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Ed-Tech’s Inequalities Western Oregon University - April 2015 Audrey Watters @audreywatters

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“…the civil rights issue of our generation”

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“Anyone with an Internet connection can have access…”

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37% of adults without a high school diploma have broadband

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HarvardX students tend to live in more affluent neighborhoods

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A digital “Matthew effect”…

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“The computer programming the child.”

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The Rocketship “Learning Lab”

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The Carpe Diem “Learning Center”

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Ed-tech does not magically flatten hierarchies

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“…grooming students for a lifetime of surveillance”

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The architecture of education technology is not neutral

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The wisdom of the crowds…

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Without a commitment to global justice…