EdTech Situation Room Episode 84

Welcome to episode 84 of the EdTech Situation Room from January 31, 2018, where technology news meets educational analysis. This week Jason Neiffer (@techsavvyteach) and Wes Fryer (@wfryer) discussed the weaponization of information as propaganda via online advertising and what this portends for open / democratic societies, exhortations from leaders at the World Economic Forum in Davos relating to education and artificial intelligence, and the financial impact of Facebook's recently announced changes to its news feed algorithm. Additional topics included the EU's GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation) and what those privacy directives might mean for schools and educational technology use, Google's embrace of Neverware, Apple rumors about new processors to power new Macs, dramatic reductions in iPhone 10 production numbers, and Google's success (as well as struggle) vetting apps and removing those which violate its terms of service. Access all our shownotes (including links to articles we didn't have time to discuss) on http://edtechsr.com/links and follow us on Twitter @edtechSR for updates. Thanks for tuning in, please shout out to us on Twitter and consider writing a favorable review of us on iTunes or elsewhere online. We love listener feedback!