How the ubiquitous use of technology in our schools makes learning harder, and makes our kids demotivated, distracted, and depressed, and what you can do about it.
Speaking with parents about this topic is so challenging because it requires they also evaluate their own relationship with tech. In my science classes I had to dramatically remove how devices were used, and it took months of the school year before students saw the benefits of hands on learning and had fun making mistakes.
I cannot tell you enough how things have deteriorated in classrooms with the advent of 1:1 device policies. Couple it with the Google Suite for Education digitized worksheet and AI and you ahve unmitigated disaster when it comes to training the young human brain to move information from working to long-term memory, i.e., LEARN.
My apologies! First run went out with a typo. It's fixed now!
Tech is a tool not a teaching strategy.
Speaking with parents about this topic is so challenging because it requires they also evaluate their own relationship with tech. In my science classes I had to dramatically remove how devices were used, and it took months of the school year before students saw the benefits of hands on learning and had fun making mistakes.
Kudos to you for doing it! Most teachers won't even try to wean their students off the tech!
I cannot tell you enough how things have deteriorated in classrooms with the advent of 1:1 device policies. Couple it with the Google Suite for Education digitized worksheet and AI and you ahve unmitigated disaster when it comes to training the young human brain to move information from working to long-term memory, i.e., LEARN.