My Notes from ISTE2016: Tuesday Keynote-Ruha Benjamin-"Set Phasers to Love Me" Reimagining the Default Settings of Technology & Society
Dr. Ruha Benjamin, assistant professor of African American Studies at Princeton University was the Tuesday Keynote at the I STE 2016 Conference . Her talk centered on the question, "How can we harness science and technology for greater equality?" What is the purpose of education? She is hoping to stretch our thinking on education and equity. Big Picture There is little doubt we are living in social crisis. Most can't look to Hospitals for health, police for safety, politicians for leadership or even schools for imparting knowledge. The world is at war with itself. All manner of social struggle over material and social resources. At the same time, the very idea of a society where we care and sacrifice for one another is undermined. In this context, the question is how do we make our schools laboratories of democratic participation? Where the potential for each individual child is realized, and we experiment with technologies of love, reciprocity and j...