In episode 200, Michael and Dan chat reminisce about Visions of Education beginnings, and then Michael interviews Dan, Marie Heath, and Jacob Pleasants about their Civics of Technology project. 

Books, Articles and Other Amazing Resources

Transcript 

1. Find the Civics of Technology project at https://www.civicsoftechnology.org/
2. Check out our first episodes: Episode 1: Social Media in Education with Dan Krutka and Episode 2: Student Dialogue During the Research Process with Michael Milton
3. Check out Marie’s last visit: Episode 133: Teaching Networked Activism with Marie Heath
4. Pleasants, J., Clough, M. P., Olson, J. K., & Miller, G. (2019). Fundamental issues regarding the nature of technology: implications for STEM education. Science & Education, 28, 561-597.
5. Example article on ecological perspectives:
   1. Postman, N. (1992). Technopoly: The surrender of culture to technology. Vintage.
   2. Postman, N. (1998, March 28). Five things we need to know about technological change [Address]. Denver, Colorado.
6. Example resource on critical perspectives:
   1. Benjamin, R. (2019). Race after technology: Abolitionist tools for the New Jim Code. Polity.
   2. Coded Bias documentary by Shalini Kantayya
7. Merchant, B. (2023). Blood in the Machine: The Origins of the Rebellion against Big Tech. Little, Brown and Company.
8. Krutka, D. G., Heath, M. K., & Willet, K. B. S. (2019). Foregrounding technoethics: Toward critical perspectives in technology and teacher education. Journal of Technology and Teacher Education, 27(4), 555-574.
9. Cowan, R. S. (1983). More work for mother: The ironies of household technology from the open hearth to the microwave. Basic Books.
10. Ida B. Wells Just Data Lab
11. Noble, S. U. (2018). Algorithms of oppression: How search engines reinforce racism. New York University Press.
12. The Unstoppable Garrett Morgan (2019) by Joan DiCicco, illustrated by Ebony Glenn

Biographies

Dan Krutka is Associate Professor of Social Studies Education at the University of North Texas. A former high school social studies teacher in Oklahoma City, his research focuses on the intersection of technology, democracy, and education. He co-facilitates the Civics of Technology project. Find more at https://www.civicsoftechnology.org/dankrutka. He’s also friends with Michael Milton.

Marie Heath is an Assistant Professor of Educational Technology at Loyola University Maryland. Prior to her work in higher education, Marie taught high school social studies in Baltimore County Public Schools. Her teaching experiences influenced her research which focuses on the intersection of education, civic engagement, and technology in order to foster social change. She has published articles on technoethics and technosketpicism (Krutka, Heath, & Mason, 2020), social justice and educational technology (Heath & Segal, 2021), and social action and technology (Heath, 2018). She co-facilitates the Civics of Technology project.

Jacob Pleasants is an Assistant Professor of Science Education at the University of Oklahoma, where he works to prepare future secondary (grades 7-12) science teachers. His scholarship focuses on how to help teachers make connections between science, technology, and engineering in their classrooms in ways that accurately reflect the nature of those fields and their complex roles in society. Jacob does not have much of a social media presence, but evidence of his love for the outdoors can be found on Strava.