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Ethical Ed Tech
A practical, philosophically grounded guide for K–12 educators to integrate technology responsibly, equitably, and effectively.
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A practical, philosophically grounded guide for K–12 educators to integrate technology responsibly, equitably, and effectively.
Also available at Barnes & Noble and Bookshop | Bulk orders
— Priten Soundar-Shah“I wrote this book because I was afraid: afraid our students will inherit a world where their humanity has even less space to flourish, where our schools, in the rushed quest for relevancy, become forever irrelevant.”
Every technology we bring into schools carries values, whether we acknowledge them or not. When we pretend technology is neutral, we let those hidden values make decisions for us.
Ethical Ed Tech gives you a framework for sitting with these questions honestly and acting on them practically. See what’s inside the book
Philosophy, Policy, Practice
Asks what we value and what we are unwilling to sacrifice.
Creates the commitments and structures that hold us accountable.
Where those principles meet the reality of actual classrooms.
When these three align, ethical technology use becomes possible. When they don’t, good intentions fall apart.
Chapter 1: Our Ethical Imperative
Continue Reading Chapter 1In late 2024, I had the opportunity to present on the topic of AI in education to a group of teachers at the Science Centre Singapore. Afterward, my wife and I stumbled on an exhibit about bioethics as we discussed the receptiveness of the audience to thinking critically about the role of AI in teaching. As a psychiatrist and philosopher duo, we were very excited to venture through the hallway and see our worlds collide. Above all the gizmos and gadgets was a simple sentence that stuck with me: “Just because we can, doesn’t mean we should.”
This tension is one that educators worldwide are experiencing: the gap between technological possibility and educational wisdom. The bioethics exhibit reminded me that similar questions arise whenever powerful new technologies emerge: nuclear energy, genetic engineering, and now, artificial intelligence. In each case, society must confront the fundamental question of how to harness innovation responsibly and not solely because it is possible. Educators in particular have an onerous burden to answer those questions with intentionality as the decisions we make about technology directly shape the young minds of future citizens who go on to build, regulate, and use the technologies of the future.
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Teachers
AI is already in your classroom, so the real question is how you start making ethical decisions about it as early as tomorrow.
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School Leaders
Your school needs an AI policy, which means figuring out where to start and who belongs in the room when you draft it.
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Districts & Policy
When every school handles AI differently, students end up carrying the cost — which is why a district needs a shared approach rather than fifty local ones.
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"Most ed tech books tell you what to adopt. This one teaches you how to decide — and who should be in the room when you do. Soundar-Shah has written the ethical playbook that K–12 has been waiting for."
"At a time when educational technology feels overwhelming and inevitable, Soundar-Shah offers educators something precious: agency. His framework transforms technology decisions from compliance exercises into opportunities for ethical leadership."
"As AI permeates everything, protecting what is human becomes more urgent, nowhere more than in K–12 education. Soundar-Shah channels that urgency, giving educators and leaders a rigorous ethical framework for integrating AI with civic purpose and students at the center."
Published by Wiley, 2023
The book that started the conversation, helping educators understand AI, from machine learning fundamentals to adaptive learning platforms. Translated into Arabic, Chinese, Turkish, and Vietnamese, with 230+ academic citations.
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