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Introducing the Technology Education Iceberg
In this post, Jacob, Dan, and Phil introduce the technology education iceberg, a framework for teaching all students about technology.
ChatGPT and Teacher Education
In this post, Jacob and Jeffrey examine “ChatGPT and Teacher Education.”
Asking Technoskeptical Questions about ChatGPT
Dan and Marie prepare for a talk at AERA by considering the role of technoskepticism to inquire into ChatGPT in education.
Quick Bites - Critical Tech Articles, Pods, and Blogs
Appetizer summaries and links to what we’ve been reading and listening to recently around critical technology, education, machine learning, and more!
Book Commitment Issues? Join the Civics of Tech Book Club!
Join the Civics of Tech summer series book club to read and chat about Design Justice, More than a Glitch, and Weapons of Math Destruction!
Classroom Chairs Are EdTech, Too!
In this post, Jacob Pleasants and Dan Krutka offer thoughts on Neil Selwyn’s new article concerning the coercive design of classroom chairs.
Prior to (or instead of) using ChatGPT with your students
In this cross-post from Autumm Caines’ Is a Liminal Space blog, Autumm discusses what to do prior to (or instead of) using ChatGPT with your students.
Speculative Fabulation: Authoring Ourselves Into Stories That Were Not Written For Us
In this post, José Ramón Lizárraga (aka Dr. ThemBot) discusses the new article, Cyborg sociopolitical reconfigurations: Designing for speculative fabulation in learning.
Can ChatGPT Create a Thoughtful Lesson Plan?
In this post, Chris Clark and Cathryn van Kessel test ChatGTP’s ability to write a thoughtful lesson plan about MLK. They made ChatGTP resubmit the assignment quite a few times.
Philanthrocapitalism in Public Education, Blockchain Cradle-to-Career Surveillance, and Other Fresh New Horrors from the First Ever Tuesday Tech Talk
In this post, Marie reviews our first Monthly Tech Talk Discussion where we learned a lot about philanthrocapitalism, blockchain, and other new horrors in education from participant, Dr. Roxana Marachi.
ChatGPT and Good Intentions in Higher Ed
In this cross-post from Autumm Caines’ Is a Liminal Space blog, Autumm discusses “ChatGTP and Good Intentions in Higher Ed.”
Toward Research Futures in Year Two
In this post, Dan, Jacob, and Marie discuss the possibilities for collaboration and support as we research how students experience Civics of Technology curricula.
A Reflection on Year One of Civics of Tech
In this post, Marie, Dan, and Jacob reflect on year one of Civics of Tech.
Why Isn’t Technology and Teacher Education Talking More About Justice and Technology?
Marie Heath, Sumreen Asim, Natalie Milman, and Jessa Henderson discuss their recent (open access!) article, Confronting Tools of the Oppressor: Framing Just Technology Integration in Educational Technology and Teacher Education, which aims to pull back the curtain and draw attention to forms of coded inequity in teacher education and technology education.
Why We Wrote Power On!
Jean J. Ryoo and Jane Margolis share why they wrote the graphic novel, Power On!, and their vision for working toward justice in computer science and society.
What can we learn from AI Chatbot answers to our technoskeptical questions?
In this post, Jacob and Dan use their human brain’s to discuss the limitations of ChatGPT’s AI.
Join Us for our January Book Club Discussion of the Computer Science Graphic Novel Power On!
Join us on Thursday, January 12th, @ 8:00 p.m. ET to discuss Power On!. Register on our events page for the Zoom link.
How Did We Get the Smartphone? Or, Understanding the Longer and Larger History of Technological Change
In this post, Scott Metzger digs into the longer and larger history of the smartphone.