"A child's learning is the function more of the characteristics of his classmates than those of the teacher." James Coleman, 1972

Sunday, October 30, 2016

Personalization or Profiling? Childhood in the Ed-Tech Era

from Wrench in the Gears
October 30, 2016

https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1gq3iwpWpBsKdyUAEJq198jVn903fkh7BG5aFiChOwgs/edit#slide=id.g138a612b66_1_1234
As states pull together their plans for ESSA (Every Student Succeeds Act) it's important for parents and teachers to understand what the next phase of education reform looks like. This slide share presented at the Movement of Rank and File Educators' Social Justice Curriculum Fair in New York City recently provides a good introduction. Click on the graphic above for the slide show and be sure to explore the links that are included.

1 comment:

  1. For an indepth analysis of the dangers of education technology see "Education Technology, Surveillance, and America's Authoritarian Democracy" in Dissident Voice at

    http://dissidentvoice.org/2016/10/education-technology-surveillance-and-americas-authoritarian-democracy/

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