AISL

Official twitter feed of the Association of Independent School Librarians.

[leonie haimson @leoniehaimson]

Thousands of students & educators are in the midst of digital detox this week in Upper Manhhattan.

“We all have seen it, the omnipresence of devices and screens in everybody's life,” said P.S. 187 parent @OlympiaKazi. “And we can totally change it.” https://t.co/uuyDDK41u9

[7News DC @7NewsDC]

As schools become increasingly dominated by screens, a growing number of parents are moving in the opposite direction, embracing “classical” schools built around books, discussion, handwriting and face-to-face debate.
https://t.co/S87tdH5QVV

[Boze Herrington, Library Owl 😴🧙‍♀️ @SketchesbyBoze]

Pope Leo writes, “The speed and ease with which answers or summaries can be obtained risk extinguishing the desire to ask questions.” Curiosity and the human hunger to learn are under attack. They are trying to build a world in which no one *wants* to know anything.

[ᗰᗩƳᖇᗩ @LePapillonBlu2]

WHO’S WITH ME?? 💙🌎

[New York Post @nypost]

NYC teachers say phone ban in classrooms has caused 'jaw dropping' change in students' attention https://t.co/IUozZgcmQg

[PBS News @NewsHour]

College commencements season comes at a sobering moment. Students are facing steep costs and dicey job prospects, especially in the AI era. That's led many to question whether a degree is worth it anymore. https://t.co/iucLxvWN3h

[ABC News @ABC]

Researchers warn that the U.S. is experiencing a reading recession — a slide predating the COVID-19 pandemic’s disruptions in schooling. https://t.co/mGlwqsVViH

[Jill Filipovic @JillFilipovic]

It gets a lot harder to judge parents who send their kids to private school when public schools are introducing kindergartners to AI "teachers." I suspect that one of the biggest future divides will be kids who were taught to think and those who weren't.
https://t.co/3DHuu7oQSg

[The Economist @TheEconomist]

Once the country with the world’s highest literacy rate, Sweden’s reading standards have declined of late. The government is now determined to dial down digital education in response https://t.co/PWadgAhXhT

Photo: Getty Images

[Mary Myatt @MaryMyatt]

Stories do more than engage.

They build knowledge, they deepen vocabulary, and they give pupils access to worlds, people, places and ideas they might not otherwise meet.

That is why story-rich curriculum work matters.

[AISL @aislibrarians]

@IAReading Thank you for sharing!

[John Reeks @wartsandbrawls]

“As Cory Doctorow, author of Enshittification, is fond of observing: you won’t be replaced because an AI can do your job, you’ll be replaced because an AI salesman convinces your boss that it can”

Conned by a chatbot https://t.co/tms4ijEmpb

[leonie haimson @leoniehaimson]

USING AI CHATBOTS for even just for 10 minutes may have a shockingly negative impact on people’s ability to think and problem-solve, according to a new study from researchers at Carnegie Mellon, MIT, Oxford, and UCLA https://t.co/4bSJdyuogF

[Dr. Miah @dst6n01]

Your brain does not read the same way online as it does with printed text. Your brains focuses better with printed text and you retain more information.

There is a place for digital devices in school. But students still need printed text. Period.

[TIME @TIME]

"People are tired of AI slop and misinformation. They were told the internet would connect them, inform them, and empower them. Instead, many feel manipulated, polarized, and desensitized," writes Hank Green https://t.co/ATnxm1KYDq

[The New Yorker @NewYorker]

One in five student interactions with generative A.I. “involved cheating, self-harm, bullying, and other problematic behaviors,” according to a report published by Education Week. Why is the technology being adopted by schools? https://t.co/nPxSO7Hdcb

[AISL @aislibrarians]

@KyleNiemis @waygroundai @ForwardEdgeOH Thank you for sharing!

[Lincoln Michel @TheLincoln]

I'm shocked anyone can be shocked this is the result. The pro-AI people would be better off arguing the cognitive decline is fine, that a new AI future will require less intelligence, etc. than pretending that offloading your thinking to machines won't degrade your thinking.

[Janet Vestal Kelly @janetvkelly]

When I met an attorney for families whose kids had been died or been significantly harmed by social media and AI apps, she said "it almost always starts on YouTube..."

[Fixing Education @FixingEducation]

Teachers modeling the lost and found at school 😂