Edtech Situation Room By @techsavvyteach & @wfryer

Welcome to episode 230 ("TBA") of the EdTech Situation Room from September 9, 2021, where technology news meets educational analysis. This week Jason Neiffer (@techsavvyteach) and Wesley Fryer (@wfryer) discussed Google's new ChromeOS notetaking web app, Cursive, Microsoft's addition of "Reading" to MS Teams, and Windows 11 CPU requirements for older computers. Apple's upcoming September 14th iPhone event and Twitter powered notification service, a call to stop "source shaming" the use of WikiPedia in academic research, and the regulatory effort in Germany to required 7 years of smartphone operating system updates were highlighted. Also on the Google front, an op-ed advocating for a 'fix' to auto-installs on new Chromebooks, a UK study highlighting the high frequency of extremist views among students in schools, and a report revealing continued problems with AI-powered facial recognition for black men were discussed. Additional topics included the start of "Super Follower Subscriptions" on Twitter, the expect