Teaching Machines: The History of Personalized Learning

It's here!

I was a guest on API Storytelling on Friday. This is one of Kin's shows, and as the name of it suggests, it's not at all about ed-tech typically. But it is (ostensibly) about storytelling -- about the narratives of the tech sector and how that shapes what gets built/bought/sold...

I received the author copies of Teaching Machines yesterday. It finally feels real! (Kin shot some other video too.)

I was a guest on The Learning Hack podcast, where John Helmer and I discuss Teaching Machines and the influence of B. F. Skinner and behaviorism on education and ed-tech. Give it a listen...

I was a guest again on Bryan Alexander's Future Trends Forum. I was there to talk about the book, but as no one but Bryan had read it, our conversation covered a lot of other issues (that I hope I deftly tried to tie into book promotion). As always, the...

The publicity for Teaching Machines continues with a shout-out on the Open Culture blog. It's not too late to pre-order the book.

The publicity for Teaching Machines is underway. My first interview was with Edsurge's Jeffrey Young for the publication's podcast: EdSurge Podcast · The Long and Surprising History of ‘Teaching Machines’ (I haven't listened, but my mom and my editor said it was good. So give it a whirl. And you...

It's a publicity photo for a product that was never released. The little girl looks so happy, with her left hand hovering over the little box that promises to teach her spelling. It's the Didak 101, one of B. F. Skinner's teaching machines. The Didak displays a picture of a...

Teaching Machines is available for pre-order via the MIT Press website (and anywhere books are sold — consider supporting your local bookseller). I spent a few days trying to revamp this website — before deciding that the template I had was just fine. Now I'm in the process of updating...

I’ve been pretty aware of how angry that voice is in the last few HEWNs I’ve sent out. And I know that that’s my reputation: I’m ed-tech’s Cassandra. A very very pissed off one at that. I didn’t want Teaching Machines to be an angry book as much as I...