Tag Surveillance

Two AI Claims, Two 1994 Papers

A collaboratively authored post by Christina Steklin and Craig Watson. Claims about artificial intelligence are becoming increasingly common in education, often promising to transform teaching, personalize learning, and improve student outcomes. These claims can reflect technological determinism when the technology… Continue Reading →

Cynthia Solomon, Co-Inventor of Logo

The idea for Logo turned sixty this year. So did I. Logo, a programming language designed for children, began in 1966 at Bolt, Beranek and Newman. Its inventors were Seymour Papert, Wallace Feurzeig, Daniel Bobrow and Cynthia Solomon (Solomon et… Continue Reading →

Same Desks, New Tools

A lesson with immediate relevance One lesson I took from Weller’s (2020) discussion of the LMS in his chapter on 2002 was how well it suited the way institutions already worked. Weller notes that the LMS was often used to… Continue Reading →

Navigating Digital Presence, Visibility, and Online Privacy

When I first created my resident–visitor map earlier in the course, I mostly viewed digital presence as a way of organizing and understanding how I used different technologies. At the time, I focused mainly on identifying which platforms felt more… Continue Reading →

The Impact of Digital Learning on Privacy and Surveillance in Education

One thing that stood out to me while exploring this topic was how much privacy in education has changed over time. It used to mostly mean protecting personal information or keeping student records secure. Digital learning environments seem to have… Continue Reading →

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