Opal @opalapp - Twitter Profile

Dua Lipa uses Opal. One hour of social media a day, per @VanityFair. On reading less and skipping the learning altogether: “It’s just going to make us stupider as people.” We agree.

opalapp's tweet photo. Dua Lipa uses Opal. One hour of social media a day, per @VanityFair.

On reading less and skipping the learning altogether: “It’s just going to make us stupider as people.”

We agree. https://t.co/N420p7C73N

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Kenneth Schlenker

@kschlenker

about 13 hours ago

So great to discover @DUALIPA uses Opal! and check out her service95 book club : https://t.co/GJk2NQ705n

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Who to follow

madhu trehan

@madhutrehan

Journalist, author of Tehelka As Metaphor.Will not answer Qs from anonymous Tweeters. Abusers-BLOCKED!

Katie Dill

@lil_dill

Head of Design at Stripe. Board member at Magnific. Previously: Lyft, Airbnb, and Frog. Mom. Pilot.

Reflect

@reflectnotes

Tools for thought.

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Dua Lipa Daily HQ @DuaDailyhq

about 15 hours ago

UNPLUGGED 📱 Dua Lipa revealed to Vanity Fair that she uses the Opal app to limit her social media time to just ONE HOUR a day! She uses that window solely to post her iconic photo dumps and avoid endless scrolling. True balance! ✨🧘‍♀️

DuaDailyhq's tweet photo. UNPLUGGED 📱 Dua Lipa revealed to Vanity Fair that she uses the Opal app to limit her social media time to just ONE HOUR a day! She uses that window solely to post her iconic photo dumps and avoid endless scrolling. True balance! ✨🧘‍♀️ https://t.co/aPYBgKjFvp

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Opal

@opalapp

4 days ago

@d0xxed and a good day to you too! ❤️

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@opalapp

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@galodekals4

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Kenneth Schlenker

@kschlenker

9 days ago

Is it better to teach geography with an old-school globe or Google Maps? 🌍 Personally, I have a physical globe at home. It's how I show my 5-year-old where countries are, where we live, and where I'm traveling next. I love Google Maps too, and I'm sure we'll use it together as he gets older but right now, I think the globe works better. Sometimes the best tool for learning isn't the most technologically advanced one. I think schools are starting to ask themselves the same question. I wrote an article below on the 5 emerging trends I see in Ed Tech and what this could mean for schools. For years, we've been putting more screens in classrooms, assuming that more technology would lead to better learning. Now schools are pulling phones out while simultaneously trying to figure out how to introduce AI. I had a fascinating conversation about this at EdTech Week with Catherine Price, New York Times bestselling author of How to Break Up With Your Phone, and Rachel Hanebutt, PhD, a developmental psychologist at Georgetown University who leads its Teens & Screens Co-Lab. One thing Catherine said really stuck with me. A new drug needs years of testing before it reaches the public, yet we're introducing powerful technologies to children with very little testing or accountability. Rachel shared a story that I found particularly interesting. A teenager asked her mom for help with math homework. Her mom immediately opened ChatGPT to find the answer. But the teenager could have done that herself. What she actually wanted was her mom. I think this illustrates something important about how we learn. The process of figuring things out, struggling with a problem, or working through it with another person is often where the learning happens. I'm optimistic about what technology can make possible in education but I also think we're only beginning to understand what happens when we make it effortless for kids to skip those experiences. What's encouraging to me is that young people are already questioning their own relationship with technology. At Opal, roughly 75% of our users are under 25, and many come to us on their own because they want more control over their attention. The next few years will bring some important changes in how schools approach technology. We'll need to get much more thoughtful about which tools genuinely help students learn, at what ages, and how we teach them to use those tools independently.

kschlenker's tweet photo. Is it better to teach geography with an old-school globe or Google Maps? 🌍

Personally, I have a physical globe at home. It's how I show my 5-year-old where countries are, where we live, and where I'm traveling next.

I love Google Maps too, and I'm sure we'll use it together as he gets older but right now, I think the globe works better.

Sometimes the best tool for learning isn't the most technologically advanced one.
I think schools are starting to ask themselves the same question. I wrote an article below on the 5 emerging trends I see in Ed Tech and what this could mean for schools.

For years, we've been putting more screens in classrooms, assuming that more technology would lead to better learning. Now schools are pulling phones out while simultaneously trying to figure out how to introduce AI.

I had a fascinating conversation about this at EdTech Week with Catherine Price, New York Times bestselling author of How to Break Up With Your Phone, and Rachel Hanebutt, PhD, a developmental psychologist at Georgetown University who leads its Teens & Screens Co-Lab.

One thing Catherine said really stuck with me. A new drug needs years of testing before it reaches the public, yet we're introducing powerful technologies to children with very little testing or accountability.

Rachel shared a story that I found particularly interesting. A teenager asked her mom for help with math homework. Her mom immediately opened ChatGPT to find the answer. But the teenager could have done that herself. What she actually wanted was her mom.

I think this illustrates something important about how we learn. The process of figuring things out, struggling with a problem, or working through it with another person is often where the learning happens.

I'm optimistic about what technology can make possible in education but I also think we're only beginning to understand what happens when we make it effortless for kids to skip those experiences.

What's encouraging to me is that young people are already questioning their own relationship with technology. At Opal, roughly 75% of our users are under 25, and many come to us on their own because they want more control over their attention.

The next few years will bring some important changes in how schools approach technology. We'll need to get much more thoughtful about which tools genuinely help students learn, at what ages, and how we teach them to use those tools independently.

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@opalapp

9 days ago

@seancdub Were busy rigging the elections

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@opalapp

14 days ago

Looks like a few ghosts got to our app icon. 👻 Our Halloween icon is here! You can switch yours in Opal Settings. And make sure to open Opal on October 31. We've got something else for you to reveal. 🎃

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@opalapp

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13 days ago

@weskcode @treeba https://t.co/frblFpnOzv

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Matt Davenport

@treeba

13 days ago

If you are an Android engineer that wants to change the world and can create iOS level craft - we'd love to hire you @opalapp. Apply here https://t.co/hIYUMyX7KA

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@opalapp

13 days ago

Meet All Hallows’ Eve. Open Opal today to get our Halloween gem. October 30 only! 🎃👁️

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@opalapp

14 days ago

Looks like a few ghosts got to our app icon. 👻 Our Halloween icon is here! You can switch yours in Opal Settings. And make sure to open Opal on October 31. We've got something else for you to reveal. 🎃

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