The Tech Bubble

In the second show of the fourth series, Amaanat and Mr Williamson look inside and outside of SIS to explore the impact of AI. Ms Sharman talks law, accountancy and AI pitfalls when creating personal statements for University applications whilst we also hear from three external guests working in law, accountancy and ethics and the impact AI is having on sectors outside of education.

And welcome back to a new season! Today's episode will be the first in a new series focusing exclusively on Artificial Intelligence. Our host of the day is *drumroll* Donald Ma 👏👏👏! The new Communications officer here at SIS. "But where's our usual host, Mr Williamson and Amaanat Rekhi?" Well, fear not; today, Iain and Amaanat have their turn in the hot seat as our guests! Tod...

In the season finale we finally talk about....Esports  This episode we bring in special guest like Mr Oliver, many Bauhinia Students (Cameron Lee, Nathaniel Lam, Shriyans Gadnis & Andrew Luo) and even Jason Prohaska the Digital Tech Coach at the ESF to talk about their perspective on games and the effect is has on us. We get to hear about about the gaming world and the students interest....

In the season 3 finale of the Tech bubble, We invite the guest...Mr Williamson?? Taking a step back from his host spot, we are joined by this episodes special hosts: Amaanat Rekhi & Chloe Jazzy Lau. Coming back so soon is the previous host of the tech bubble, ready to start an interesting discussion before she finally departs. Another 'guest' that occasionally pops in is the producer of t...

In this episode of the Tech Bubble, We welcome The Mother's Choice Youth Leadership Council to the podcast. The four heads of the council: Davina Ho, Amaanat Rekhi, Chloe Kong and Skylette Cheung, have come on to the show to introduce their council and to discuss the dangers of social media as it continues to grow in the lives of teenagers. There are links made with sexual consent with internet sa...

Regarding the impacts of social media's presentation of an 'ideal' body, as well as the effect on people's self-esteem by trying to reach the unrealistic image portrayed.

Concerning the 21st century paradigm shift to Artificial Intelligence.

In our first Tech Bubble episode of Season 3, we dive right into the beloved art form – film. With filmmaking veterans John and Larissa Curran discussing filmmaking culture in Hong Kong and pre-digital filmmaking, and Alison Thomas and Nicholas Tam with their fresh-takes on digital technology in film and social media, this episode spotlights how technology has shifted our approach to storytelling...

In our TTB season 2 finale, we delve into the convergence of technology and environmental sustainability, using the results of a DLC school-wide survey that quizzed students about their choice of search engine to underpin our discussion. We harness the diverse perspectives of our guests from the non-profit, policy-making, activism and academia space to tackle topics from the future of environmenta...

Is privacy policy consent an illusion? Should we abandon WhatsApp and pivot to Signal? Is data the new oil? In this long-awaited Internet Safety Week 2021, our SIS-alumni bring a spectrum of perspectives on the hard-hitting topic of data privacy, metadata – or as one of our guests put it, data about data – and the thought-provoking debate of surveillance capitalism. Fear not dear listeners, as wit...

An exclusive DLC panel, the guests unpack the major technological headlines in 2020. Jessica and Chloe pick up some of the major roles that big tech has played this year, highlighting the issue of misinformation; Ryan briefly discuss fact-checking; Rohan and Paul explore the nuanced implications of social media presented in "The Social Dilemma" documentary on Netflix and Jaron Lanier's "10 Argumen...

The Tech Review team begins by discussing gender equity in technology and the marked increase in the amount of women in tech; The discussion moves on to the recent Blue Origin launch and its implications on the future of space travel; Janis begins by discussing her differences from working online in comparison to face-to-face along with her life in Hong Kong and the UK; Mrs Chapman and Ruthie then...

Maxine, Paul, and Ryan begin by discussing Elon Musk’s Neuralink and the latest Samsung Galaxy Z fold in the new Tech Review segment. Ms Greer, the CEO of ESF, begins by discussing her career in education and her use of technology along it; The discussion then moves onto tech disasters and mishaps; Ms Greer explains how technology has enhanced learning in classrooms; The guests talk about the usag...

The three principals begin by discussing the implementation of technology during their time at SIS; Rohan then discusses the advent of iPads within the classroom from both students and teachers alike; the discussion then moves onto the one-to-one laptop scheme started by Mr Wray; the guests talk about how online learning can be used to help the disadvantaged, and discrimination in the implementati...

Originally aired 19 June 2020 Mr Lee starts by announcing the inclusion of Computer Science into the IBDP (from 2023) and IGCSE (from 2021) curricula; The guests then discuss why coding in particular has established its importance; Paul and Will gives a brief update on the situation regarding ESF Computing Conference; Sam and Kristy have a brief debate about the most important coding languages and...

Originally aired 12 June 2020 Chloe starts with a quick update regarding youmatterorg; Eric and Mary share their perspectives on the generic term of ‘Fake News’, which has a multitude of areas; Eric explains the extremity of propaganda in the 21st century; Zach and Chloe discuss the prevalence of anonymity during sensitive times; Sam and Eric describe the consequences of having anonymous sources;...

Originally aired 22 May 2020 Mo and Sam begin by talking about a change in the nature of work; Chloe mentions rapid change happening to society and keeping an open mind towards unorthodoxy; the discussion moves onto the economic impacts of AI in regards to jobs; the guests then discuss what may stay the same in the long run, as well as the ethics of “AI-ifying” everything; Finally, the speakers gi...

Originally aired 15 May 2020 The guests kickstart the episode talking about what we should keep from the online learning experience when schools reopen; the topic moves onto student responses to different approaches of distance learning; Adrian, and Mr Hayes discuss the reactions of different generations towards the debate of cyber safety; Manya and teachers address the level of stress that both s...

Originally aired 8 May 2020 Chloe and Ms Purves begins by talking about student wellbeing with regards to social media; Karina and Chloe discusses the topic of fake news and its impacts; Ms Purves addresses the problem of high usage of online distance learning; Reiya talks about her positive experiences with distance learning which is lacking in a normal school setting; Phoebe talks about implemen...

Originally aired 24 April 2020 Zaid and Shannon begins by discussing the situation at UC Berkeley and Columbia University amid the COVID-19 pandemic and disruptions to learning, and what the Internet of Things mean to them; Sam and Karina joins in to talk about what their legacy is at SIS and the impact they have had on the DLC; Phoebe joins the conversation, talking about the interest into comput...