All Episodes
K12 Tech Talk — 221 episodes
Episode 282 - What happens when districts adopt Agentic AI?
Episode 281 - When the Biggest Districts Say "No" to AI
Episode 280 - Dell Technologies Education Strategist Marlo Gaddis
Episode 279 - Meta's $18B Settlement & Microsoft's Move to Passkeys
Episode 278 - Back-to-School Chaos
Episode 277 - KOSA vs. KIDS Act Explained
Episode 276 - RFPs and New Gemini
Episode 275 - What happens when students create an AI bill?
Episode 274 - Vibe Coding without Josh
Episode 273 - Block Claude?!?! Why Districts Are Pushing Back on Claude for Teachers
Live from GAMEIS 2026!
Episode 271 - Utah’s Blueprint for School Data Protection
Episode 270 - E‑Rate Under Fire: FCC Proposal Could Reshape School Internet Funding
Episode 269 - World Cup Scots in Boston and Incident IQ Hot Seat
Episode 268 - E‑Rate Under Scrutiny: FCC's Proposed Rule Changes Explained
Episode 267 - Josh Gets Replaced with AI
Episode 266 - Summer School, Screen Time, and Movies
Episode 265 - Why the Class of 2026 Is Rejecting AI
Episode 264 - Googlebook Announcement & Canvas Breach Debrief
Episode 263 - Canvas Ransomed
Episode 262 - EdTech AI Gone Wild
Episode 261 - Navigate360 Breach, LAUSD Screen-Time Plan, & Climbing the K-12 Tech Ladder
Episode 260 - Highlights from CoSN 2026 in Chicago
Episode 259 - Is Your District Ready for an AI-Powered Cyberattack?
Episode 258 - Infinite Campus Fallout: What the Ticket Leak Really Exposed
Episode 257 - Infinite Campus CEO talks Salesforce Breach
Episode 256 - AI in the Classroom and the Federal Bills Shaping Student Safety
Episode 255 - Interview with R.T. Collins, CEO of Incident IQ
Episode 254 - Did Apple Just Release the Chromebook Killer?
Episode 253 - Live from K12 SIX 2026
Episode 252 - Tennessee Banning Classroom Technology?
Episode 251 - Inside the Flock Controversy with Mark Keierleber and Michael Klein
Episode 250 - Camera Controversy & Student Data Privacy!
Episode 249 - Interview with Tyler Kingkade, NBC News
Episode 248 - Snow Day Anthems & Denver's ChatGPT Shutdown
Episode 247 - Senate Hearing on Screen Time
Episode 246 - Monkeys in St. Louis & Frustrations in Denver
Episode 245 - New Year, New Cyber Attacks
Episode 244 - 2025 Recap and 2026 Predictions!
Episode 243 - Screens & Smart Glasses
Episode 242 - ChatGPT Stumbles into K-12 Classrooms
Episode 241 - Free ChatGPT for Teachers and Snitch Boxes
Episode 240 - Block TPT? And an Interview with Joey Wender, SHLB
Episode 239 - Outages, AI Bills, and the Shutdown's Impact on Schools
Episode 238 - How to Implement Student MFA
Episode 237 - Drone Debrief, Google Inactive Accounts, and MOREnet
Episode 236 - Can Drones Make Schools Safer?
Episode 235 - Middle Schoolers are the Best!
Episode 234 - What happens when a student account is compromised?
Episode 233 - Teenagers Using AI Companions?
Episode 232 - Killer Drones, Google Outages & AI Whack‑A‑Mole
Episode 231 - Our Top 5 Trending Back-to-School Topics
Episode 230 - Office 365 or Google Workspace or BOTH?
Episode 229 - MagicSchool, Esports, and Update Issues
Episode 228 - The First Week Back
Episode 227 - State‑Mandated AI, Back‑to‑School Mayhem & the Birth of "Grumpy Josh"
Episode 226 - Back to School with Gemini... or Not?
Episode 225 - How Are Districts Handling State Cell Phone Bans?
Episode 224 - Vendor Support in Small Districts
Episode 223 - Everything You Need To Know About Google's Summer Updates!
Episode 222 - Live from the GAMEIS Conference!
Episode 221 - Supreme Court Decisions and Google Updates
Episode 220 - ISTE Preview and Summer Staff Transitions
Episode 219 - Do you enable GenAI tools for all age levels?
Episode 218 - Rethinking Guest WiFi (Without Mark)
Episode 217 - How to Write a Better RFP
Episode 216 - How do you handle a curious or mischievous tech student?
Episode 215 - PowerSchool Hacker Has Been Caught!
Episode 214 - More Cell Phone Laws / Memphis vs. PowerSchool / Summer Collections
Episode 213 - TikTok Chromebook Trends & More PowerSchool Woes
Episode 212 - Navigating Indiana's Tech Education Landscape: Insights from the Indiana CTO Clinic
Episode 211 - Curriculum Opt-Outs and Trump's K-12 AI Plan
Episode 210 - Tariffs, Special Requests, and Food!
Episode 209 - Dept of Ed Closure & K12 Technology
Special Episode: PowerSchool CISO, Mishka McCowan
Episode 208 - Live from CoSN 2025!
Episode 207 - The Supreme Court Discusses E-Rate!
Episode 206 - Terry Loftus, San Diego CIO & MS-ISAC Board Chair
Episode 205 - Death by Fax, and Cuts to MS-ISAC Funding
Episode 204 - MidwestTechTalk Security Symposium 2025 Recap & SaferWatch
Episode 203 - Beeper Bans, Google MFA Changes, and District Liability
Episode 202 - Navigating Tariffs, Chrome's New AI Security, and E-Rate Threats
Episode 201 - Unveiling the Shadowy World of Breach Coaches
Episode 200 - Special Guests, Musical Acts, and Celebrity Drop-Ins...
Episode 199 - It's a Disaster
Episode 198 - Top 10 Changes to K12 Cyber Security We'd Like to See
Episode 197 - Updates on PowerSchool and Notification Requirements
Episode 196 - Sharing Passwords? You're Fired!
PowerSchool Cybersecurity Breach: What You Need to Know
A Ransomware Interview with Denzel (Episode 31 Re-release)
Episode 195 - Chimp Crazy, 2024 Recap, & 2025 Predictions
Episode 194 - How to Move from Lawless to Lawful Asset Management
Episode 193 - Will Google Really Sell Off Its Chrome Browser?
Episode 192 - New Google License Structure and an IXL Lawsuit
Episode 191 - Interview with Tony Sager
Episode 190 - Vermont Fest & Flashback to the CIS Controls Episode
Episode 189 - Election 2024
Episode 188 - Just Following Orders
Episode 187 - Smishing, NCSR, and Other Hot Topics
Episode 186 - AI Vetoes, Supreme Court Showdowns, and the Case for Collaboration
Episode 185 - E-Rate Goes to the Supreme Court and NIST Changes Passwords
Episode 184 - What Does the Future Hold For EdFi?
Episode 183 - Is AI Replacing Teachers and Librarians?
Episode 182 - SIS Conversion Debrief and Listener Rebuttals
Episode 181 - Ring Cameras for Schools? And Bed Bugs!
Episode 180 - When You Are Technically Right, But You're Wrong
Episode 179 - Hot Pockets and Hot Topics
Episode 178 - We Go Back to School
Episode 177 - Live from the K12TechPro Virtual Meetup 2024
Episode 176 - Josh says 175, but it's 176, he was distracted by his new iPad
Episode 175 - Live from MidwestTechTalk2024!
Episode 174 - The Trip of Self Discovery
Episode 173 - LAUSD's AI Issues and Chris Loves Drones
Episode 172 - Why I'm Leaving the Job I Love
Episode 171 - Hot Weather, Parent Communication, Some Spicy Jokes
Episode 170 - Under Construction Part 2 (New Logo/New Music)
Episode 169 - Under Construction!!!
Episode 168 - Are Districts Ready for Enterprise AI Models?
Episode 167 - Manifesting Your Dream Summer Break
Flashback to Episode 97: Scott Elder (Re-release)
Episode 166 - Reflections on a Year with AI
Episode 165 - Data Privacy & Interoperability at the PESC-A4L Summit
Episode 164 - Tutor.com Receives Some Criticism, Turnitin Releases Data on AI Usage, and Chris Has a Rant.
Episode 163 - Cyber Attack Liability, Proxies, and Managed Methods
Episode 162.5 - Insights from the CoSN 2024 Conference - Part 2
Episode 162 - Insights from the CoSN 2024 Conference - Part 1
Episode 161 - Elevator Repairs, Dead Rodents, and an Interview with VIZOR
Episode 160 - Mohit Gupta, Director of Product @ Clever
Episode 159 - Josh Rants, VR in the Classroom, and an Interview with Absolute
Episode 158 - Gyms are for PE, not the SAT.
Episode 157 - Vendor Turnover, E-Rate Advice, and Colonoscopies
Episode 156 - Tabletop Exercise with Leadership
Episode 155 - Outside Looking In
Episode 154 - Virtual Snow Days, SIS Woes, and Bathroom Breaks
Episode 153 - Clever MFA, Rise Vision, and Conspiracy Theories
Episode 152 - The Principal Episode
Episode 151 - National Education Tech Plan
Episode 150 - Data Breach Blame Game?
Episode 149 - New Tab, No Cap
Episode 148 - This Isn’t Dateline
Episode 147 - Top Stories of 2023?
Episode 146 - This Episode is Censored
Episode 145 - Notes to Younger Self
Episode 144 - Working with a Purpose
Episode 143 - Tickle Mark’s Fancy...
Episode 142 - The Halloween Episode
Episode 141 - Hey Google
Episode 140 - Ransomware Story with Eric @ OKC Public Schools
Episode 139 - Sometimes Chris Makes Mistakes
Episode 138 - The Godfather and Jupiter
In Memory of Pate Hogan
Episode 137 - Chris Has a Very Bad Day
Episode 136 - Contracts, Terms and Agreements, Oh My!
Episode 135 - An Interview with Alaina Clark from CISA
Episode 134 - Dealing With a SIS Outage
Episode 133 - How Do You Handle Your 1:1 Deployment?
Episode 132 - Beginner’s Guide to Implementing CIS Controls
Episode 131 - The Room Where It Happens
Episode 130 - Hot Takes on the White House Convening
Episode 129 - Supply Chain Woes
Episode 128 - Summer Account Woes
Episode 127 - Josh Gets a Bobblehead
Episode 126 - Josh Goes to Alaska
Episode 125 - Interview with Christy Wyatt, Absolute CEO
Episode 124 - A Fish Too Far?
Episode 123 - Are Passkeys Necessary?
Episode 122 - Can You Pass a Cybersecurity Assessment?
Episode 121 - Student MFA?!?!
Episode 120 - Chris Sleeps This One Out
Episode 119 - An Interview with Lucas from PIRG
Episode 118 - The Gang Finally Meets
Episode 117 - Lakota Schools Cyber Academy
Episode 116 - Chromebooks Are Evil?
Episode 115 - Tabletop Exercises with SZA?
Episode 114 - D&D: School Edition
Episode 113 - How to Tackle Student Data Privacy Agreements
Episode 112 - Chris is Finally Back!
Episode 111 - CoSN Part 2
Episode 111 - CoSN Part 1
Episode 110 - 3 Years Later
Episode 109 - K12 SIX Conference Recap and Doug Levin Interview
Episode 108 Part Deux - Part 2 of the Interview with Soheil Katal, LAUSD CIO
Episode 108 - Soheil Katal (LA USD, CIO) Interview Part One
Episode 107.5 - The Setup
Episode 107 - Esports, MFA Settings, & Listener Emails
Episode 106 - We got an email from Sh1mmer
Episode 105 - Listener Emails and Eric
Episode 104 - Forti-what?
Episode 103 - Don’t Read a Book, Chris
Episode 102 - Happy New Year, ChatGPT
Episode 101 - 2022 Year End Review
Episode 100 - You Won’t Believe This One...
Episode 99 - Cyber Planning with Don Wolf and Idrissa Davis
Episode 98 - Interview with Tom Ryan and Lenny Schad
Episode 97 - Ransomware Interview with Scott Elder
Episode 96 - NCSR, E-Rate, CoSN and More!
Episode 95 - SCARY STORIES Part Deux
Episode 94 - On the Road at the MOREnet Conference (SCARY STORIES)
Episode 93 - Josh Really Loves Crab Rangoons
Episode 92 - Killnet Bachelor Pad
Episode 91 - Blame the Barbie App!!!
Episode 90 - 911, the FCC, Listener Emails, and Josh likes Spicy Sausage Pizza
Episode 89 - The Musical Episode
Episode 88 - A Chat with Randy Rose from MS-ISAC
Episode 87 - Quizlet Ads!!!
Episode 86 - The First Week
Episode 85 - Tyler Tech and Infinite Campus Interview
Episode 84 - Mark on a Buffalo?
Episode 83 - Back to School Already?!?!
Episode 82 - Interview with Infoblox
Episode 81 - Big News from Tyler Technologies and Infinite Campus
Episode 80 - An Interview with Shahryar Khazei
Episode 79 - Everyone Is Back!
Episode 78 - Josh Returns, Chris Leaves
Episode 77 - The Gold Standard
Episode 76 - Pate’s Back
Episode 75 - SUMMER SCHOOL!
Episode 74 - An Interview with ClassLink CEO Berj Akian
Episode 73 - This Is a Rough One
Episode 72 - What Did That Email Say?!?
Episode 71 - Josh is Worked Up!