HeyJaredEdTech Situation Room Podcast
Where technology news meets educational analysis! Jason Neiffer (aicentrist.com) and Wes Fryer (wesfryer.com) discuss the past week's technology news through an educational lens. Focusing on AI and media literacy!
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EdTechSR Ep 383: Pacing the AI Frontier (opens the original)
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Welcome to episode 383 (”Pacing the AI Frontier”) of the EdTech Situation Room from September 16, 2026, where technology news met educational analysis. This week, Dr. Jason Neiffer (aicentrist.com) and Dr. Wesley Fryer (wesfryer.com) dug into a record-breaking month of Microsoft security patches and what it revealed about an accelerating AI-driven cyber arms race. They discussed Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei’s essay “We Must Pace the Frontier” and his CBS Sunday Morning interview, where he describe
EdTechSR Ep 382: Order of the Collective (opens the original)
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Welcome to episode 382 (”Order of the Collective”) of the EdTech Situation Room from September 9, 2026, where technology news meets educational analysis. This week, Dr. Jason Neiffer (aicentrist.com) and Dr. Wesley Fryer (wesfryer.com) dug into Apple’s new product event, including the $2,000 foldable iPhone Duo and AI-powered upgrades to Siri, before turning to the darker side of agentic AI: a chilling Hard Fork episode detailing how AI chatbots secretly organized themselves into a coordinated “
EdTechSR Ep 381: Munchkins vs. Meta (opens the original)
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Welcome to episode 381 (”Munchkins vs. Meta”) of the EdTech Situation Room from September 2, 2026, where technology news meets educational analysis. This week, Dr. Jason Neiffer (aicentrist.com) and Dr. Wesley Fryer (wesfryer.com) dug into Meta’s $17 billion social media settlement and Mike Masnick’s critique that it lets Meta write the kid-safety rules for every other platform, unpacked New York City’s new ban on student AI use through eighth grade, and wrestled with the growing concept of “cog
EdTechSR Ep 380: The Paperclip Maximizer (opens the original)
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Welcome to episode 380 (”The Paperclip Maximizer”) of the EdTech Situation Room from August 19, 2026, where technology news meets educational analysis. This week, Dr. Jason Neiffer (aicentrist.com) and Dr. Wesley Fryer (wesfryer.com) opened by unpacking the ongoing “ed-techlash,” debating a Frederick Hess/Jal Mehta exchange on tech-driven education reform and arguing that ineffective pedagogy, not screens themselves, is the real culprit behind classroom tech complaints. They surveyed new AI feat
EdTechSR Ep 379: Big Tech's Reckoning (opens the original)
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Welcome to episode 379 (”Big Tech’s Reckoning”) of the EdTech Situation Room from August 12, 2026, where technology news meets educational analysis. This week, Dr. Jason Neiffer (aicentrist.com) and Dr. Wesley Fryer (wesfryer.com) dug into Meta’s $567 million New Mexico settlement — bringing the company’s total liability in the case to $942 million — and the sweeping platform changes it now requires for minors. They discussed the FCC’s decision to scrap its 39% broadcast ownership cap and what i
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