{"id":300,"date":"2023-09-17T09:05:09","date_gmt":"2023-09-17T16:05:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/malat-webspace.royalroads.ca\/rru0283\/?p=300"},"modified":"2023-09-27T12:57:08","modified_gmt":"2023-09-27T19:57:08","slug":"women-in-ed-tech-audrey-watters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/malat-webspace.royalroads.ca\/rru0283\/women-in-ed-tech-audrey-watters\/","title":{"rendered":"Women in Ed Tech: Audrey Watters"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/audreywatters.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Audrey Watters&#8217;<\/a> (2010a) comments about education technology in Weller&#8217;s book 25 Years of Ed Tech were intriguing and were why she was chosen to explore further. For instance, she is an ed tech critic, as pointed out in Weller&#8217;s (2020) book, and offers insight on various topics within the field of education technology.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Watters is mainly known as a writer and a spokesperson for education technology. In July 2010, shortly after becoming a technology journalist, Watters  (2010b) created her blog <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/hackeducation.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Hack Education<\/a>. Hack Education was created because Watters wanted a place to discuss educational technology, as she felt there was insufficient coverage. Furthermore, she has written various books such as Teaching Machines, a series called <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/audreywatters\/the-monsters-of-education-technology.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">The Monsters of Education Technology<\/a> (2014), and Claim Your Domain (2015). These books cover topics such as personalized learning, the history of education technology and the potential future of this field. She is a freelance writer whose work has appeared on multiple websites and has written many <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/scholar.google.com\/citations?user=fYilhFkAAAAJ&amp;hl=en\" target=\"_blank\">academic essays<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Her contribution to the field of education technology is similar to Martin Weller&#8217;s, as they both write about the predigital history of education technology, particularly in her book Teaching Machines. Moreover, she has been a spokesperson at various conferences discussing and critiquing the idea of &#8220;open&#8221; education, gender and technology, and the politics in education technology. While education technology is no longer her main focus, she remains a prominent figure as she offers an interesting perspective as a technology journalist and woman in the technology field.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>References <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Watters, A. (2010a). <em>Audrey Watters<\/em>. September 17, 2023, https:\/\/audreywatters.com\/<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Watters, A. (2010b, July). <em>Hack Education<\/em>. September 17, 2023, https:\/\/hackeducation.com\/<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Watters, A. (2015, October 16). <em>Claim your domain&#8211;and own your online presence<\/em>. Solution Tree Press.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Watters, A. (2014). The monsters of education technology. CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Weller, M. (2020). <em>25 years of ed tech<\/em>. 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