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EdTech Situation Room Podcast by Jason Neiffer and Wes Fryer

Jason Neiffer and Wes Fryer

Where technology news meets educational analysis! Jason Neiffer (aicentrist.com) and Wes Fryer (wesfryer.com) discuss the past week"s technology news through an educational lens. Focusing on AI and media literacy!

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All Episodes

01:07:15

EdTech Situation Room Episode 110

EdTech Situation Room Podcast by Jason Neiffer and... ·

2018/10/11

Welcome to episode 110 of the EdTech Situation Room from October 10, 2018, where technology news meets educational analysis. This week Wesley Fryer (@wfryer) and special guest Jun Kim (@mpstechnology) 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 alleged hack of computer hardware by Chinese authorities affecting major tech companies including Apple and

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01:08:30

EdTech Situation Room Episode 109

EdTech Situation Room Podcast by Jason Neiffer and... ·

2018/10/04

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

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01:11:29

EdTech Situation Room Episode 108

EdTech Situation Room Podcast by Jason Neiffer and... ·

2018/09/27

Welcome to episode 108 of the EdTech Situation Room from September 26, 2018, where technology news meets educational analysis. This week Wesley Fryer (@wfryer) and special guest Miguel Guhlin (@mguhlin) 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 Microsoft's MakeCode resources, the crooked path of a YouTube star to fan fame on new media platforms, and the

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00:43:30

EdTech Situation Room Episode 107

EdTech Situation Room Podcast by Jason Neiffer and... ·

2018/09/13

Welcome to episode 106 of the EdTech Situation Room from September 12, 2018, where technology news meets educational analysis. This week Jason Neiffer (@techsavvyteach) and Wesley Fryer (@wfryer) discussed the days announcements from Cupertino at the special Apple Event including Apple Watch 4 and 3 new iPhone models. The forthcoming iOS 12 and the benefits of the new Apple watch providing ECG / EKG data which is FDA approved was highlighted. Under the heading of "Social Media Correction," Jason and

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01:04:05

EdTech Situation Room Episode 106

EdTech Situation Room Podcast by Jason Neiffer and... ·

2018/09/06

Welcome to episode 106 of the EdTech Situation Room from September 5, 2018, where technology news meets educational analysis. This week Jason Neiffer (@techsavvyteach) and Wesley Fryer (@wfryer) reflected on the 20th anniversary of Google and the 10th anniversary of the Chrome web browser, and the long way we've come in the ensuing years. Other topics included "the technology correction" with an excellent article arguing for the breakup of Facebook based on current U.S. anti-trust law, proposed

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01:06:16

EdTech Situation Room Episode 105

EdTech Situation Room Podcast by Jason Neiffer and... ·

2018/08/31

Welcome to episode 105 of the EdTech Situation Room from August 29, 2018, where technology news meets educational analysis. This week Jason Neiffer (@techsavvyteach) and Wesley Fryer (@wfryer) discussed the challenges of filtering / censoring Internet content at school and now (in the U.K.) at a national level through ISPs. The privacy perils and potential subpoena conflicts relating to cell phone location tracking, the ethical challenges of "native advertising" in podcasts, rumors of Apple removing

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00:00:00

EdTech Situation Room Episode 104

EdTech Situation Room Podcast by Jason Neiffer and... ·

2018/08/24

Welcome to episode 104 of the EdTech Situation Room from August 22, 2018, where technology news meets educational analysis. This week Jason Neiffer (@techsavvyteach) and Wesley Fryer (@wfryer) discussed the impact of social media platforms on journalism and the ascendency of China seeking to influence global Internet standards. Rumors of Apple updates to the Mac Mini, a browser extension to identify fake news, the amplified burnout of Elon Musk on Twitter, the "right to disconnect," and a tense

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01:05:00

EdTech Situation Room Episode 103

EdTech Situation Room Podcast by Jason Neiffer and... ·

2018/08/16

Welcome to episode 103 of the EdTech Situation Room from August 15, 2018, where technology news meets educational analysis. This week Jason Neiffer (@techsavvyteach) and Wesley Fryer (@wfryer) discussed universities deploying smart assistants in student dorms to answer questions, the privacy concerns of smart assistants in educational contexts, and the shortcomings of the latest MacBook Pro laptops relative to Windows-based competitors. Rumors of dual-booting Chromebooks (also booting to Windows),

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01:05:46

EdTech Situation Room Episode 102

EdTech Situation Room Podcast by Jason Neiffer and... ·

2018/08/09

Welcome to episode 102 of the EdTech Situation Room from August 8, 2018, where technology news meets educational analysis. This week Jason Neiffer (@techsavvyteach) and Wesley Fryer (@wfryer) discussed an update to this summer's MacBook Pro Throttling Controversy, the upcoming death of Flash functionality in 2020, and the importance of being wary when you see pop-up ads to "update flash" and other software on your computer. The recent decisions by Apple, YouTube/Google and Facebook to ban / take

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01:06:18

EdTech Situation Room Episode 101

EdTech Situation Room Podcast by Jason Neiffer and... ·

2018/07/26

Welcome to episode 101 of the EdTech Situation Room from July 25, 2018, where technology news meets educational analysis. This week Jason Neiffer (@techsavvyteach) and Wesley Fryer (@wfryer) discussed automation and the technological trajectory of our society, potentially toward dystopia, informed by Douglass Rushkoff's "Survival of the Richest" article shared in early July. This led to discussions about the weaponization of news via social media, as highlighted by danah boyd in a recent lecture in

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01:01:08

EdTech Situation Room Episode 100

EdTech Situation Room Podcast by Jason Neiffer and... ·

2018/07/12

Welcome to episode 100 of the EdTech Situation Room from July 11, 2018, where technology news meets educational analysis. This week Jason Neiffer (@techsavvyteach) and Wesley Fryer (@wfryer) discussed recent announcements from the 2018 ISTE Conference in Chicago, Microsoft's new Surface Go budget laptop, and the opening of Pandora's Box for 3D printed guns. Security articles discussed included the worst cybersecurity breaches of 2018 (so far), the importance of never using a USB from an unknown

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01:05:13

EdTech Situation Room Episode 99

EdTech Situation Room Podcast by Jason Neiffer and... ·

2018/06/20

Welcome to episode 99 of the EdTech Situation Room from June 19, 2018, where technology news meets educational analysis. This week Jason Neiffer (@techsavvyteach) and Wesley Fryer (@wfryer) discussed advice for attendees of the upcoming 2018 ISTE Conference, the AI robot debater from IBM, Facebook and social media privacy settings, and poor home wifi router security. Wes shared a weekly dose of cyberattack doom and gloom (shout out to NPR Fresh Air and their recent interview with author David E

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00:56:50

EdTech Situation Room Episode 98

EdTech Situation Room Podcast by Jason Neiffer and... ·

2018/06/14

Welcome to episode 98 of the EdTech Situation Room from June 13, 2018, where technology news meets educational analysis. This week Jason Neiffer (@techsavvyteach) and Wesley Fryer (@wfryer) discussed "the day net neutrality died" (and what it means for schools now,) the coming tidal wave of giant media company mergers, and exciting developments in the world of ChromeOS. Jason unveiled his new Google PixelBook laptop, and 72 hours into ownership reports it's the highest end laptop he's ever owned

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01:12:09

EdTech Situation Room Episode 97

EdTech Situation Room Podcast by Jason Neiffer and... ·

2018/06/07

Welcome to episode 97 of the EdTech Situation Room from June 6, 2018, where technology news meets educational analysis. This week Jason Neiffer (@techsavvyteach) and Wesley Fryer (@wfryer) welcomed special guest Michael J. Crawford (@mjcraw). Topics discussed included Mary Meeker’s essential 2018 Internet Trends report and new microcontrols for iOS announced at WWDC 2018 available to developers to potentially exercise more control over user screentime. The value of limiting the length of shared

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01:04:10

EdTech Situation Room Episode 96

EdTech Situation Room Podcast by Jason Neiffer and... ·

2018/05/31

Welcome to episode 96 of the EdTech Situation Room from May 30, 2018, where technology news meets educational analysis. This week Jason Neiffer (@techsavvyteach) and Wesley Fryer (@wfryer) welcomed special guest Dave Quinn (@EduQuinn) to discuss Amazon Alexa's latest (and improbable) privacy snafu, Facebook marketing videos to restore public trust, Redit's ascendency over Facebook to become the number three most popular website in the United States, and the much anticipated release of the Acer

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01:04:54

EdTech Situation Room Episode 95

EdTech Situation Room Podcast by Jason Neiffer and... ·

2018/05/17

Welcome to episode 95 of the EdTech Situation Room from May 16, 2018, where technology news meets educational analysis. This week Jason Neiffer (@techsavvyteach) and Wesley Fryer (@wfryer) discussed the recent vote in the U.S. Senate to preserve net neutrality, Android-related updates from Google promoting more frequent security patches by smartphone manufacturers / OEMs, and the forthcoming Oneplus 6 Smartphone. The U.S. President's reversal of a trade ban on ZTE smartphones in the United States,

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00:59:41

EdTech Situation Room Episode 94

EdTech Situation Room Podcast by Jason Neiffer and... ·

2018/05/10

Welcome to episode 94 of the EdTech Situation Room from May 9, 2018, where technology news meets educational analysis. This week newly minted Ph.D. Dr. Jason Neiffer (@techsavvyteach) and Dr. Wesley Fryer (@wfryer) discussed lots of news from the Google IO developer's conference, as well as news from the Microsoft Build Conference. The continued march of artificial intelligence is evident in the forthcoming release of Google Duplex, which was demonstrated at Google IO and allows your Google

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01:04:41

EdTech Situation Room Episode 93

EdTech Situation Room Podcast by Jason Neiffer and... ·

2018/05/03

Welcome to episode 93 of the EdTech Situation Room from May 2, 2018, where technology news meets educational analysis. This week Jason Neiffer (@techsavvyteach) and Wesley Fryer (@wfryer) discussed the predictable demise of Cambridge Analytica, Facebook's F8 Developer Conference and its newly announced dating website, and the announced merger of TMobile and Sprint in the United States to turbocharge the build-out of 5G cellular networks in the United States. Additional topics included the demise of

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01:06:20

EdTech Situation Room Episode 92

EdTech Situation Room Podcast by Jason Neiffer and... ·

2018/04/26

Welcome to episode 92 of the EdTech Situation Room from April 25, 2018, where technology news meets educational analysis. This week Jason Neiffer (@techsavvyteach) and Wesley Fryer (@wfryer) discussed new national standards for online courses in the USA, a strange case of liability for an ewaste recycler, exciting updates for Gmail from Google, and several other tidbits of Google news. These included the movie editor in Google Photos, controversy at Google over proposed AI contracts with the U.S

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01:08:00

EdTech Situation Room Episode 91

EdTech Situation Room Podcast by Jason Neiffer and... ·

2018/04/05

Welcome to episode 91 of the EdTech Situation Room from April 4, 2018, where technology news meets educational analysis. This week special guests Alice Barr (@alicebarr) and Cheryl Oakes (@cheryloakes50) along with host Wes Fryer (@wfryer) discussed the accessibility Chrome extension Plazma, the "Teach Wonder" robotics and PD program from Wonder Workshop, and Ripple's amazing fund of all DonorsChoose classroom projects recently. Additional topics included iOS 11.3's battery problems, Apple's new

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