Welcome to episode 140 of the EdTech Situation Room from June 26, 2019, where technology news meets educational analysis. This week Jason Neiffer (@techsavvyteach) and Wesley Fryer (@wfryer) discussed options for live webinars like ours when YouTube’s “Hangouts on Air” goes away later this year, exciting updates to ChromeOS, Google’s addition of media literacy lessons to its free digital citizenship curriculum, and the theoretical cost of an advertisement-free Internet. Additional topics included privacy protecting web browser options, Bill Gates regrets concerning Microsoft’s mobile phone operating system, journalism lobbyists pandering Congress for protective legislation from Google and Facebook, and the perils of public referendums on complicated economic and political issues. Geeks of the week included the “Bunk 1” app which utilizes impressive (and somewhat creepy) facial recognition for summer camp students, and the benefits of following app / service hashtags on Twitter. Please follow us on Twitter @edtechSR for updates, and join us LIVE on Wednesday nights if you can (normally) at 10 pm Eastern / 9 pm Central / 8 pm Mountain / 7 pm Pacific or 3 am UTC. All shownotes are available on http://edtechSR.com/links.
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- Hangouts on Air livestreaming on YouTube ‘going away’ later this year (9 to 5 Google; 20 June 2019)
- OBS: Open Broadcaster Software
- Wirecast Encoding Software
- For LiveStreaming Zoom requires $15/month Pro account AND $40/month webinar add-on
- Facebook Live streaming via Open Broadcaster Software
- Chrome OS 75 Stable version arrives: Here’s what you need to know (About Chromebooks; 26 June 2019)
- Chrome OS 75 mounts third-party Android cloud storage to the native Files app on Chromebooks (About Chromebooks; 22 June 2019)
- Google Drive Offline Access Expands to All File Types (PC Magazine; 25 June 2019)
- No new Google-branded tablets; Pixel Slate is now a collector’s item (About Chromebooks; 20 June 2019)
- New (Old) Kid On The Block: Promethean Launches First Chromebox Ahead Of ISTE (ChromeUnboxed; 21 June 2019)
- Google’s new media literacy program teaches kids how to spot disinformation and fake news (TechCrunch, 24 June 2019)
- Apple Watch shipments grew 22% in 2018, thanks to popularity of the Series 4 (9 to 5 Mac; 25 June 2019)
- The cost of an ad-free internet: $35 more per month (Vox; 24 June 2019)
- It’s Time to Switch to a Privacy Browser (Wired, 16 June 2019)
- Microsoft missed out on $400B by letting Android take on Apple – Bill Gates (9 to 5 Google; 24 June 2019)
- Newspapers’ Embarrassing Lobbying Campaign (Politico, 10 June 2019)
- Richard Dawkins: Ignoramuses should have no say on our EU membership—and that includes me (Prospect Magazine, June 2016)
- Wes’ Geek of the Week: Bunk1 app (@/bunk1camps)
- Jason’s Geek of the Week: Follow App/Service Hashtags on Twitter
