Make EdTech 100 with LindyHoc

Make EdTech 100 is a K-12 education technology show built around practical judgment. Lindy Hawk leads it with a teacher-facing rhythm: name the problem, explain the terms, give examples, then bring the idea back to the classroom. AI is a major thread. The show treats student AI use as something that needs boundaries, dashboards, guardrails, and careful adult conversation, not blanket panic or open-ended enthusiasm. It spends time on prompt design and homework support because those details matter. A student asking a chatbot for help is not the same as a student being handed an answer, and the show keeps pressing on that distinction. The interviews broaden the subject without leaving the classroom behind. Jack Churchill’s episode frames assistive technology as access, especially for students using scanning pens, dictionaries, text-to-speech, and other supports. Aaron Makelky joins a conversation about the AI agent era from the perspective of someone who can speak between technical builders and ordinary educators. Marnie Bender’s episode brings in esports, libraries, Montana schools, and the students who may not have found their place in more traditional activities. Video also becomes a teaching practice, not just a content trend. Lindy Hawk talks about short lesson introductions, instructions, feedback, and pep talks as ways teachers can use video to make classroom routines clearer and more repeatable. The show has a warm, explanatory pace. It can wander through anecdotes and conference stories, but the point usually lands in a specific teaching move. It is especially useful for educators who feel the pace of technology changing faster than their planning time allows. The show’s strongest quality is its refusal to separate tools from relationships. Technology matters here only when it makes learning more accessible, more thoughtful, or more connected to real students.