Edtech Situation Room By @techsavvyteach & @wfryer

Welcome to episode 237 ("TBA") of the EdTech Situation Room from November 3, 2021, where technology news meets educational analysis. This week Jason Neiffer (@techsavvyteach) and Wesley Fryer (@wfryer) discussed an amazing Wall Street Journal article featuring 12 Internet and cultural visionaries on "How to Fix Social Media." Other articles on the social media / "tech correction" topic included "Facebook's Lost Generation," Facebook's name change to "Meta," the impact of Zuckerberg's dream to transform the web into a "Ready Player One" VR playground. The financial impact of Apple's iPhone privacy changes, Google's policy to remove under-18 photos from search results, the debut of MacOS Monterey, and reasons you do NOT need the new MacBook Pro were also topics of discussion. The long awaited (for Jason) arrival of MacOS M1 processor native Google Drive for Desktop, the death of iMovie Theater, Google's facilitation of work/life separation on Android devices, and Google Calendar's option to schedule "Focus Time