🔗 linkblog: my thoughts on 'Leveling the technological playing field with Apple | UKNow'

- kudos:

Look, I’m glad my university is aware of and responding to the digital divide, but I’d appreciate a more critical treatment of what we’re doing. This sounds almost like ad copy for Apple, and it’s falling into a lot of tired edtech tropes about how technology must necessarily improve learning. link to “Leveling the technological playing field with Apple | UKNow”

🔗 linkblog: my thoughts on 'Report: Internet providers offer Louisville residents unequal speeds for similar prices – 89.3 WFPL News Louisville'

- kudos:

I’d skipped over the story when the Markup reported it, but seeing local coverage of how it plays out locally makes it even worse. Municipal broadband ought to be more common! link to ‘Report: Internet providers offer Louisville residents unequal speeds for similar prices – 89.3 WFPL News Louisville’

🔗 linkblog: just finished 'Smartphones Are a New Tax on the Poor | WIRED'

- kudos:

Important and enlightening read. link to ‘Smartphones Are a New Tax on the Poor | WIRED’