Tag: pigeons

“In education and in education technology, students are also the subjects of experimentation and conditioning. But in Skinner’s framework, they are not rats; they are pigeons.”

The pigeon. The object of technological experimentation, manipulation, and control, weaponized.
The pigeon. The child. The object of ed-tech.
The pigeon. The history of the future of education technology.

Source: The Pigeons of Ed-Tech

“According to Skinner, when we fail to properly correct behavior (facilitated by and through machines), we are at risk of “losing our pigeons.” But I’d contend that with this unexamined behaviorist bent of (ed-)tech, we actually find ourselves at risk of losing our humanity.”

Source: The Pigeons of Education Technology