EdTech Situation Room by Jason Neiffer and Wes Fryer
350 episodes - English - Latest episode: 17 days ago - ★★★★★ - 1 ratingwhere technology news meets educational analysis
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EdTechSR Ep 185 – The Speed You Need
July 30, 2020 12:44 - 15.4 MBWelcome to episode 185 ("The Speed You Need") of the EdTech Situation Room from July 29, 2020, where technology news meets educational analysis. This week Jason Neiffer (@techsavvyteach) and Wesley Fryer (@wfryer) discussed home Internet speeds and connectivity best practices for remote learners and workers. Coronavirus planning and announcements for the fall 2020 academic term, Congressional testimony by CEOs from Facebook, Amazon, Google, and Apple, and the importance of "reverse image sear...
EdTechSR Ep 185 - The Speed You Need
July 30, 2020 12:44 - 1 hour - 15.4 MBWelcome to episode 185 ("The Speed You Need") of the EdTech Situation Room from July 29, 2020, where technology news meets educational analysis. This week Jason Neiffer (@techsavvyteach) and Wesley Fryer (@wfryer) discussed home Internet speeds and connectivity best practices for remote learners and workers. Coronavirus planning and announcements for the fall 2020 academic term, Congressional testimony by CEOs from Facebook, Amazon, Google, and Apple, and the importance of "reverse image sear...
EdTechSR Ep 184 - Remote Learning Looms Large
July 25, 2020 03:34 - 1 hour - 14.9 MBWelcome to episode 184 ("Remote Learning Looms Large") of the EdTech Situation Room from July 22, 2020, where technology news meets educational analysis. This week Jason Neiffer (@techsavvyteach) and Wesley Fryer (@wfryer) discussed announcements by many school districts nationwide starting the 2020-21 academic year at home in "remote learning" mode. The "Vaccine Trust Problem," Twitter's crackdown on conspiracy / disinformation QAnon accounts, Eric Schmidt's advice about government regulatio...
EdTechSR Ep 184 – Remote Learning Looms Large
July 25, 2020 03:34 - 14.9 MBWelcome to episode 184 ("Remote Learning Looms Large") of the EdTech Situation Room from July 22, 2020, where technology news meets educational analysis. This week Jason Neiffer (@techsavvyteach) and Wesley Fryer (@wfryer) discussed announcements by many school districts nationwide starting the 2020-21 academic year at home in "remote learning" mode. The "Vaccine Trust Problem," Twitter's crackdown on conspiracy / disinformation QAnon accounts, Eric Schmidt's advice about government regulatio...
EdTechSR Ep 183 - Back To School Planning During COVID-19
July 12, 2020 22:16 - 1 hour - 15.6 MBWelcome to episode 183 ("Back To School Planning During COVID-19") of the EdTech Situation Room from July 8, 2020, where technology news meets educational analysis. This week Jason Neiffer (@techsavvyteach) and Wesley Fryer (@wfryer) discussed the upcoming Mountain Moot virtual conference, and the enormous challenges facing school administrators planning for safe K-12 learning in schools this fall amidst the COVID-19 pandemic. Updates from ChromeOS world were shared by Jason, including a fort...
EdTechSR Ep 183 – Back To School Planning During COVID-19
July 12, 2020 22:16 - 15.6 MBWelcome to episode 183 ("Back To School Planning During COVID-19") of the EdTech Situation Room from July 8, 2020, where technology news meets educational analysis. This week Jason Neiffer (@techsavvyteach) and Wesley Fryer (@wfryer) discussed the upcoming Mountain Moot virtual conference, and the enormous challenges facing school administrators planning for safe K-12 learning in schools this fall amidst the COVID-19 pandemic. Updates from ChromeOS world were shared by Jason, including a fort...
EdTechSR Ep 182 – Awash in Digital News
July 02, 2020 20:12 - 15 MBWelcome to episode 182 ("Awash in Digital News") of the EdTech Situation Room from July 1, 2020, where technology news meets educational analysis. This week Jason Neiffer (@techsavvyteach) and Wesley Fryer (@wfryer) discussed our need for media literacy and information filtering strategies, and our ongoing "technology correction" reflected in advertiser protest pressure on Facebook for content moderation. The exciting announcement by Microsoft to offer a public beta of Minecraft Education Edi...
EdTechSR Ep 182 - Awash in Digital News
July 02, 2020 20:12 - 1 hour - 15 MBWelcome to episode 182 ("Awash in Digital News") of the EdTech Situation Room from July 1, 2020, where technology news meets educational analysis. This week Jason Neiffer (@techsavvyteach) and Wesley Fryer (@wfryer) discussed our need for media literacy and information filtering strategies, and our ongoing "technology correction" reflected in advertiser protest pressure on Facebook for content moderation. The exciting announcement by Microsoft to offer a public beta of Minecraft Education Edi...
EdTechSR Ep 181 - Starlink Dreaming
June 20, 2020 16:52 - 1 hour - 15.8 MBWelcome to episode 181 ("Starlink Dreaming") of the EdTech Situation Room from June 17, 2020, where technology news meets educational analysis. This week Jason Neiffer (@techsavvyteach) and Wesley Fryer (@wfryer) discussed virtual and face-to-face summer camps for students and teachers during our present pandemic, ChromeOS news, the "technology correction" and social media developments involving political advertisements, and the dynamics of content moderation of political speech. The beta pha...
EdTechSR Ep 181 – Starlink Dreaming
June 20, 2020 16:52 - 15.8 MBWelcome to episode 181 ("Starlink Dreaming") of the EdTech Situation Room from June 17, 2020, where technology news meets educational analysis. This week Jason Neiffer (@techsavvyteach) and Wesley Fryer (@wfryer) discussed virtual and face-to-face summer camps for students and teachers during our present pandemic, ChromeOS news, the "technology correction" and social media developments involving political advertisements, and the dynamics of content moderation of political speech. The beta pha...
EdTechSR Ep 180 - Read Before You ReTweet
June 11, 2020 13:03 - 1 hour - 16.1 MBWelcome to episode 180 ("Read Before You ReTweet") of the EdTech Situation Room from June 10, 2020, where technology news meets educational analysis. This week Jason Neiffer (@techsavvyteach) and Wesley Fryer (@wfryer) discussed the intersection of privacy and smartphones during civic protests, the spread of false rumors and doctored images during the D.C. protests, and our societal need for media literacy education and media mentors. Liability lawsuits for Amazon over the sale of fake N95 ma...
EdTechSR Ep 180 – Read Before You ReTweet
June 11, 2020 13:03 - 16.1 MBWelcome to episode 180 ("Read Before You ReTweet") of the EdTech Situation Room from June 10, 2020, where technology news meets educational analysis. This week Jason Neiffer (@techsavvyteach) and Wesley Fryer (@wfryer) discussed the intersection of privacy and smartphones during civic protests, the spread of false rumors and doctored images during the D.C. protests, and our societal need for media literacy education and media mentors. Liability lawsuits for Amazon over the sale of fake N95 ma...
EdTechSR Ep 179 - Harbinger of the Tech Correction
May 28, 2020 14:05 - 1 hour - 16.1 MBWelcome to episode 179 ("Harbinger of the Tech Correction") of the EdTech Situation Room from May 27, 2020, where technology news meets educational analysis. This week Jason Neiffer (@techsavvyteach) and Wesley Fryer (@wfryer) discussed the intersection of safety, security, medical needs and privacy when it comes to COVID-19 contact tracing. Developments around Twitter's attempts to counter U.S. Presidential misinformation, "the human cost of misinformation" in the age of neo-coronavirus, and...
EdTechSR Ep 179 – Harbinger of the Tech Correction
May 28, 2020 14:05 - 16.1 MBWelcome to episode 179 ("Harbinger of the Tech Correction") of the EdTech Situation Room from May 27, 2020, where technology news meets educational analysis. This week Jason Neiffer (@techsavvyteach) and Wesley Fryer (@wfryer) discussed the intersection of safety, security, medical needs and privacy when it comes to COVID-19 contact tracing. Developments around Twitter's attempts to counter U.S. Presidential misinformation, "the human cost of misinformation" in the age of neo-coronavirus, and...
EdTechSR Ep 178 - Anticipating a Fluid Future
May 25, 2020 03:44 - 1 hour - 15.1 MBWelcome to episode 178 ("Anticipating a Fluid Future") of the EdTech Situation Room from May 20, 2020, where technology news meets educational analysis. This week Jason Neiffer (@techsavvyteach) and Wesley Fryer (@wfryer) discussed Microsoft's revolutionary "Fluid" Office document format, privacy and surveillance in the COVID-19 era, and a new Mozilla VPN service. Passwords for sale on the dark web, Equifax's failure to provide consumer compensation payments for the 2017 data breach, and cons...
EdTechSR Ep 178 – Anticipating a Fluid Future
May 25, 2020 03:44 - 15.1 MBWelcome to episode 178 ("Anticipating a Fluid Future") of the EdTech Situation Room from May 20, 2020, where technology news meets educational analysis. This week Jason Neiffer (@techsavvyteach) and Wesley Fryer (@wfryer) discussed Microsoft's revolutionary "Fluid" Office document format, privacy and surveillance in the COVID-19 era, and a new Mozilla VPN service. Passwords for sale on the dark web, Equifax's failure to provide consumer compensation payments for the 2017 data breach, and cons...
EdTechSR Ep 177 - COVID-19 May Change Colleges and Schools Forever
May 14, 2020 12:29 - 1 hour - 14.6 MBWelcome to episode 177 ("COVID-19 May Change Colleges and Schools Forever") of the EdTech Situation Room from May 13, 2020, where technology news meets educational analysis. This week Jason Neiffer (@techsavvyteach) and Wesley Fryer (@wfryer) discussed predictions for how the COVID-19 pandemic may significantly disrupt higher education to the benefit of "top tier" universities, the glaring inequities in educational opportunities laid bare by mandated "remote learning" / learning at home today...
EdTechSR Ep 177 – COVID-19 May Change Colleges and Schools Forever
May 14, 2020 12:29 - 14.6 MBWelcome to episode 177 ("COVID-19 May Change Colleges and Schools Forever") of the EdTech Situation Room from May 13, 2020, where technology news meets educational analysis. This week Jason Neiffer (@techsavvyteach) and Wesley Fryer (@wfryer) discussed predictions for how the COVID-19 pandemic may significantly disrupt higher education to the benefit of "top tier" universities, the glaring inequities in educational opportunities laid bare by mandated "remote learning" / learning at home today...
EdTechSR Ep 176 - Choose Your Digital Platform Investments Carefully
May 07, 2020 11:57 - 1 hour - 15.2 MBWelcome to episode 176 ("Choose Your Digital Platform Investments Carefully") of the EdTech Situation Room from May 7, 2020, where technology news meets educational analysis. This week Jason Neiffer (@techsavvyteach) and Wesley Fryer (@wfryer) discussed updates from Apple including more predicted "opening" to third party platforms on iOS and MacOS, FaceID and masks, and prescient words from Tim Cook in the latest Apple earnings call. On the Microsoft front, Windows 10X progress as as a Chrome...
EdTechSR Ep 176 – Choose Your Digital Platform Investments Carefully
May 07, 2020 11:57 - 15.2 MBWelcome to episode 176 ("Choose Your Digital Platform Investments Carefully") of the EdTech Situation Room from May 7, 2020, where technology news meets educational analysis. This week Jason Neiffer (@techsavvyteach) and Wesley Fryer (@wfryer) discussed updates from Apple including more predicted "opening" to third party platforms on iOS and MacOS, FaceID and masks, and prescient words from Tim Cook in the latest Apple earnings call. On the Microsoft front, Windows 10X progress as as a Chrome...
EdTechSR Ep 175 - Don't Close Your Streamyard Tab
May 01, 2020 02:04 - 1 hour - 14.9 MBWelcome to episode 175 ("Don't Close Your Streamyard Tab") of the EdTech Situation Room from April 29, 2020, where technology news meets educational analysis. This week Jason Neiffer (@techsavvyteach) and Wesley Fryer (@wfryer) discussed several Google Updates: the availability of Google's Hangouts Meet videoconferencing platform for consumer Google accounts, a way to extend the life of your Chromebook's browser, and updates to GSuite's sharing dialog. An amusing rant by a judge over a lawyer...
EdTechSR Ep 175 – Don’t Close Your Streamyard Tab
May 01, 2020 02:04 - 14.9 MBWelcome to episode 175 ("Don't Close Your Streamyard Tab") of the EdTech Situation Room from April 29, 2020, where technology news meets educational analysis. This week Jason Neiffer (@techsavvyteach) and Wesley Fryer (@wfryer) discussed several Google Updates: the availability of Google's Hangouts Meet videoconferencing platform for consumer Google accounts, a way to extend the life of your Chromebook's browser, and updates to GSuite's sharing dialog. An amusing rant by a judge over a lawyer...
EdTechSR Ep 174 - The Eye of Sauron Briefly Appears
April 24, 2020 22:34 - 1 hour - 15.8 MBWelcome to episode 174 ("The Eye of Sauron Briefly Appears") of the EdTech Situation Room from April 22, 2020, where technology news meets educational analysis. This week Jason Neiffer (@techsavvyteach) and Wesley Fryer (@wfryer) discussed Tab Groups in Google Chrome, disinformation stories inspired is that the right word?!) by the neo-coronavirus, updates to videoconferencing tools WhatsApp and Hangouts Meet, digital divide realities made more visible by the COVID-19 pandemic, and announceme...
EdTechSR Ep 174 – The Eye of Sauron Briefly Appears
April 24, 2020 22:34 - 15.8 MBWelcome to episode 174 ("The Eye of Sauron Briefly Appears") of the EdTech Situation Room from April 22, 2020, where technology news meets educational analysis. This week Jason Neiffer (@techsavvyteach) and Wesley Fryer (@wfryer) discussed Tab Groups in Google Chrome, disinformation stories inspired is that the right word?!) by the neo-coronavirus, updates to videoconferencing tools WhatsApp and Hangouts Meet, digital divide realities made more visible by the COVID-19 pandemic, and announceme...
EdTechSR Ep 173 - Skip That Facebook Quiz
April 18, 2020 22:11 - 1 hour - 15.7 MBWelcome to episode 173 ("Skip That Facebook Quiz") of the EdTech Situation Room from April 15, 2020, where technology news meets educational analysis. This week Jason Neiffer (@techsavvyteach) and Wesley Fryer (@wfryer) discussed the ongoing impact of the neo-coronavirus pandemic on schools, Google Chrome Tab Groups, Google Drive Workspaces, and a free extension which can "Zoomify" Google Hangouts Meet videoconferences (in one way). Apple's announcements of the more-affordable iPhone SE and a...
EdTechSR Ep 173 – Skip That Facebook Quiz
April 18, 2020 22:11 - 15.7 MBWelcome to episode 173 ("Skip That Facebook Quiz") of the EdTech Situation Room from April 15, 2020, where technology news meets educational analysis. This week Jason Neiffer (@techsavvyteach) and Wesley Fryer (@wfryer) discussed the ongoing impact of the neo-coronavirus pandemic on schools, Google Chrome Tab Groups, Google Drive Workspaces, and a free extension which can "Zoomify" Google Hangouts Meet videoconferences (in one way). Apple's announcements of the more-affordable iPhone SE and a...
EdTechSR Ep 172 - Don't Jack with My Zoom
April 11, 2020 01:46 - 1 hour - 15.4 MBWelcome to episode 172 ("Don't Jack with My Zoom") of the EdTech Situation Room from April 8, 2020, where technology news meets educational analysis. This week Jason Neiffer (@techsavvyteach) and Wesley Fryer (@wfryer) continued to discuss the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on teachers, students, and parents, but also highlighted some recent technology headlines involving zoomjacking, remote learning, disinformation, YouTube influencers in the neo-coronavirus era, and "the technology correc...
EdTechSR Ep 172 – Don’t Jack with My Zoom
April 11, 2020 01:46 - 15.4 MBWelcome to episode 172 ("Don't Jack with My Zoom") of the EdTech Situation Room from April 8, 2020, where technology news meets educational analysis. This week Jason Neiffer (@techsavvyteach) and Wesley Fryer (@wfryer) continued to discuss the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on teachers, students, and parents, but also highlighted some recent technology headlines involving zoomjacking, remote learning, disinformation, YouTube influencers in the neo-coronavirus era, and "the technology correc...
EdTechSR Ep 171 - This Week in Pandemics
April 02, 2020 11:39 - 1 hour - 14.7 MBWelcome to episode 171 of the EdTech Situation Room from April 1, 2020, where technology news meets educational analysis. This week Jason Neiffer (@techsavvyteach) and Wesley Fryer (@wfryer) continued to discuss the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on teachers, students, and parents, but also highlighted some recent technology headlines involving security, media literacy, and other issues. Those included the completion of the T-Mobile and Sprint merger, PBS Learning Media Resources for Home L...
EdTechSR Ep 171 – This Week in Pandemics
April 02, 2020 11:39 - 14.7 MBWelcome to episode 171 of the EdTech Situation Room from April 1, 2020, where technology news meets educational analysis. This week Jason Neiffer (@techsavvyteach) and Wesley Fryer (@wfryer) continued to discuss the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on teachers, students, and parents, but also highlighted some recent technology headlines involving security, media literacy, and other issues. Those included the completion of the T-Mobile and Sprint merger, PBS Learning Media Resources for Home L...
EdTech Situation Room Episode 170
March 26, 2020 20:39 - 1 hour - 15.2 MBWelcome to episode 170 of the EdTech Situation Room from March 25, 2020, where technology news meets educational analysis. This week Jason Neiffer (@techsavvyteach) and Wesley Fryer (@wfryer) welcomed Eric Langhorst (@elanghorst) back as a special guest. Topics for the show included ongoing impacts of COVID-19 on schools, teachers and students, new product announcements from Apple, a discussion on whether or not home workers should leave smart speakers turned on, and more. Helpful and practic...
EdTech Situation Room Episode 169
March 19, 2020 15:54 - 1 hour - 15.2 MBWelcome to episode 169 of the EdTech Situation Room from March 18, 2020, where technology news meets educational analysis. This week Jason Neiffer (@techsavvyteach) and Wesley Fryer (@wfryer) discussed the exceptional week of neo-coronavirus / COVID-19 announcements, closures, and news we've experienced globally in the past seven days. We also discussed a few recent technology headlines, which (as usual) are linked in the shownotes, but most of our conversation focused on ways we can adapt an...
EdTech Situation Room Episode 168
March 12, 2020 11:39 - 1 hour - 15.2 MBWelcome to episode 168 of the EdTech Situation Room from March 11, 2020, where technology news meets educational analysis. This week Jason Neiffer (@techsavvyteach) and Wesley Fryer (@wfryer) discussed the impact of the coronavirus / Covid-19 on schools, resources for teachers and students "learning at home," media literacy in the age of coronavirus, critical wellness / self-care tips when working and teaching from home, and more. Additional topics included a major security victory for white ...
EdTech Situation Room Episode 167
March 05, 2020 12:28 - 1 hour - 15.2 MBWelcome to episode 167 of the EdTech Situation Room from March 4, 2020, where technology news meets educational analysis. This week Jason Neiffer (@techsavvyteach) was out on assignment, so special guest Carl Hooker (@mrhooker) joined Wesley Fryer (@wfryer) to discuss the past week's technology headlines through an educational lens. Topics addressed included the impacts of the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) on upcoming conferences and events, special upgrades and extended product trials ...
EdTech Situation Room Episode 166
February 29, 2020 12:20 - 56 minutes - 13.2 MBWelcome to episode 166 of the EdTech Situation Room from February 26, 2020, where technology news meets educational analysis. This week Jason Neiffer (@techsavvyteach) was out on assignment, so special guest Susan Bearden (@s_bearden) joined Wesley Fryer (@wfryer) to discuss the past week's technology headlines through an educational lens. Topics addressed included the victory for Google Forms as a reliable information technology tool the Democratic Caucuses in Nevada and the malware dangers ...
EdTech Situation Room Episode 165
February 13, 2020 12:34 - 1 hour - 15.1 MBWelcome to episode 165 of the EdTech Situation Room from February 13, 2020, where technology news meets educational analysis. This week Jason Neiffer (@techsavvyteach) and Wesley Fryer (@wfryer) discussed changes to "backup files" in Google Drive and the demise of Andy Rubin's "Essential" Android phone hardware company. After another consecutive week of shout outs to the "EdTech Takeout Episode 71," we discussed the requirement for YouTube creators to mark all videos "made for kids" which fit...
EdTech Situation Room Episode 164
February 07, 2020 15:00 - 1 hour - 15.1 MBWelcome to episode 164 of the EdTech Situation Room from February 6, 2020, where technology news meets educational analysis. This week Jason Neiffer (@techsavvyteach) and Wesley Fryer (@wfryer) discussed technology and mobile app woes in this week's Iowa Primary party caucuses and election, a case study of 'what not to do" with regard to copyright and Disney movies shown for a school fundraiser in California, and the 15 year birthday of Google Maps. The largest article collection in this week...
EdTech Situation Room Episode 163
January 30, 2020 13:18 - 1 hour - 14.9 MBWelcome to episode 163 of the EdTech Situation Room from January 29, 2020, where technology news meets educational analysis. This week Jason Neiffer (@techsavvyteach) and Wesley Fryer (@wfryer) discussed recent revelations that the Avast Antivirus software program is a dragnet for user browser history sold to interested buyers, Google's announced extensions to ChromeOS support updates, and Google's forthcoming AirDrop clone, "Fast Share." A bizarre but newly validated story of Saudi Arabia's ...
EdTech Situation Room Episode 162
January 16, 2020 12:32 - 1 hour - 15.4 MBWelcome to episode 162 of the EdTech Situation Room from January 15, 2020, where technology news meets educational analysis. This week Jason Neiffer (@techsavvyteach) and Wesley Fryer (@wfryer) discussed Microsoft's new Edge Chromium web browser, Instagram's new policy to hide 'faked' images, 'Techlash" against the big tech companies on college campuses, and new research about blue light and sleep with our digital screens. More U.S. states mandating media literacy education, the arrival of Wi...
EdTech Situation Room Episode 161
January 11, 2020 01:12 - 1 hour - 14.9 MBWelcome to episode 161 of the EdTech Situation Room from January 8, 2020, where technology news meets educational analysis. This week Jason Neiffer (@techsavvyteach) and Wesley Fryer (@wfryer) discussed new technology (including possible vaporware) revealed at the 2020 Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas, Apple's return to CES to champion digital privacy, and an exciting update to Bluetooth. Facebook's announced ban of "deepfake" videos and the potential problems they face with this ...
EdTech Situation Room Episode 160
January 02, 2020 14:47 - 1 hour - 15.1 MBWelcome to episode 160 of the EdTech Situation Room from January 1, 2020, where technology news meets educational analysis. This week Jason Neiffer (@techsavvyteach) and Wesley Fryer (@wfryer) kicked off the first show of the new year by discussing Audrey Waters' (@audreywatters) marathon post "The 100 Worst Ed-Tech Debacles of the Decade," and Dean Shareski's (@shareski) post "I Don’t Think I’m an EdTech Guy Anymore." On the security front, recent Amazon Ring "hack incidents" revealed to be ...
EdTech Situation Room Episode 159
December 19, 2019 12:09 - 1 hour - 14.8 MBWelcome to episode 159 of the EdTech Situation Room from December 18, 2019, where technology news meets educational analysis. This week Jason Neiffer (@techsavvyteach) and Wesley Fryer (@wfryer) co-hosted our annual "Technology Shopping Cart" edition, when they recommended a diverse variety of tech related gifts for the geeks in your life. Check out the shownotes for a complete list of referenced products and goodies. Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays! If you use any of our recommendations a...
EdTech Situation Room Episode 158
December 13, 2019 04:47 - 1 hour - 15.6 MBWelcome to episode 158 of the EdTech Situation Room from December 11, 2019, where technology news meets educational analysis. This week Jason Neiffer (@techsavvyteach) and Wesley Fryer (@wfryer) discussed headlines from our continuing "Technology Cold War" between the United States and China, as well as the U.S. and Russia. China has announced it will purge all foreign made computer equipment from government offices, the FCC continues to oppose Huawei in US ISP networks, and reports continue ...
EdTech Situation Room Episode 157
December 04, 2019 12:18 - 1 hour - 15.3 MBWelcome to episode 157 of the EdTech Situation Room from December 3, 2019, where technology news meets educational analysis. This week Jason Neiffer (@techsavvyteach) and Wesley Fryer (@wfryer) discussed the ascendency of Sundar Pichai to the throne of Alphabet, research revealing sophisticated and ongoing Russian propaganda efforts to weaponize social media to foment division and polarization in the United States, CyberMonday deals over the weekend for U.S technology consumers, and the 10 ye...
EdTech Situation Room Episode 156
November 22, 2019 12:30 - 1 hour - 15.6 MBWelcome to episode 156 of the EdTech Situation Room from November 20, 2019, where technology news meets educational analysis. This week Jason Neiffer (@techsavvyteach) and Wesley Fryer (@wfryer) discussed hoopla over YouTube's new requirements for "Creators" worldwide uploading videos to comply with COPPA law in the United States. The ongoing collapse of our information ecosystem thanks (in large part) to both disinformation and the monopolistic domination of global advertising revenues by Fa...
EdTech Situation Room Episode 155
November 15, 2019 11:53 - 1 hour - 75 MBWelcome to episode 155 of the EdTech Situation Room from November 13, 2019, where technology news meets educational analysis. This week Jason Neiffer (@techsavvyteach) and Wesley Fryer (@wfryer) discussed YouTube's newly announced terms of service to apparently pave the way for more channel / account takedowns, the latest 2018-19 report "Why Rural Matters," and the importance of addressing the rural/urban political divides which separate many voters in western states like Montana and Oklahoma...
EdTech Situation Room Episode 154
November 07, 2019 13:11 - 1 hour - 73 MBWelcome to episode 154 of the EdTech Situation Room from November 6, 2019, where technology news meets educational analysis. This week Jason Neiffer (@techsavvyteach) and Wesley Fryer (@wfryer) discussed the popularity and function of Apple's AirPods, ways to restore/enlarge your iPad icons with iPadOS13, and the benefits of using an Apple Watch as a wireless remote control during a presentation. Extended ChromeOS support from Google for hundreds of older Chromebooks, booming Chromebook sales...
EdTech Situation Room Episode 153
October 31, 2019 23:14 - 1 hour - 15.4 MBWelcome to episode 153 of the EdTech Situation Room from October 30, 2019, where technology news meets educational analysis. This week Jason Neiffer (@techsavvyteach) and Wesley Fryer (@wfryer) discussed Twitter's announcement to stop accepting paid political advertisements for candidates or issues, Facebook's employee complaints over its political ad policy, challenges to Mark Zuckerberg in testimony before the U.S. Congress, and a "deep fake" video targeting Senator Lindsey Graham over the ...
EdTech Situation Room Episode 152
October 24, 2019 23:34 - 1 hour - 14.5 MBWelcome to episode 152 of the EdTech Situation Room from October 23, 2019, where technology news meets educational analysis. This week Jason Neiffer (@techsavvyteach) and Wesley Fryer (@wfryer) discussed the demise of Nest smart thermostat installations by contractors following Google's acquisition, the Pixel 4 smartphone, Google fees for GMail storage, and Google's new "digital wellbeing" experimental apps. Enhanced genetic editing via CRISPR Prime / Primate Editing, the retirement of 8 inc...
EdTech Situation Room Episode 151
October 18, 2019 02:31 - 1 hour - 16.2 MBWelcome to episode 151 of the EdTech Situation Room from October 16, 2019, where technology news meets educational analysis. This week Jason Neiffer (@techsavvyteach) was out on a birthday special assignment, so returning guest Carl Hooker (@mrhooker) joined Wesley Fryer (@wfryer) to discuss the past week's technology news through an educational lens. Topics included disinformation in the Turkish/Kurd conflict in Syria, "deep fake" videos, surveillance and privacy in our connected age, and th...