Critical Digital Pedagogy
Readings¶
Dunbar-Ortiz, R., Mendoza, J., & Reese, D. (2019). An indigenous peoples’ history of the united states for young people. Amsterdam University Press. https://www.zinnedproject.org/materials/indigenous-peoples-history-of-the-us/
Freire, P., Ramos, M. B., & Macedo, D. (2000). Pedagogy of the oppressed, 30th anniversary Edition (30th Anniversary ed.). Continuum. https://www.academia.edu/37919934/Pedagogy_of_the_oppressed_by_Paulo_Freire
hooks, b. (1994). Teaching to transgress: Education as the practice of freedom (harvest in translation). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780203700280
Kendi, I. X. (2019). How to be an antiracist (First Edition). One World. https://www.ibramxkendi.com/how-to-be-an-antiracist/
Stommel, J., Friend, C., & Morris, S. M. (2020). Critical digital pedagogy: A collection. Hybrid Pedagogy Inc. https://cdpcollection.pressbooks.com
Videos¶
Catfish (2010)¶
Young filmmakers document their colleague's budding online friendship with a young woman and her family which leads to an unexpected series of discoveries.
Catfish (Amazon)
Unlikely (2019)¶
Set in the cities of Akron, Atlanta, Boston and Los Angeles, the film investigates America's college dropout crisis through the lives of students navigating the broken higher education system and the innovators working to close the opportunity divide.
Unlikely (Amazon)
Hungry to Learn (2019)¶
A look at the growing concern of students at US universities who are unable to afford to eat.
Hungry to Learn (Yahoo)
Operation Varsity Blues (2021)¶
Reenactments drive this documentary investigating the mastermind behind a scam to sneak the kids of rich and famous families into top US universities.
Operation Varsity Blues (IMDb)
Coded Bias (2020)¶
When MIT Media Lab researcher Joy Buolamwini discovers that facial recognition does not see dark-skinned faces accurately, she embarks on a journey to push for the first-ever U.S. legislation against bias in algorithms that impact us all.
Coded Bias (Netflix)
American Teacher (2011)¶
Weaving interviews of policy experts and startling facts with the lives and careers of four teachers, American Teacher tells the collective story by and about those closest to the issues in our educational system -- the 3.2 million teachers who spend every day in classrooms across our country.
American Teacher (Amazon)
Race to Nowhere (2010)¶
A silent epidemic, cheating, has become commonplace in our schools; students have become disengaged; stress-related illness, depression and burnout are rampant; and young people arrive at college and workplaces unprepared and uninspired.
Race to Nowhere (Amazon)
Stolen Education (2013)¶
In 1956 eight students testified in a federal desegregation court case. As Mexican Americans, they were placed in three years of first grade as a way to discriminate against them by the all White school board, administration and faculty. Stolen Education documents the journey to recapture the remarkable story of the schoolchildren who changed educational history in Texas and to confront the continued inequity in public schools today.
Stolen Education - The Legacy of Hispanic Racism in Schools (Kanopy)
PressPausePlay (2011)¶
A documentary that explores how the digital revolution of the last decade has unleashed creativity and talent of people in an unprecedented way.
PressPausePlay (Vimeo)
Most Likely to Succeed (2015)¶
A powerful documentary examining education in America and inspiring school communities to re-imagine what students and teachers are capable of doing.
Most Likely to Succeed (Amazon)
Freedom of Expression (2007)¶
In 1998, university professor Kembrew McLeod (Associate Professor of Communication Studies at the University of Iowa) trademarked the phrase "freedom of expression" - a startling comment on the way that intellectual property law restricts creativity and expression of ideas. This provocative and amusing documentary explores the battles being waged in courts, classrooms, museums, film studios, and the Internet over control of our cultural commons. Based on McLeod's award-winning book of the same title, Freedom of Expression charts the many successful attempts to push back this assault by overzealous copyright holders. Freedom of Expression is an essential tool for educators, activists, filmmakers, students, artists, librarians, and more.
Freedom of Expression - Resistance & Repression in the Age of Intellectual Property (Kanopy)