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November 12, 2018 57 mins
In @BreakDrink Episode no. 31 @ValerieHeruska joins us to talk about dogs, elections, and technology conference experiences in no particular order. If you tweet at us to chat, we’re bound to open up the mic for a random conversation on the pod. Val heard the word algorithm many times at #edu18 so she wanted to come chat with us @BreakDrink-ers about it after her trip to Denver. Here are a few things we talked about: EDUCAUSE https://www.educause.edu/ #edu18 Conference: https://events.educause.edu/annual-conference -- Start-up Alley: https://events.educause.edu/annual-conference/exhibitors/start-up-alley -- Braindate https://e180.co/we-do/ -- Educause Learning Initiative https://www.educause.edu/eli - What’s an algorithm? https://whatis.techtarget.com/definition/algorithm - What’s Intellectual Property (IP)? http://www.wipo.int/about-ip/en/ - Do you know what the IP laws & regulations at your higher ed institution? Find out before you create and develop on/at/for your campus OR role! - Fluids flowing -- coffee, drink tickets, and more... OH MY! {thanks to many tech vendors} - Interesting perspective taking from a residence life/housing point of view to bring to the table that isn’t often looked at as a domain - How do you define student success through your lens on campus? What does it mean when you bring different domains, disciplines and functional areas together to support student success with technology? - The EDUCAUSE 2019 Top 10 IT Issues https://events.educause.edu/annual-conference/2018/agenda/educause-top-10-it-issues -- 10 Reactions to EDUCAUSE's 2019 Top 10 IT Issues https://www.insidehighered.com/blogs/technology-and-learning/10-reactions-educauses-2019-top-10-it-issues via @joshmkim -- BONUS: Notes on Educause 2018 https://mfeldstein.com/notes-on-educause-2018/ by @mfeldstein - Michele Norris - The Race Card Project https://theracecardproject.com/ - @AlexisOhanian has favorited a tweet & inspired Val to code for jobs of the future - Data Carpentry https://datacarpentry.org/ - Software Carpentry https://software-carpentry.org/ - Speakers at AAMC: Dr. Angela Duckworth https://angeladuckworth.com/ & Anita Hill - Dallas Street Choir https://www.dallasstreetchoir.org/ - Bad algorithms are making racist decisions with Chris Gilliard on CBC Spark: https://www.cbc.ca/radio/spark/412-1.4887497/bad-algorithms-are-making-racist-decisions-1.4887504 - Association of American Medical Colleges https://www.aamc.org/ -- Conference in Austin, TX: Learn Serve Lead 2018 (Nov. 2-6) @BreakDrink Election Eve (November 5, 2018) Chat: - https://votesaveamerica.com/ -Pod Save Texas (episode no. 27) https://soundcloud.com/breakdrink/episode-27-pod-save-texas The Things We’re Not Supposed to Talk about in Polite Conversation (episode no. 4) https://soundcloud.com/breakdrink/episode-4 - Voting is Public Record in the US https://www.census.gov/topics/public-sector/voting.html - Voting Statistics in US from the General Election https://www.census.gov/newsroom/blogs/random-samplings/2017/05/voting_in_america.html @BreakDrink Reads: - Dare to Lead by Brene Brown - You’ll Grow Out of It by Jessi Klein - The Gay Place by Billy Lee Brammer - God Save Texas by Lawrence Wright @BreakDrink listens - podcast recommendations: - Undergrad Podcast https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/underdog-beto-vs-cruz/id1438764180?mt=2 - Dear Sugars http://www.wbur.org/dearsugar - The Shadows by Kaitlin Prest https://www.cbc.ca/radiointeractives/podcasts/the-shadows - Teaching Online Podcast https://cdl.ucf.edu/teach/resources/topcast/ - Professional Reputations Aside Podcast {ARCHIVES} https://player.fm/series/professional-reputations-aside @BreakDrink CHALLENGE: What should Jeff’s new male pup be called? This large, white ball of fur fun is taking recommendations for a moniker - please send your recommendations to us via: Twitter https://twitter.com/breakdrink Instagram https://www.instagram.com/breakdrink/ Email: breakdrink@gmail.com
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