Digital Challenge You Can Do

We are doing it wrong and I want to issue a challenge. Let's use tech for what it has proven to be good at, and let's use the other resources and tools do what they are good at doing when it comes to educating (and dare I say, raising) our kids.

I don't say this lightly. I've written numerous blogs over the last few years trying to help myself wrap my head around everything that is happening right now in education. I feel like we are on a hamster wheel and even though we are doing a great job of running faster and faster, it's not something we can keep doing. 

I believe Jonathan Haidt has started the ball rolling with his book "Anxious Generation" and I don't believe too many believe are really going to put up a fight against social media needing to be postponed. Now we need to shift the conversation to doing what is right with technology in the classrooms. 

I have recently finished the book "Digital Delusions"  by Dr. Jared Cooney Horvath. Dr. Horvath shares a compelling argument that we need to pull back on the heavy use of technology. One of my most favorite lines in this book is "Not anti-tech. Pro-learning." When I read that, I thought, "YES! This is the exact shift we need to work towards! Let's do what is best for our students to learn."

Here's my challenge ... let's cut out the use of devices at indoor recess and aim for zero "free time" on the devices. I know there are a lot of teachers out there doing this and I hope they share how it is going in their rooms. We can do this! 

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