Audrey Watters

I was a guest on API Storytelling on Friday. This is one of Kin's shows, and as the name of it suggests, it's not at all about ed-tech typically. But it is (ostensibly) about storytelling -- about the narratives of the tech sector and how that shapes what gets built/bought/sold...

I received the author copies of Teaching Machines yesterday. It finally feels real! (Kin shot some other video too.)

I was a guest on The Learning Hack podcast, and host John Helmer and I discuss Teaching Machines and the influence of B. F. Skinner and behaviorism on education and ed-tech. Give it a listen...

I was a guest again on Bryan Alexander's Future Trends Forum. I was there to talk about the book, but as no one but Bryan had read it, our conversation covered a lot of other issues (that I hope I deftly tried to tie into book promotion). As always, the...

The publicity for Teaching Machines continues with a shout-out on the Open Culture blog. It's not too late to pre-order the book.

The publicity for Teaching Machines is underway. My first interview was with Edsurge's Jeffrey Young for the publication's podcast: EdSurge Podcast · The Long and Surprising History of ‘Teaching Machines’ (I haven't listened, but my mom and my editor said it was good. So give it a whirl. And you...

Teaching Machines is available for pre-order via the MIT Press website (and anywhere books are sold — consider supporting your local bookseller). I spent a few days trying to revamp the Teaching Machines website — before deciding that the template I had was just fine. Now I'm in the process...

It's been one year today since Isaiah died. It's hard to judge the passage of time during a pandemic. The months all merge into one long period of isolation. Then again, that's what happens during grief, regardless of the lockdown orders. Or rather, that's what it felt like when Isaiah's...

I used to be Extremely Online. I knew all the latest memes and hashtags, all the news and drama and characters-of-the-day. If you texted me "hey, have you seen…," chances were that, yes, I already had. Now I am as offline as possible. I've deleted Twitter from my phone. I...

It's been a while since I've written one of these. I keep hoping that I've reached a point where I can pull my life back together, but it's become so unraveled, that I'm not quite sure how to pick the threads back up. Teaching Machines I finished reviewing the copy...