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.
April 2025 TEC Events
April 2025 Right to Repair Workshop
The TEC April Right to Repair workshop is on Tuesday, Apr 15, at 7 p.m. at the Advanced Cyber Systems Lab (ACSL). Directions and parking information are here.
This is a FREE hour-and-a-half in person workshop during which you can bring your busted phone, laptop, tablet or other device and learn to fix your own tech. OR just practice and poke around one of our devices worry-free!
TEC HAM Radio Meetup & Study Group (Sessions 2 & 3)
Our second and third dedicated study sessions will be held at the Advanced Cyber Systems Lab, located at Gateway Community College on:
Thursday, April 10 at 6 p.m.
Thursday, April 24 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
NEW 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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