Resources
"Collective rather than individual
Active rather than passive
Exploratory rather than instrumentalist
Creative rather than quantitive"
(Luci Pangrazio, 2023 Civics of Technology Conference)
Need resources on digital privacy and digital literacy curriculum? Check out these websites:
Curious about how safe an EdTech tool is in relation to you and your students data? Check out Common Sense Education's Privacy Evaluations
Interested in a curriculum that incorporates critical questions about technology in the classroom? Check out Civics of Technology
Need a digital literacy framework? Check out Learning for Justice
Want help understanding an app or websites terms of service? Check out Terms of Service I Didn't Read
Want to see how websites are tracking you? Check out Blacklight
Inspired and want to get more involved? Check out these organizations that are fighting for data justice, student privacy, and more equitable working environments:
Interested in thinking deeper about technology's relation to us and society? Check out these books:
Cannibal Capitalism: How Our System Is Devouring Democracy, Care, and the Planet—and What We Can Do About It by Nancy Fraser
Design Justice: community-led Practices to Build the Worlds We Need by Sasha Costanza-Chock
Disruptive Fixation: School Reform and the Pitfalls of Techno-Idealism by Christo Sims
Invisible Women: Data Bias in a World Designed for Men by Caroline Criado Perez
More than a Glitch: Confronting Race, Gender, and Ability Bias in Tech by Meredith Broussard
Race After Technology by Ruha Benjamin
The Age of Surveillance Capitalism by Shoshana Zuboff
Weapons of Math Destruction: How Big Data Increases Inequality and Threatens Democracy by Cathy O’Neil
Curious what's been coming out in the press about EdTech and education in the current climate? Check out these articles:
Ableism And Disability Discrimination In New Surveillance Technologies: How new surveillance technologies in education, policing, health care, and the workplace disproportionately harm disabled people by Center for Democracy & Technology
AI Is Steeped in Big Tech’s ‘Digital Colonialism’ by Grace Browne
As Instructure Changes Ownership, Academics Worry Whether Student Data Will Be Protected by Jeffrey R. Young
Calls for Govt to tell 'influencer teachers' to stop paid posts for Horse Racing Ireland in schools by Eimer McAuley
Edtech procurement matters: It needs a coherent solution, clear governance and market standards by Velislava Hillman
Educators as Ed-Tech Company Brand Ambassadors Raises Ethical, Policy Questions, Report Finds by Michelle R. Davis
Examining the New Phenomenon of Teachers as Brand Ambassadors by Christopher Saldaña, Kevin G. Welner, Susan Malcolm, and Eleanore Tisch
Online Learning Products Enabled Surveillance of Children by Human Rights Watch
Researchers Raise Concerns About Algorithmic Bias in Online Course Tools by Jeffrey R. Young
Platforms Like Canvas Play Fast and Loose With Students’ Data by Britt Paris, Rebecca Reynolds, and Catherine McGowan
Progressive Neoliberalism in Action: President Biden Sides with Capital in Mandating K-12 Testing in 2021 by Stephanie Jones
Silicon Valley Courts Brand-Name Teachers, Raising Ethics Issues by Natasha Singer
Silicon Valley, Philanthro-capitalism, and Policy Shifts from Teachers to Tech by Roxana Marachi and Robert Carpenter
Teachers as Market Influencers: Towards a Policy Framework for Teacher Brand Ambassador Programs in K-12 Schools by Christopher M. Saldaña, Kevin G. Welner, Susan Malcolm, and Eleanore Tisch
Technological School Safety Initiatives: Considerations to Protect All Students by Roxana Marachi
This Private Equity Firm Is Amassing Companies That Collect Data on America’s Children by Todd Feathers