Benjamin Doxtdator·Jul 5, 2017Frontier notes on metaphors: the digital as landscape and playground“Try to imagine a culture where arguments are not viewed in terms of war, where no one wins or loses, where there is no sense of attacking…A response icon5A response icon5
Benjamin Doxtdator·Jun 18, 2017A Cure for Summer Vertigo: Or, 8 reasons for teachers to avoid listicles until SeptemberA few years ago, Kieran Healy identified the syndrome of Summer Vertigo that I, and many other educators, experience: “At the beginning of…
Benjamin Doxtdator·Jun 4, 2017Education Unbundled: What knowledge will we lose if we automate the professions?Automating the ProfessionsA response icon1A response icon1
InTeachers Going GradelessbyBenjamin Doxtdator·May 26, 2017Grades, Equity, and the Grammar of SchoolAfter observing the “shattering effect [of grades] on the ‘bottom’ group” of students, Merla Sparks got permission from her principal to…A response icon10A response icon10
Benjamin Doxtdator·May 14, 2017What should teachers understand about the snapchat back-channel?When I find my students on their phones or off-task on their computers, I try to first ask them the honest question, ‘What are you up to?’…
Benjamin Doxtdator·Mar 26, 2017Maybe we’re not afraid: on Edtech’s inability to imagine the futureEdtech caught in industrial capitalism’s narrative
Benjamin Doxtdator·Jan 24, 2017Expanding the Conversation about Teachers and Blogging“We should call for institutions to state explicitly what they owe those who venture into public waters.”
Benjamin Doxtdator·Jan 8, 2017A Media Literacy with Teethdanah boyd’s Did Media Literacy Backfire? argues that some basic tenets of media literacy, such as check your sources or look for bias…A response icon2A response icon2
InIdentity, Education and PowerbyBenjamin Doxtdator·Nov 10, 2016Resisting Spectacle and Confronting Neoliberalism — notes for educatorsI want you to pick up your favourite book about education right now and turn to the chapter about fighting racism, sexism, and oppression…A response icon2A response icon2
Benjamin Doxtdator·Nov 2, 2016In Hopes of a More Critical Digital Literacy: Notes on the NCM’s Horizon ReportAlexander, B., Adams Becker, S., and Cummins, M. (2016). Digital Literacy: An NMC Horizon Project Strategic Brief. Volume 3.3, October…
