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Rafi Santo @empathetics.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

If there’s one silver lining on AI’s intersection with the education system right now, it’s that we may get a whole movement of students who start thinking critically early on about the purpose of education, and demanding that the institutions they’re in meet their visions for it.

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Charles Logan @charleswlogan.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

🚨 New publication alert 🚨 In which I join an all-star group of scholars to discuss the problems with what we call "critical optimism" about AI in education and offer instead three forms of AI refusal: curricular, bureaucratic, and administrative. The article is paywalled, so DM me for a copy.

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Refusing Educational Technology: Artificial Intelligence, Inequity, and the Problem of Critical Optimism - Niral Shah, David Stroupe, Aman Yadav, Tess Bernhard, Charles Logan, Elizabeth B. Dyer, Peng ...

Artificial intelligence (AI)—like many technologies before—comes with hope and worry about its implications for education. In this essay, using generative AI as...

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Rafi Santo @empathetics.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

loling at “need to have Duckworth's grit to survive Schmidt’s drone-saturated future hellscape.” But yeah, well spotted on the throughline - they’re def all conservative, but different flavors.

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Rafi Santo @empathetics.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

Also, kind of a weird mix of people? Like, maybe I missed something in his stance around kids and AI, but based on his takes in Anxious Generation (in nuanced as they were), I’d just sort of expect Haidt to be like “keep them as far away from it as possible” and Schmidt to be… not that?

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Kate Marvel @drkatemarvel.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

Yes it’s climate change, stop asking

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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 28/06/2026

Believe it we're actually living in a time when we have some of the best magazines & publications available: @wired.com, @propublica.org, @hammerandhope.bsky.social, @readlux.bsky.social, @nplusonemag.com, @truthout.org, @hellgatenyc.com, @boltsmag.org, @inquest.bsky.social, @thecityreporter.nyc...

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Rafi Santo @empathetics.bsky.social · 20/06/2026

We also need to resubmit (mayhaps with some edits) the symposium @charleswlogan.bsky.social led on that didn’t make it in this year!

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Rafi Santo @empathetics.bsky.social · 20/06/2026

I was really feeling so much technooptimism/determinism this year at #ISLS26. Bummed I didn’t get to make it to your session!

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Dr. Casey Fiesler @cfiesler.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

The Black Mirror Writers Room teaching exercise has some updates! More "Light Mirror" emphasis, additional options for scaffolding with some more explicit prompts (including for encouraging more grounding and solutions-oriented thinking) and (actual) Black Mirror examples. bit.ly/blackmirrorw...

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The Black Mirror Writers' Room: A Speculative Ethics Teaching Exercise

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Rafi Santo @empathetics.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

Can’t wait to check this out! I’ve been referencing it in a bunch of work I’ve been doing internally with an org, and also look forward to in some public facing resources soon.

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Rafi Santo @empathetics.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

Thanks for the shout out Charles! And we’re pretty stoked that we’ll be able bring a lot of these ideas further into the field in future work with CSTA.

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Rafi Santo @empathetics.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

Ok, update: turns out the authors are here at ISLS! Maybe There’s still hope. 🙃

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Rafi Santo @empathetics.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

Meanwhile, over here at the premier conference for the learning sciences, I have literally not been able to find one thing on the agenda that attempts to address this question. Pretty disheartening…

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Dr. Casey Fiesler @cfiesler.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

Ever seen a news story about AI and thought “this could be an episode of Black Mirror”? We're running a research study where we ask people to imagine generative AI futures and pitch their own science fiction story. More detail at the link and please share! www.internetruleslab.com/black-mirror...

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Black Mirror Survey Study — Internet Rules Lab

We're recruiting for a survey where you pitch your own Black Mirror episode about the future of generative AI!

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Rafi Santo @empathetics.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

lol I’m in the background, just out of frame.

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Rafi Santo @empathetics.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

If we don’t end up owning AI literacy and defining it on our terms (ie, critical sociotechnical literacy), we know who’s going to end up defining it and for what ends.

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Rafi Santo @empathetics.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

The view that personal responsibility is the appropriate response to harmful sociotechnical systems goes back a long way (see: most digital literacy/citizenship frameworks of the ‘00s). Getting to more expansive sociotechnical literacies is a push, but starting to catch on. Even the pope gets it.

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Rafi Santo @empathetics.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

A spectacularly tone deaf choice on the part of the university. Not to mention hypocritical, given that they also censored students, cancelling any student speakers while elevating a vIeWpOiNt DiVeRsIty guy. Students on point in their response.

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Rafi Santo @empathetics.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

And, we're so excited that we're continuing to collaborate with CSTA to figure out how to support this work on the ground in classrooms (and we have an announcement to share soon on that front!). Big shout out to Kapor Foundation who supported this work.

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Rafi Santo @empathetics.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

Our hope is that the piece can serve as a north star for how we think of the responsibility of K12 schools, and the computer science education field more broadly, when it comes to preparing students to become agents of change in relation to tech, rather than its subject.

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Rafi Santo @empathetics.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

We based the piece on conversations with a group of experts who focus on education on ethics and sociotechnical shaping of computing, as well as an extensive literature review of related scholarship.

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Rafi Santo @empathetics.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

• Sociotechnical ethics: How do we move beyond the notion of ‘one right answer’ when it comes to ethically responsible computing, without also reinforcing the idea that ‘anything goes’?

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Rafi Santo @empathetics.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

• Sociotechnical practices: How do we prepare students to be informed actors in using, refusing, and shaping computing devices and systems in private and public spheres?

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Rafi Santo @empathetics.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

• Sociotechnical understandings: How do we overcome the barrier of ‘techno-myths’ when teaching computer science? • Sociotechnical topics: How do we promote an expansive view of computational harms, and their remedies, that goes beyond the idea of personal responsibility?

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Rafi Santo @empathetics.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

We argue that that all students need a firm grounding in four things, each of which responds to a key need and question:

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Rafi Santo @empathetics.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

If you've been feeling like K12 students need to be better prepared to understand and critically respond to the impacts of fast moving technologies in our world—AI, of course, but really the whole technosocial landscape—this piece speaks to those concerns.

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Rafi Santo @empathetics.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

Co-authored with Jean Ryoo, David Phelps, Brooke Shields, and Michael Lachney, it's based on work we've been doing with Bryan Twarek and Jacob Koressel at Computer Science Teachers Association to more deeply infuse questions of ethics and impacts into the revised computer science standards.

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Rafi Santo @empathetics.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

How do we help K12 students push back on the idea that 'tech is inevitable'? I'm excited to share this new article "A Sociotechnical Vision for Ethical, Responsible, and Critical PK-12 Computing Education", recently published in ACM InRoads, that speaks to this question: dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/...

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A Sociotechnical Vision for Ethical, Responsible, and Critical PK-12 Computing Education | ACM Inroads

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Deborah Fields @stareyes.bsky.social · 11/11/2025

First (beta) version of our AI Auditing for High School lessons: piloted in high school CS classrooms, with resources for more information. bit.ly/k12aiaudit-lessons #cseducation #aieducation Created with amazing CS teachers, Yasmin Kafai, Danae Metaxa, Daniel Noh, Luis Morales-Navarros

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Part 0: Introduction to the Algorithm Auditing Lessons

Introduction to Algorithm Auditing: Lessons for High School Computer Science (beta version) Creators (listed in alphabetical order) Helen Butapetch, Deborah Fields, Sheri Hanna, John Landa, Luis Mora...

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Rafi Santo @empathetics.bsky.social · 03/10/2025

Excited to share a new offering at #ISLS2026 (International Society of the Learning Sciences): Alt-Academia Career Workshop. If you're in the learning sciences and interested in careers outside the traditional tenure track, this workshop is for you! Apps due 11/15: 2026.isls.org/alt-academia...

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Alt-Academia Career Workshop : Call for Submissions | ISLS 2026

The Alt-Academia Career Workshop is a new professional development workshop that will support participants to pursue new opportunities or deepen existing roles in the learning sciences outside of trad...

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Charles Logan @charleswlogan.bsky.social · 01/09/2025

Since tomorrow is Labor Day and school is in session, I'd like to argue (again) that teaching about GenAI should include discussion of the extractive, exploitative labor conditions that make the technology possible. 🧵

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Ben Williamson @benpatrickwill.bsky.social · 29/08/2025

There are four main arguments for AI in education: 1. Efficiency, saving teachers time 2. Equity, making education inclusive 3. Improving outcomes by personalizing learning 4. It's inevitable Is it true? Nope. Micro 🧵

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Rafi Santo @empathetics.bsky.social · 26/08/2025

Big congrats Dr. Logan! 🥳🎓

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Rafi Santo @empathetics.bsky.social · 26/08/2025

I assume @schooldaves.bsky.social will be showing up to the training in one of these?

Attacker in a padded suit, for a self defense training

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Rafi Santo @empathetics.bsky.social · 24/08/2025

Omg lol 🤦🏻‍♂️ (also, clearly haven’t actually looked at what you put out there…)

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Rafi Santo @empathetics.bsky.social · 23/08/2025

Seriously. In search of user-uptake they’ve made sycophantic algorithms, ultimately making the tool actually worse at making clear for users what it is/isn’t helpful for.

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Rafi Santo @empathetics.bsky.social · 23/08/2025

Not surprising. Curious if you’ve had any experience with purpose-built scholarship synthesis tools like Elicit? I’ve poked around, generally found them decently useful as an alternative GScholar, but they state themselves that users shouldn’t assume accuracy (“assume around 90% accurate”).

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Rafi Santo @empathetics.bsky.social · 19/08/2025

I can't remember the study, but I'm pretty sure this kind of finding exists among pilots in the context of various flight automation systems.

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Rafi Santo @empathetics.bsky.social · 15/07/2025

Thanks Elizabeth! Looking forward to getting our pubs on this work out there.

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Neil Selwyn @neilselwyn.bsky.social · 11/07/2025

"The current AI hype bubble is being driven by little more than emotions. Instead of being awed by speculative promises around AI futures, we need to engage with current forms of AI in terms of their values and politics" ... criticaledtech.com/2025/07/12/w...

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We need to talk about AI in terms of values, not vibes

The current AI hype bubble is being driven by little more than emotions. Instead of being awed by speculative promises around AI futures, we need to engage with current forms of AI in terms of thei…

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Rafi Santo @empathetics.bsky.social · 03/07/2025

Awesome, I’ll be there! Looking forward to seeing you!

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