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Phil Nichols @philnichols.bsky.social · 9d

Maybe of interest to the @civicsoftech.bsky.social and #literacies communities and others concerned about the growing influence of private tech in public schools.

National Education Policy Center @nepc.bsky.social · 13d

New policy brief: Educators should reassess the hidden impacts of ed tech ecosystems on teaching, learning, and student data. bit.ly/46C2JXT

Fit for Purpose? How Today’s Commercial Digital Platforms Subvert Key Goals of Public Education

Digital educational platforms have become ubiquitous in American classrooms, with tools like Google Workspace for Education, Kahoot!, Zearn, Khan Academy, and many others now structuring curriculum, i...

nepc.colorado.edu

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Anne Lutz Fernandez @lutzfernandez.bsky.social · 10d

Say it often, say it loud:

"Overall, research has not supported the common-sense presumption that digital approaches to schooling are better than non-digital alternatives. At the broadest level, widespread computer use in education has been found to be associated with lower student achievement."

Fit for Purpose? How Today’s Commercial Digital Platforms Subvert Key Goals of Public Education

Digital educational platforms have become ubiquitous in American classrooms, with tools like Google Workspace for Education, Kahoot!, Zearn, Khan Academy, and many others now structuring curriculum, i...

nepc.colorado.edu

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Johanna Winant @johannawinant.bsky.social · 12d

[clears throat]...I have another book coming out in the near future

if you'd like to read a bit about LYRIC LOGIC, there are some very generous blurbs over at @columbiaup.bsky.social

(my thanks to Marjorie Levinson, Oren Izenberg, Theo Davis, Nan Z. Da, and also @philipleventhal.bsky.social)

Lyric Logic | Columbia University Press

Between the Civil War and the Cold War, American literary modernism and philosophy both grappled with the challenge of novelty and the chance to make it new.... | CUP

cup.columbia.edu

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Ben Williamson @benpatrickwill.bsky.social · 13d

Edtech platforms "are not neutral 'tools' but complex ecosystems shaped by technical architectures, commercial imperatives, and political-economic interests." Excellent new policy brief on edtech platforms from @nepc.bsky.social and @philnichols.bsky.social

National Education Policy Center @nepc.bsky.social · 13d

New policy brief: Educators should reassess the hidden impacts of ed tech ecosystems on teaching, learning, and student data. bit.ly/46C2JXT

Fit for Purpose? How Today’s Commercial Digital Platforms Subvert Key Goals of Public Education

Digital educational platforms have become ubiquitous in American classrooms, with tools like Google Workspace for Education, Kahoot!, Zearn, Khan Academy, and many others now structuring curriculum, i...

nepc.colorado.edu

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Phil Nichols @philnichols.bsky.social · 13d

New @nepc.bsky.social policy brief with Faith Boninger: how commercial edtech undercuts key goals of public education—and what we can do about it. We look at transparency, governance, and privacy issues and offer recommendations for educators and policymakers.

nepc.colorado.edu/publication/...

Fit for Purpose? How Today’s Commercial Digital Platforms Subvert Key Goals of Public Education

Digital educational platforms have become ubiquitous in American classrooms, with tools like Google Workspace for Education, Kahoot!, Zearn, Khan Academy, and many others now structuring curriculum, i...

nepc.colorado.edu

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DrAnnD @drannd.bsky.social · 13d

If you care about young people, education, and the future, this report from @nepc.bsky.social is a must read.

Phil Nichols @philnichols.bsky.social · 13d

New @nepc.bsky.social policy brief with Faith Boninger: how commercial edtech undercuts key goals of public education—and what we can do about it. We look at transparency, governance, and privacy issues and offer recommendations for educators and policymakers.

nepc.colorado.edu/publication/...

Fit for Purpose? How Today’s Commercial Digital Platforms Subvert Key Goals of Public Education

Digital educational platforms have become ubiquitous in American classrooms, with tools like Google Workspace for Education, Kahoot!, Zearn, Khan Academy, and many others now structuring curriculum, i...

nepc.colorado.edu

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Phil Nichols @philnichols.bsky.social · 13d

Thank you for sharing!

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Phil Nichols @philnichols.bsky.social · 13d

Thanks for the kind words and for sharing, Ben!

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National Education Policy Center @nepc.bsky.social · 13d

New policy brief: Educators should reassess the hidden impacts of ed tech ecosystems on teaching, learning, and student data. bit.ly/46C2JXT

Fit for Purpose? How Today’s Commercial Digital Platforms Subvert Key Goals of Public Education

Digital educational platforms have become ubiquitous in American classrooms, with tools like Google Workspace for Education, Kahoot!, Zearn, Khan Academy, and many others now structuring curriculum, i...

nepc.colorado.edu

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Phil Nichols @philnichols.bsky.social · 13d

New @nepc.bsky.social policy brief with Faith Boninger: how commercial edtech undercuts key goals of public education—and what we can do about it. We look at transparency, governance, and privacy issues and offer recommendations for educators and policymakers.

nepc.colorado.edu/publication/...

Fit for Purpose? How Today’s Commercial Digital Platforms Subvert Key Goals of Public Education

Digital educational platforms have become ubiquitous in American classrooms, with tools like Google Workspace for Education, Kahoot!, Zearn, Khan Academy, and many others now structuring curriculum, i...

nepc.colorado.edu

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CITE (English) @cite-ela.bsky.social · 28d

📚New Pub! Contributing to our special issue series, Dominique McDaniel and Matthew Osborn write “From Platforms to Pedagogy: Exploring How Youth’s Social Media Practices Can Shape Teacher Education Through Culturally Digitized Pedagogy.” Check it out!

From Platforms to Pedagogy: Exploring How Youth’s Social Media Practices Can Shape Teacher Education Through Culturally Digitized Pedagogy – CITE Journal

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CITE (English) @cite-ela.bsky.social · 28d

The final issue of our series on critical perspectives on digital platforms in ELA teacher education is published. We are so grateful to all of our brilliant contributors. Check it out!

English/Language Arts Education – CITE Journal

citejournal.org

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CITE (English) @cite-ela.bsky.social · 28d

📚New Pub! Contributing to our special issue series, @justmaybechris.bsky.social, Cherise McBride, and
@anna-phd.bsky.social
write on “The (Im)Possibilities of ‘Creating Digital Living Rooms’: A Black Educational Studies Perspective on Digital Platforms in Teacher Education”. Check it out!

The (Im)Possibilities of “Creating Digital Living Rooms”: A Black Educational Studies Perspective on Digital Platforms in Teacher Education – CITE Journal

citejournal.org

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Ben Williamson @benpatrickwill.bsky.social · Sep 6

Academic authors, here's a peek into the black box of journal publishing from an journal editor if you can bear it:

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Anna Smith @anna-phd.bsky.social · Sep 4

Tonight in Critical Tech in Ed, we're reading @anterobot.bsky.social, @charleswlogan.bsky.social & @philnichols.bsky.social's LA Book Review on @bcmerchant.bsky.social's Blood in the Machine to talk abt why we're reading widely & critically in seeking to understand tech in edu & advocate for change.

Inspiration from the Luddites: On Brian Merchant’s “Blood in the Machine” | Los Angeles Review of Books

Three educators find inspiration for fighting automation in the classroom in Brian Merchant’s “Blood in the Machine: The Origins of the Rebellion Against Big Tech.”

lareviewofbooks.org

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Vauhini Vara @vauhinivara.bsky.social · Sep 2

I've been working for many months on this article on Silicon Valley's under-the-radar role in bringing AI into schools across the US. I really hope you'll read it — here's a gift link — but I'll tell you some of the highlights in this thread. (1/x)

How Chatbots and AI Are Already Transforming Kids' Classrooms

Educators across the country are bringing chatbots into their lesson plans. Will it help kids learn or is it just another doomed ed-tech fad?

www.bloomberg.com

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Charles Logan @charleswlogan.bsky.social · Aug 29

Writing with @philnichols.bsky.social and @anterobot.bsky.social, we consider what three waves of Luddites throughout history have to offer educators in the fight against generative AI and other obnoxious machines of automation.

The article is paywalled, but I'm happy to send a copy.

Generative AI and the (Re)turn to Luddism

This article examines the historical and contemporary mobilizations of ‘Luddism’ as a mode of resistance to technological inevitability, particularly in response to the integration of generative AI...

www.tandfonline.com

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Allie Thrall @alliethrall.bsky.social · Aug 17

I can’t tell what gives me more hope: @andyliddell.bsky.social and Julie’s work at the EdTech Law Center; or Celeste, a high school students’, brilliant engagement with their work in this week’s @civicsoftech.bsky.social blog.

Holding EdTech Accountable — Civics of Technology

Civics of Technology Announcements Next Tech Talk: The next Tech Talk will be held on September 2 at 8:00 Eastern Time. Register on our events page. Come join our community in an informal discuss...

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Allie Thrall @alliethrall.bsky.social · Aug 8

New pub! This collaboration with @neilgshanks.bsky.social and @lizmagill.bsky.social was driven by a shared desire to imagine economic inquiry that draws from students’ lives and experiences and disrupts the patriarchal assumptions in the neoclassical paradigm. Share with social studies teachers!

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Allie Thrall @alliethrall.bsky.social · Aug 6

What do young people have to contribute to conversations about digital civic life? Check out this @civicsoftech.bsky.social blog from Digital Civics Club student, Athena! If you care to show support to this young writer in her first publication, leave a comment on the blog!

Exiled From the Internet — Civics of Technology

Today’s midweek blog post comes from Athena Obioma, a high school student who participated in the Digital Civics Club introduced in our last blog entry. Athena Obioma is a junior in high schoo...

www.civicsoftechnology.org

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Allie Thrall @alliethrall.bsky.social · Aug 3

I’ve been engaging in digital civic inquiry with these brilliant young people for three years now, and I never want to stop! We’ve gotten to learn from and lean on each other during times when we need community and hope. Here are some insights from the experience…

Civics of Technology @civicsoftech.bsky.social · Aug 3

What does it look like to do critical tech studies with high school students?

@alliethrall.bsky.social, @philnichols.bsky.social, and Kevin Magill share their exciting project in today's Newsletter.

www.civicsoftechnology.org/blog/introdu...

Introducing Digital Civics Club — Civics of Technology

Civics of Tech Announcements Conference Recordings: Missed a session at our 2025 conference? Head to our conference page to see if a recording is available. Please note that not all sessions wer...

www.civicsoftechnology.org

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Civics of Technology @civicsoftech.bsky.social · Aug 3

What does it look like to do critical tech studies with high school students?

@alliethrall.bsky.social, @philnichols.bsky.social, and Kevin Magill share their exciting project in today's Newsletter.

www.civicsoftechnology.org/blog/introdu...

Introducing Digital Civics Club — Civics of Technology

Civics of Tech Announcements Conference Recordings: Missed a session at our 2025 conference? Head to our conference page to see if a recording is available. Please note that not all sessions wer...

www.civicsoftechnology.org

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Phil Nichols @philnichols.bsky.social · Jul 31

Yes! Happy to chat about this!

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Phil Nichols @philnichols.bsky.social · Jul 26

Appreciate this! It’s a slightly different angle on a point some colleagues and I have made about AI’s “speculative capture” of literacy. Maybe of interest:
ila.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

<em>Reading Research Quarterly</em> | ILA Literacy Journal | Wiley Online Library

This conceptual article examines the role of speculation in driving responses to generative AI platforms in literacy education and the implications for research, pedagogy, and practice. Our focus on ....

ila.onlinelibrary.wiley.com

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Ben Williamson @benpatrickwill.bsky.social · Jul 24

OpenAI is now in your LMS and Trump's mandating "non-ideological" AI literacy. Here's an updated list of critical research on AI in education to make sense of it all.

Ben Williamson @benpatrickwill.bsky.social · Feb 9

A social sciences and humanities reading list on AI in education 🧵

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