
Drawing on a postdigital understanding of technology and utilizing a discourse-theoretical approach to interviews, we ask how educational professionals articulate and interrupt a ‹common-sense› regarding technologies and inclusion during the emergency remote teaching of the COVID-19 pandemic. We draw on media education research on technology use in inclusive settings, as well as ethnographic and observational studies of media practices in education and reflect on our findings in the light of postdigital research. We present three examples of professionals’ expectations of technology use and their expressions of surprise. Based on the articulations of common-sense expectations (of overcoming distance; of differentiation and the development of competence; and of the equitable use of technology for all), we draw conclusions about the prevailing discourse of technology, education and inclusion. Our findings confirm the need for interventions and approaches that work critically, and with a sensitivity to diversity with various technological as well as pedagogical repertoires to support educational professionals’ media literacy. Our insights also, however, emphasize the importance of discursively constructed expectations for negotiating media practices in the classroom.