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Welcome to episode 195 (“Search History Overreach'”) of the EdTech Situation Room from October 21, 2020, where technology news meets educational analysis. This week Jason Neiffer (@techsavvyteach) and Wesley Fryer (@wfryer) discussed privacy-violating subpoenas Google is now complying with, which provide identifying information about ALL people in a certain context who are searching for particular terms online. Historically, accessing knowledge (like checking out or reading particular library books) has not been something to which law enforcement officials in the United States have NOT had ready access. Our conversations touched on privacy issues involving VPNs, the TOR browser, how TCP/IP header packets include identifying MAC address information for the device(s) people use to access the Internet, and more. Additional topics discussed included surveillance capitalism, revelations that antivirus company AVAST secretly sold user data, Cory Doctorow’s decision to write less dystopian SciFi, and a new competitor to Zoom in the academic videoconferencing market: Engageli. On the Google / ChromeOS front, Google’s decision to extend the supported life of ChromeOS on many Chromebooks (to 9-10 years), Acer’s forthcoming Chromebook with Snapdragon chips, and the overall arc of computer processors to use smartphone chips were discussed. The U.S. Department of Justice’s newly announced anti-trust case against Google for alleged monopolistic behavior in maintaining its global dominance in Internet search, as well as an outstanding Renee DiResta (@noupside) article in the Atlantic about the rise and continued influence of QAnon and conspiracy groups to push conspiracy theories into mainstream media was also highlighted. Geeks of the Week included a YouTube Creators’ tutorial about editing videos in the YouTube Studio interface, an outstanding Sway podcast interview with Elon Musk, and the cellular alternative provider, Visible. 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.

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1. EdTech Situation Room Listener Survey: wfryer.me/edtechsr
2. Follow @edtechSR on Twitter!
3. Audio podcast feed (Subscribe with iTunes or Stitcher)
4. Video version on YouTube
5. Check out our video podcast feed and subscribe to our YouTube Channel (episodes also in this YouTube playlist)
6. Jason Neiffer (@techsavvyteach) – blog: blog.ncce.org
7. Wes Fryer (@wfryer) – blog: speedofcreativity.org – Shared Media Literacy Lessons & Curriculum
8. Google is giving data to police based on search keywords, court docs show (cNet; 8 October 2020)
9. Homegrown Hate: The War Among Us (ABC News Documentary, 6 Oct 2020)
10. PODCAST “In Machines We Trust” by @StrongReporter of @techreview
11. Clearview AI (English WikiPedia)
12. Security Now Podcast (on TwIT)
13. Leaked Documents Expose the Secretive Market for Your Web Browsing Data (Vice; 27 January 2020)
14. The police want your phone data. Here’s what they can get — and what they can’t. (Recode; 21 October 2020)
15. Surveillance Capitalism (English WikiPedia)
16. Mote: Voice Commenting in Google Docs
17. Engageli (videoconferencing startup)
18. The Dangers of Cynical Sci-Fi Disaster Stories (Slate, 13 Oct 2020)
19. Coursera’s co-founder thinks Zoom doesn’t work for learning. So she built an alternative (Protocol, 14 Oct 2020)
20. Google is extending the lifetime of supported Chromebooks to nearly a decade (Android Central; 14 October 2020)
21. Acer’s Chromebook Spin 513 is the first Chromebook with Snapdragon chips (The Verge; 21 October 2020)
22. Why Arm Processors Are So Important To The Future Of Chromebooks (Chrome Unboxed; 16 October 2020)
23. What we know about the DOJ’s antitrust case against Google so far (ArsTechnica, 20 Oct 2020)
24. Google lays out defense against ‘deeply flawed’ DOJ antitrust suit, argues that users choose Search (9 to 5 Google; 20 October 2020)
25. The Right’s Disinformation Machine Is Getting Ready for Trump to Lose (The Atlantic, 20 Oct 2020)
26. Wes’ Geeks of the Week: How to Trim Your Videos with the Video Editor in YouTube Studio (2 min) – Sway Podcast: Elon Musk: ‘A.I. Doesn’t Need to Hate Us to Destroy Us’ (29 Sep 2020)
27. Jason’s Geek of the Week: Visible

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Welcome to episode 193 (“Oops Google Did It Again'”) of the EdTech Situation Room from October 7, 2020, where technology news meets educational analysis. This week Jason Neiffer (@techsavvyteach) and Wesley Fryer (@wfryer) discussed monopolistic behavior of big tech companies, rebranding of Google’ GSuite as “Google Workspace,” updates to Google/Nest WiFi, availability of Google Drive File Stream for consumer accounts, and the release of a powerful new Chromebox by CTL. On the Apple front, rumors about the new iPhone set to be announced October 13th and an iOS14 battery drain solution (wipe your iOS) were highlighted. Several articles on social media and our ongoing “Technology Correction” were discussed from the Mozilla Foundation and other sources, seeking to curb the harmful impacts of virtual disinformation and conspiracy groups on the upcoming U.S. election. These include new steps by Facebook and Twitter to crack down on user accounts violating terms of service agreements and community standards. Ongoing COVID-19 impacts on movie theaters, long-game surveillance activities by the Chinese government, and a helpful metaphor to regulation of the tobacco / smoking industry as we think about needed regulations on social media were topics rounding out this week’s show. Geeks of the Week included an eye opening “Angry Planet” podcast interview with Jason Wilson (@jason_a_w) about the rise of online extremist groups, an excellent “Virtually Unprepared” webinar series from The Classical Association of New England, a media literacy unit on “Just Add WikiPedia” for news site validation, and a YouTube TV promotional offer including a free Chromecast. Our show was live streamed and archived simultaneously on YouTube Live as well as our Facebook Live page via StreamYard.com. 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.

Shownotes

1. EdTech Situation Room Listener Survey: wfryer.me/edtechsr
2. Follow @edtechSR on Twitter!
3. Audio podcast feed (Subscribe with iTunes or Stitcher)
4. Video version on YouTube
5. Check out our video podcast feed and subscribe to our YouTube Channel (episodes also in this YouTube playlist)
6. Jason Neiffer (@techsavvyteach) – blog: blog.ncce.org
7. Wes Fryer (@wfryer) – blog: speedofcreativity.org – Shared Media Literacy Lessons & Curriculum
8. We are approaching the fastest, deepest, most consequential technological disruption in history (Tony Seba and James Arbib)
9. The Big Tech antitrust report has one big conclusion: Amazon, Apple, Facebook, and Google are anti-competitive (Recode; 6 October 2020)
10. Google has overhauled G Suite – but not all users will be happy (Tech Radar; 7 October 2020)
11. Everything you need to know about the new Google Wifi and where to buy it (9 to 5 Google; 7 October 2020)
12. G Suite File Stream Now Allows Personal Gmail Accounts To Sync Drive With Their PC Or Mac (Chrome Unboxed; 3 October 2020)
13. CTL Unveils 10th Gen Comet Lake Chromebox CBX2 (Chrome Unboxed; 6 October 2020)
14. Apple’s next iPhone will be announced on October 13th (The Verge 6 October 2020)
15. If iOS 14 is causing battery drain, you might need to wipe your iPhone (The Verge; 2 October 2020)
16. “Dear Facebook, this is how you’re breaking democracy” by Yael Eisenstat (@YaelEisenstat) – (TEDTalk, August 2020)
17. #UnTrendTwitter by Mozilla
18. Facebook: Stop Group Recommendations by Mozilla
19. Facebook bans QAnon across its platforms (NBC News, 6 Oct 2020)
20. Twitter bans posts wishing for Trump death. The Squad wonders where that policy was for them (CNN; 3 October 2020)
21. Facebook removes Trump post falsely saying COVID-19 is less deadly than the flu (The Verge; 6 October 2020)
22. Identify Fake Amazon Reviews: www.fakespot.com 
23. Amazon is trying to crack down on fraudulent reviews. They’re thriving in Facebook groups (The Verge; 2 October 2020)
24. James Bond’s ‘No Time To Die’ has been delayed until 2021 in fresh blow to Hollywood (CNN; 3 October 2020)
25. Bond was the last straw: Regal and Cineworld will reportedly close all theaters in US and UK next week (The Verge; 3 October 2020)
26. AI & Advertising, a consumer perspective (Mozilla Fellow Harriet Kingaby, 30 Sep 2020)
27. China has Been Doing ‘Mass Surveillance’ on Millions of Citizens in US, UK, Australia and India (Vice, 14 Sep 2020)
28. Smoking’s lessons for regulating social media (MIT Technology Review, 5 Oct 2020)
29. Wes’ Geeks of the Week: “Proud Boys, the Boogaloo, & Everything In Between” on @angryplanetpod (interview with @jason_a_w) and “The Classical Association of New England’s Virtually Unprepared Series” (YouTube Playlist) – Register free and Launchpad WikiPedia (lessons by Wes)
30. Jason’s Geek of the Week: Subscribing to YouTube TV can get you a free Chromecast with Google TV (Android Police)

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Welcome to episode 192 (“Delete All Your Idle Smartphone Apps'”) of the EdTech Situation Room from September 30, 2020, where technology news meets educational analysis. This week Jason Neiffer (@techsavvyteach) and Wesley Fryer (@wfryer) discussed the marathon nature of the COVID-19 pandemic for society and schools, the challenges of rural broadband connectivity, and the biggest announcements from Google’s Pixel 5 Event. Upgrades to Google Meet, new HP Chromebooks, AI that can draw reasonably good pictures based on captions, and a call from futurist Amy Webb for a U.S. National Strategic Office for AI and other critical science and technology initiatives were also highlighted. COVID-19 era controversies over surveillance and biometric powered online assessment tools were discussed. Geeks of the Week included Wes’ recent posts on Lesson Cast workflows for teachers, and Jason’s call to “delete all your unused smartphone apps.” Our show was live streamed and archived simultaneously on YouTube Live as well as our Facebook Live page via StreamYard.com. 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.

Shownotes

1. EdTech Situation Room Listener Survey: wfryer.me/edtechsr
2. Follow @edtechSR on Twitter!
3. Audio podcast feed (Subscribe with iTunes or Stitcher)
4. Video version on YouTube
5. Check out our video podcast feed and subscribe to our YouTube Channel (episodes also in this YouTube playlist)
6. Jason Neiffer (@techsavvyteach) – blog: blog.ncce.org
7. Wes Fryer (@wfryer) – blog: speedofcreativity.org – Shared Media Literacy Lessons & Curriculum
8. Here’s How the Pandemic Finally Ends (Politico; 25 September 2020)
9. The US needs a broadband reboot (The Hill; 20 September 2020)
10. Pandemic Broadband Speeds Are Faster, but Insufficient for Some (WSJ, 17 Sept 2020)
11. The 7 biggest announcements from Google’s Pixel 5 event (The Verge; 30 September 2020)
12. Google Meet Is Getting A Zoom-like 50-person Grid View And Blurred Backgrounds (Chrome Unboxed; 16 September 2020)
13. HP Pro c645 Chromebook Enterprise launches with brand new AMD chips, Radeon graphics (About Chromebooks; 22 September 2020)
14. Chrome OS 87 Dev Channel brings working LaCrOS and Nearby Share to Chromebooks (About Chromebooks; 20 September 2020)
15. These weird, unsettling photos show that AI is getting smarter (MIT Tech Review, 25 Sept 2020)
16. A National Office for Strategic Foresight Anchored in Critical Science and Technologies (Amy Webb, Stanford Cyber Policy Center, 17 Oct 2019)
17. Students Are Rebelling Against Eye-Tracking Exam Surveillance Tools (Vice, 24 Sept 2020)
18. Wes’ Geek of the Week: Lesson Cast: Sharing a Class Recording with Minimal Steps
19. Jason’s Geek of the Week: It’s time to delete most of your apps (Popular Science; 10 July 2018)

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Welcome to episode 191 (“COVID-19 and Our New Educational ‘Normal'”) of the EdTech Situation Room from September 23, 2020, where technology news meets educational analysis. This week Jason Neiffer (@techsavvyteach) and Wesley Fryer (@wfryer) discussed the likelihood of long term COVID-19 impacts on education and our society, new Apple Watch and iPad announcements from the September 15th Apple Event, and Chromebook news from HP and the Dev channel. On the subject of U.S. – China relations, the proposed restructuring of TikTok and the possibility that differences over 5G infrastructure rollouts portends a tectonic shift in international relations was discussed. Continuing observations and analysis of the looming “tech correction,” articles on Twitter and Facebook actions to censor disinformation and bad actors on their platforms, Facebook’s thread to leave the EU over proposed data regulations in Ireland, and a fantastic TED Radio Hour podcast episode highlighting issues of privacy, surveillance capitalism, subversion of democratic processes, and “the tech correction” was also discussed. On the security front, the first hospital death in Germany attributed to a ransomware attack, and the incredible impact of the Mozi botnet on global IoT traffic were highlighted. The tremendous impact of WikiPedia articles on local tourism in some countries, the exciting detection of “phosphene” in the atmosphere of Venus suggesting organic life, and the ongoing destructive effects of disinformation and socially shared conspiracy theories in countering the spread of COVID-19 were explored. Geeks of the Week included Little Alchemy 2, “The Age of AI” by YouTube Originals (hosted by Robert Downey Jr.), a 4 Part Lesson Series on “Conspiracy Theories” by Wes, and the excellent media literacy website spotthetroll.org. Tips for how to use a second monitor with your laptop and the NECC 2021 virtual conference Call for Proposals were also shared. Our show was live streamed and archived simultaneously on YouTube Live as well as our Facebook Live page via StreamYard.com. 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.

Shownotes

1. EdTech Situation Room Listener Survey: wfryer.me/edtechsr
2. Follow @edtechSR on Twitter!
3. Audio podcast feed (Subscribe with iTunes or Stitcher)
4. Video version on YouTube
5. Check out our video podcast feed and subscribe to our YouTube Channel (episodes also in this YouTube playlist)
6. Jason Neiffer (@techsavvyteach) – blog: blog.ncce.org
7. Wes Fryer (@wfryer) – blog: speedofcreativity.org – Shared Lessons & Curriculum
8. Let’s get real. No vaccine will work as if by magic, returning us to ‘normal’ (The Guardian; 6 September 2020)
9. Apple September 2020 event: Everything announced (Digital Trends; 15 September 2020)
10. The plain old iPad gets a needed lift (cNet; 15 September 2020)
11. The New 2020 Ipad Isn’t Enough For Zoom School (The Verge; 23 September 2020)
12. Google now lets you set Gmail as the default mail app on iOS 14 (9 to 5 Google; 21 September 2020)
13. HP Pro c645 Chromebook Enterprise launches with brand new AMD chips, Radeon graphics (About Chromebooks; 22 September 2020)
14. Chrome OS 87 Dev Channel brings working LaCrOS and Nearby Share to Chromebooks (About Chromebooks; 20 September 2020)
15. Chromebooks Are Getting A Revamped Screen Capture UI With Native Screen Recording (Chrome Unboxed; 14 September 2020)
16. Chromebook vs. Windows laptop: Which should you buy? (Android Central; 17 September 2020)
17. China Excited about TikTok proposed restructuring?
18. 5G Is Where China and the West Finally Diverge (Atlantic, 5 Jan 2020)
19. Twitter rolls out new security features to prevent Election Day chaos (Verge, 17 Sept 2020)
20. Facebook deletes several fake Chinese accounts targeting Trump and Biden, in first takedown of its kind (Washington Post, 22 Sept 2020)
21. Facebook Threatens To Pull Out Of EU If It Doesn’t Get Its Way (Vice, 21 Sept 2020)
22. IRL Online by TED Radio Hour (from March 2020, Will be December 2020 theme of the #digiURI Media Club)
23. First death reported following a ransomware attack on a German hospital (ZD Net, 17 Sept 2020)
24. Mozi Botnet Accounts for Majority of IoT Traffic (Threat Post; 17 September 2020)
25. Wikipedia edits have massive impact on tourism, say economists (The Guardian, 18 February 2020)
26. The detection of phosphine in Venus’ clouds is a big deal – here’s how we can find out if it’s a sign of life (The Conversation, 18 Sept 2020)
27. Russia’s space agency chief declares Venus a “Russian planet” (CBS News, 17 Sept 2020)
28. Belief in Conspiracy Theories Is a Barrier to Controlling Spread of COVID-19 (Annenberg Public Policy Center, 21 Sept 2020)
29. Covid hoaxes are using a loophole to stay alive—even after content is deleted (MIT Technology Review, 30 April 2020)
30. The Social Dilemma Documentary (Netflix)
31. Wes’ Geeks of the Week: Little Alchemy 2 and “The Age of AI” via YouTube Originals (hosted by Robert Downey Jr.) and 4 Part Lesson Series: “Conspiracy Theories” and spotthetroll.org
32. Jason’s Geeks of the Week: How to Use a Second Monitor or Screen With Your Laptop (Wired; 18 September 2020) – NCCE 2021 Call for Proposals

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Welcome to episode 190 (“Jason on the Apple Edge”) of the EdTech Situation Room from September 9, 2020, where technology news meets educational analysis. This week Jason Neiffer (@techsavvyteach) and Wesley Fryer (@wfryer) discussed forthcoming announcements by Apple for the Apple Watch and iPad ecosystems, the return of Google Maps to the Apple Watch, and Apple’s compelling arguments in litigation with Epic Games over Fortnight App Store payments. A review of Android 11, the integration of Google WiFi app functions into Google Home, and the possible demise of the open source FireFox web browser were also highlighted. T-Mobile’s plan to give limited free data plan hotspots to 10 million U.S. students, China’s nationwide ban of MIT’s Scratch programming software for students, and the question of whether or not China and the United States are reaching a competitive tipping point in relations were explored. A rather wild story of disinformation over 5G cell towers in Peru leading to a hostage situation rounded out the show’s news. Geeks of the Week included a new tutorial video by Wes helping students change their Google password, and 3 tool recommendations from Jason to combat browser tab overload. Our show was live streamed and archived simultaneously on YouTube Live as well as our Facebook Live page via StreamYard.com. 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.

Shownotes

1. EdTech Situation Room Listener Survey: wfryer.me/edtechsr
2. Follow @edtechSR on Twitter!
3. Audio podcast feed (Subscribe with iTunes or Stitcher)
4. Video version on YouTube
5. Check out our video podcast feed and subscribe to our YouTube Channel (episodes also in this YouTube playlist)
6. Jason Neiffer (@techsavvyteach) – blog: blog.ncce.org
7. Wes Fryer (@wfryer) – blog: speedofcreativity.org – Shared Lessons & Curriculum
8. Google Maps for Apple Watch is now available on the App Store (9to5Google, 9 Sept 2020)
9. Apple says Epic’s Fortnite payment scheme “is theft, period.” (ArsTechnica, 8 Sept 2020)
10. Apple officially announces Apple Watch and iPad virtual event for September 15 (9 to 5 Mac; 8 September 2020)
11. Android 11 Review: Features By The Dozen (The Verge; 8 September 2020)
12. So long Google Wi-Fi: network import to Google Home app has begun (Chrome Unboxed, 8 Sept 2020)
13. Firefox: An endangered internet species? (ZDNet; 14 August 2020)
14. T-Mobile details its plan to give free internet to 10 million students at home (The Verge; 4 September 2020)
15. China bans Scratch, MIT’s programming language for kids (TechCrunch, 7 Sept 2020)
16. China plans new data policy in response to Trump admin’s “bullying” (ArsTechnica, 8 Sept 2020)
17. Tipping Point in U.S. – China Foreign Relations? (War College / Angry Planet Podcast, 26 Aug 2020)
18. One Village’s Response to Disinformation? Burn Internet Towers and Take Hostages (Rest of World, 31 Aug 2020)
19. Wes’ Geek of the Week: Change Your Google Password (5 minute tutorial video for students by Wes)
20. Jason’s Geek of the Week: Stop opening so many browser tabs and use these 3 slick tools instead (Fast Company; 26 August 2020)

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Welcome to episode 189 (“Hack the Nook”) of the EdTech Situation Room from September 2, 2020, where technology news meets educational analysis. This week Jason Neiffer (@techsavvyteach) and Wesley Fryer (@wfryer) discussed COVID-19 impacts and predicted impacts on schools in 2020-21 and beyond, Apple’s App store fights with Epic Games (over Fortnite) and WordPress, New Android updates for latest Samsung devices, Jason’s love for Android E Ink tablets and desire to “hack the nook,” updates about the U.S. military’s new “Starlink style” space network in the work, and SpaceX’s efforts to qualify Starlink for FCC grants were topics rounding out the show. Geeks of the Week included the forthcoming documentary, “The Social Dilemma,” the superb Oct 2019 article by Joan Donovan, “How memes got weaponized: A short history,” a free W3C Web Accessibility course, a helpful article about accessible typefaces, and FiveThirtyEight’s statistical election forecasts. Our show was live streamed and archived simultaneously on YouTube Live as well as our Facebook Live page via StreamYard.com. 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.

Shownotes

1. EdTech Situation Room Listener Survey: wfryer.me/edtechsr
2. Follow @edtechSR on Twitter!
3. Audio podcast feed (Subscribe with iTunes or Stitcher)
4. Video version on YouTube
5. Check out our video podcast feed and subscribe to our YouTube Channel (episodes also in this YouTube playlist)
6. Jason Neiffer (@techsavvyteach) – blog: blog.ncce.org
7. Wes Fryer (@wfryer) – blog: speedofcreativity.org – Shared Lessons & Curriculum
8. How Fortnite Baited Apple Into a Losing Battle (Onezero on Medium, 15 Aug 2020)
9. Apple apologizes to WordPress, won’t force the free app to add purchases after all (Verge, 23 Aug 2020)
10. Here are the Samsung devices getting three generations of Android updates (Verge, 18 Aug 2020)
11. I Unabashedly Love This Android E Ink Tablet (Gizmodo, 14 Aug 2020)
12. The US military took a big step toward a future space network this week (ArsTechnica, 1 Sept 2020)
13. SpaceX seeks FCC broadband funds, must prove it can deliver sub-100ms latency (ArsTechnica, 2 Sept 2020)
14. Wes’ Geeks of the Week: “The Social Dilemma” documentary (@SocialDilemma_ – coming Sept 9th) and “How memes got weaponized: A short history” by @BostonJoan (Oct 2019)
15. Jason’s Geeks of the Week: W3C Web Accessibility free online course – A Guide to Understanding What Makes a Typeface Accessible – FiveThirtyEight Election 2020 Statistical Forecasts

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Welcome to episode 188 (“Hong Kong in Crisis”) of the EdTech Situation Room from August 26, 2020, where technology news meets educational analysis. This week Jason Neiffer (@techsavvyteach) and Wesley Fryer (@wfryer) discussed surveillance, privacy and security force crackdowns in Hong Kong, a Kansas teacher’s crowdsourced use of Google Sheets to track COVID-19 school closures, and Google’s recent “Future of the Classroom” report. Forthcoming updates to Google Meet and Google Classroom, forthcoming upgrades to Google’s home video casting technology, and the apparent loss of simplicity for Chromebooks amidst dual-boot and other options were also discussed. The alarming rise of “fruit loop conspiracy theory” advocates including winning candidates in U.S Congressional primary elections, the rise of political extremists in the United States on the wings of conspiracy theories, and the impact of sustained remote work mandates by tech companies on the Silicon Valley housing marked were highlighted. The dark side of the “sandbox game” RoBlox was also mentioned. Geeks of the Week included ethics in computing and science embodied in the “Asilomar AI Principles,” the recent “Undivided Attention” podcast episode, ““When Media Was for You and Me,” The Epic eBook of Web Tools and Apps, and Google Voice. Our show was live streamed and archived simultaneously on YouTube Live as well as our Facebook Live page via StreamYard.com. 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.

Shownotes

1. EdTech Situation Room Listener Survey: wfryer.me/edtechsr
2. Follow @edtechSR on Twitter!
3. Audio podcast feed (Subscribe with iTunes or Stitcher)
4. Video version on YouTube
5. Check out our video podcast feed and subscribe to our YouTube Channel (episodes also in this YouTube playlist)
6. Jason Neiffer (@techsavvyteach) – blog: blog.ncce.org
7. Wes Fryer (@wfryer) – blog: speedofcreativity.org – Shared Lessons & Curriculum
8. With Hacks and Cameras, Beijing’s Electronic Dragnet Closes on Hong Kong (NY Times, 25 Aug 2020)
9. Kansas schoolteacher created database of 700 schools reporting coronavirus (The Hill, 17 Aug 2020)
10. Teacher creates national database of COVID-19-related school closings, cases and deaths (Springfield News Leader, 15 Aug 2020) – Twitter shout out from the Missouri governor
11. Future of the Classroom: Emerging Trends in K-12 Education Global Edition (Google for Education, Fall 2020)
12. More details on what’s coming to Meet and Classroom (Google for Education, 11 Aug 2020)
13. ‘Cast Connect’ Will Fundamentally Improve The Chromecast And Android Tv Experience (ChromeUnboxed; 13 August 2020)
14. With Android, Linux, and now Windows 10 support, have Chromebooks lost their simplicity? (About Chromebooks; 14 August 2020)
15. Laura Loomer (English WikiPedia) and a related Twitter thread by Andrew Marantz
16. Inside the Boogaloo: America’s Extremely Online Extremists (NY Times, 19 Aug 2020)
17. Remote work is reshaping San Francisco, as tech workers flee and rents fall (Fox Business; 13 August 2020)
18. Sex, lies, and video games: Inside Roblox’s war on porn (Fast Company, 19 Aug 2020)
19. Wes’ Geeks of the Week: Asilomar AI Principles via 2084book.com and podcast recommendation: “When Media Was for You and Me” (Undivided Attention Ep 23) and The Epic eBook of Web Tools and Apps: a new crowd-sourced manual for back-to-school and beyond (by @joycevalenza)

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Welcome to episode 186 (“Don’t TINKER with Students’ Free Speech Rights”) of the EdTech Situation Room from August 5, 2020, where technology news meets educational analysis. This week Jason Neiffer (@techsavvyteach) and Wesley Fryer (@wfryer) discussed teenage Twitter hackers and zoombombing, tips for remote workers, and illegal school restrictions on student social media use in Georgia amidst pandemic response controversy. Microsoft’s possible purchase of TikTok, reasons to still purchase a MacOS Intel-based computer instead of waiting for Apple Silicon, a recent podcast highlighting the prominent role of conspiracy theories in shaping politics throughout history, and the ways people are fighting disinformation in our COVID-19 era were also discussed. Geeks of the week included the Oregon State Open Text Project on Romeo and Juliet, an instructional support module on ‘live teaching tools’ including Wooclap (which is free for K-12), the awesome scheduling platform Doodle, and the private beta for the videography platform mmHmm. Our show was live streamed and archived simultaneously on YouTube Live as well as our Facebook Live page via StreamYard.com. 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.

Shownotes

1. EdTech Situation Room Listener Survey: wfryer.me/edtechsr
2. Follow @edtechSR on Twitter!
3. Audio podcast feed (Subscribe with iTunes or Stitcher)
4. Video version on YouTube
5. Check out our video podcast feed and subscribe to our YouTube Channel (episodes also in this YouTube playlist)
6. Jason Neiffer (@techsavvyteach) – blog: blog.ncce.org
7. Wes Fryer (@wfryer) – blog: speedofcreativity.org – Media Literacy resources: medialiteracy.wesfryer.com
8. Alleged Twitter teen hacker’s hearing got zoombombed big time (The Verge; 5 August 2010)
9. From Minecraft tricks to Twitter hack: A Florida teen’s troubled online path (NY Times, 2 Aug 2020)
10. Google’s Remote Work Policy Has 9 Great Tips You Should Definitely Steal Today (Inc.; 3 August 2020)
11. The Truth Behind A Viral Picture Of A Reopening School Is Worse Than It Looked (Buzzfeed, 5 Aug 2020)
12. Survey Reveals Children Coped Well With School Closure (Psychology Today, 3 Aug 2020)
13. Microsoft pursuing TikTok purchase by September 15th, may invite U.S. investors to deal (TechCrunch, 2 Aug 2020)
14. 5 reasons to buy a new 27-inch iMac rather than waiting for the Apple silicon transition (MacWorld; 4 August 2020)
15. Regulating Technology (Ben Evans; 23 July 2020)
16. Conspiracy on Throughline [PODCAST] (Throughline on Spotify, 21 May 2020)
17. Coronavirus: The people fighting fakes from their sofas (BBC News, 10 Apr 2020)
18. Jason’s Geek of the Week: OSU Romeo and Juliet Open Text
19. Wes’ Geeks of the Week: Live Teaching Tools (including Aug 5th live webinar) – Wooclap (“An interactive platform that makes learning awesome”) – Doodle – mmHmm