Wow, this RNZ interview with Sophie Winkleman (Lady Frederick Windsor) is explaining why 'EdTech' is a horrible idea is absolute fire. We need this to be promoted everywhere! So good. Will post a link to the podcast. She represents an organisation called 'Close Screens Open Minds'. Update: the podcast link: https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/afternoons/audio/2019057499/how-screens-at-school-can-come-at-the-expense-of-imagination (thanks to @zl2tod !)
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@zl2tod Yes, thanks! Took longer than usual to go up on the site...
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https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/afternoons/audio/2019057499/how-screens-at-school-can-come-at-the-expense-of-imagination
How screens at school can come at the expense of imagination
Protecting our kids from technology is a struggle for everyone, including extended members of the British royal family. Sophie Winkleman, known as Lady Frederick Windsor, is an actor whose credits include Peep Show and Two and a Half Men. She's also an education campaigner, warning that a new flank has opened up in the struggle with technology and our kids and it's happening in the classroom. She says evidence is mounting that screens at school can come at the expense of concentration, imagination, reading and human connection. Alongside Hugh Grant, she's a patron of Close Screens, Open Minds Sophie Winkleman, also known as Lady Frederick Windsor, joins me now.