<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class="">G’day Tom,</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 21px;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class=""></span><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class="">I’ve found Ursula Franklin’s The Real world of Technology to be useful. She makes use of Kenneth Boulding’s notion of technology as <i class="">practice</i>, the way things are done. </span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 21px;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class=""></span><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 45.4px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 14px; line-height: normal; font-family: "Lucida Grande";" class="">“He pointed out that there is a technology of prayer as well as of ploughing; there are technologies to control fear as well as to control flood.”</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 21px;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class=""></span><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 36px; text-indent: -36px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Franklin, U. M. (2004). <i class="">The Real World of Technology</i> (Kindle ed.). Toronto, Canada: Anansi.</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 21px;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class=""></span><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class="">You are probably aware of William Turkel’s work: </span>Turkel, W. J., Crymble, A., & MacEachern, A. (2009). <i class="">The Programming Historian</i>. Retrieved from <a href="http://niche-canada.org/files/programming-historian-1.pdf" class="">http://niche-canada.org/files/programming-historian-1.pdf</a> </div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 21px;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class=""></span><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class="">I have a few scribbles that might be of interest…. <a href="http://www.chrisbigum.com/cj/FinishedWriting" class="">http://www.chrisbigum.com/cj/FinishedWriting</a></span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 21px;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class=""></span><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class="">Best wishes,</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 21px;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class=""></span><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class="">Chris</span></div><div class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class=""><br class=""></span></div><div><br class=""><div class="">On 21 Feb 2019, at 3:51 am, Tom Okie <<a href="mailto:wtokie@gmail.com" class="">wtokie@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><div dir="ltr" class=""><div class="">Hi all, <br class=""></div><div class="">Apologies if I've missed an earlier discussion of educational technology on this list, but I'm in the process of developing a list of readings/viewings for a course I teach called "Technology for Historians and History Educators," mostly to practicing teachers. I take a broad view of technology in the course (we talk about blackboards and codices as well as digital tech), and we'll be reading Larry Cuban's <i class="">Oversold and Underused: Computers in the Classroom</i>, and some of Audrey Watters' writing on edtech. <br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Anyway, I'd be eager to hear if anyone has other suggestions for pieces that might teach well, including pieces that praise edtech, promise innovation and disruption, or address maintenance problems in education. <br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Thanks,</div><div class="">Tom Okie</div><div class="">Kennesaw State University<br class=""> </div></div>
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