TaggartFeb 23

I spent my education career pushing back against crap like this, so let me clue you in on something:

When a tech company invests in schools, it's never for the benefit of student learning. It's always, always for creating loyal customers out of the students and teachers.

(h/t @AAKL)

https://www.the74million.org/article/exclusive-new-google-partnership-a-sizable-investment-in-ai-for-teachers/

Exclusive: New Google Partnership a ‘Sizable Investment’ in AI for Teachers

Tech giant won’t attach a price tag to 3-year agreement with ISTE+ASCD.

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When I bailed, I wrote this. It's upsetting that no part of it got better.

https://theforeverstudent.com/something-is-rotten-in-edtech-f97d4d32e878

Something is Rotten in EdTech

After ten years in the game, I am taking a break from EdTech. A lot of reasons contributed to this decision — burnout, changing interests…

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Again, the corpos need to recoup the investment on the liebots. What better way than to indoctrinate the students and teachers, making lifelong users and sales reps of them?
Feb 23 at 6:55pmWeb
Show threadlifewithtreesFeb 23
@mttaggart I worked in tech, including edtech, for 15 years and now as a teacher, you are so right. What gives me hope is how much students kind of hate chatbots. More can see through it than I had thought. They think it’s very overblown and not that great