Remove Digital Divide Remove Pearson Remove Social Media Remove Study
article thumbnail

The 100 Worst Ed-Tech Debacles of the Decade

Hack Education

Again and again, the media told stories — wildly popular stories , apparently — about how technology industry executives refuse to allow their own children to use the very products they were selling to the rest of us. The implication, according to one NYT article : “the digital gap between rich and poor kids is not what we expected.”

Pearson 145
article thumbnail

The Politics of Education Technology

Hack Education

“ Facebook Is Not a Technology Company ,” media studies professor Ian Bogost also wrote in August. And Silicon Valley tech investors, as well as large education corporations like Pearson, are behind this. Every industry uses computers, software, and internet services. In March, the FCC approved a $9.25