Welcome to episode 331 (“CrowdStrike Crisis Impact”) of the EdTech Situation Room from July 24, 2024, where technology news meets educational analysis. This week, Dr. Jason Neiffer (aicentrist.com) and Dr. Wesley Fryer (wesfryer.com) covered an array of pressing issues in tech and education. They delved into the recent widespread disruption caused by a CrowdStrike security update, which affected numerous organizations, including airlines and medical facilities, sparking discussions on cybersecurity vulnerability, dependency on digital infrastructure, and the essential preparations individuals and organizations should make. On the legislative front, they reviewed judicial blocks on age-verification laws for social media in Mississippi, examining the implications for digital privacy, parental control, and student safety. The hosts also discussed AI in education, with updates on emerging AI models from Meta and Mistral, the rise of open-source options, and considerations for classroom integration. The ethical considerations surrounding generative AI and the risk of “lazy learning” with AI-assisted assignments were hot topics, leading to a conversation about critical engagement, media literacy, and the role of assignments in fostering genuine learning. “Geeks of the Week” included Wes’s discovery of Spoutible, a Twitter alternative focused on safety, and his experiences using AI to troubleshoot coding projects with MakeCode Arcade. Jason shared LocalSend, an open-source cross-platform file-sharing app for Android and iOS, providing an alternative to AirDrop. Our show was live-streamed and archived on YouTube Live via StreamYard.com. Please follow our @EdtechSR page on Facebook, @edtechsr@mastodon.education on Mastodon for updates, and join LIVE on Wednesday nights if you can. All shownotes are available on edtechSR.com/links. AI Disclosure: An initial draft of this episode summary was generated using https://notegpt.io/youtube-transcript-generator and a custom GPT on ChatGPT, as well as options for our show title! Stay savvy and safe!
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- Jason Neiffer (Mastodon: mastodon.cloud/@neif) – aicentrist.com – blog: blog.ncce.org
- Wes Fryer (Mastodon: mastodon.cloud/@wfryer) – wesfryer.com
- Introducing Llama 3.1: Our most capable models to date (Meta; 23 July 2024)
- Apple shows off open AI prowess: new models outperform Mistral and Hugging Face offerings (VentureBeat; 19 July 2024)
- Finding GPT-4’s mistakes with GPT-4 (Open AI Blog; 27 June 2024)
- Record labels sue AI music generators Suno and Udio alleging “unimaginable scales” of copyright infringement (MusicTech, 24 June 2024)
- Eureka Labs
- 3 things parents and students told us about how generative AI can support learning (Google Blog; 18 July 2024)
- [VIDEO] The real reasons Apple won’t put macOS on the iPad (The Verge via YouTube; 24 July 2024)
- CrowdStrike blames test software for taking down 8.5 million Windows machines (THe Verge; 24 July 2024)
- But… The worst internet outage still hasn’t happened yet (Vox; 24 July 2024)
- The Paris Olympics Will Show Us the Future of Sports on TV (Wired 17 July 2024) – Paywall free version
- Judge blocks Mississippi law that required age verification on social media (Verge, 2 Jul 2024)
- The FBI got into the Trump rally shooter’s phone in just 40 minutes (Verge, 19 Jul 2024)
- Jason’s Geek of the Week: https://localsend.org/
- Wes’ Geek of the Week: Debugging Javascript with Claude and Wes on Spoutible
