In the stampede to "digitize the classroom" responsible educators need to pause and consider the negative impacts of EdTech. In this provocative session I'll examine five things "21st Century Educators" should be thinking about: Student data privacy, Corporate Influence, Equity, Professionalism & Infrastructure

1. November 13, 2015
Five Reasons NotTo Use EducationalTechnology
By: Andrew Campbell (@acampbell99)

2. Five Reasons NOT to Use EdTech
https://goo.gl/33k3DT

3. Hope & Optimism

10. “All Islamic artists
make a deliberate
error in their work
on the grounds that
Only God Is Perfect.”
“The small dots within each of
the two energies (represented
by black and white) symbolize
that there is always some Yin
(black) within Yang (white) and
vice versa.”
Islamic Art
Yin and Yang

12. Part of embracing technology in the
classroom has to be recognizing the flaws

13. Credit: Audrey Watters
If a historian were to draw a line connecting Jean Piaget’s work on
developmental psychology to today’s trends in educational technology, the
line would simply be labeled “Papert.”

14. “We put computers in
schools and kids don’t
come out thinking any
better” Steve
Wozniak, May 1st,
2015

15. “Without ed-tech criticism,
we’ll still be stuck…with a
technocentrism that masks
rather than uncovers let alone
challenges power” Audrey
Watters (@audreywatters)

16. Acorn Electron (32 kb of Ram)

19. “Students today are growing up in
a world where technology and
digital resources are an integral
part of their everyday lives. We
need to tap into that existing
knowledge and familiarity with
technology to make learning even
more compelling, and allow our
students to become the
innovators, entrepreneurs and
leaders of tomorrow.”
Liz Sandals, Minster of Education,
announcing a $150,000,000 Technology
and Learning Fund
September 4th, 2014

22. Technology in the Classroom
$344 Billion$382 Billion$483 Billion

23. $31.31 billion (2013)
$59.90 billion (2018)
+13.9%
EdTech is BIG Business
($3-6 billion in Canada (estimated))

24. What Brand Are You??
What Brand Is Your Board??

25. “Our kids are being
prepared for
passive obedience,
not creative,
independent lives”
Noam Chomsky
“The Corporate
Assault on Public
Education”
How do corporate values align with the
values of education?

26. Some Questions

27. Differentiated
Learning
Differentiation
Professional
Autonomy &
Differentiated
Learning
Regulation 298: 7. (1) The principal of a
school, in consultation with the teachers
concerned, shall select from the list of the
textbooks approved by the Minister (Trillium
List) the textbooks for the use of pupils of the
school, and the selection shall be subject to
the approval of the board. R.R.O. 1990, Reg.
298, s. 7 (1).
Under Threat?
Who chooses the
digital instructional
materials in your
school?
Do educators have
input into the digital
tools used?
Is there a list of
approved tools that
educators select from
based on student
needs?

34. Would You Take That Deal?

35. SMARTeacher Inc., Burlington, Ontario

36. “if a marketer knocked on your door and
asked to spend several hours secretly
observing your child, recording
everything he or she was doing and
saying for secret purposes, you’d
probably tell them to take a hike. This is
happening every day with very little
resistance.”
Sara M. Grimes
University of Toronto, Faculty of
Information

37. I Just can’t even…

38. Ganz Toy Company, Woodbridge, Ontario

39. On March 7, 2012, The Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada initiated a
complaint against Ganz under subsection 11(2) of the Act.
In 2005 Ganz, a privately-held Canadian partnership, introduced the concept of web-
enabled plush toys called “Webkinz” (“Pets”) and launched the accompanying ‘Webkinz
World’ website

40. Recommendations
Minimize the collection of personal information
Prevent the “inadvertent collection” of personal
information (usernames)
Deleting inactive accounts
Privacy practices must be understandable
Default Settings Should Be Private

41. “One thing is clear: those who
have the power to protect
student privacy will not do so as
long as they can continue to
subsidize the cost of public
education with student data.”
Jessy Irwin. (@JessySaurusRex)
Grooming Students for A Lifetime of Surveillance

44. “The future is already here — it's just not very evenly distributed.”
William Gibson, Author of “Cyberpunk”, 1993

45. “ a great digital divide persists
where lower-income households
remain without internet.”
“38% percent of Canadians in the
lowest income quartile don’t have
Internet access…
…compared with 5% of Canadians
in the highest income quartile”

46. “Arthur” By Marc Brown,
circa 1986
An Historical Problem

47. “Every child deserves
the chance to
participate in the
information
revolution.”
Bill Clinton, President of The
United States of America
State of The Union Address, 2000

48. “Those from low SES are less likely
to have a computer in their own
home (2003)”
“Statscan data points to Canada’s
growing digital divide (2013)”

49. •Students from low-income families aren’t
exposed to technology
•Students don’t see technology use
modelled in the same way (Second Level
Digital Divide)
•Low income students can’t access the same
resources outside of school time
•Only see the internet through school filters
•Excluded from benefits of innovative
practices (BYOD, Flip Class)
Consequences of The Digital Divide

51. What Do These Jobs Have In Common?
?

52. Programmed Logic for Automated Teaching Operations (PLATO)
Late 1960’s. Dr Donald Bitzer’s (U of Illinois) “Teaching Machine”

53. “One thing we feel strongly about: teachers
aren't going anywhere. Whatever word you
choose - teacher, tutor, preceptor, or something
else - the role a teacher plays in the classroom is
huge.” Jeff & Katie Dunn
“Teachers are not, and cannot be automatons
handing out information to students. They
are leaders, guides, facilitators, and mentors.”

54. “Teachers often ask me, am I going to lose my
job? I say no because your job will get harder.
It will become a different job. It will go from
being a master standing at the front of class to
a helpful friend at the back.”
Sugata Mitra, Professor of Educational
Technology at Newcastle University

55. Teaching is Changing Because of Technology
“older, more experienced teachers
– not younger, so-called digital
natives – are experimenting more
with new technology in the
classroom” Young Canadians in a
Wired World (2013)

56. What about
teachers not suited
to using
technology?
What about
students or
subjects that don’t
want or suit tech?
Questions

58. Are You an Innovator or an Early Adopter??

59. Beal, Rogers and Bohlen

60. Characteristics of the Early Majority (34%)
Socially aware: don’t want to risk rejection
by standing out from the crowd
Approaching new ideas with caution
When others adopt dive in for fear of being
left behind
Characteristics of the Early Adopters (13.5%)
Eager to explore new options (cutting edge)
Willing to take risks
Considered leaders: Spread new ideas.

61. EdTech Needs of Early Majority
✤ Exposed to embedded early adopters showing
them the benefits of new technology
✤ Support in learning how to use them and
encouraging them to take risks
✤ Reliable infrastructure- reduce risk of failure

62. Are We Providing A Reliable Infrastructure?

63. Ontario Research and Innovation Optical Network (ORION)
6,000 km of fibre connecting more than 2 million students, educators, researchers and
innovators in Ontario

66. Five Reasons NOT to Use EdTech
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67. Thank you for listening
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@acampbell99