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Education/Technology/Power: Educational Computing as a Social Practice (Suny Series, Frontiers in Education)

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I was thrilled to see a book on "educational computing as a social practice," because this topic is of great interest to me as an educational technology consultant. I was disappointed at the lack of real speculation about the possibilities of educational computing or their impact on culture... I found it to be more based on cultural criticism in media studies than based on either technology or education, and not especially revealing or compelling. It would be good reading for anyone in educational technology with no background in cultural criticism, but for anyone who has the slightest knowledge or experience with cultural studies and technology (education as such is rather tertiary in the book) it's pretty ho-hum.