Intelligence Squared

Is Tech Making Our Kids Less Capable? With Dr Jared Cooney Horvath

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Schools were promised that laptops, educational apps and artificial intelligence would make learning more personalised, engaging and effective. Cognitive neuroscientist and former teacher Dr Jared Cooney Horvath argues that the opposite may be true.

In his new book, The Digital Delusion, Horvath contends that classroom technology can fracture attention, weaken deep reading and encourage…