I am drawn to critiques of capitalism. Creativity has been co-opted by capitalism (Kanellopoulos, 2014) because of its connection with innovation. As a creativity advocate… Read More »A possible pathway for Assignment 3 – Will a disillusioned society finally reject capitalism due to impacts of tech?
Co-written by Christiane Martinez and Jenna Planden There are many claims about the capabilities of technology, especially as it continues to influence education and other… Read More »Activity 5: Examining Garmin and Duolingo Through Clark and Kozma’s Enduring Media Debate
Fiona Carroll is an “accomplished academic” (Dashti et al., 2022a, p. 84) whose work in Human-Computer Interaction emphasizes relationality of humans and digital technologies. Carroll’s… Read More »Fiona Carroll: A Career Spent Molding and Shaping the World of Edtech
I was really taken with the idea of digital badges in Weller (2020) for a number of reasons. First, I really connected with the chapter… Read More »Can I send you a digital badge?!?
Weller (2020) established that retrospectively, Second Life and Virtual Worlds were largely unsuccessful in the grand terrain of ed tech. He saw Second Life as… Read More »A Call for Imagination and Creativity
Activity 2 | Reflect on reading (Blog) Seeing parallels between educational technologies and the underlying learning theory of Constructivism was the most compelling aspect of… Read More »Reading and Reflecting on Weller (2020)