Technology Education Collaborative (TEC)
The Technology Education Collaborative (TEC) empowers everyday people to become informed users of today's extraordinary technology.
We help people better understand the tech that surrounds them on a daily basis. TEC does this through practical application by hosting in-person, hands-on events ranging from Right to Repair workshops, Privacy meetups and tech field trips and demos.
Our agreement with the Advanced Cyber Systems Lab at GateWay Community College helps us give the general public hands-on access to advanced technologies from 3D printers to a podcasting studio people can use to learn, discover and play.
UPCOMING EVENTS
We're taking the next two months "off" to create our Fall programming so there won't be too many TEC events, but here's a sneak peek at what we're putting together. We'll add events as they are confirmed, but check Discord to see the details of specific events or tell us what events you'd like to see!
As a reminder, the ACSL is still always open Monday through Thursday from 4 - 8 p.m. The building may be closed so just call the number below and someone will let you in.
And of course, you can always hang out with us on Discord.
Ham Meetup - SURVIVAL EDITION
One of the most common reasons people become ham operators is to prepare for emergencies. We're teaming up with Independence Training to offer a Survival-Oriented Ham Meetup session.
This is a special edition of TEC's regular Ham Radio Meetup.
The first part of the meetup will be a short information session on when and how to use your ham radio in an emergency situation.
Independence Training will teach their Stop the Bleed course.
That includes two (2) Hours of hands-on instruction that will teach:
- Intro to Patient Assessment
- Bleeding Control Fundamentals
- Modern Bleeding Control Equipment
- Improvised Bleeding Control Concepts
All equipment is included.
Cost: $30 ($15 for TEC annual members and $25 for TEC monthly members)
TEC HAM Radio Study Group & Meetup
We're "off" for the summer but are back in August! Scroll to register for those sessions!
Our regular dedicated study sessions will be held at the Advanced Cyber Systems Lab, located at Gateway Community College on:
Wednesday, August 6 at 6 p.m.
Wednesday, August 20 at 6 p.m.
Directions and parking for the ACSL can be found here. This cohort is studing and preparing for the FCC's Amateur Radio Service Technician Class license exam
Missed the first session? No worries - just email Contact@techedcollab.org for the study materials in advance of the class you'll be attending.
CHECK OUT THE TEC TALKS PODCAST
ICYMI: TEC TALKS EPISODE
What Does an Arizona State CISO Do? With Ryan Murray
Ryan Murray, is both the Arizona state CISO as well as the Deputy Director for the Arizona Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Statewide Information and Privacy Office, which is an unassailably cool job title.
He sat down with TEC for our "What Does a [Technologist] Do?" segment of the TEC Talks podcast. As impressed as TEC was with both Ryan himself - he's a really intelligent and engaging guy - and his job titles, rules are rules and he got the same five questions as everyone else.
💡 He told us all about what that looks like on a practical, daily level and gave some advice for anyone else who wants to be a state CISO when they grow up.
Ryan also let us pepper him with some more questions. Those will be published in a bonus episode released in a couple of weeks.
The TEC Article Club
What Feral Children Can Teach Us About AI
A thought-provoking - and mildly disturbing - piece from Noema. Author John Last dives deeply into LLMs and how learning language - or not - impacts the neural networks of both man and machine.
This piece is from January of 2024 but don't let that stop you – if anything, the observations and questions of this piece are now more relevant than ever.
There is an audio version of this article available as well.
Author: John Last
Date Published: January 17, 2024
Publication: NOEMA
NOEMA is published by The Berggruen Institute, an institute exploring the ideas we need for our changing world.
Long and Ugly Link:
https://www.noemamag.com/feral-intelligence/
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