in Oshkosh 2018. Thank you Mr. Lee for sharing all of your creativity and imagination with the world!

Do technology teaching tools have an effect on the gender gap in learning to code, interest in math, and computational thinking? In this episode, I review a recent research study that compared a Frozen-themed programming platform, Minecraft, and Angry Birds and its effect on student interest in learning to code. Links: Programming teaching tools and the gender gap in the Information Technology field Girls Who Code Black Girls Code Cracking the Girl Code Download your free Coding for Kids: Your Free Guide to Websites that Teach Kids Computer Programming ebook below or click here!   Credits: Podcast intro and outro music Late Night Tales by Lee Rosevere is licensed under a Attribution License.  

I share with you the top 8 things I share with teachers considering starting a computer science, coding, or technology program in their schools. I share with you my Coding for Kids guide, some resources you can use for Hour of Code, and some resources available from Code.org to help you bring coding & computer science into your school. Check out the blog here! Don't have time to listen now? Pin it to your technology for kids Pinterest board! Download your free Coding for Kids: Your Free Guide to Websites that Teach Kids Computer Programming ebook below or click here!   Credits: Podcast intro and outro music Late Night Tales by Lee Rosevere is licensed under a Attribution License.

In this episode I go into how to have "The Talk" with your child about internet safety.  I share some details about Digital Citizenship week and how to start a conversation with your child about internet safety. You can read the full article that corresponds to this podcast episode on my Linkedin blog here! Links: Common Sense Media Facebook Safety Center Resources to help you learn some more  When your child is tech-savvy