The School Bell

I'd wager it's the most frequently told story about ed-tech — one told with more gusto and more frequency even than "computers will revolutionize teaching" and "you can learn anythin... | Continue reading


@hackeducation.com | 1 year ago

The History of the Future

Here are the transcript and slides of the talk I gave today at CUNY. Well, not at CUNY. The conference was called | Continue reading


@hackeducation.com | 4 years ago

Worst ed-tech debacles of the decade

For the past ten years, I have written a lengthy year-end series, documenting some of the dominant narratives and trends in education technology. I think it is worthwhile, as the decade draws to a ... | Continue reading


@hackeducation.com | 4 years ago

The Stories We Were Told about Education Technology

It’s been quite a year for education news, not that you’d know that by listening to much of the ed-tech industry (press). Subsidized by the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, some publications... | Continue reading


@hackeducation.com | 5 years ago

'It's Like Amazon, but for Preschool'

A year ago, the richest man in the world asked Twitter for suggestions on how he should most efficiently and charitably spend his wealth. And today, Jeff Bezos unveiled a few details about his plan... | Continue reading


@hackeducation.com | 5 years ago

Invisible Labor and Digital Utopias

This is the transcript of the talk I gave this afternoon at a CUNY event on | Continue reading


@hackeducation.com | 6 years ago