K12 Tech Talk

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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. Current and Past Sponsors: Absolute, Arista, HPE Aruba Networking, Blocksi, Chromebookparts.com, ClassLink, CTL, Eaton, Extreme Networks, Fortinet, Howard Technology Solutions, iDoc, IncidentIQ, Infoblox, INVZBL, Jupiter Education, Lightspeed Systems, Luma Technologies, Managed Methods, Meter, NTP, Papercut, Provision Data Solutions, Pondurance, PowerGistics, Prey, Rise Vision, Ruckus/Commscope, SaferWatch, Scale Computing, SHI, StatusGator, SomethingCool.com, Tripp Lite, Verkada, VIZOR

™ K12 Tech Talk

Episode Date
Episode 243 - Screens & Smart Glasses
Dec 12, 2025
Episode 242 - ChatGPT Stumbles into K-12 Classrooms
Dec 05, 2025
Episode 241 - Free ChatGPT for Teachers and Snitch Boxes
Nov 21, 2025
Episode 240 - Block TPT? And an Interview with Joey Wender, SHLB
Nov 14, 2025
Episode 239 - Outages, AI Bills, and the Shutdown's Impact on Schools
Nov 07, 2025
Episode 238 - How to Implement Student MFA
Oct 31, 2025
Episode 237 - Drone Debrief, Google Inactive Accounts, and MOREnet
Oct 24, 2025
Episode 236 - Can Drones Make Schools Safer?
Oct 17, 2025
Episode 235 - Middle Schoolers are the Best!
Oct 10, 2025
Episode 234 - What happens when a student account is compromised?
Oct 03, 2025
Episode 233 - Teenagers Using AI Companions?
Sep 26, 2025
Episode 232 - Killer Drones, Google Outages & AI Whack‑A‑Mole
Sep 19, 2025
Episode 231 - Our Top 5 Trending Back-to-School Topics
Sep 12, 2025
Episode 230 - Office 365 or Google Workspace or BOTH?
Sep 05, 2025
Episode 229 - MagicSchool, Esports, and Update Issues
Aug 29, 2025
Episode 228 - The First Week Back
Aug 22, 2025
Episode 227 - State‑Mandated AI, Back‑to‑School Mayhem & the Birth of "Grumpy Josh"
Aug 15, 2025
Episode 226 - Back to School with Gemini... or Not?
Aug 08, 2025
Episode 225 - How Are Districts Handling State Cell Phone Bans?
Aug 01, 2025
Episode 224 - Vendor Support in Small Districts
Jul 25, 2025
Episode 223 - Everything You Need To Know About Google's Summer Updates!
Jul 18, 2025
Episode 222 - Live from the GAMEIS Conference!
Jul 14, 2025
Episode 221 - Supreme Court Decisions and Google Updates
Jul 02, 2025
Episode 220 - ISTE Preview and Summer Staff Transitions
Jun 27, 2025
Episode 219 - Do you enable GenAI tools for all age levels?
Jun 20, 2025
Episode 218 - Rethinking Guest WiFi (Without Mark)
Jun 13, 2025
Episode 217 - How to Write a Better RFP
Jun 06, 2025
Episode 216 - How do you handle a curious or mischievous tech student?
May 30, 2025
Episode 215 - PowerSchool Hacker Has Been Caught!
May 23, 2025
Episode 214 - More Cell Phone Laws / Memphis vs. PowerSchool / Summer Collections
May 16, 2025
Episode 213 - TikTok Chromebook Trends & More PowerSchool Woes
May 09, 2025
Episode 212 - Navigating Indiana's Tech Education Landscape: Insights from the Indiana CTO Clinic
May 03, 2025
Episode 211 - Curriculum Opt-Outs and Trump's K-12 AI Plan
Apr 25, 2025
Episode 210 - Tariffs, Special Requests, and Food!
Apr 18, 2025
Episode 209 - Dept of Ed Closure & K12 Technology
Apr 11, 2025
Special Episode: PowerSchool CISO, Mishka McCowan
Apr 08, 2025
Episode 208 - Live from CoSN 2025!
Apr 04, 2025
Episode 207 - The Supreme Court Discusses E-Rate!
Mar 28, 2025
Episode 206 - Terry Loftus, San Diego CIO & MS-ISAC Board Chair
Mar 21, 2025
Episode 205 - Death by Fax, and Cuts to MS-ISAC Funding
Mar 14, 2025
Episode 204 - MidwestTechTalk Security Symposium 2025 Recap & SaferWatch
Mar 13, 2025
Episode 203 - Beeper Bans, Google MFA Changes, and District Liability
Feb 28, 2025
Episode 202 - Navigating Tariffs, Chrome's New AI Security, and E-Rate Threats
Feb 21, 2025
Episode 201 - Unveiling the Shadowy World of Breach Coaches
Feb 14, 2025
Episode 200 - Special Guests, Musical Acts, and Celebrity Drop-Ins...
Feb 07, 2025
Episode 199 - It's a Disaster
Jan 31, 2025
Episode 198 - Top 10 Changes to K12 Cyber Security We'd Like to See
Jan 24, 2025
Episode 197 - Updates on PowerSchool and Notification Requirements
Jan 17, 2025
Episode 196 - Sharing Passwords? You're Fired!
Jan 10, 2025
PowerSchool Cybersecurity Breach: What You Need to Know
Jan 09, 2025
A Ransomware Interview with Denzel (Episode 31 Re-release)
Dec 31, 2024
Episode 195 - Chimp Crazy, 2024 Recap, & 2025 Predictions
Dec 20, 2024
Episode 194 - How to Move from Lawless to Lawful Asset Management
Dec 13, 2024
Episode 193 - Will Google Really Sell Off Its Chrome Browser?
Dec 06, 2024
Episode 192 - New Google License Structure and an IXL Lawsuit
Nov 22, 2024
Episode 191 - Interview with Tony Sager
Nov 15, 2024
Episode 190 - Vermont Fest & Flashback to the CIS Controls Episode
Nov 08, 2024
Episode 189 - Election 2024
Oct 31, 2024
Episode 188 - Just Following Orders
Oct 25, 2024
Episode 187 - Smishing, NCSR, and Other Hot Topics
Oct 18, 2024
Episode 186 - AI Vetoes, Supreme Court Showdowns, and the Case for Collaboration
Oct 11, 2024
Episode 185 - E-Rate Goes to the Supreme Court and NIST Changes Passwords
Oct 04, 2024
Episode 184 - What Does the Future Hold For EdFi?
Sep 27, 2024
Episode 183 - Is AI Replacing Teachers and Librarians?
Sep 20, 2024
Episode 182 - SIS Conversion Debrief and Listener Rebuttals
Sep 13, 2024
Episode 181 - Ring Cameras for Schools? And Bed Bugs!
Sep 06, 2024
Episode 180 - When You Are Technically Right, But You're Wrong
Aug 30, 2024
Episode 179 - Hot Pockets and Hot Topics
Aug 23, 2024
Episode 178 - We Go Back to School
Aug 16, 2024
Episode 177 - Live from the K12TechPro Virtual Meetup 2024
Aug 09, 2024
Episode 176 - Josh says 175, but it's 176, he was distracted by his new iPad
Aug 02, 2024
Episode 175 - Live from MidwestTechTalk2024!
Jul 25, 2024
Episode 174 - The Trip of Self Discovery
Jul 19, 2024
Episode 173 - LAUSD's AI Issues and Chris Loves Drones
Jul 12, 2024
Episode 172 - Why I'm Leaving the Job I Love
Jun 28, 2024
Episode 171 - Hot Weather, Parent Communication, Some Spicy Jokes
Jun 21, 2024
Episode 170 - Under Construction Part 2 (New Logo/New Music)
Jun 14, 2024
Episode 169 - Under Construction!!!
Jun 07, 2024
Episode 168 - Are Districts Ready for Enterprise AI Models?
May 31, 2024
Episode 167 - Manifesting Your Dream Summer Break
May 24, 2024
Flashback to Episode 97: Scott Elder (Re-release)
May 17, 2024
Episode 166 - Reflections on a Year with AI
May 10, 2024
Episode 165 - Data Privacy & Interoperability at the PESC-A4L Summit
May 03, 2024
Episode 164 - Tutor.com Receives Some Criticism, Turnitin Releases Data on AI Usage, and Chris Has a Rant.
Apr 26, 2024
Episode 163 - Cyber Attack Liability, Proxies, and Managed Methods
Apr 19, 2024
Episode 162.5 - Insights from the CoSN 2024 Conference - Part 2
Apr 17, 2024
Episode 162 - Insights from the CoSN 2024 Conference - Part 1
Apr 12, 2024
Episode 161 - Elevator Repairs, Dead Rodents, and an Interview with VIZOR
Apr 05, 2024
Episode 160 - Mohit Gupta, Director of Product @ Clever
Mar 28, 2024
Episode 159 - Josh Rants, VR in the Classroom, and an Interview with Absolute
Mar 22, 2024
Episode 158 - Gyms are for PE, not the SAT.
Mar 15, 2024
Episode 157 - Vendor Turnover, E-Rate Advice, and Colonoscopies
Mar 08, 2024
Episode 156 - Tabletop Exercise with Leadership
Mar 01, 2024
Episode 155 - Outside Looking In
Feb 23, 2024
Episode 154 - Virtual Snow Days, SIS Woes, and Bathroom Breaks
Feb 16, 2024
Episode 153 - Clever MFA, Rise Vision, and Conspiracy Theories
Feb 09, 2024
Episode 152 - The Principal Episode
Feb 01, 2024
Episode 151 - National Education Tech Plan
Jan 26, 2024
Episode 150 - Data Breach Blame Game?
Jan 19, 2024
Episode 149 - New Tab, No Cap
Jan 12, 2024
Episode 148 - This Isn’t Dateline
Jan 05, 2024
Episode 147 - Top Stories of 2023?
Dec 15, 2023
Episode 146 - This Episode is Censored
Dec 08, 2023
Episode 145 - Notes to Younger Self
Dec 01, 2023
Episode 144 - Working with a Purpose
Nov 17, 2023
Episode 143 - Tickle Mark’s Fancy...
Nov 10, 2023
Episode 142 - The Halloween Episode
Nov 03, 2023
Episode 141 - Hey Google
Oct 27, 2023
Episode 140 - Ransomware Story with Eric @ OKC Public Schools
Oct 20, 2023
Episode 139 - Sometimes Chris Makes Mistakes
Oct 13, 2023
Episode 138 - The Godfather and Jupiter
Oct 06, 2023
In Memory of Pate Hogan
Oct 04, 2023
Episode 137 - Chris Has a Very Bad Day
Sep 29, 2023
Episode 136 - Contracts, Terms and Agreements, Oh My!
Sep 22, 2023
Episode 135 - An Interview with Alaina Clark from CISA
Sep 15, 2023
Episode 134 - Dealing With a SIS Outage
Sep 08, 2023
Episode 133 - How Do You Handle Your 1:1 Deployment?
Sep 01, 2023
Episode 132 - Beginner’s Guide to Implementing CIS Controls
Aug 25, 2023
Episode 131 - The Room Where It Happens
Aug 18, 2023
Episode 130 - Hot Takes on the White House Convening
Aug 11, 2023
Episode 129 - Supply Chain Woes
Aug 04, 2023
Episode 128 - Summer Account Woes
Jul 28, 2023
Episode 127 - Josh Gets a Bobblehead
Jul 22, 2023
Episode 126 - Josh Goes to Alaska
Jul 14, 2023
Episode 125 - Interview with Christy Wyatt, Absolute CEO
Jun 30, 2023
Episode 124 - A Fish Too Far?
Jun 23, 2023
Episode 123 - Are Passkeys Necessary?
Jun 16, 2023
Episode 122 - Can You Pass a Cybersecurity Assessment?
Jun 09, 2023
Episode 121 - Student MFA?!?!
Jun 02, 2023
Episode 120 - Chris Sleeps This One Out
May 26, 2023
Episode 119 - An Interview with Lucas from PIRG
May 19, 2023
Episode 118 - The Gang Finally Meets
May 12, 2023
Episode 117 - Lakota Schools Cyber Academy
May 04, 2023
Episode 116 - Chromebooks Are Evil?
Apr 28, 2023
Episode 115 - Tabletop Exercises with SZA?
Apr 21, 2023
Episode 114 - D&D: School Edition
Apr 14, 2023
Episode 113 - How to Tackle Student Data Privacy Agreements
Apr 07, 2023
Episode 112 - Chris is Finally Back!
Mar 31, 2023
Episode 111 - CoSN Part 2
Mar 23, 2023
Episode 111 - CoSN Part 1
Mar 23, 2023
Episode 110 - 3 Years Later
Mar 17, 2023
Episode 109 - K12 SIX Conference Recap and Doug Levin Interview
Mar 10, 2023
Episode 108 Part Deux - Part 2 of the Interview with Soheil Katal, LAUSD CIO
Mar 03, 2023
Episode 108 - Soheil Katal (LA USD, CIO) Interview Part One
Feb 22, 2023
Episode 107.5 - The Setup
Feb 17, 2023
Episode 107 - Esports, MFA Settings, & Listener Emails
Feb 10, 2023
Episode 106 - We got an email from Sh1mmer
Feb 03, 2023
Episode 105 - Listener Emails and Eric
Jan 27, 2023
Episode 104 - Forti-what?
Jan 20, 2023
Episode 103 - Don’t Read a Book, Chris
Jan 13, 2023
Episode 102 - Happy New Year, ChatGPT
Jan 06, 2023
Episode 101 - 2022 Year End Review
Dec 16, 2022
Episode 100 - You Won’t Believe This One...
Dec 09, 2022
Episode 99 - Cyber Planning with Don Wolf and Idrissa Davis
Dec 02, 2022
Episode 98 - Interview with Tom Ryan and Lenny Schad
Nov 18, 2022
Episode 97 - Ransomware Interview with Scott Elder
Nov 11, 2022
Episode 96 - NCSR, E-Rate, CoSN and More!
Nov 04, 2022
Episode 95 - SCARY STORIES Part Deux
Oct 28, 2022
Episode 94 - On the Road at the MOREnet Conference (SCARY STORIES)
Oct 21, 2022
Episode 93 - Josh Really Loves Crab Rangoons
Oct 14, 2022
Episode 92 - Killnet Bachelor Pad
Oct 07, 2022
Episode 91 - Blame the Barbie App!!!
Sep 30, 2022
Episode 90 - 911, the FCC, Listener Emails, and Josh likes Spicy Sausage Pizza
Sep 23, 2022
Episode 89 - The Musical Episode
Sep 16, 2022
Episode 88 - A Chat with Randy Rose from MS-ISAC
Sep 09, 2022
Episode 87 - Quizlet Ads!!!
Sep 02, 2022
Episode 86 - The First Week
Aug 26, 2022
Episode 85 - Tyler Tech and Infinite Campus Interview
Aug 19, 2022
Episode 84 - Mark on a Buffalo?
Aug 12, 2022
Episode 83 - Back to School Already?!?!
Aug 05, 2022
Episode 82 - Interview with Infoblox
Jul 29, 2022
Episode 81 - Big News from Tyler Technologies and Infinite Campus
Jul 22, 2022
Episode 80 - An Interview with Shahryar Khazei
Jul 15, 2022
Episode 79 - Everyone Is Back!
Jul 08, 2022
Episode 78 - Josh Returns, Chris Leaves
Jun 24, 2022
Episode 77 - The Gold Standard
Jun 17, 2022
Episode 76 - Pate’s Back
Jun 10, 2022
Episode 75 - SUMMER SCHOOL!
Jun 03, 2022
Episode 74 - An Interview with ClassLink CEO Berj Akian
May 27, 2022
Episode 73 - This Is a Rough One
May 19, 2022
Episode 72 - What Did That Email Say?!?
May 13, 2022
Episode 71 - Josh is Worked Up!
May 06, 2022
Episode 70 - The One Where Chris Breaks Gmail
Apr 29, 2022
Episode 69 - The BIG Episode without Chris
Apr 22, 2022
Episode 68 - CoSN Recap and a Nelly Sighting
Apr 15, 2022
Episode 67 - Student Data Privacy and Sailboats
Apr 08, 2022
Episode 66 - 3rd Time is a Charm
Apr 01, 2022
Episode 65 - Mark’s Second Interview
Mar 25, 2022
Episode 64 - Live from the MidwestTechTalk Security Symposium
Mar 15, 2022
Episode 63 - An Interview with Josh Renaud
Mar 04, 2022
Episode 62 - Snow Plow!!!
Feb 25, 2022
Episode 61 - Passwords? We Don’t Need Passwords!
Feb 18, 2022
Episode 60 - Deer Season in the Middle of the Woods
Feb 11, 2022
Episode 59 - Leave Work At Work, a Lesson Learned the Hard Way
Feb 03, 2022
Episode 58 - The One With Mark...
Jan 28, 2022
Episode 57 - There’s Strength In Numbers
Jan 21, 2022
Episode 56 - We Need Your Help
Jan 14, 2022
Episode 55 - Break is over! GET TO WORK!
Jan 07, 2022
Episode 54 - The Phish Gone Wrong!!!
Dec 10, 2021
Episode 53 - Networked Battery Backups and Parent Complaints
Dec 03, 2021