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Environmental Consequences of Ed Tech

Andrew Watson October 25, 2018

Neil Selwin argues, dramatically, that “EdTech is Killing Us All.”

His point is not that technology is bad for learning, but that it’s bad for the environment. As we think about the educational work we do, we should keep this perspective in mind.

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