Episode 252 - Tennessee Banning Classroom Technology?
From K12 Tech Talk by k12techtalk
February 27, 2026 · 48 min · Episode 252
About this episode
The episode discusses Tennessee's proposals to ban classroom technology and a phishing campaign affecting Midwest school districts.
Josh, Chris, and Mark discuss Tennessee proposals that would severely restrict or ban classroom devices and online assessments for younger grades, and debate whether this is an overreaction or a needed reset on screen time. They discuss a widespread, sophisticated phishing campaign that hit many Midwest school districts, including guidance on immediate steps to secure compromised accounts for Google and Microsoft. Google: https://knowledge.workspace.google.com/admin/support/troubleshooting/identify-and-secure-compromised-accounts Microsoft: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/defender-office-365/responding-to-a-compromised-email-account K12 SIX: https://k12six.org/compromise ———— Sponsored by: Meter - meter.com/k12techtalkVisit meter.com/k12techtalk to book a demo! Eaton - Indulge yourselves in this chocolate-inspired infographic from Eaton to discover “a flavor” of cloud-based battery backup for every location, including K-12 education, with their cloud-connected UPS line. Reliable power backup has never been so sweet – with 16 cloud-connected UPS models for various workloads and budgets, always free monitoring software for an unlimited number of devices, NFC tap-to-configure…
People in this episode
Hosts: Josh, Chris, Mark
Topics covered
- classroom technology
- screen time
- phishing campaign
- online assessments
- education policy
Keywords
- Tennessee
- classroom devices
- online assessments
- phishing
- Microsoft
- K12 education
Sponsors
Meter, Eaton
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Tennessee, Google, Microsoft, K12 SIX, Incident IQ, ClassLink, Fortinet, Managed Methods
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