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Emily Cherkin, The Screentime Consultant

@emilycherkin.bsky.social

Author, speaker, teacher, consultant, mother, rabble-rouser. for more: thescreentimeconsultant.com

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Emily M. Bender@emilymbender.bsky.social · 4d ago

Preparing for a workshop on teaching critical thinking in STEM in light of current, let's say pressures, and decided I should start my talk with a slides that lays out the values that form my premises:

Slide header: Premises/values: Cards on the table Bullet points: * I care more about students’ learning than about the “accuracy” of grades or the prestige associated with a specific degree * I want to work collaboratively with my students, rather than policing them * I don’t want to spend any time reading, much less providing feedback on, something nobody wrote * Science is a human, communal process; there is no knowing without knowers; and our work cannot be autocompleted * Deep thinking and human connection are always more important than polish, speed, or “productivity” * Research agendas should not be set by & for industry
Emily Cherkin, The Screentime Consultant@emilycherkin.bsky.social · last wk.

We should not be forced to choose between our child’s right to an education and their right to privacy, yet here we are. The letter I sent to my district: firstfish.substack.com/p/an-impossi...

An Impossible Choice: When Schools Make Families Choose Education or Safety

Most students are now required to use 1:1 internet-connected devices for school, in spite of well-documented risks. Here's what I asked of my own district.

firstfish.substack.com

Not (A.) I.@aerialeverything.cryptoanarchy.network · 2w ago

"I asked a contact who is the president of a billion-dollar tech enterprise, what would you teach your sons? He said he wouldn’t teach his children to use AI, because it will prepare them for nothing. He would teach them the humanities." www.theguardian.com/books/ng-int...

‘I hate what AI is doing to the minds and happiness of the young’: Katherine Rundell on the view from the classroom

Education is at a crossroads, argues the author and academic. Should we embrace new technology in the name of efficiency, or is it time to fight back?

theguardian.com

Charles Logan@charleswlogan.bsky.social · 3w ago

I’m reminded of Audrey Watters’ argument that we need to view school shooting technologies as educational technologies. "What happens if we refuse to talk about these as 'ed-tech', if we refuse to address the practices of surveillance and control as well as products of surveillance and control?”

School Shooting Simulation Software (and the Problem with How People Define 'Ed-Tech')

Last week, The New York Times wrote about a new simulation program, funded by the Department of Homeland Security, that aims to teach teachers how to respond to an active shooter on school grounds ...

hackeducation.com

Phil Lewis@phillewis.bsky.social · 4w ago

Schools are adding pepper-spraying drones to help combat active shooters The plastic, non-lethal aircraft, which can smash windows and ram attackers will be at the ready at certain schools in Colorado, Florida and Georgia www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2026/...

Emanuel Maiberg@emanuelmaiberg.bsky.social · last mo.

companies are sourcing millions of printed books for AI labs that scan them for training data, then destroy them. printed books are more valuable because they're free of AI slop, and AI labs know destroying them is an "optics problem." www.404media.co/ai-companies...

AI Companies Are Buying Tons of Old Books Because They're Free of AI Slop

ISBNdb, a company that sources printed books for AI companies to turn into training data, tells clients “the optics problem is real.”

404media.co

Julie Carpenter, PhD@jgcarpenter.com · last mo.

As a robotics researcher, learning scientist, and author who has followed Realbotix for years, I'm compelled to do a Bluesky thread on this whole pivot that Realbotix is now trying, turning from humanoid sex robots to classroom "education" robots. Buckle up. nysfocus.com/2026/07/14/n... 🧵

Rural NY School To Launch Humanoid Robot Teacher

Plans to deploy a "lifelike" robot and avatar teaching assistant at Salamanca High School have sparked debate over the role of technology in schools.

nysfocus.com

Anne Lutz Fernandez@lutzfernandez.bsky.social · last mo.

“We will be piloting a coordinated approach to classroom and examination policies for the core 1L curriculum during the 2026–2027 academic year. Across all 1L sections, we will prohibit the use of electronic devices such as laptops, tablets, and phones in the classroom...[with] limited exceptions.“

Rethinking Legal Education in the AI Era | University of Chicago Law School

OverviewArtificial Intelligence is already impacting higher education and the legal profession, and the pace of change appears only to be accelerating. It is thus critical for us to use this moment to...

law.uchicago.edu

Emily Cherkin, The Screentime Consultant@emilycherkin.bsky.social · last mo.

The inimitable UK actress and reformer Sophie Winkleman has kindly shared with our audience her written remarks from the recent ARC Conference in London. Last year’s speech went viral, hitting over 2 million views. This year’s speech is no less brilliant. open.substack.com/pub/firstfis...

The Best Preparation for a Digital Future is an Analogue Education

Written Transcript of the Speech by UK Actress and Campaigner, Sophie Winkleman, at the ARC Conference in London

open.substack.com