Welcome to episode 90 of the EdTech Situation Room from March 28, 2018, where technology news meets educational analysis. This week special guest Felix Jacomino (@FelixJacomino) and Wes Fryer (@wfryer) discussed a gripping tale of iPhone10 survival on the SheiKra Roller Coaster in Busch Gardens, Apple’s Education Event in Chicago on Tuesday, digital citizenship themes surrounding the Facebook / Cambridge Analytica hoopla as well as Florida school shootings, and the upcoming closure of WikiSpaces. Additional topics included some amazing, recent biotech headlines about protein engineering and the discovery of a new human organ, YouTube’s decision to use WikiPedia links to fight online conspiracy theories, and Google’s launch of a ChromeOS tablet. Geeks of the week included Sketchnoting apps ProCreate (iOS) and ArtFlow (Android) and Branded URL Shortening Service thetinyLINQ.com. Please follow us on Twitter @edtechSR for updates. Refer to the podcast shownotes for links to all our referenced articles and resources. Next week tune in 2 hours early on Wednesday for a conversation with special guests Alice Barr (@alicebarr) and Cheryl Oakes (@cheryloakes50).
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- SheiKra Roller Coaster in Busch Gardens
- Ad-Blocker Ghostery Just Went Open Source—And Has a New Business Model (Wired, 18 March 2018)
- Social Media Privacy Settings and Election Hacking (DigCit.us video)
- Book recommendation: Screenwise: Helping Kids Thrive (and Survive) in Their Digital World (by @DevorahHeitner)
- WikiSpaces Shutting Down 31 July 2018
- CDs and vinyl are outselling digital music downloads (Engadget, 22 March 2018)
- Parkland student David Hogg has been dismantling lawmakers on social media (ABC News, 27 March 2018)
- Big data is watching you – and it wants your vote (Spectator, 24 March 2018)
- FTC confirms Facebook probe over Cambridge Analytica user data fiasco (AppleInsider, 26 March 2018)
- How Your Data on Facebook Is Collected and Used to Win Elections (MakeUseOf, 22 March 2018)
- Facebook’s Cambridge Analytica problems are nothing compared to what’s coming for all of online publishing (@dsearls, 23 March 2018)
- As Apple Plans to Launch New Low-Cost iPad, Google Debuts First Chrome OS Tablet (MacRumors, 26 March 2018)
- YouTube Will Link Directly to Wikipedia to Fight Conspiracy Theories (Wired, 13 March 2018)
- Apple’s low-cost iPad ‘will likely’ support the Pencil, analyst says (Verge, 23 March 2018)
- “Live from Apple’s ‘Field Trip’ education event in Chicago” (AppleInsider, 27 March 2018)
- Newly-discovered human organ may help explain how cancer spreads (New Scientist, 27 March 2018)
- Protein Engineering May Be the Future of Science (Bloomberg, 27 March 2018)
- Wes’ Geek of the Week: Sketchnote with ProCreate (iOS) and ArtFlow (Android)
- Felix’ Geek of the Week: tinyLINQ.com – Branded URL Shortening Service
