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The Civics of Technology (CoT) project aims to empower students and educators to critically inquire into the effects of technologies on their individual and collective lives. Find updates here or by subscribing to our newsletter at civicsoftechnology.org.
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Civics of Technology @civicsoftech.bsky.social · Jul 7
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What's the scarier prospect?

That chatbots are analyzing people's data? Or that this practice is seen as unremarkable?

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When Copilot is the Data Analyst — Civics of Technology
Civics of Technology Announcements Next Tech Talk: Please join us for our next Tech Talk where we meet to discuss whatever critical tech issues are on people’s minds. It’s a great way to connect, l...
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January 11, 2026 at 12:54 PM
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First Tech Talk of 2026 this Thursday, Jan 8 at 12:00 PM Eastern Time.

Join in for some conversation about... whatever is on your mind!

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January 6, 2026 at 12:39 AM
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First Tech Talk of 2026 this Thursday, Jan 8 at 12:00 PM Eastern Time.

Join in for some conversation about... whatever is on your mind!

Register here: oklahoma.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
January 6, 2026 at 12:39 AM
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2025 - What a year it was!

Here's our roundup of 2025's most-read blog posts, new curriculum resources, reviews, and more.

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2025: A Year of Civics of Tech — Civics of Technology
Civics of Technology Announcements Next Tech Talk: Please join us for our next Tech Talk where we meet to discuss whatever critical tech issues are on people’s minds. It’s a great way to connect, l...
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January 4, 2026 at 1:28 PM
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The ever-popular Critical Tech Quotes activity now has an "AI Edition" - Read all about it in today's blog post!

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Thinking Critically About AI: A New Critical Quotes Classroom Activity — Civics of Technology
by Dan Krutka and Marie Heath with Danielle Peck When we first developed the Critical Technology Quotes , we sought to create a simple entry point for students to gather a range of critical perspe...
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December 28, 2025 at 9:15 PM
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Today, Marta Estellés and Andrew Doyle share ideas and approaches to collective resistance:

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Citizens Without the Digital: A Call for Resistance in a Collective Way  — Civics of Technology
Civics of Technology Announcements Next Tech Talk: Please join us for our next Tech Talk where we meet to discuss whatever critical tech issues are on people’s minds. It’s a great way to connect, l...
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December 21, 2025 at 1:21 PM
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Today, Bruna Damiana Heinsfeld examines recent "partnerships" between universities and big tech. Who do such deals serve?

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When Education Serves the Machine: The Technocapitalist Capture of Universities — Civics of Technology
Civics of Technology Announcements Next Tech Talk: Please join us for our next Tech Talk where we meet to discuss whatever critical tech issues are on people’s minds. It’s a great way to connect, l...
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December 14, 2025 at 3:07 PM
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Put this on your calendar for January!

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Join Us for Data Privacy Week — Civics of Technology
Civics of Technology Announcements Curriculum Crowdsourcing : One of the most popular activities in our Curriculum is our Critical Tech Quote Activity because the lessons offers a quick way to int...
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December 7, 2025 at 2:30 PM
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Today, Evan Shieh shares the work of the Young Data Scientists League. Data is power!

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Data is Power: Teaching Critical AI Literacy in K-12 — Civics of Technology
Data is Power is seeking applications from schools, districts, and classrooms for the 2025-26 school year. Learn more and apply by December 8th, 2025 (it’s a short application). Read more a...
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December 3, 2025 at 1:21 PM
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Book Club Day! 10:30 AM Eastern Time

Join us to talk about Dan McQuillan's Resisting AI

Register here: us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

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Resisting AI
Resisting AI - An Anti-fascist Approach to Artificial Intelligence; Artificial Intelligence (AI) is everywhere, yet it causes damage to society in ways that can’t be fixed. Calling for the restructuri...
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December 3, 2025 at 1:19 PM
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This month's Tech Talk is on Tuesday, December 2 at 8:00 Eastern Time. Hope to see you there!

You can register here:
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Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: CoT December Tech Talk. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meeting.
Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: CoT December Tech Talk. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meeting.
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November 30, 2025 at 3:08 PM
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From @eam0.bsky.social :

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Welcome to the Irish Learning Technology Association Conference 2026 — Civics of Technology
President of the ILTA, Eamon Costello, welcomes you to the Irish Learning Technology Association Conference!
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November 30, 2025 at 3:06 PM
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EdTech is in our lives from the very beginning. Michelle Ciccone writes about becoming a Civics of Tech parent and bearing witness to tech mediation in the first year of life.

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Reflecting on Daycare (Ed)Tech and Being a New “Civics of Tech Parent” — Civics of Technology
Civics of Technology Announcements Curriculum Crowdsourcing : One of the most popular activities in our Curriculum is our Critical Tech Quote Activity because the lessons offers a quick way to int...
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November 23, 2025 at 2:27 PM
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We've got a book club coming up on Tuesday at 8:00 PM ET!

Come talk about @neilselwyn.bsky.social's Digital Degrowth, led by @charleswlogan.bsky.social

Register on our events page!

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Digital Degrowth: Radically Rethinking our Digital Futures
We are fast approaching the point of “peak digital”, with the continued mass production and excessive consumption of digital technologies set to become a key driver of climate crisis, ecol...
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November 9, 2025 at 2:41 PM
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How can we make GenAI an object of critique in the K-12 classroom? Samantha Serrano shares a lesson from her teaching practice in today's blog:

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“Meet alt+Sam.” A GenAI Exercise in Civic Literacy — Civics of Technology
Cross post of a social studies lesson on digital ethics featuring an uncanny valley guest speaker, creepy chat bot alt+Sam (yeah, you know who we mean).
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November 9, 2025 at 2:39 PM
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Tech Talk today! At 12:00 PM ET

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November 6, 2025 at 2:24 PM
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Today for the blog: If EdTech is the hero, is the teacher the villain?

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In EdTech's Hero's Journey, Is the Teacher the Villain? — Civics of Technology
Civics of Technology Announcements Next Tech Talk (NOTE THE NEW TIME): We will now be alternating our meeting time for our Tech Talks so that we can connect with different people in our community. ...
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November 2, 2025 at 2:16 PM
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Special Friday blog post on a timely topic!

Trent Wintermeier writes about the recent AWS event and its implications for education

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Where the Internet Goes When It’s Down — Civics of Technology
Today, we have a midweek blog post from Trent Wintermeier on a timely event Trent Wintermeier is a PhD Candidate in the Department of Rhetoric and Writing at the University of Texas at Austin. His r...
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October 24, 2025 at 7:55 PM
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Today, Jean Ryoo and Jane Margolis share the story of translating their graphic novel Power On!

They write about their process as well as the profound significance of this translation work.

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Why Translation Matters: Transforming Power On! Into ¡Conectados! — Civics of Technology
Jean Ryoo & Jane Margolis, authors of ¡Conectados! discuss the power of translation, technology, and standing together in dignity, safety, and belonging for all.
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October 19, 2025 at 6:50 PM
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Maybe of interest to the @civicsoftech.bsky.social and #literacies communities and others concerned about the growing influence of private tech in public schools.
September 29, 2025 at 10:53 PM
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I drafted this @civicsoftech.bsky.social post a few weeks ago and what was true then is true now: we can and should resist AI hype with laughter - and @emilymbender.bsky.social and @alexhanna.bsky.social show us how to combine serious analysis with serious fun on Mystery AI Hype Theater 3000.
Learning and Laughter on Mystery AI Hype Theater 3000 — Civics of Technology
Civics of Technology Announcements Next Tech Talk: The next Tech Talk will be held on October 7 at 8:00 Eastern Time. Register here or on our events page. Come join our community in an info...
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October 5, 2025 at 1:14 PM
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I am so excited to join the Board at @civicsoftech.bsky.social! This group has done some empowering, coalitional work that really resonates with my own values as a teacher-scholar. I'm looking forward to contributing to the abundance of resources, blogs, projects, and more. Stay tuned 🎞️
Morgan’s Bitmoji waving hi from a tent flap. Bio: Board Member Dr. Morgan C. Banville (she, her) is an Assistant Professor of Humanities at Massachusetts Maritime Academy, and first-generation college student. Her research and teaching are defined by the intersection of technical communication and surveillance studies, often informed by feminist methodologies. She examines how biometric technologies are implemented in diverse contexts, and her research was awarded the 2024 CCCC Outstanding Dissertation Award in Technical Communication, and the 2024 Best Research Article Award from the Council for Programs in Technical and Scientific Communication (CPTSC). You can find her recent work in the Routledge Handbook of Social Justice in Technical & Professional Communication, Surveillance & Society, Programmatic Perspectives, and more. She is a coffee enthusiast, hiker, and loves to travel. You can find her on Bluesky @banvillemorgan.
October 5, 2025 at 10:52 PM
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Next up is Dr. Roderic Crooks on "Access is Capture: How Edtech Reproduces Racial Inequality." This one is for you #EduSky #literacies @civicsoftech.bsky.social and more! Hope you can make it!
edunowlab.bsky.social Education Now Lab @edunowlab.bsky.social · Oct 7
Don't miss our next outstanding speaker, Dr. Roderic Crooks, on October 15, 2025, @ 7:00 pm CT. He will speak on his book "Access is Capture: How Edtech Reproduces Racial Inequality." Register today at tinyurl.com/CreativelyCr...
Announcement flyer of a talk with profile picture of Dr. Roderic Crooks Text reads The Education Now Lab Presents Creatively Critical Tech Research + Design + Practice Access is Capture: How Edtech Reproduces Racial Inequality Dr. Roderic Crooks University of califoria Irvine October 15, 2025, @ 7:00 pm CT Register today at https://tinyurl.com/CreativelyCritical
October 7, 2025 at 4:12 PM
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@civicsoftech.bsky.social is starting to host events at different times to invite people in time zones outside of the US into the conversation! Our next Tech Talk will be on Thursday, Nov. 6 at 12pm ET. Come join us to chat tech, education, current events, and more! Register here!
Events — Civics of Technology
Learn more, RSVP, or submit a proposal for the 1st annual virtual conference to take place from 11am-3pm EST on both August 4th and 5th, 2022.
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October 9, 2025 at 11:00 PM
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Seems like a good time to note that I'll be leading an online @civicsoftech.bsky.social book group for Neil Selwyn's new book "Digital Degrowth: Radically Rethinking Our Digital Futures" on Tuesday, November 11, at 7pm CT.

Registration info at our events page: www.civicsoftechnology.org/events
October 15, 2025 at 2:45 PM