I've had conversations before about history/social studies curriculum, and many feel like children should be taught dates, wars, and the names of important people (usually men). That model of history does little to empower people, and does little to educate students on the world they live in. I feel like we have to question our perspectives when it comes to every topic and technique.

Does this mean that there shouldn't be a push for parity in hardware and software? I feel like there still should be, but it shouldn't be thought of as the end all be all of educational equity.

This optimism, while well-placed, concerns me. We have seen and discussed how technology can erase some inequities while also opening whole new ones. Care must be taken not to think that technology can solve all problems in education.

I think this must be the core question not of just technology, but of education as a whole and even all of society. We have to do better about ensuring access.

I have not yet been asked to use a proctoring program, but I have been asked to turn on my camera, and I have taken tests where cameras have to be on. I can understand the need for it, but there is an amount of worry that it creates.

I would say that we don't in the amount we currently use it, in general and in the classroom. Just because something is easier or newer does not mean it's better.

I really like constructivism. I do, though, have some confusion about how to integrate digital tools with constructivism... I feel like in-person experiences might be more valuable than digital, which we're seeing now with Zoom.

Despite the issues with this type of sign in, I usually find it to be relieving, since it is so much easier that most other forms of creating accounts/logging in. I do think the amount of information given and traded.

This applies even more generally to students. Myself and probably everyone have read PDF files that are impossible, or very difficult, to highlight and annotate. It must be much more awful to be even unable to read them.

Right now, the social presence and the social use of online tools is incredibly important. I've even, personally, seen change over the course of the COVID19 pandemic in how the social side of online learning presents itself. People now seem much more social in breakout rooms and small groups, something that seems different from the fall.