Beware Silicon Valley’s Gifts to Our Schools

guest · Dec 28, 2018

Beware Silicon Valley’s Gifts to Our Schools
December 27, 2018
https://www.nationalreview.com/2018...ol-programs-tech-toys-do-more-harm-than-good/

Besides, after three years, what is the actual proof that all of Apple’s and Google’s and Microsoft’s infiltration of the classroom is producing actual academic improvement and results? There is none.
The Silicon Valley companies don’t want to talk about academic achievement. Neither do all of the salivating administrators and edutech cheerleaders happily taking shiny-toy bribes.

Parents from all parts of the political spectrum understand that “personalized learning” is Silicon Valley propaganda to distract from the true aim: Grabbing student and family data under the guise of “innovation” and luring the next generation of addicted consumers.

No outside research supports any claim that Summit Learning actually enhances, um, learning. What more studies are showing, however, is that endless hours of screen time are turning kids into zombies who are more easily distracted, less happy, less socially adept, and less physically fit.
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