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EdTech Situation Room by Jason Neiffer and Wes Fryer

Jason Neiffer and Wes Fryer

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01:08:58

EdTechSR Ep 179 - Harbinger of the Tech Correction

EdTech Situation Room by Jason Neiffer and Wes Fryer ·

2020/05/28

Welcome to episode 179 ("Harbinger of the Tech Correction") of the EdTech Situation Room from May 27, 2020, where technology news meets educational analysis. This week Jason Neiffer (@techsavvyteach) and Wesley Fryer (@wfryer) discussed the intersection of safety, security, medical needs and privacy when it comes to COVID-19 contact tracing. Developments around Twitter's attempts to counter U.S. Presidential misinformation, "the human cost of misinformation" in the age of neo-coronavirus, and the

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01:04:44

EdTechSR Ep 178 - Anticipating a Fluid Future

EdTech Situation Room by Jason Neiffer and Wes Fryer ·

2020/05/25

Welcome to episode 178 ("Anticipating a Fluid Future") of the EdTech Situation Room from May 20, 2020, where technology news meets educational analysis. This week Jason Neiffer (@techsavvyteach) and Wesley Fryer (@wfryer) discussed Microsoft's revolutionary "Fluid" Office document format, privacy and surveillance in the COVID-19 era, and a new Mozilla VPN service. Passwords for sale on the dark web, Equifax's failure to provide consumer compensation payments for the 2017 data breach, and conspiracy

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01:02:39

EdTechSR Ep 177 - COVID-19 May Change Colleges and...

EdTech Situation Room by Jason Neiffer and Wes Fryer ·

2020/05/14

Welcome to episode 177 ("COVID-19 May Change Colleges and Schools Forever") of the EdTech Situation Room from May 13, 2020, where technology news meets educational analysis. This week Jason Neiffer (@techsavvyteach) and Wesley Fryer (@wfryer) discussed predictions for how the COVID-19 pandemic may significantly disrupt higher education to the benefit of "top tier" universities, the glaring inequities in educational opportunities laid bare by mandated "remote learning" / learning at home today, and

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01:05:11

EdTechSR Ep 176 - Choose Your Digital Platform...

EdTech Situation Room by Jason Neiffer and Wes Fryer ·

2020/05/07

Welcome to episode 176 ("Choose Your Digital Platform Investments Carefully") of the EdTech Situation Room from May 7, 2020, where technology news meets educational analysis. This week Jason Neiffer (@techsavvyteach) and Wesley Fryer (@wfryer) discussed updates from Apple including more predicted "opening" to third party platforms on iOS and MacOS, FaceID and masks, and prescient words from Tim Cook in the latest Apple earnings call. On the Microsoft front, Windows 10X progress as as a Chromebook

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01:03:59

EdTechSR Ep 175 - Don't Close Your Streamyard Tab

EdTech Situation Room by Jason Neiffer and Wes Fryer ·

2020/05/01

Welcome to episode 175 ("Don't Close Your Streamyard Tab") of the EdTech Situation Room from April 29, 2020, where technology news meets educational analysis. This week Jason Neiffer (@techsavvyteach) and Wesley Fryer (@wfryer) discussed several Google Updates: the availability of Google's Hangouts Meet videoconferencing platform for consumer Google accounts, a way to extend the life of your Chromebook's browser, and updates to GSuite's sharing dialog. An amusing rant by a judge over a lawyers' poor

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01:07:56

EdTechSR Ep 174 - The Eye of Sauron Briefly Appears

EdTech Situation Room by Jason Neiffer and Wes Fryer ·

2020/04/24

Welcome to episode 174 ("The Eye of Sauron Briefly Appears") of the EdTech Situation Room from April 22, 2020, where technology news meets educational analysis. This week Jason Neiffer (@techsavvyteach) and Wesley Fryer (@wfryer) discussed Tab Groups in Google Chrome, disinformation stories inspired is that the right word?!) by the neo-coronavirus, updates to videoconferencing tools WhatsApp and Hangouts Meet, digital divide realities made more visible by the COVID-19 pandemic, and announcements

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01:07:35

EdTechSR Ep 173 - Skip That Facebook Quiz

EdTech Situation Room by Jason Neiffer and Wes Fryer ·

2020/04/18

Welcome to episode 173 ("Skip That Facebook Quiz") of the EdTech Situation Room from April 15, 2020, where technology news meets educational analysis. This week Jason Neiffer (@techsavvyteach) and Wesley Fryer (@wfryer) discussed the ongoing impact of the neo-coronavirus pandemic on schools, Google Chrome Tab Groups, Google Drive Workspaces, and a free extension which can "Zoomify" Google Hangouts Meet videoconferences (in one way). Apple's announcements of the more-affordable iPhone SE and a pretty

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01:06:28

EdTechSR Ep 172 - Don't Jack with My Zoom

EdTech Situation Room by Jason Neiffer and Wes Fryer ·

2020/04/11

Welcome to episode 172 ("Don't Jack with My Zoom") of the EdTech Situation Room from April 8, 2020, where technology news meets educational analysis. This week Jason Neiffer (@techsavvyteach) and Wesley Fryer (@wfryer) continued to discuss the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on teachers, students, and parents, but also highlighted some recent technology headlines involving zoomjacking, remote learning, disinformation, YouTube influencers in the neo-coronavirus era, and "the technology correction."

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01:02:54

EdTechSR Ep 171 - This Week in Pandemics

EdTech Situation Room by Jason Neiffer and Wes Fryer ·

2020/04/02

Welcome to episode 171 of the EdTech Situation Room from April 1, 2020, where technology news meets educational analysis. This week Jason Neiffer (@techsavvyteach) and Wesley Fryer (@wfryer) continued to discuss the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on teachers, students, and parents, but also highlighted some recent technology headlines involving security, media literacy, and other issues. Those included the completion of the T-Mobile and Sprint merger, PBS Learning Media Resources for Home Learning

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01:05:14

EdTech Situation Room Episode 170

EdTech Situation Room by Jason Neiffer and Wes Fryer ·

2020/03/26

Welcome to episode 170 of the EdTech Situation Room from March 25, 2020, where technology news meets educational analysis. This week Jason Neiffer (@techsavvyteach) and Wesley Fryer (@wfryer) welcomed Eric Langhorst (@elanghorst) back as a special guest. Topics for the show included ongoing impacts of COVID-19 on schools, teachers and students, new product announcements from Apple, a discussion on whether or not home workers should leave smart speakers turned on, and more. Helpful and practical

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01:05:14

EdTech Situation Room Episode 169

EdTech Situation Room by Jason Neiffer and Wes Fryer ·

2020/03/19

Welcome to episode 169 of the EdTech Situation Room from March 18, 2020, where technology news meets educational analysis. This week Jason Neiffer (@techsavvyteach) and Wesley Fryer (@wfryer) discussed the exceptional week of neo-coronavirus / COVID-19 announcements, closures, and news we've experienced globally in the past seven days. We also discussed a few recent technology headlines, which (as usual) are linked in the shownotes, but most of our conversation focused on ways we can adapt and

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01:05:12

EdTech Situation Room Episode 168

EdTech Situation Room by Jason Neiffer and Wes Fryer ·

2020/03/12

Welcome to episode 168 of the EdTech Situation Room from March 11, 2020, where technology news meets educational analysis. This week Jason Neiffer (@techsavvyteach) and Wesley Fryer (@wfryer) discussed the impact of the coronavirus / Covid-19 on schools, resources for teachers and students "learning at home," media literacy in the age of coronavirus, critical wellness / self-care tips when working and teaching from home, and more. Additional topics included a major security victory for white hat

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01:05:56

EdTech Situation Room Episode 167

EdTech Situation Room by Jason Neiffer and Wes Fryer ·

2020/03/05

Welcome to episode 167 of the EdTech Situation Room from March 4, 2020, where technology news meets educational analysis. This week Jason Neiffer (@techsavvyteach) was out on assignment, so special guest Carl Hooker (@mrhooker) joined Wesley Fryer (@wfryer) to discuss the past week's technology headlines through an educational lens. Topics addressed included the impacts of the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) on upcoming conferences and events, special upgrades and extended product trials offered

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00:56:22

EdTech Situation Room Episode 166

EdTech Situation Room by Jason Neiffer and Wes Fryer ·

2020/02/29

Welcome to episode 166 of the EdTech Situation Room from February 26, 2020, where technology news meets educational analysis. This week Jason Neiffer (@techsavvyteach) was out on assignment, so special guest Susan Bearden (@s_bearden) joined Wesley Fryer (@wfryer) to discuss the past week's technology headlines through an educational lens. Topics addressed included the victory for Google Forms as a reliable information technology tool the Democratic Caucuses in Nevada and the malware dangers in

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01:04:40

EdTech Situation Room Episode 165

EdTech Situation Room by Jason Neiffer and Wes Fryer ·

2020/02/13

Welcome to episode 165 of the EdTech Situation Room from February 13, 2020, where technology news meets educational analysis. This week Jason Neiffer (@techsavvyteach) and Wesley Fryer (@wfryer) discussed changes to "backup files" in Google Drive and the demise of Andy Rubin's "Essential" Android phone hardware company. After another consecutive week of shout outs to the "EdTech Takeout Episode 71," we discussed the requirement for YouTube creators to mark all videos "made for kids" which fit

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01:04:48

EdTech Situation Room Episode 164

EdTech Situation Room by Jason Neiffer and Wes Fryer ·

2020/02/07

Welcome to episode 164 of the EdTech Situation Room from February 6, 2020, where technology news meets educational analysis. This week Jason Neiffer (@techsavvyteach) and Wesley Fryer (@wfryer) discussed technology and mobile app woes in this week's Iowa Primary party caucuses and election, a case study of 'what not to do" with regard to copyright and Disney movies shown for a school fundraiser in California, and the 15 year birthday of Google Maps. The largest article collection in this week's

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01:04:05

EdTech Situation Room Episode 163

EdTech Situation Room by Jason Neiffer and Wes Fryer ·

2020/01/30

Welcome to episode 163 of the EdTech Situation Room from January 29, 2020, where technology news meets educational analysis. This week Jason Neiffer (@techsavvyteach) and Wesley Fryer (@wfryer) discussed recent revelations that the Avast Antivirus software program is a dragnet for user browser history sold to interested buyers, Google's announced extensions to ChromeOS support updates, and Google's forthcoming AirDrop clone, "Fast Share." A bizarre but newly validated story of Saudi Arabia's crown

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01:05:57

EdTech Situation Room Episode 162

EdTech Situation Room by Jason Neiffer and Wes Fryer ·

2020/01/16

Welcome to episode 162 of the EdTech Situation Room from January 15, 2020, where technology news meets educational analysis. This week Jason Neiffer (@techsavvyteach) and Wesley Fryer (@wfryer) discussed Microsoft's new Edge Chromium web browser, Instagram's new policy to hide 'faked' images, 'Techlash" against the big tech companies on college campuses, and new research about blue light and sleep with our digital screens. More U.S. states mandating media literacy education, the arrival of WiFi 6 at

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01:03:44

EdTech Situation Room Episode 161

EdTech Situation Room by Jason Neiffer and Wes Fryer ·

2020/01/11

Welcome to episode 161 of the EdTech Situation Room from January 8, 2020, where technology news meets educational analysis. This week Jason Neiffer (@techsavvyteach) and Wesley Fryer (@wfryer) discussed new technology (including possible vaporware) revealed at the 2020 Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas, Apple's return to CES to champion digital privacy, and an exciting update to Bluetooth. Facebook's announced ban of "deepfake" videos and the potential problems they face with this

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01:04:56

EdTech Situation Room Episode 160

EdTech Situation Room by Jason Neiffer and Wes Fryer ·

2020/01/02

Welcome to episode 160 of the EdTech Situation Room from January 1, 2020, where technology news meets educational analysis. This week Jason Neiffer (@techsavvyteach) and Wesley Fryer (@wfryer) kicked off the first show of the new year by discussing Audrey Waters' (@audreywatters) marathon post "The 100 Worst Ed-Tech Debacles of the Decade," and Dean Shareski's (@shareski) post "I Don’t Think I’m an EdTech Guy Anymore." On the security front, recent Amazon Ring "hack incidents" revealed to be caused

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