Welcome to episode 225 (“Beware Video Embeds”) of the EdTech Situation Room from July 28, 2021, where technology news meets educational analysis. This week Jason Neiffer (@techsavvyteach) and Wesley Fryer (@wfryer) discussed media literacy, privacy, changing iOS app icons, Microsoft Edge’s latest version, Google news, social media updates from Clubhouse, Twitter and Facebook, and a cautionary tale from a defunct video sharing site. 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. Stay savvy and safe!
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- Majority of Covid misinformation came from 12 people, report finds (The Guardian, 17 July 2021)
- Disinformation for Hire, a Shadow Industry, Is Quietly Booming (NY Times, 25 July 2021)
- QR Codes Are Here to Stay. So Is the Tracking They Allow (New York Times; 26 July 2021)
- This outed priest’s story is a warning for everyone about the need for data privacy laws (Recode, 21 July 2021)
- iOS 14.7 lets you change iPhone app icons. Here’s how to make your home screen ‘aesthetic’ (cNet; 25 July 2021)
- Microsoft Edge 92 starts rolling out to mainstream users (ZDNet; 22 July 2021)
- Classroom adapts for the future of learning and teaching (Google Blog; 22 July 2021)
- YouTube’s newest monetization tool lets viewers tip creators for their uploads (TechCrunch, 20 July 2021)
- Google is finally doing something about Google Drive spam (ArsTechnica, 23 July 2021)
- Google pushed a one-character typo to production, bricking Chrome OS devices (Ars Technica; 22 July 2021)
- Clubhouse is now out of beta and open to everyone you (TechCrunch, 21 July 2021)
- Twitter is shutting down Fleets on August 3, citing low usage (TechCrunch, 14 July 2021)
- How Facebook let fake engagement distort global politics: a whistleblower’s account (Guardian, 12 April 2021) via Your Undivided Attention (9 July 2021)
- Twitter for iOS begins testing dislike button for some users (9to5Mac, 21 July 2021)
- Twitter shares a first look at the ‘big overhaul’ coming to TweetDeck (The Verge; 20 July 2021)
- A Defunct Video Hosting Site Is Flooding Normal Websites With Hardcore Porn (Motherboard; 22 July 2021)
- Jason’s Geeks of the Week: Present at NCCE 2022! – Gravy Podcast on Prison Food
- Wes’ Geeks of the Week: Google’s Paint with Music and Digital Learning Activities with Google Drawings and Twitter Bookmarks
