Monday, October 29, 2018

2018:44 What I learned this week


It's interesting to see how we went from a technology all-in approach to education as a positive thing to a more tempered approach. The idea here that intrigues me is that human interaction is becoming a luxury.
This "digital divide" can be seen in the possibility that poorer and middle-class children will be raised by screens, while the children of Silicon Valley’s elite will be going back to wooden toys and the luxury of human interaction.
Also! Currently, lower income teenagers spend more hours on a screen than their higher income counterparts.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/26/style/digital-divide-screens-schools.html

Kids in Utah are doing online learning before kindergarten. They're making a bet that kids can learn what they need to learn before kindergarten
https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/preschool-is-good-for-poor-kids-but-its-expensive-so-utah-is-offering-it-online/2015/10/09/27665e52-5e1d-11e5-b38e-06883aacba64_story.html

A neat chrome extension, and great for UX and empathy building. Experience the web through the eyes of users with different abilities!