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What do we give up for the benefits of electric lighting?
Daniel Krutka Daniel Krutka

What do we give up for the benefits of electric lighting?

Jacob Pleasants reviews Paul Bogard’s 2014 book, “The end of night: Searching for natural darkness in an age of artificial light.” This book and review to ask questions such as, What do we give up for the benefits of electric lighting?

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Mapping the Media Education Terrain
Daniel Krutka Daniel Krutka

Mapping the Media Education Terrain

In this post, Dan Krutka, Marie Heath, and Cathryn van Kessel offer a new way to help teachers teach students “media literacy” by mapping the media terrain. They offer 5 approaches that can complement each other in offering a holistic media education our students and society needs.

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Must Read Books about Technology
Daniel Krutka Daniel Krutka

Must Read Books about Technology

In this post, Dan recaps the Civics of Technology March Madness “Must Read” books about technology livestream event from March 24th and previews the book clubs for the top three books!

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Whose interests do teaching machines serve?
Daniel Krutka Daniel Krutka

Whose interests do teaching machines serve?

In this blog post, Charles Logan shares his thoughts, a reading guide, and new inquiry design model (IDM) lesson based on Audrey Watters’ 2021 book, Teaching Machines: The History of Personalized Learning.

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Apple Watch 7 is not going to save your life.
Daniel Krutka Daniel Krutka

Apple Watch 7 is not going to save your life.

In our second blog post, Dan and Marie write about the Apple 7 Series 911 commercial, technosalvation, and media education. Tell us in the comments how you teach about technology marketing messages.

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Welcome to the real world.
Daniel Krutka Daniel Krutka

Welcome to the real world.

In post 1, Dan welcomes you to the Civics of Technology project using The Matrix as muse and then he muses on our relationships with technology, educational technology, and just futures for citizens, educators, and students.

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