Events
Events
Join our events such as tech talks on 1st Tuesdays, book clubs throughout the year, annual conference in August, and meet-ups at conferences.
Book Clubs
Register to participate in book clubs below and use the hashtag #TechReads to share your thoughts on Twitter as you read.
Access Is Capture: How Edtech Reproduces Racial Inequality by Roderic N. Crooks led by Charles Logan
8pm EDT on Tuesday, December 17th, 2024
The Propagandists' Playbook: How Conservative Conservative Elites Manipulate Search and Threaten Democracy by Francesca Bolla Tripodi and led by Allie Thrall
8pm EDT on Tuesday, February 18th, 2024
Building the Innovation School: Infrastructures for Equity in Today’s Classrooms by Phil Nichols and led by Dan Krutka
8pm EDT on Thursday, April 10th, 2024
Past Book Clubs
Against Technoableism: Rethinking Who Needs Improvement by Ashley Shew on Thursday, September 12th, 2024.
Frankenstein by Mary Shelley led by Dan Krutka on Tuesday, June 11th, 2024.
Ruha Benjamin books night (choose any of her books) led by Dan Krutka on Thursday, April 25, 2024.
Unmasking AI: My Mission to Protect What is Human in a World of Machines by Joy Buolamwini led by Marie Heath on Thursday, March 21, 2024.
Technopoly: The Surrender of Culture to Technology by Neil Postman led by Dan Krutka on Thursday, February 15, 2024.
Blood in the Machine The Origins of the Rebellion Against Big Tech by Brian Merchant led by Dan Krutka on Tuesday, December 19, 2023.
Weapons of Math Destruction: How Big Data Increases Inequality and Threatens Democracy by Cathy O’Neil on Thursday, September 21st, 2023.
More than a Glitch: Confronting Race, Gender, and Ability Bias in Tech by Meredith Broussard on Thursday, July 27th, 2023.
Design Justice: Community-Led Practices to Build the Worlds We Need by Sasha Costanza-Chock on Thursday, May 18th, 2023.
Data Feminism by Catherine D’Ignazio & Lauren F. Klein, March 16th, 2023.
Power On! by Jean J. Ryoo and Jane Margolis, illustrated by Charis JB and led by Shaina Glass on Thursday, January 12th, 2023.
Viral Justice: How We Grow the World We Want by Ruha Benjamin and led by José Ramón Lizárraga & Tiera Chantè Tanksley on Thursday, November 17th, 2022.
The Design of Everyday Things, Revised And Expanded Edition by Donald Norman and led by Jacob Pleasants on Thursday, September 29th, 2022.
Re-Understanding Media: Feminist Extensions of Marshall McLuhan edited by Sarah Sharma & Rianka Singh and led by Michelle Ciccone on Thursday, August 25th, 2022.
More Work for Mother: The Ironies Of Household Technology From The Open Hearth To The Microwave by Ruth Schwartz Cowan and led by Phil Nichols on Tuesday, July 26th, 2022.
Disruptive Fixation: School Reform and the Pitfalls of Techno-Idealism by Christo Sims and led by Earl Aguilera on Thursday, May 26th, 2022.
Monthly Tech Talks
Join to discuss current events, articles, books, podcast, or whatever related to technology and education.
Recurring every first Tuesday at 8-9pm EST/7-8pm CST/6-7pm MST/5-6pm PST
Information on the 2025 conference will be posted mid-2025.
2023 Conference
2nd Annual
Virtual Conference was held on August 3rd & 4th, 2023
2022 Conference
1st Annual
Virtual Conference
11am-4pm EST on August 4th & 5th, 2022
Past and Upcoming Meetups
-
AERA 2023 in Chicago @ D4 Irish Pub from 5-7pm on Friday, April 14th
-
AERA 2022 in San Diego
-
CUFA/NCSS 2022 in Philadelphia
Livestreams
The Civics of Technology project hosts livestream events several times a year. Find upcoming and past livestream events here.
March Madness “Must Read” Books Livestream |03/24/22
The purpose of March Madness is to crown a winner... in this livestreamed event recorded on Thursday, March 24th, 2022 each team (Earl Aguilera, Leigh Graves Wolf, Marie Heath, Lance Mason, Phil Nichols, Jacob Pleasants) made an argument for "must read" books about technology! Dr. Earl Aguilera’s recommended book “Disruptive Fixation: School Reform and the Pitfalls of Techno-idealism” was our champion! Learn more in from our blog posted on Sunday, March 27th!
