Edtech Situation Room By @techsavvyteach & @wfryer

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 emergence of "deep fake" videos. If we had a show title based on the show conversations, it would likely be Miguel's comment, "The boy turned away from Linux, I thought he was doomed!" Miguel and Wes also discussed the importance of students learning how to effectively and responsibly create video today, the recent European Human Rights Court ruling finding the mass surveillance of Great Britain's GHCQ intelligence organization illegal that was originally highlighted by Edward Snowden, and the prospect of worldwide sur