In 2010, I began my teaching career as a high school English teacher. After seven years in the classroom teaching middle and high school students, I transitioned into instructional technology, where I ...
Opinion

Words Without Consequence

Speech without enforceable consequence undermines the social contract. Trust, cooperation, and democratic deliberation all rely on the assumption that speakers are bound by what they say.
For centuries, when people wanted to describe a technology they spoke of “inventions” or “the useful arts”. In early English usage, “technology” referred to a treatise on technical subjects, not the ...