Hoping to be “innovative,” schools have added digital devices — tablets, Chromebooks, iPads and so on — without a clear idea of how to use them or any reason to believe students will learn more, writes Amy Tyson on After Babel.
A former child therapist and the mother of four children, Tyson is a co-founder of Everyschool, which promotes the limited use of technology only if it’s superior to traditional methods.
“Teachers are pressured to use devices and apps because districts have invested millions in technology,” she writes. Students spend more and more time on screens.