Civics of Technology
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The Civics of Technology project is a grassroots community of researchers and teachers who critically inquire into tech in our lives.
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http://CivicsOfTechnology.org 06-02-2022 01:30:41
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I agree with Dr. Morgan Banville in her Civics of Technology post: "technical communicators (instructors) should discuss with students how and why bodies are impacted by surveillance technologies that we choose to introduce in the classroom space." civicsoftechnology.org/blog/pause-befโฆ
๐คNEW BLOG POST for Civics of Technology Instructors should carefully evaluate technologies prior to introducing into the classroom space. The post previews a forthcoming chapter published by Routledge: civicsoftechnology.org/blog/pause-befโฆ
๐คNEW BLOG๐ค New Lesson: Lewis Latimer and the Invention of the Electric Light Inquiry by ๐คOmnibox Teachall๐ค: civicsoftechnology.org/blog/new-lessoโฆ Lots of resources for elementary teachers to address the compelling question, what story should we tell about electric lights?
Since it's Father's Day, with all its Top 10 Gadgets, I thought I'd reshare my Civics of Technology post about talking with my kids about tech we see in the media we read and watch together. Because it's really hard to hear about Dadbot and keep my mouth shut :) civicsoftechnology.org/blog/iggy-peckโฆ
๐คNEW BLOG๐ค Keynote Preview: Dr. Tiera Tanksley by Jacob Pleasants & ๐คOmnibox Teachall๐ค: civicsoftechnology.org/blog/keynote-pโฆ In this post, we share Dr. Tiera Chantรจ Tanksley's recent study on developing Critical Race Algorithmic Literacy with students. Learn more by visiting her site: tieratanksley.com
Heading to the Civics of Technology conference? ๐ Thrilled for Dr. Tiera Chantรจ Tanksleyโs upcoming keynote and her recent study + paper: โWeโre changing the system with this oneโ! We love her work with the Race Abolition and Artificial Intelligence. ๐ connectedlearning.news/keynote-tiera-โฆ #ConnectedWellbeing
๐ขPresenting "Critical Media Literacy #MisinfoDay with Youth & Community" Civics of Technology civicsoftechnology.org/2024conference #CivicsofTech #MediaLiteracy #MediaLiteracyWeek #CriticalMediaLiteracy #DigitallyMediatedLearning #CriticalDigitalLiteracy #DigitalCitizenship #CritGenAI #CivicEdEquity
๐คNEW BLOG๐ค Presentation into Practice: What I learned from the NAMLE Conference by ๐คOmnibox Teachall๐ค: civicsoftechnology.org/blog/presentatโฆ In this post, Dan shouts out #NAMLE24 sessions by Danielle Bainbridge and Dr. Scott Moss and offers advice for Civics of Tech conference presenters!
Angie Hodge-Zickerman, Cindy York, and I are presenting Civics of Technology conference on 8/2 at 12:05 PM EST. Come learn how we used EqT-tech by Jenn Suh,Mrs. Roscioli, Theresa Wills, Dr. Kim Morrow Leong, Holly Tate with a statistics TACTivity on the accuracy of COVID tests.
Next Friday! Join me, Andrew Doyle,ย Marta Estellรฉs, and Dr. Catharyn Shelton for the panel "Resisting as Part of Our Tech Imaginaries" at the Civics of Technology conference. I'm sharing work-in-progress that I've been doing withย Phil Nichols andย AnterO))) Garcia on theorizing a Luddite praxis.
The Google Gemini ad offers educators a chance to ask students Civics of Technologyโs technoskeptical questions, such as, What does society give up for the benefits of the technology? And: What are the unintended or unexpected changes caused by the technology? youtu.be/NgtHJKn0Mck
Today is the day! We can't wait to see you all at the 3rd annual conference today! Dr. Marie Ponzillo Heath and ๐คOmnibox Teachall๐ค will kick things off at 11am EST and then turn it over to Brian Merchant for his keynote Q&A!
super excited for the Civics of Technology conference today! I look forward to reflecting on tech imaginaries.
Best of luck to the Civics of Technology team as their third online conference gets underway. I enjoyed joining in to share some recent work on Degrowth in Postdigital Learning Design. drive.google.com/file/d/1wOeyXyโฆ
Day 2 of the conference starts soon! You're not going to want to miss Dr. Tiera Chantรจ Tanksley's keynote talk today at 11am EST! If you didn't register, but would still like to attend, just DM us.
Dr. Tiera Chantรจ Tanksley gave an impactful keynote Civics of Technology . I enjoyed reflecting on the necropolitics of technology and abolitionist practices in tech.