K12 Tech Talk
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Episode 288 - What Black October Means for K12 Techs
Episode 288 - What Black October Means for K12 Techs
About this podcast
A K12TechPro Podcast. This podcast is about trending K12 technology topics and issues. Josh, Chris, and Mark have real conversations, real arguments, and real banter on IT issues and trends in K12 Schools.
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- Episode 288 - What Black October Means for K12 Techs · 1 h 15 min · Episode 290On this episode, Josh, Chris and Mark unpack “Black October,” a wave of AI-driven cyberattacks that exposed vulnerabilities across industries and hit the K12 world hard. The…
- Episode 31 (Rerun) - Inside a School District’s Ransomware Nightmare · 59 min · Episode 289In this episode (Rerun), K12 Tech Talk shares an in‑depth interview with an anonymous school IT leader who goes by "Denzel" about a ransomware attack on his district. The…
- Episode 287 - Wearable AI and Hacked Refrigerators · 50 min · Episode 288In episode 287, Josh, Chris, and Mark discuss OpenAI’s upcoming text watermarking feature (and how easy it can be to bypass) and the limits of AI-detection tools. The news…
- Episode 286 - Vibe Coding, Canvas, & Bidets · 1 h 6 min · Episode 287Episode 286 dives into Josh and Chris' Google Education Leaders Series meeting in Atlanta, a Brookings study tracking student reactions to school cell phone bans across a full…
- Episode 285 - Googlebook Arrives, Gemini Gems Ends · 45 min · Episode 286Episode 285 dives into a fast‑moving week of K12 tech news. The guys discuss Hazel Health (a telehealth provider reportedly targeted by the Direwolf ransomware group) and a…
- Episode 284 - Be Friends with Your Facilities Dept · 53 min · Episode 285In this episode, Chris, Mark, and AI Josh discuss research studies about classroom technology, AI tutors, student-device use, and the alarming state of U.S. school facilities…
- Episode 283 - Florida’s AI Opt‑Out: What It Means for Schools, Teachers, and EdTech · 52 min · Episode 284On this episode, Josh, Mark, and Chris break down Florida’s new law requiring districts to notify parents in plain language when AI tools are used in classrooms and to offer…
- Episode 282 - What happens when districts adopt Agentic AI? · 41 min · Episode 283In episode 282, Josh, Chris, and Mark cover the controversy over the White House’s new arcade site, the major cyberattack that shut down Springfield (MA) Public Schools, and…
- Episode 281 - When the Biggest Districts Say "No" to AI · 40 min · Episode 282Josh, Chris, and Mark discuss the PaperCut vulnerability, Anthropic’s Claude for Teachers, and then... AI and screen-time. Policy and pedagogy take center stage with two of the…
- Episode 280 - Dell Technologies Education Strategist Marlo Gaddis · 28 min · Episode 281In this special Dell‑sponsored episode of K12 Tech Talk, Chris sits down with Marlo Gaddis, a former educator and current K‑12 Education Strategist at Dell. Marlo shares explains…
- Episode 279 - Meta's $18B Settlement & Microsoft's Move to Passkeys · 58 min · Episode 280Josh, Chris and Mark talk back-to-school anecdotes - Chromebook rollouts, teacher tickets, and custodial tech onboarding, then dig into the news headlines of the week. First…
- Episode 278 - Back-to-School Chaos · 52 min · Episode 279In this episode, Josh and Chris kick off the school-year season with news, stories, and a CyberNut interview. They dive into federal guidance from the U.S. Department of…
- Episode 277 - KOSA vs. KIDS Act Explained · 47 min · Episode 278Episode 277 examines the mounting policy fight over student safety online and the practical tech issues districts are facing as a new school year begins. Josh and Chris open with…
- Episode 276 - RFPs and New Gemini · 44 min · Episode 277Josh, Chris, and Mark talk about a New Mexico state-mandated AI reading tool stirring privacy concerns, Google rolling out a student-facing Gemini tab in Classroom by default…
- Episode 275 - What happens when students create an AI bill? · 46 min · Episode 276On episode 275, Josh, Chris, and Mark jump into a back‑to‑school conversation covering AI policy, screen time, cybersecurity, and tech in the classroom. They start by sharing how…
- Episode 274 - Vibe Coding without Josh · 46 min · Episode 275Chris and Mark break down some headline stories and dig into a longer conversation about vibe coding in K12. They discuss Common Sense Media’s poor safety rating of Google…
- Episode 273 - Block Claude?!?! Why Districts Are Pushing Back on Claude for Teachers · 35 min · Episode 274Josh, Chris, and Mark unpack Anthropic’s surprise launch of "Claude for Teachers," a free‑until‑2027 offering that immediately drew criticism from district leaders for its…
- Live from GAMEIS 2026! · 1 h 0 min · Episode 273Recorded live from the GAMEIS Conference in Savannah, Georgia, this episode brings you interviews and conversations with district leaders and state education technologists. Josh…
- Episode 271 - Utah’s Blueprint for School Data Protection · 49 min · Episode 272On Episode 271, Josh and Mark sit down with Nicole Sanchez and Matt Winters from the Utah State Board of Education’s Data Privacy Team to explain how Utah became a national model…
- Episode 270 - E‑Rate Under Fire: FCC Proposal Could Reshape School Internet Funding · 55 min · Episode 271On this week’s episode of the K‑12 Tech Talk podcast Josh and Mark dig into a packed news round-up and sit down with Joey Wender, Executive Director of the Schools, Health, and…
