▲ 990 ▼ The U.S. spent $30 billion to ditch textbooks for laptops and tablets: The result is the first generation less cognitively capable than their parents (fortune.com) submitted 7 months ago by silence7@slrpnk.net to c/technology@lemmy.world 164 comments fedilink hide all child comments Archived copies of the article: ghostarchive.org web.archive.org
[+] natecox@programming.dev 59 points 7 months ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (5 children) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 5 child comments replies: [–] Venator@lemmy.nz 14 points 7 months ago in the classroom specifically though? did they control for screen time outside of the classroom in the study? permalink fedilink source parent [–] Traister101@lemmy.today 6 points 7 months ago (2 children) As a Gen z who managed to not be an idiot I'm unconvinced it's the technology when even in my elementary school years I was beginning to realize how shit the school system is. Technology probably doesn't make things better but it was failing me in elementary school when the best of the best was the massive brick of a computer Macs in the computer lab was all we had permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [+] natecox@programming.dev 4 points 7 months ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 child) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] eli@lemmy.world 1 point 7 months ago Personal anecdote here, so grain of salt. But I was born in the mid90s. My dad is a tech geek, so we had a personal computer with Windows 95 and I was playing Adiboo on it at 2-3 years old. Also had a Gameboy with Pokemon. Played CS/HL/DOD in the early 2000s. All before we were going to the computer lab at my school. So I've been entrenched in computers and tech my whole life. So I don't think screen time itself is bad, but we also did not have tech in the classroom (except for the old school throw projectors). So it probably doesn't help that the classroom nowadays is all tech while also the kid's home is all tech. It's a balancing act. permalink fedilink source parent [–] maskofdaisies@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 point 7 months ago It's closer to 100 years at this point. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Venator@lemmy.nz 14 points 7 months ago in the classroom specifically though? did they control for screen time outside of the classroom in the study? permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Traister101@lemmy.today 6 points 7 months ago (2 children) As a Gen z who managed to not be an idiot I'm unconvinced it's the technology when even in my elementary school years I was beginning to realize how shit the school system is. Technology probably doesn't make things better but it was failing me in elementary school when the best of the best was the massive brick of a computer Macs in the computer lab was all we had permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [+] natecox@programming.dev 4 points 7 months ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 child) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] eli@lemmy.world 1 point 7 months ago Personal anecdote here, so grain of salt. But I was born in the mid90s. My dad is a tech geek, so we had a personal computer with Windows 95 and I was playing Adiboo on it at 2-3 years old. Also had a Gameboy with Pokemon. Played CS/HL/DOD in the early 2000s. All before we were going to the computer lab at my school. So I've been entrenched in computers and tech my whole life. So I don't think screen time itself is bad, but we also did not have tech in the classroom (except for the old school throw projectors). So it probably doesn't help that the classroom nowadays is all tech while also the kid's home is all tech. It's a balancing act. permalink fedilink source parent
[+] natecox@programming.dev 4 points 7 months ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 child) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] eli@lemmy.world 1 point 7 months ago Personal anecdote here, so grain of salt. But I was born in the mid90s. My dad is a tech geek, so we had a personal computer with Windows 95 and I was playing Adiboo on it at 2-3 years old. Also had a Gameboy with Pokemon. Played CS/HL/DOD in the early 2000s. All before we were going to the computer lab at my school. So I've been entrenched in computers and tech my whole life. So I don't think screen time itself is bad, but we also did not have tech in the classroom (except for the old school throw projectors). So it probably doesn't help that the classroom nowadays is all tech while also the kid's home is all tech. It's a balancing act. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] eli@lemmy.world 1 point 7 months ago Personal anecdote here, so grain of salt. But I was born in the mid90s. My dad is a tech geek, so we had a personal computer with Windows 95 and I was playing Adiboo on it at 2-3 years old. Also had a Gameboy with Pokemon. Played CS/HL/DOD in the early 2000s. All before we were going to the computer lab at my school. So I've been entrenched in computers and tech my whole life. So I don't think screen time itself is bad, but we also did not have tech in the classroom (except for the old school throw projectors). So it probably doesn't help that the classroom nowadays is all tech while also the kid's home is all tech. It's a balancing act. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] maskofdaisies@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 point 7 months ago It's closer to 100 years at this point. permalink fedilink source parent