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Resources to learn more about the issues with edtech and 1:1 devices.
Watch
A More Perfect Union: "Our Kid's IQs Are Dropping. Is BigTech to Blame?
Jared Cooney Horvath's testimony to the US Senate Committee regarding how technology has harmed student cognition
TED Talk featuring Jonathan Haidt that includes a discussion on edtech and 1:1 devices
A book club discussion co-moderated by SMUSD Parents for Intentional Tech Founder, Jodi Carreon
A panel discussion co-moderated by SMUSD Parents for Intentional Tech Founder, Jodi Carreon
Listen
Teachers, schools and even entire U.S. school districts are cutting back the time students spend on laptops and other screens. How do students really learn -- and do screens help or hurt? This episode features administrators and educators discussing their decisions to roll back 1:1 devices and the positive effects they are already seeing.
Ezra Klein discusses how A.I. is transforming what it means to work and be educated, and how our use of A.I. could revive — or undermine — American schools with Rebecca Winthrop, Director of the Center for Universal Education at the Brookings Institution.
Articles
An introduction to the issues surrounding the use of screens in schools:
The Free Press, Jared Cooney Horvath, We Gave Students Laptops and Took Away Their Brains
The New Yorker, What Will It Take To Get AI Out of Schools?
After Babel, Amy Tyson, The False Promise of Device Based Education
CNN, Students learn less when they use tech. So why do schools keep giving kids devices?
Whitepaper:
National Education Policy Center, Fit for Purpose? How Today’s Commercial Digital Platforms Subvert Key Goals of Public Education
"Digital educational platforms have become ubiquitous in American classrooms, with tools like Google Workspace for Education, Kahoot!, Zearn, Khan Academy, and many others now structuring curriculum, instruction, collaboration, assessment, and communication. This policy brief highlights how these platforms are not neutral “tools” but complex ecosystems shaped by technical architectures, commercial imperatives, and political-economic interests."
Additional articles exploring the topic:
The Wall Street Journal, How YouTube Took Over The American Classroom
Bloomberg, Kids Spend Hours on A Screen And for What?
The Economist, Edtech is profitable. It is also mostly useless: Independent research identifies few learning gains
NBC News, Parents are opting their students out of schools laptops, returning them to pen-and-paper
NBC News, Parents say school-issued iPads are causing chaos with their kids
NBC News, Google’s Work In Schools Aims to Create a Pipeline of Future Users
NBC News, EdTech Industry Scrambles to Fight Wave of Bills to Limit Screentime in Schools
New York Times, Kids Rarely Read Whole Books Anymore, Even in English Class
New York Times, The Screen That Ate Your Child’s Education
New York Times, iPads in Kindergarten, YouTube On Breaks: The School Screen-Time Battle
New York Times, Chromebook Remorse: Tech Backlash at Schools Extends Beyond Phones
New York Times, You Can’t Game Your Way to a Real Education
Books
The Digital Delusion: How Technology Harms Our Kids' Learning - And How to Help Them Thrive Again, Jared Cooney Horvath, PhD, MEd
