Charles Logan
Learning Sciences PhD Candidate at Northwestern University - Teaching and learning for collective flourishing in schools and beyond by resisting, refusing, repurposing, and reimagining technologies - Dad Life - he/him/his
- Reposted by Charles LoganWhat resources are distributed across the AI value chain, and to whom? Who benefits in the AI value chain, and who is harmed? In "The Ethics of AI Value Chains", @davidthewid.bsky.social & I address these fundamental questions, now out in Big Data & Society! journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
- Reposted by Charles LoganMillions of parents who lost their shit during peak COVID in 2020/2021 because it became crystal clear how difficult it is to teach children didn't seem to gain more empathy and respect for their children's teachers.
- I’ve found teaching about AI/GenAI’s environmental harms really resonates with young people. For a library that I curate full of resources on AI/GenAI’s environmental harms, visit: pad.riseup.net/p/Against_AI...
- One estimate found that a single ChatGPT search uses 10 times the energy of a normal Google search. In this op-ed, politics editor @leximcmenamin.com addresses the environmental costs of AI that not many seem to be talking about ⤵️
- Reposted by Charles LoganOne estimate found that a single ChatGPT search uses 10 times the energy of a normal Google search. In this op-ed, politics editor @leximcmenamin.com addresses the environmental costs of AI that not many seem to be talking about ⤵️
- Given today's discourse on the deleterious effects of GenAI on learning, I'm resharing the final project that I designed with @sepehrvakil.bsky.social for our class AI, Equity, and Public Education. Inspired by Emily Bender and Alex Hanna, the project asks students to analyze AI hype in education.
- Reposted by Charles Logan“Massive numbers of students are going to emerge from university with degrees, and into the workforce, who are essentially illiterate…Both in the literal sense and in the sense of being historically illiterate and having no knowledge of their own culture, much less anyone else’s.”
- Reposted by Charles LoganAs Audrey Watters recently wrote, it's important to talk about how AI - not just GenAI - is being deployed in schools and its harmful effects. So let's not forget about online proctoring. I curate "Against Online Proctoring," an open library of journalism, peer-reviewed research, and more, at:
- Reposted by Charles LoganSchools are flooded with edtech. But it's not only sold to them. Emerging "edtech brokers" do intermediary work to build teachers' trust in edtech, synchronize their practices to platforms, and shape teachers' professional identities as pedagogic "innovators". New paper doi.org/10.1080/0962...
- Yes indeed I am slowly and diligently peeling off - and savoring! - all the crispy bits of leftover Brussels sprouts and red potato skins from this pan before cleaning it so what?
