Audrey Watters

This was a bad week for reasons I don’t particularly feel like detailing here. And it wasn’t just one bad thing. Or even two bad things. It was a whole series of pretty awful things – a handful of disappointments, some ongoing sagas, and at least one major crisis. Writing...

Writing HEWN, No. 316 via substack.com Working I was cited in a story about whether or not ed-tech “really works” Reading I finished reading Democracy May Not Exist… But We’ll Miss It When It’s Gone and How to Do Nothing. I bought a couple of novels to read next. Of...

I was interviewed for a story in Built In about whether ed-tech "works" and whether it does more harm than good. In your ideal classroom, what role would technology play—if any? I think this is the wrong question. When we talk about technology, we often just focus on specific objects...

Teaching Machines This week was mostly about doing additional reading and research in order to fill in some of the gaps in my narrative and analysis. Other Writing HEWN, No. 315 via substack.com Reading and Viewing We finally watched the last Avengers movie I’m still listening to The Age of...

Teaching Machines I had a really great conversation with Justin Reich this week. We swapped drafts and gave each other feedback. It was definitely helpful to hear what someone thought of the book, as I haven’t heard anything back from the peer review process yet. I have a good idea...

Teaching Machines I got some feedback on the book this week that was… how should I say… “harsh but fair.” It’s got me rethinking a lot of things – content, style, organization. I think there’s a gulf between the book that some people expect me to write and the one...

Teaching Machines Editing. Hack Education The History of the Future of the “Learning Engineer” (cross-posted to HEWN and to the Teaching Machines’ site) Other Writing HEWN, No. 312 via substack.com Reading and Viewing I’m reading Astra Taylor’s Democracy May Not Exist, But We’ll Miss It When It’s Gone I’m listening...

Teaching Machines I’m in editing mode now, even though there are some lingering research questions. Hack Education The Teaching Machine Imaginary (and an Update on the Book) – cross-posted on the Teaching Machines website and to HEWN Other Writing HEWN, No. 311 via substack.com The Contrafabulists Kin and I finally...

Speaking I was a guest on Terry Greene’s Getting Air podcast. Traveling This past week: nope. Upcoming week: nope. Thinking about how to make this a pattern. Reading and Viewing I think the only TV I watched this week was World Cup football. Icon credits: The Noun Project

Visiting The kid was in town this past week. So needless to say, I didn’t get much else done besides hanging out with him. Icon credits: The Noun Project