Civics of Technology
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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.
Final call for conference registration! The deadline is tomorrow (Wednesday Aug 5) at noon. After that time, the conference page will be password protected. If you're registered, you'll get the password via email. Register on the conference page! www.civicsoftechnology.org/2026conference
2026 Conference — Civics of Technology
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Our conferences is THIS WEEK! *Get yourself registered* so that you get access to the conference page and Zoom links. Registration is free! www.civicsoftechnology.org/2026conference
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Today, Kelsey Stokes writes about EdTech as a form of Technofeudalism. Read more, and join our upcoming book conversation about it! www.civicsoftechnology.org/blog/technof...
What the heck is Technofeudalism, and why does it matter in education? — Civics of Technology
Civics of Technology Announcements Conference This Week! Starting Wednesday, you will need a password to access our conference page, which will have Zoom links to the sessions. If you’re registere...
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"We are inspired by our partners and critical friends to continue pushing in whatever areas of influence we have." @mariekheath.bsky.social, @miriamreynoldson.bsky.social, and Dan Krutka for @civicsoftech.bsky.social. www.civicsoftechnology.org/blog/communi...
Community, Care, and Joy in Remaking, Resisting, and Reimagining EdTech — Civics of Technology
Civics of Technology Announcements Annual Conference : We are holding our 5th Annual Conference on August 6th-7th, 2026! Our keynotes this year are Dr. Meredith Broussard (data journalist & aut...
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I think we have a new @civicsoftech.bsky.social book club for November :) In the meantime, highly recommend the Data Vampires series to “learn more about data centers and how they really work” and "hear from communities around the world where people are fighting back."
Data Vampires - Tech Won’t Save Us
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Paris Marx@parismarx.com · last mo.HYPERSCALE is hitting bookstores on October 20. Preorder it now! In the book, I dig into how the data center boom is pushing our planet past its breaking point, and the incredible efforts of people pushing back against the profit-driven interests of Big Tech. Get your copy: hyperscalebook.com
A couple new, well old, quotes for our critical tech quotes activity, which now appropriately starts with a letter from the Luddites since it is our oldest quote! #MachineBreakers cc @bcmerchant.bsky.social
Civics of Technology is a space for public scholarship, and at this year's conference we'll be recognizing several outstanding contributions from our community. Read about it and check out those contributions in today's newsletter! www.civicsoftechnology.org/blog/public-...
The CoT Public Scholarship Award: 3 Outstanding Contributions — Civics of Technology
Civics of Technology Announcements Annual Conference : We are holding our 5th Annual Conference on August 6th-7th, 2026! The full program is now viewable on our conference page . Our keynote...
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Our 2026 Conference schedule has been posted! You won't want to miss these excellent sessions. New research, lessons to share, workshops, and more! www.civicsoftechnology.org/2026conference
2026 Conference — Civics of Technology
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"In this technological age, what does it mean to be human—to teach, to learn, to love, to be?" Beatrice Dias explores this question in today's newsletter: www.civicsoftechnology.org/blog/interro...
Interrogating AI Through a Lens of Being — Civics of Technology
Civics of Technology Announcements Annual Conference : We are holding our 5th Annual Conference on August 6th-7th, 2026! Our keynotes this year are Dr. Meredith Broussard (data journalist & aut...
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Pay attention to "School Safety" tech! www.civicsoftechnology.org/blog/attack-...
Attack Drones Coming to an Elementary School Near You! — Civics of Technology
Civics of Technology Announcements Annual Conference : We are holding our 5th Annual Conference on August 6th-7th, 2026! Our keynotes this year are Dr. Meredith Broussard (data journalist & aut...
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BOOK CLUB ANNOUNCEMENT: We will be hosting a book club on Natasha Singer's new book, "Coding Kids: Big Tech's Battle to Remake Public Schools." We'll discuss the book for 45 minutes & then @natashanyt.bsky.social will join us for a 30 min Q&A. REGISTER HERE: www.civicsoftechnology.org/book-clubs
We've got a book club this week! We're reading Techno-Negative: A Long History of Refusing the Machine by Thomas Dekeyser. Join us on Wednesday, June 24th at 7:00 PM Eastern Time. Register: sjsu.zoom.us/meeting/regi... www.upress.umn.edu/978151791773...
Techno-Negative
A radical history of technology told through acts of resistance, not progressThe history of technology is often told as a history of progress, moving optimis...
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We've got a book club this week! We're reading Techno-Negative: A Long History of Refusing the Machine by Thomas Dekeyser. Join us on Wednesday, June 24th at 7:00 PM Eastern Time. Register: sjsu.zoom.us/meeting/regi... www.upress.umn.edu/978151791773...
Techno-Negative
A radical history of technology told through acts of resistance, not progressThe history of technology is often told as a history of progress, moving optimis...
upress.umn.edu
Today on the @civicsoftech.bsky.social blog: Heidi Reed with a lesson that "helps demystify AI as a sociomaterial construction of natural resources, human labor, habitats of non-human animals, government legislation, toxic chemicals, computer codes, and techno-capitalist ideologies.”
What is AI made of? A two-part lesson plan on asking critical questions about technology — Civics of Technology
Civics of Technology Announcements Book Club this week: Techno-Negative: A Long History of Refusing the Machine by Thomas Dekeyser. Join us on Wednesday, June 24th at 7:00 PM Eastern Time. Re...
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Today's the day to get your session proposals in! What are you doing to resist tech hype? docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Session Proposal Form: 2026 Civics of Technology Conference
Please use this form to submit your session proposal. Proposals are due June 14.
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In today’s @civicsoftech.bsky.social blog, thought leaders @michalwieczorek.bsky.social and @eam0.bsky.social share a resource for facilitating a workshop using speculative co-design methods to reimagine educational technology that'll supercharge your critical edtech sensemaking skills x 1000!
The Future of Creative Workshops is Brighter than Ever!Announcing the Next Steps in the Click Here if You Agree Project — Civics of Technology
Civics of Technology Announcements Annual Conference : We are holding our 5th Annual Conference on August 6th-7th, 2026! Our keynotes this year are Dr. Meredith Broussard (data journalist & aut...
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Two more days to submit a proposal. Let’s fight against tech hype together!
Civics of Technology@civicsoftech.bsky.social · 3mo agoWe are excited to announce our fifth annual online conference! We are accepting session proposals until June 14. Read all about it here👇 www.civicsoftechnology.org/blog/announc...
One week left to get your proposals in for our 2026 conference! www.civicsoftechnology.org/2026conference
2026 Conference — Civics of Technology
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One week left to get your proposals in for our 2026 conference! www.civicsoftechnology.org/2026conference
2026 Conference — Civics of Technology
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Today for the blog, Aaron Gierhart writes about his experiences educating future teachers about generative AI: www.civicsoftechnology.org/blog/intenti...
Intention Meets Practice — Civics of Technology
Civics of Technology Announcements Annual Conference : We are holding our 5th Annual Conference on August 6th-7th, 2026! Our keynotes this year are Dr. Meredith Broussard (data journalist & aut...
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Want to present at our 2026 conference? You've got two weeks to put a proposal forward! Share your research, your instructional approaches, proposal a panel, or something else that you think would interest our audience. forms.gle/rKEwypkdJpHL...
Session Proposal Form: 2026 Civics of Technology Conference
Please use this form to submit your session proposal. Proposals are due June 14.
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Today, @jbpleasa.bsky.social shares practical tools for rethinking and redesigning course writing assignments. We cannot walk away from writing! www.civicsoftechnology.org/blog/approac...
Approaching Writing Assignments with AI in Mind — Civics of Technology
Civics of Technology Announcements Annual Conference : We are holding our 5th Annual Conference on August 6th-7th, 2026! Our keynotes this year are Dr. Meredith Broussard (data journalist & aut...
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We added 2 quotes to our Critical AI Quotes activity from Pope Leo XIV's “Magnifica humanitas." What do you think? Activity: www.civicsoftechnology.org/ai-quotes-ac... Thx to @bcmerchant.bsky.social for his analysis and collection of quotes: www.bloodinthemachine.com/p/how-anthro...
Kids are watching a whole lot of read-aloud videos on YouTube, at home and at school. But what are those videos actually like? And what do we lose when reading books to children is delegated to screens? www.civicsoftechnology.org/blog/an-expl...
An Exploration of Read-Aloud Videos on YouTube Made for Children — Civics of Technology
Civics of Technology Announcements Annual Conference : We are holding our 5th Annual Conference on August 6th-7th, 2026! Our keynotes this year are Dr. Meredith Broussard (data journalist & aut...
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New curriculum resources to share! "We hope this curriculum helps students see invention not simply as technological progress, but as part of larger struggles over freedom, recognition, and human dignity." www.civicsoftechnology.org/blog/inquiri...
Inquiring into the Lives of Black Inventors: Introducing a New Curriculum — Civics of Technology
Civics of Technology Announcements Annual Conference : We are holding our 5th Annual Conference on August 6th-7th, 2026! Our keynotes this year are Dr. Meredith Broussard (data journalist & aut...
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We are excited to announce our fifth annual online conference! We are accepting session proposals until June 14. Read all about it here👇 www.civicsoftechnology.org/blog/announc...
Announcing the 2026 Civics of Tech Conference — Civics of Technology
Against Tech Hype Hype, hope, disappointment. Hype is the rhetoric of tech billionaires, of VCs, of tech-pushers, of AI boosters and AI doomers. Hype is about attention, grabbing it, holding...
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Feeling stuck in the EdTech loop? What can we do about it? www.civicsoftechnology.org/blog/is-it-a...
AI and Education: Is It Any Different This Time? — Civics of Technology
Civics of Technology Announcements Ghost in the Machine AI Documentary Screening : Join our Civics of Tech community for an online screening of the new documentary, Ghost in the Machine on Thurs...
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Check out board member, @philnichols.bsky.social, saying stuff on NPR.
Phil Nichols@philnichols.bsky.social · 3mo agoTalked to NPR for this story about the Canvas hacks. Short version: it’d be nice if schools were as concerned about protecting student data when there isn’t a ransom note involved. www.npr.org/2026/05/09/n...
I really appreciate @elizabethwithaz.bsky.social's reflections on how she explored the social impacts of technology with her students by introducing them to the people - the ghost workers - whose labor makes “AI” systems possible. Read this week’s @civicsoftech.bsky.social and find the lesson at:
Introducing Middle School Students to "The Secret Ghost Workers of 'Artificial Intelligence'" — Civics of Technology
Upcoming Book Clubs: We’re reading The Digital Delusion: How Classroom Technology Harms our Kids’ Learning - And How to Help Them Thrive Again by Jared Cooney Horvath. Join us on Wednesday, Ap...
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Come join @civicsoftech.bsky.social to discuss the documentary @ghostdoc2026.bsky.social on Thursday, May 14, at 7:30pm ET. We have limited tickets, so please only reserve a spot if you are sure you will be able to attend. Register at:
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