Welcome to episode 222 (“Ransomware Canary Speaks”) of the EdTech Situation Room from June 9, 2021, where technology news meets educational analysis. This week Jason Neiffer (@techsavvyteach) and Wesley Fryer (@wfryer) discussed our ongoing computer chip shortage and likely impacts, the FCC-managed $7 billion connectivity fund for U.S. schools, and tech reviews on Lon.TV. Media recommendations from Wes’ middle school students, Apple’s WWDC 2021 announcements (just a few of them, there were a TON of newly announced features) and Apple’s forthcoming AirTag improvements were also highlighted. A clever video of AirTag tracking sent to North Korea, Tim Cook and Elon Musk, Amazon Prime Day June 21-22, the password breach behind the Colonial Pipeline hack, and the FBI Director’s Ransomware 9-11 warning / comparison were topics rounding out the show. Geeks of the Week included ArcGIS StoryMaps, River Runner, a permanent Minecraft enchantment, and the Digital Learning Annual Conference. Please see our shownotes for links to all these articles and resources! Our show was live streamed and archived simultaneously on YouTube Live as well as our Facebook Live page via StreamYard.com, and compressed to a smaller video version (about 100MB) on AmazonS3 using Handbrake software. Please follow us on Twitter @edtechSR for updates, and join us LIVE on Wednesday nights (normally) if you can 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. Note we will be on a 4 week summer break starting next week! Our next show will be Wednesday, July 14, 2021. Stay savvy and safe!
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- Cisco says computer chip shortage to last six months (BBC; 25 April 2021)
- FCC Finalizes $7 Billion Connectivity Fund: What Districts and Vendors Need to Know (EdWeek Market Brief, 12 May 2021)
- Lon.TV (great video reviews)
- Media Recommendations (including YouTube videos) from Casady School 5th & 6th Graders
- Everything Apple announced in its WWDC 2021 keynote: iOS 15, macOS Monterey, more (9 to 5 Mac; 7 June 2021)
- Apple announces AirTag privacy improvements, Android app coming this year (9 to 5 Mac; 3 June 2021)
- VIDEO: I sent an AirTag to North Korea, Tim Cook and Elon Musk!
- Amazon Prime Day set for June 21 and 22 (CNBC; 2 June 2021)
- Hackers Breached Colonial Pipeline Using Compromised Password (Bloomberg; 4 June 2021)
- FBI Director Compares Ransomware Challenge to 9/11 (WSJ; 4 June 2021)
- Wes’ Geeks of the Week: ArcGIS StoryMaps – River Runner (via @cogdog) – Minecraft “Curse Binding Enchantment”
- Jason’s Geek of the Week: Digital Learning Annual Conference, Next Week… Online!
