Allie Thrall
@alliethrall.bsky.social
Humanities educator and doctoral researcher @Baylor interested in how digital technologies impact civic possibilities
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We've got a book club coming up on Tuesday at 8:00 PM ET!
Come talk about @neilselwyn.bsky.social's Digital Degrowth, led by @charleswlogan.bsky.social
Register on our events page!
www.civicsoftechnology.org/events
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Come talk about @neilselwyn.bsky.social's Digital Degrowth, led by @charleswlogan.bsky.social
Register on our events page!
www.civicsoftechnology.org/events
www.wiley.com/en-us/Digita...
Digital Degrowth: Radically Rethinking our Digital Futures
We are fast approaching the point of “peak digital”, with the continued mass production and excessive consumption of digital technologies set to become a key driver of climate crisis, ecol...
www.wiley.com
November 9, 2025 at 2:41 PM
We've got a book club coming up on Tuesday at 8:00 PM ET!
Come talk about @neilselwyn.bsky.social's Digital Degrowth, led by @charleswlogan.bsky.social
Register on our events page!
www.civicsoftechnology.org/events
www.wiley.com/en-us/Digita...
Come talk about @neilselwyn.bsky.social's Digital Degrowth, led by @charleswlogan.bsky.social
Register on our events page!
www.civicsoftechnology.org/events
www.wiley.com/en-us/Digita...
Join us today to talk tech and education!
November 6, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Join us today to talk tech and education!
@civicsoftech.bsky.social is starting to host events at different times to invite people in time zones outside of the US into the conversation! Our next Tech Talk will be on Thursday, Nov. 6 at 12pm ET. Come join us to chat tech, education, current events, and more! Register here!
Events — Civics of Technology
Learn more, RSVP, or submit a proposal for the 1st annual virtual conference to take place from 11am-3pm EST on both August 4th and 5th, 2022.
www.civicsoftechnology.org
October 9, 2025 at 11:00 PM
@civicsoftech.bsky.social is starting to host events at different times to invite people in time zones outside of the US into the conversation! Our next Tech Talk will be on Thursday, Nov. 6 at 12pm ET. Come join us to chat tech, education, current events, and more! Register here!
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The final issue of our series on critical perspectives on digital platforms in ELA teacher education is published. We are so grateful to all of our brilliant contributors. Check it out!
English/Language Arts Education – CITE Journal
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September 10, 2025 at 11:31 PM
The final issue of our series on critical perspectives on digital platforms in ELA teacher education is published. We are so grateful to all of our brilliant contributors. Check it out!
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📚New Pub! Contributing to our special issue series, @justmaybechris.bsky.social, Cherise McBride, and
@anna-phd.bsky.social
write on “The (Im)Possibilities of ‘Creating Digital Living Rooms’: A Black Educational Studies Perspective on Digital Platforms in Teacher Education”. Check it out!
@anna-phd.bsky.social
write on “The (Im)Possibilities of ‘Creating Digital Living Rooms’: A Black Educational Studies Perspective on Digital Platforms in Teacher Education”. Check it out!
The (Im)Possibilities of “Creating Digital Living Rooms”: A Black Educational Studies Perspective on Digital Platforms in Teacher Education – CITE Journal
citejournal.org
September 10, 2025 at 11:51 PM
📚New Pub! Contributing to our special issue series, @justmaybechris.bsky.social, Cherise McBride, and
@anna-phd.bsky.social
write on “The (Im)Possibilities of ‘Creating Digital Living Rooms’: A Black Educational Studies Perspective on Digital Platforms in Teacher Education”. Check it out!
@anna-phd.bsky.social
write on “The (Im)Possibilities of ‘Creating Digital Living Rooms’: A Black Educational Studies Perspective on Digital Platforms in Teacher Education”. Check it out!
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📚New Pub! Contributing to our special issue series, Dominique McDaniel and Matthew Osborn write “From Platforms to Pedagogy: Exploring How Youth’s Social Media Practices Can Shape Teacher Education Through Culturally Digitized Pedagogy.” Check it out!
From Platforms to Pedagogy: Exploring How Youth’s Social Media Practices Can Shape Teacher Education Through Culturally Digitized Pedagogy – CITE Journal
citejournal.org
September 10, 2025 at 11:36 PM
📚New Pub! Contributing to our special issue series, Dominique McDaniel and Matthew Osborn write “From Platforms to Pedagogy: Exploring How Youth’s Social Media Practices Can Shape Teacher Education Through Culturally Digitized Pedagogy.” Check it out!
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"My message to parents is this: alongside teachers, your voices are crucial in holding tech companies to account for what they build, how they sell it and the values they embed in classrooms."
Hear, hear!
Hear, hear!
I’ve seen how big tech has transformed the classroom – and parents are right to be worried | Velislava Hillman
I’ve seen how big tech has transformed the classroom – and parents are right to be worried | Velislava Hillman
I’ve examined how commercial technologies reshape education – often in ways parents instinctively resist, but are told to ignore, says academic Velislava Hillman
www.theguardian.com
September 2, 2025 at 12:39 AM
"My message to parents is this: alongside teachers, your voices are crucial in holding tech companies to account for what they build, how they sell it and the values they embed in classrooms."
Hear, hear!
Hear, hear!
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Do you have a project (research, curriculum, advocacy) or want to distribute a call for proposals/chapters/etc?
On our contact page is a Blog Post Proposal form - we welcome contributions from our community!
www.civicsoftechnology.org/contact
On our contact page is a Blog Post Proposal form - we welcome contributions from our community!
www.civicsoftechnology.org/contact
Contact Us — Civics of Technology
Please contact us if you have questions, would like to be a contributor, or just want to chat. We also offer professional development workshops for K-12, college, or teacher education classes.
www.civicsoftechnology.org
August 31, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Do you have a project (research, curriculum, advocacy) or want to distribute a call for proposals/chapters/etc?
On our contact page is a Blog Post Proposal form - we welcome contributions from our community!
www.civicsoftechnology.org/contact
On our contact page is a Blog Post Proposal form - we welcome contributions from our community!
www.civicsoftechnology.org/contact
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For the blog today: An interview with @andyliddell.bsky.social!
By Celeste Barber, a high school student who participated in the Digital Civics club led by @alliethrall.bsky.social
~How to challenge EdTech, just in time for back-to-school~
www.civicsoftechnology.org/blog/holding...
By Celeste Barber, a high school student who participated in the Digital Civics club led by @alliethrall.bsky.social
~How to challenge EdTech, just in time for back-to-school~
www.civicsoftechnology.org/blog/holding...
Holding EdTech Accountable — Civics of Technology
Civics of Technology Announcements Next Tech Talk: The next Tech Talk will be held on September 2 at 8:00 Eastern Time. Register on our events page. Come join our community in an informal discuss...
www.civicsoftechnology.org
August 17, 2025 at 8:34 PM
For the blog today: An interview with @andyliddell.bsky.social!
By Celeste Barber, a high school student who participated in the Digital Civics club led by @alliethrall.bsky.social
~How to challenge EdTech, just in time for back-to-school~
www.civicsoftechnology.org/blog/holding...
By Celeste Barber, a high school student who participated in the Digital Civics club led by @alliethrall.bsky.social
~How to challenge EdTech, just in time for back-to-school~
www.civicsoftechnology.org/blog/holding...
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In today's @civicsoftech.bsky.social blog: Celeste, a high school student, interviews @andyliddell.bsky.social on the work of the EdTech Law Center and to "give clarification on how education companies influence students’ futures."
Holding EdTech Accountable — Civics of Technology
Civics of Technology Announcements Next Tech Talk: The next Tech Talk will be held on September 2 at 8:00 Eastern Time. Register on our events page. Come join our community in an informal discuss...
www.civicsoftechnology.org
August 17, 2025 at 2:04 PM
In today's @civicsoftech.bsky.social blog: Celeste, a high school student, interviews @andyliddell.bsky.social on the work of the EdTech Law Center and to "give clarification on how education companies influence students’ futures."
I can’t tell what gives me more hope: @andyliddell.bsky.social and Julie’s work at the EdTech Law Center; or Celeste, a high school students’, brilliant engagement with their work in this week’s @civicsoftech.bsky.social blog.
Holding EdTech Accountable — Civics of Technology
Civics of Technology Announcements Next Tech Talk: The next Tech Talk will be held on September 2 at 8:00 Eastern Time. Register on our events page. Come join our community in an informal discuss...
www.civicsoftechnology.org
August 17, 2025 at 2:12 PM
I can’t tell what gives me more hope: @andyliddell.bsky.social and Julie’s work at the EdTech Law Center; or Celeste, a high school students’, brilliant engagement with their work in this week’s @civicsoftech.bsky.social blog.
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AFT and university administrators may have bought into the AI hype, but we don't have to join them!
A really great resource that includes a page dedicated to labor bargaining (and more evidence that the Luddites were right for fighting the obnoxious machines of automation).
A really great resource that includes a page dedicated to labor bargaining (and more evidence that the Luddites were right for fighting the obnoxious machines of automation).
teachers!
excited to share a new website at this late date of Aug 15 to try to help us collectively prepare for back to school in the interpretative humanities classroom assaulted by the AI grift, so we don't have to go it alone.
take a look, share, + most importantly: CONTRIBUTE
against-a-i.com
excited to share a new website at this late date of Aug 15 to try to help us collectively prepare for back to school in the interpretative humanities classroom assaulted by the AI grift, so we don't have to go it alone.
take a look, share, + most importantly: CONTRIBUTE
against-a-i.com
AGAINST AI
against-a-i.com
August 15, 2025 at 8:46 PM
AFT and university administrators may have bought into the AI hype, but we don't have to join them!
A really great resource that includes a page dedicated to labor bargaining (and more evidence that the Luddites were right for fighting the obnoxious machines of automation).
A really great resource that includes a page dedicated to labor bargaining (and more evidence that the Luddites were right for fighting the obnoxious machines of automation).
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You love to see it. Here's to more caregiver + teacher coalitions to fight Big Tech!
If you’re in LAUSD, please fight back against Big Tech in our classrooms by joining us at schoolsbeyondscreens.com
August 14, 2025 at 1:36 AM
You love to see it. Here's to more caregiver + teacher coalitions to fight Big Tech!
New pub! This collaboration with @neilgshanks.bsky.social and @lizmagill.bsky.social was driven by a shared desire to imagine economic inquiry that draws from students’ lives and experiences and disrupts the patriarchal assumptions in the neoclassical paradigm. Share with social studies teachers!
August 8, 2025 at 9:07 PM
New pub! This collaboration with @neilgshanks.bsky.social and @lizmagill.bsky.social was driven by a shared desire to imagine economic inquiry that draws from students’ lives and experiences and disrupts the patriarchal assumptions in the neoclassical paradigm. Share with social studies teachers!
What do young people have to contribute to conversations about digital civic life? Check out this @civicsoftech.bsky.social blog from Digital Civics Club student, Athena! If you care to show support to this young writer in her first publication, leave a comment on the blog!
Exiled From the Internet — Civics of Technology
Today’s midweek blog post comes from Athena Obioma, a high school student who participated in the Digital Civics Club introduced in our last blog entry. Athena Obioma is a junior in high schoo...
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August 6, 2025 at 2:06 PM
What do young people have to contribute to conversations about digital civic life? Check out this @civicsoftech.bsky.social blog from Digital Civics Club student, Athena! If you care to show support to this young writer in her first publication, leave a comment on the blog!
I’ve been engaging in digital civic inquiry with these brilliant young people for three years now, and I never want to stop! We’ve gotten to learn from and lean on each other during times when we need community and hope. Here are some insights from the experience…
What does it look like to do critical tech studies with high school students?
@alliethrall.bsky.social, @philnichols.bsky.social, and Kevin Magill share their exciting project in today's Newsletter.
www.civicsoftechnology.org/blog/introdu...
@alliethrall.bsky.social, @philnichols.bsky.social, and Kevin Magill share their exciting project in today's Newsletter.
www.civicsoftechnology.org/blog/introdu...
Introducing Digital Civics Club — Civics of Technology
Civics of Tech Announcements Conference Recordings: Missed a session at our 2025 conference? Head to our conference page to see if a recording is available. Please note that not all sessions wer...
www.civicsoftechnology.org
August 3, 2025 at 4:29 PM
I’ve been engaging in digital civic inquiry with these brilliant young people for three years now, and I never want to stop! We’ve gotten to learn from and lean on each other during times when we need community and hope. Here are some insights from the experience…
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If you're a caregiver who may have other, less techno-optimistic views of AI/GenAI, then you may be interested in the panel "Theorizing Caregiver Resistance to EdTech" that I'm convening with @alliethrall.bsky.social at next week's Civics of Technology conference. More info at:
2025 Conference — Civics of Technology
www.civicsoftechnology.org
July 22, 2025 at 2:20 AM
If you're a caregiver who may have other, less techno-optimistic views of AI/GenAI, then you may be interested in the panel "Theorizing Caregiver Resistance to EdTech" that I'm convening with @alliethrall.bsky.social at next week's Civics of Technology conference. More info at:
Mark your calendars! July 31-Aug. 1 is the @civicsoftech.bsky.social annual conference. It’s free and virtual!
2025 Conference — Civics of Technology
www.civicsoftechnology.org
July 9, 2025 at 9:07 PM
Mark your calendars! July 31-Aug. 1 is the @civicsoftech.bsky.social annual conference. It’s free and virtual!
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Literacies in the Platform Society: Histories, Pedagogies, and Possibilities—edited by me and @anterobot.bsky.social—is out today! 🎉
It's been an absolute privilege to work with so many brilliant people, over multiple years, to make this book a reality.
www.routledge.com/Literacies-i...
It's been an absolute privilege to work with so many brilliant people, over multiple years, to make this book a reality.
www.routledge.com/Literacies-i...
June 27, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Literacies in the Platform Society: Histories, Pedagogies, and Possibilities—edited by me and @anterobot.bsky.social—is out today! 🎉
It's been an absolute privilege to work with so many brilliant people, over multiple years, to make this book a reality.
www.routledge.com/Literacies-i...
It's been an absolute privilege to work with so many brilliant people, over multiple years, to make this book a reality.
www.routledge.com/Literacies-i...
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📚 Check out another new pub from our special issue series on digital platforms in ELA teacher education: “Teachers’ Orientations Toward Texts and Tools: Critical (Re)Consideration of a Remix and Restory Assignment as a Teacher Educator."
Teachers’ Orientations Toward Texts and Tools: Critical (Re)Consideration of a Remix and Restory Assignment as a Teacher Educator – CITE Journal
citejournal.org
June 24, 2025 at 10:37 PM
📚 Check out another new pub from our special issue series on digital platforms in ELA teacher education: “Teachers’ Orientations Toward Texts and Tools: Critical (Re)Consideration of a Remix and Restory Assignment as a Teacher Educator."
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📚 From our ongoing special issue series on digital platforms in ELA teacher education: “Exploring Ethics of Multimodal Composition with AI: Student and Educator Perspectives on Evaluating and Using Generative Models in the Classroom."
Exploring the Ethics of Multimodal Composition With AI: Student and Educator Perspectives on Evaluating and Using Generative Models in the Classroom – CITE Journal
citejournal.org
June 24, 2025 at 1:08 AM
📚 From our ongoing special issue series on digital platforms in ELA teacher education: “Exploring Ethics of Multimodal Composition with AI: Student and Educator Perspectives on Evaluating and Using Generative Models in the Classroom."
My first article in LMT! We discuss Delanda’s theory of “parametrization” as offering a useful methodological tool for multiscalar digital inquiry.
🟨 New Publication in #LMT 🟪
In this paper @philnichols.bsky.social, LeBlanc & @alliethrall.bsky.social offer ‘parametrization' to better capture the interplay of digital practices as territorialized and coded in different ways, across different scales.
Read more (🔓): tinyurl.com/58m4zrdp
In this paper @philnichols.bsky.social, LeBlanc & @alliethrall.bsky.social offer ‘parametrization' to better capture the interplay of digital practices as territorialized and coded in different ways, across different scales.
Read more (🔓): tinyurl.com/58m4zrdp
June 6, 2025 at 12:06 PM
My first article in LMT! We discuss Delanda’s theory of “parametrization” as offering a useful methodological tool for multiscalar digital inquiry.
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Oh, and don't forget we've got a call out for conference proposals!
www.civicsoftechnology.org/2025conference
www.civicsoftechnology.org/2025conference
May 25, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Oh, and don't forget we've got a call out for conference proposals!
www.civicsoftechnology.org/2025conference
www.civicsoftechnology.org/2025conference