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Ed-Tech's Inequalities

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April 08, 2015
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Ed-Tech's Inequalities

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  1. Ed-Tech’s Inequalities Western Oregon University - April 2015 Audrey Watters

    @audreywatters

  2. “…the civil rights issue of our generation”

  3. “Anyone with an Internet connection can have access…”

  4. 37% of adults without a high school diploma have broadband

  5. HarvardX students tend to live in more affluent neighborhoods

  6. A digital “Matthew effect”…

  7. “The computer programming the child.”

  8. The Rocketship “Learning Lab”

  9. The Carpe Diem “Learning Center”

  10. Ed-tech does not magically flatten hierarchies

  11. “…grooming students for a lifetime of surveillance”

  12. The architecture of education technology is not neutral

  13. The wisdom of the crowds…

  14. Without a commitment to global justice…