Welcome to episode 146 of the EdTech Situation Room from September 4, 2019, where technology news meets educational analysis. This week Jason Neiffer (@techsavvyteach) and Wesley Fryer (@wfryer) discussed the release of Android 10, Carl Hooker’s (@mrhooker) recent Twitter conversation and blog post on why banning smartphones in the classroom is a bad idea, and lessons we should all learn about security following the hack of Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey’s account. Imposter sellers and FCC-illegal cell phone signal boosters on Amazon, Apple’s forthcoming September 10th event with rumors of a new iPhone, and the “deep fake” Zao iOS app craze in China were also highlighted. Microsoft’s October 2 Surface event and more warnings for Windows10 updates were topics rounding out the show. Geeks of the week included the amazing app “Genius Scan” for both Android and iOS, Wes’ free Flipboard magazine “iReading,” and Wonder Links shared on Wes’ new curriculum and lesson website for school. Our show was live streamed and archived simultaneously on YouTube Live as well as Facebook Live via StreamYard.com and Restream.io . 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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- Will my phone get Android 10? (Android Central; 3 September 2019)
- Android 10 features you’ll love: New privacy controls (Android Central; 3 September 2019)
- Android 10 Review: Works Nice, If You Can Get It (The Verge; 4 September 2019)
- Google can’t fix the Android update problem (The Verge; 4 September 2019)
- What Opportunities are Lost When You Ban Technology (Carl Hooker @mrhooker, 1 Sept 2019)
- Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey’s account was hacked (The Verge; 4 September 2019)
- Three Takeaways From the Hack of Jack Dorsey’s Twitter Account (One Zero; 30 August 2019)
- Even Amazon’s Own Products Are Getting Hijacked By Imposter Sellers (The Verge; 29 August 2019)
- Unlicensed signal boosters get a boost from Amazon (Wired, 30 Aug 2019)
- Apple’s next iPhone event will take place on September 10th (The Verge; 29 August 2019)
- Apple’s Tile-like tracking device likely to have removable battery, AR features, work with ‘Items’ tab in Find My app (9 to 5 Mac; 30 August 2019)
- Apple offers customers even more options for safe, reliable repairs (Apple; 29 August 2019)
- Microsoft announces Surface event on October 2nd in New York City (The Verge; 27 August 2019)
- Warning Issued For Millions Of Microsoft Windows 10 Users (Forbes, 1 Sept 2019)
- ‘Deepfake’ app causes fraud and privacy fears in China (BBC News, 4 Sept 2019)
- Viral Chinese app Zao puts your face in place of Leonardo DiCaprio’s in ‘deepfake’ videos (Washington Post, 3 Sept 2019)
- Facebook wouldn’t delete an altered video of Nancy Pelosi. What about one of Mark Zuckerberg? (Washington Post, 12 June 2019)
- Genius Scan for Android and iOS
- iReading on Flipboard (articles curated by Wes) and Wonder Links (by @wfryer & @sfryer)
