Benjamin DoxtdatorFrontier 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…Jul 5, 20175Jul 5, 20175
Benjamin DoxtdatorA 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…Jun 18, 2017Jun 18, 2017
Benjamin DoxtdatorEducation Unbundled: What knowledge will we lose if we automate the professions?Automating the ProfessionsJun 4, 20171Jun 4, 20171
Benjamin DoxtdatorinTeachers Going GradelessGrades, 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…May 26, 201710May 26, 201710
Benjamin DoxtdatorWhat 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?’…May 14, 2017May 14, 2017
Benjamin DoxtdatorMaybe we’re not afraid: on Edtech’s inability to imagine the futureEdtech caught in industrial capitalism’s narrativeMar 26, 2017Mar 26, 2017
Benjamin DoxtdatorExpanding the Conversation about Teachers and Blogging“We should call for institutions to state explicitly what they owe those who venture into public waters.”Jan 24, 2017Jan 24, 2017
Benjamin DoxtdatorA 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…Jan 8, 20172Jan 8, 20172
Benjamin DoxtdatorinIdentity, Education and PowerResisting 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…Nov 10, 20162Nov 10, 20162
Benjamin DoxtdatorIn 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…Nov 2, 2016Nov 2, 2016
