08/21/2017
In this astute exposé, teachers and education bloggers Clement and Miles team up to draw attention to what they see as the overuse of technology in education. According to the authors (who claim not to be antitechnology curmudgeons), too much screen time at home and in the classroom has resulted in students who lack focus, critical-thinking skills, and—despite the proliferation of social media platforms—meaningful social engagement. Also alarming, Clement and Miles contend, is that the educational system has bought into the “myth” that kids benefit from high-tech learning environments: they observe that the research supporting this claim comes via the very “ed-tech” companies that stand to benefit financially from selling technology to schools. The authors shore up their stance with anecdotes and statistics (e.g., the average teen spends nine hours a day consuming entertainment media) and share some worrisome reports from classrooms populated by “digital natives,” such as one concerning AP economics students too distracted by their phones to complete an elementary paper-cutting exercise. Many chapters conclude with action steps parents can take to limit screen time at home; the authors also give educators ideas for limiting technology use at school. (Oct.)
Over the past decade, educational instruction has become increasingly digitized as districts rush to dole out laptops and iPads to every student. Yet the most important question, “Is this what is best for students?” is glossed over. Veteran teachers Joe Clement and Matt Miles have seen firsthand how damaging technology overuse and misuse has been to our kids. On a mission to educate and empower parents, they show how screen saturation at home and school has created a wide range of cognitive and social deficits in our young people. They lift the veil on what's really going on in schools: teachers who are often powerless to curb cell phone distractions; zoned-out kids who act helpless and are unfocused, unprepared, and unsocial; administrators who are influenced by questionable science sponsored by corporate technology purveyors. They provide action steps parents can take to demand change and make a compelling case for simpler, smarter, more effective forms of teaching and learning.
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Screen Schooled: Two Veteran Teachers Expose How Technology Overuse Is Making Our Kids Dumber
Over the past decade, educational instruction has become increasingly digitized as districts rush to dole out laptops and iPads to every student. Yet the most important question, “Is this what is best for students?” is glossed over. Veteran teachers Joe Clement and Matt Miles have seen firsthand how damaging technology overuse and misuse has been to our kids. On a mission to educate and empower parents, they show how screen saturation at home and school has created a wide range of cognitive and social deficits in our young people. They lift the veil on what's really going on in schools: teachers who are often powerless to curb cell phone distractions; zoned-out kids who act helpless and are unfocused, unprepared, and unsocial; administrators who are influenced by questionable science sponsored by corporate technology purveyors. They provide action steps parents can take to demand change and make a compelling case for simpler, smarter, more effective forms of teaching and learning.
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BN ID: | 2940173983220 |
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Publisher: | Chicago Review Press, Incorporated |
Publication date: | 05/01/2019 |
Edition description: | Unabridged |
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