Events
Events
Join our events such as our monthly tech talks, book clubs throughout the year, annual conference in August, and meet-ups at conferences.
Book Clubs
Register to participate in book clubs below and chat with us on Bluesky using the hashtag #CivicsOfTech to share your thoughts as you read.
Critical AI in K-12 Classrooms: A Practical Guide for Cultivating Justice and Joy
by Stephanie Smith Budhai and Marie Heath
Wednesday, March 4th at 8pm EST/7pm CST/6pm MST/5pm PST
The Digital Delusion: How Classroom Technology Harms our Kids’ Learning - And How to Help Them Thrive Again
by Jared Cooney Horvath
Wednesday, April 22nd at 7:00 PM EST
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Resisting AI, by Dan McQuillan, led by Michelle Levesley on December 3, 2025
Digital Degrowth: Radically Rethinking our Digital Futures, by Neil Selwyn, led by Charles Logan on November 11, 2025
Empire of AI, by Karen Hao, occurred during our conference on July 31, 2025.
The AI Con, by Emily Bender and Alex Hanna, led by Charles Logan on July 22, 2025.
Mind Amplifier by Howard Rheingold, led by Tiffany Petricini on June 17, 2025.
Building the Innovation School: Infrastructures for Equity in Today’s Classrooms by Phil Nichols led by Dan Krutka on April 10, 2025.
Superbloom: How Technologies of Connection Tear Us Apart by Nicholas Carr led by Jacob Pleasants & Dan Krutka on March 13, 2025.
The Propagandists' Playbook: How Conservative Elites Manipulate Search and Threaten Democracy by Francesca Bolla Tripodi led by Allie Thrall, Tuesday, February 17th, 2025
Access Is Capture: How Edtech Reproduces Racial Inequality by Roderic N. Crooks led by Charles Logan, Tuesday, December 17th, 2024
Against Technoableism: Rethinking Who Needs Improvement by Ashley Shew on Thursday, September 12th, 2024.
Frankenstein by Mary Shelley led by Dan Krutka on Tuesday, June 11th, 2024.
Ruha Benjamin books night (choose any of her books) led by Dan Krutka on Thursday, April 25, 2024.
Unmasking AI: My Mission to Protect What is Human in a World of Machines by Joy Buolamwini led by Marie Heath on Thursday, March 21, 2024.
Technopoly: The Surrender of Culture to Technology by Neil Postman led by Dan Krutka on Thursday, February 15, 2024.
Blood in the Machine The Origins of the Rebellion Against Big Tech by Brian Merchant led by Dan Krutka on Tuesday, December 19, 2023.
Weapons of Math Destruction: How Big Data Increases Inequality and Threatens Democracy by Cathy O’Neil on Thursday, September 21st, 2023.
More than a Glitch: Confronting Race, Gender, and Ability Bias in Tech by Meredith Broussard on Thursday, July 27th, 2023.
Design Justice: Community-Led Practices to Build the Worlds We Need by Sasha Costanza-Chock on Thursday, May 18th, 2023.
Data Feminism by Catherine D’Ignazio & Lauren F. Klein, March 16th, 2023.
Power On! by Jean J. Ryoo and Jane Margolis, illustrated by Charis JB and led by Shaina Glass on Thursday, January 12th, 2023.
Viral Justice: How We Grow the World We Want by Ruha Benjamin and led by José Ramón Lizárraga & Tiera Chantè Tanksley on Thursday, November 17th, 2022.
The Design of Everyday Things, Revised And Expanded Edition by Donald Norman and led by Jacob Pleasants on Thursday, September 29th, 2022.
Re-Understanding Media: Feminist Extensions of Marshall McLuhan edited by Sarah Sharma & Rianka Singh and led by Michelle Ciccone on Thursday, August 25th, 2022.
More Work for Mother: The Ironies Of Household Technology From The Open Hearth To The Microwave by Ruth Schwartz Cowan and led by Phil Nichols on Tuesday, July 26th, 2022.
Disruptive Fixation: School Reform and the Pitfalls of Techno-Idealism by Christo Sims and led by Earl Aguilera on Thursday, May 26th, 2022.
AERA 2026 Meet Up
Friday, April 10, 2026 4:00-5:30 PT
The Yard House at LA Live, 800 W Olympic Blvd A-115, Los Angeles, CA 90015
You do not have to RSVP to join, but it will help us get an estimate of people and we can also add you to our calendar invite.
Monthly Tech Talks
Join to discuss current events, articles, books, podcast, or whatever related to technology and education.
To accommodate more time zones, we will now be alternating our Tech Talk times.
First Wednesday of even-numbered months at 8:00 PM ET
First Thursday of odd-numbered months at 12:00 PM ET
Upcoming and Past Meetups
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AERA 2026 Meet-Up April 10 4:30-6:30 PT
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AERA25 Meet-Up April 25 @ Bao Brew House in Denver 6:00 PM MT
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AERA 2023 in Chicago @ D4 Irish Pub from 5-7pm on Friday, April 14th
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AERA 2022 in San Diego
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CUFA/NCSS 2022 in Philadelphia
Livestreams
The Civics of Technology project hosts livestream events several times a year. Find upcoming and past livestream events here.
March Madness “Must Read” Books Livestream |03/24/22
The purpose of March Madness is to crown a winner... in this livestreamed event recorded on Thursday, March 24th, 2022 each team (Earl Aguilera, Leigh Graves Wolf, Marie Heath, Lance Mason, Phil Nichols, Jacob Pleasants) made an argument for "must read" books about technology! Dr. Earl Aguilera’s recommended book “Disruptive Fixation: School Reform and the Pitfalls of Techno-idealism” was our champion! Learn more in from our blog posted on Sunday, March 27th!
