Critical Pedagogy & Technology
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[edit] Resources for looking at Technology through the lens of Critical Pedagogy
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[edit] Web Sources and Links
Adbusters Action Center Adbusters Homepage
Buy Nothing Christmas Campaign!
[edit] Examples and Critical Pedagogy in Action With Technology and Media
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EditJam at Teachers College Watch a Video about EditJam
AfterEd TV from the Teachers College EdLab
- TESOL on SKYPE AfterEd TV One example of using Web 2.0 technologies to enhance pedagogy
- Blackboard of Truth series on AfterEd Watch
- Willoby & Himrod series on After Ed: http://link.brightcove.com/services/link/bcpid1243570743/bclid1427295184/bctid1428636159
- Pep & Squeek series on After Ed: http://link.brightcove.com/services/link/bcpid1243570743/bclid1243743319/bctid1410389742
"TECHBRARIAN" A project from the Island School, ps188 in Manhattan and Technology Coordinator, Lou Lahana
RDIC Cambodia approaches education with different types of media and technology. From Karaoke vans to puppet shows and radio spots, education based on results and feedback from communities it is meant to serve.
[edit] Readings
Rethinking Freire: Globalization and the Environmental Crisis - C. A. Bowers, Frédérique Apffel-Marglin Rethinking Freire on Google Books
The False Promises of Constructivist Theories of Learning: A Global And Ecological Critique - C.A. Bowers On Amazon Introduction
We the Media: Grassroots Journalism by the People, for the People- Dan Gilmore We the Media on Google books
The Problem of the Media - Robert McChesney Abstract U.S. Communication Politics in the Twenty-First Century ISBN 1583671056
The Wealth of Networks: How Social Production Transforms Markets and Freedom- Yochai Benkler Online Book via Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial Sharealike
The New Media Monopoly - Ben H. Bagdikan The New Media Monopoly on Google Books
Convergence Culture: Where Old and New Media Collide - Henry Jenkins Convergence Culture on Google Books
[edit] Education for Social Change Podcasts
Education for Social Change Podcasts: Conversations on Technology series This is a series hosted on Teachers College's 'Pocket Knowledge'
Volume 1, Prof. Howie Budin, Teachers College Conversation on technology and democracy with Howard Budin, professor and director of the Center for Technology and School Change. Includes: recommended readings on Web 2.0 New Media, Dewey, Democracy and web-publishing
Volume 2, Mickey Sampson, RDIC A conversation with Mickey Sampson, a chemistry professor who moved to Cambodia to work on solutions to water table problems and found that educating villages about water, health and morality/ethics was a key entry point to addressing larger problems. Includes: using 'mobile-Karaoke-vans', TV and Radio spots and puppets as medium for education. Also includes some conversation on the topic of One Laptop Per Child in Cambodia.
Volume 3, Lou Lahana, Techbrarian A Podcast with Lou Lahana, the Library/Technology Coordinator at the Island School located on the Lower East Side of Manhattan. Lou and I talk about his project, "Techbrarian", ways to act for social change by utilizing Web 2.0 tools, and the learning curve with teaching web-publishing and blogging with middle school students. Includes: blogging, middle school web-publishing, looking at extended units in blogging and social action
[edit] Findings from Education for Social Change: Technology Focus Group
International Journal of Education and Development The International Journal of Education and Development using Information and Communication Technology (IJEDICT) is an e-journal that provides free and open access to all of its content.
IJEDICT aims to strengthen links between research and practice in ICT in education and development in hitherto less developed parts of the world, e.g., developing countries (especially small states), and rural and remote regions of developed countries.
UNESCO report on distance education This is a UNESCO report highlighting various distance education projects in the nine high-population countries. I learned a lot about BRAC's use of technology as well as Telesecundaria and Telecurso from this report
