EdTech Situation Room Episode 113

Welcome to episode 113 of the EdTech Situation Room from November 7, 2018, where technology news meets educational analysis. This week Jason Neiffer (@techsavvyteach), Wesley Fryer (@wfryer) and special guest Jason Kern (@jasonmkern) discussed the past week's technology news through an educational lens. Topics for the show included virtual reality in the classroom, the use of social media worldwide to radicalize politics, hardware updates from Apple's special event last week, and our need for media literacy everywhere. Anya Kamenetz' excellent response article, "What the Times got wrong about kids and phones" was also highlighted. Professional courtesy with cell phones at meetings and in the classroom, the NetFlix documentary "The Eighties," and Flickr's important announcement about free and pro accounts rounded out the show. Geeks of the week included free "Unity" software licenses for schools, Raspberry Pi projects, the browser extension "OneTab," and the "Pulse" SMS app on Android. 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.