Welcome to episode 141 of the EdTech Situation Room from July 17, 2019, where technology news meets educational analysis. This week Jason Neiffer (@techsavvyteach) and Wesley Fryer (@wfryer) discussed the forthcoming commercial release of Boston Robotics’ “Spot” robot, Jony Ive’s announced departure from Apple, updates to the Apple portable laptops, and Amazon’s policy to basically keep user audio recordings from Alexa forever. Privacy concerns over the new FaceApp smartphone app, kids bullied into spending money in Fortnite, a Citizen’s Guide to Fake News, and the power of social media influencers were also explored. Additional topics included the possible return of Google Glass to help autistic children, YouTube educational playlists without recommended videos, and ‘the toxic potential of YouTube’s feedback loop.’ 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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- Boston Dynamics’ robots are preparing to leave the lab — is the world ready? (The Verge, 17 July 2019)
- Jony Ive Is Leaving Apple (Wired; 27June 2019)
- Apple Macbook Air (2019) Review: The New Normal (The Verge; 17 July 2019)
- Amazon confirms it keeps your Alexa recordings basically forever (ArsTechnica; 3 July 2019)
- Can you trust FaceApp with your face? (BBC News; 17 July 2019)
- Fortnite is free, but kids are getting bullied into spending money (Polygon; 7 June 2019)
- A Citizen’s Guide to Fake News (Center for Information Technology & Society, University of California Santa Barbara)
- Don’t Scoff at Influencers. They’re Taking Over the World. (New York Times; 16 July 2019)
- Google Glass May Have an Afterlife as a Device to Teach Autistic Children (New York Times; 17 July 2019)
- YouTube is launching educational playlists that won’t show recommended videos (Verge, 11 July 2019)
- The Toxic Potential of YouTube’s Feedback Loop (Wired, 13 July 2019)
- Jason’s Geek of the Week: Reply All Podcast
- Wes’ Geeks of the Week: Video Annotation Tools VideoAnt and Vialogues
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