Welcome to episode 109 of the EdTech Situation Room from October 3, 2018, where technology news meets educational analysis. This week Wesley Fryer (@wfryer) and special guest Tye Campbell (@TyeJCampbell) discussed the past week’s technology news through an educational lens. Co-host Jason Neiffer (@techsavvyteach) was on special assignment. Topics highlighted in this week’s show included the recent “Presidential Emergency Text Alert,” paging and alert messaging at school, and Apple’s latest iOS 12 which brings improved performance at the price of faster battery consumption. The new screentime monitoring tools in iOS12, school conversations on digital citizenship relating to character education, and school partnerships with “The Social Institute” helping students, faculty and parents embrace a balanced approach to social media an technology were also discussed. A shout out to ATLIS (The Association of Technology Leaders in Independent Schools) and their upcoming conference in April 2019 in Dallas, net neutrality in light of new European legislation relating to “the right to be forgotten” and the GDPR, protection of personal information / privacy, and digital identity verification via Yubikey were topics rounding out the show. Geeks of the week included iOS 12 Screen Time Controls (Tye) and recommended actions for scholars who are victims of online trolling (Wes). Check out edtechSR.com/links for all shownotes, including those listed below. 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. Note we will be starting earlier than usual occasionally to accommodate guest schedules in upcoming weeks, so please check Twitter for those updates.
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- Why you got a Trump text: FEMA’s new test alert, explained (CNet, 3 Oct 2018)
- Blackboard Connect Alert Messaging
- Informacast: Web & Office Emergency Paging System & Software
- iOS 12 on the iPhone 5S, iPhone 6 Plus, and iPad Mini 2: It’s actually faster! (ArsTechnica, 17 Sept 2018)
- iOS 12, thoroughly reviewed (ArsTechnica, 17 Sep 2018)
- Apple TV’s new TVOS 12 is available now: What’s new and how to get it (CNET, 17 Sept 2018)
- Moment – Screen Time Tracker (iOS)
- The Social Institute: @thesocialinst (Facebook) (An organization focusing on digital citizenship, partnering with schools)
- DigCit.us (Digital Citizenship resource website from The Casady School in Oklahoma City)
- More Great Digital Citizenship Resources: @mattscully – pdsdigitalcitizenship.org
- Gaggle: Safety Monitoring Technology Use at School
- Digital Health and Wellness: A Cross-Disciplinary Approach (Wes’ ATLIS 2017 session notes)
- “Suggested Discussion Questions” for our Upper and Middle Division teachers at Casady School addressing our revised Responsible Use Policy with students during advisory time.
- ATLIS Annual Conference 2019 (@theatlis)
- This European Ruling Could Break the Internet (Bloomberg, 1 Oct 2018)
- Trump admin claims Calif. net neutrality law causes “irreparable harm” to US (ARStechnica, 1 Oct 2018)
- Beware of Phishing Cell Phone Calls: Don’t Share Personal Info with Strangers (Wes’ blog post, 4 Oct 2018)
- Facebook Security Breach Exposes Accounts of 50 Million Users (NY Times, 28 Sept 2018)
- The Facebook Security Meltdown Exposes Way More Sites Than Facebook (Wired, 28 Sept 2018)
- The New Yubikey Will Help Kill The Password (Wired, 24 Sept 2018)
- Tye’s Geek of the Week: iOS 12 Screen Time Controls (Wired, 25 Sept 2018)
- Wes’ Geek of the Week: Trolling Attacks on Scholars – Faculty Action (Tips from the Univ of Illinois via @kay314159)
