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The Civics of Technology (CoT) project aims to empower students and educators to critically inquire into the effects of technologies on their individual and collective lives. Find updates here or by subscribing to our newsletter at civicsoftechnology.org.
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Today, learn from activists who have resisted data centers and other exploitative projects.

Sue Kasun and Erin Anderson interview Omar Lázaro García and Aurora Gómez.

You can also read their conversation in Spanish!

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Activists who challenged Industry Inevitability Myths — Civics of Technology
Civics of Technology Announcements New! Technology Audit Curriculum: This activity provides a structured way to surface the ethical dimensions of technology tools. Drawing on four analytic ap...
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February 8, 2026 at 8:54 PM
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February Tech Talk tonight!
8:00 Eastern Time
Register below to join the conversation!

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Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: February CoT Tech Talk. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meeting.
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February 4, 2026 at 3:04 PM
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Today, Michelle Ciccone shares some of her recent work on Digital Advertising Literacy with 6th grade students. How do these students navigate the onslaught of ads, influencers, and marketing?

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Introducing the Ethics of Actors in SYstems (EASY) approach to digital advertising literacy — Civics of Technology
Civics of Technology Announcements Next Tech Talk: Please join us for our next Tech Talk where we meet to discuss whatever critical tech issues are on people’s minds. It’s a great way to connect, l...
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February 1, 2026 at 4:03 PM
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And if you missed Day 1, we have a recording available on the Privacy page
January 29, 2026 at 2:33 AM
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Be sure to catch Day 2 of our Privacy Week webinars!

Thursday, Jan 29 from 6:00-7:30 PM EST

Register here: maritime-edu.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

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Privacy — Civics of Technology
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January 29, 2026 at 2:32 AM
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To hear more from Jamie and others, come to our Privacy Week Webinars!

Day 1, January 22, 6:00-7:30 EST: maritime-edu.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

Day 2, January 29, 6:00-7:30 EST: maritime-edu.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

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January 18, 2026 at 7:04 PM
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To hear more from Jamie and others, come to our Privacy Week Webinars!

Day 1, January 22, 6:00-7:30 EST: maritime-edu.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

Day 2, January 29, 6:00-7:30 EST: maritime-edu.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

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January 18, 2026 at 7:04 PM
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Today, from Jamie Taylor:

"...the best we can do, often, to maintain the kind of privacy library we have long told readers they can expect is to browbeat vendors into acting right, and that it only rarely works."

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Sleights of hand: What library patron data is PII (and what isn’t) — Civics of Technology
An overview of privacy scholarship from one of the speakers from our first webinar during Privacy Week! Register to learn more!
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January 18, 2026 at 7:02 PM
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What's the scarier prospect?

That chatbots are analyzing people's data? Or that this practice is seen as unremarkable?

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When Copilot is the Data Analyst — Civics of Technology
Civics of Technology Announcements Next Tech Talk: Please join us for our next Tech Talk where we meet to discuss whatever critical tech issues are on people’s minds. It’s a great way to connect, l...
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January 11, 2026 at 12:54 PM
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First Tech Talk of 2026 this Thursday, Jan 8 at 12:00 PM Eastern Time.

Join in for some conversation about... whatever is on your mind!

Register here: oklahoma.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
January 6, 2026 at 12:39 AM
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First Tech Talk of 2026 this Thursday, Jan 8 at 12:00 PM Eastern Time.

Join in for some conversation about... whatever is on your mind!

Register here: oklahoma.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
January 6, 2026 at 12:39 AM
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2025 - What a year it was!

Here's our roundup of 2025's most-read blog posts, new curriculum resources, reviews, and more.

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2025: A Year of Civics of Tech — Civics of Technology
Civics of Technology Announcements Next Tech Talk: Please join us for our next Tech Talk where we meet to discuss whatever critical tech issues are on people’s minds. It’s a great way to connect, l...
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January 4, 2026 at 1:28 PM
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The ever-popular Critical Tech Quotes activity now has an "AI Edition" - Read all about it in today's blog post!

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Thinking Critically About AI: A New Critical Quotes Classroom Activity — Civics of Technology
by Dan Krutka and Marie Heath with Danielle Peck When we first developed the Critical Technology Quotes , we sought to create a simple entry point for students to gather a range of critical perspe...
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December 28, 2025 at 9:15 PM
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Today, Marta Estellés and Andrew Doyle share ideas and approaches to collective resistance:

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Citizens Without the Digital: A Call for Resistance in a Collective Way  — Civics of Technology
Civics of Technology Announcements Next Tech Talk: Please join us for our next Tech Talk where we meet to discuss whatever critical tech issues are on people’s minds. It’s a great way to connect, l...
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December 21, 2025 at 1:21 PM
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Today, Bruna Damiana Heinsfeld examines recent "partnerships" between universities and big tech. Who do such deals serve?

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When Education Serves the Machine: The Technocapitalist Capture of Universities — Civics of Technology
Civics of Technology Announcements Next Tech Talk: Please join us for our next Tech Talk where we meet to discuss whatever critical tech issues are on people’s minds. It’s a great way to connect, l...
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December 14, 2025 at 3:07 PM
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Put this on your calendar for January!

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Join Us for Data Privacy Week — Civics of Technology
Civics of Technology Announcements Curriculum Crowdsourcing : One of the most popular activities in our Curriculum is our Critical Tech Quote Activity because the lessons offers a quick way to int...
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December 7, 2025 at 2:30 PM
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Today, Evan Shieh shares the work of the Young Data Scientists League. Data is power!

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Data is Power: Teaching Critical AI Literacy in K-12 — Civics of Technology
Data is Power is seeking applications from schools, districts, and classrooms for the 2025-26 school year. Learn more and apply by December 8th, 2025 (it’s a short application). Read more a...
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December 3, 2025 at 1:21 PM
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Book Club Day! 10:30 AM Eastern Time

Join us to talk about Dan McQuillan's Resisting AI

Register here: us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

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Resisting AI
Resisting AI - An Anti-fascist Approach to Artificial Intelligence; Artificial Intelligence (AI) is everywhere, yet it causes damage to society in ways that can’t be fixed. Calling for the restructuri...
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December 3, 2025 at 1:19 PM
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This month's Tech Talk is on Tuesday, December 2 at 8:00 Eastern Time. Hope to see you there!

You can register here:
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Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: CoT December Tech Talk. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meeting.
Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: CoT December Tech Talk. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meeting.
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November 30, 2025 at 3:08 PM
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From @eam0.bsky.social :

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Welcome to the Irish Learning Technology Association Conference 2026 — Civics of Technology
President of the ILTA, Eamon Costello, welcomes you to the Irish Learning Technology Association Conference!
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November 30, 2025 at 3:06 PM
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EdTech is in our lives from the very beginning. Michelle Ciccone writes about becoming a Civics of Tech parent and bearing witness to tech mediation in the first year of life.

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Reflecting on Daycare (Ed)Tech and Being a New “Civics of Tech Parent” — Civics of Technology
Civics of Technology Announcements Curriculum Crowdsourcing : One of the most popular activities in our Curriculum is our Critical Tech Quote Activity because the lessons offers a quick way to int...
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November 23, 2025 at 2:27 PM
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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!

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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...
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November 9, 2025 at 2:41 PM
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How can we make GenAI an object of critique in the K-12 classroom? Samantha Serrano shares a lesson from her teaching practice in today's blog:

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“Meet alt+Sam.” A GenAI Exercise in Civic Literacy — Civics of Technology
Cross post of a social studies lesson on digital ethics featuring an uncanny valley guest speaker, creepy chat bot alt+Sam (yeah, you know who we mean).
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November 9, 2025 at 2:39 PM
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Tech Talk today! At 12:00 PM ET

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November 6, 2025 at 2:24 PM
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Today for the blog: If EdTech is the hero, is the teacher the villain?

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In EdTech's Hero's Journey, Is the Teacher the Villain? — Civics of Technology
Civics of Technology Announcements Next Tech Talk (NOTE THE NEW TIME): We will now be alternating our meeting time for our Tech Talks so that we can connect with different people in our community. ...
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November 2, 2025 at 2:16 PM