This 100 percent

Embrace the analog!

"A new study reveals that young children learn letters and word structures more effectively through handwriting than typing. Researchers taught 5- to 6-year-olds unfamiliar letters and pseudowords using either manual writing or keyboards. Those who practiced by hand performed

Ave person checks their phone 186x a day. That's an interruption every 5 min. This shrinks the brain, causing lost capacity for deep reasoning and sustained thought. Deep focus strengths neural networks for complex thought.

2 weeks without smartphone internet significantly improved sustained attention. The effects were similar to being a decade younger.

GDRSD Enhances Student Data Privacy Practices gdrsd.org/o/gdrsd/articl…

Random Thoughts | Protect instructional time! EdTech/Screens ONLY where it matters! The sheer volume & frequency of videos/sites/games is the real concern...There is a never-ending wash of entertainment & dopamine hits affecting our students, making deep thinking impossible.

If students are bypassing Google's Originality reports and the Revision History extension, it makes sense to step back & focus on in-class writing (pencil/paper) or having Ss write in a structured digital environment (lab) where teachers can observe writing in real time.

Excellent kick off by President Jim Sullivan for the #METAA Cybersecurity & Data Summit, Day 1 | #edtech #cosn

Poor data governance can erode trust among staff, the community, parents, and even the entire educational system. Governance is about trust, not paperwork! #METAA Melissa Tebbenkamp, CETL

Good points to consider from Melissa Tebbenkamp, CETL | Technology isn’t innovation…or adding new tools. It is a mindset shift for continuous improvement with evidence-informed changes… #METAA

Cybersecurity is bolstered by data minimization & limiting access. Addt'l great points from Melissa Tebbenkamp, CETL | Data can't be compromised if it doesn't exist, so don't collect data without a defined need! Ensure student data is deleted when no longer needed! #METAA

Powerful words from University of Pennsylvania students against their university's headlong rush to embrace of AI:

To confirm, this “100% AI generated” passage is the opening of chapter 5 from Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein

Probably more difficult to pull off in higher-ed but oral defense and class presentations are excellent tools to “show what students know” to combat AI in K12 | apnews.com/article/colleg… #edtech

Great “trick” to get kids to learn Two groups read the same passage. * Group A was told they'd be tested. * Group B was told they'd have to teach it to another student. Nobody actually taught anything. They were just told they’d have to teach. Group B crushed it.

All the EdTech & screen-time hate...How do you know if a one-to-one program (#Chromebooks, #iPads) is successful? Further, what data are you capturing to support the claim of being successful? | I'd love to read some ideas! | #edtechchat #edtech #k12 #1to1 #edchat #education

Updates to the CoSN Digital Leap Success Matrix are out! | Happy to have provided thoughts and ideas to this update, working alongside a host of other awesome CoSN volunteers! | luke-callahan.com/strengthening-… #edtech

It’s a simple as this. We appear to have lost the narrative on screen time. It’s ovah. If you are using EdTech tools well & w/ purpose, it’s time to share it out. More parental education is needed on what works. Communities need coherent action plans on how EdTech is being used.

Also, we have to continue to push for the types of learning experiences that EdTech bolsters and that improves the learning experience and environment. Passive use of EdTech and devices has got to end.