Tim Kennett

husband, father, teacher, guitar player, theater director, artist, techie, web developer, writer, & runner

[AJ Juliani @ajjuliani]

Student turns in a paper. Send it to AI, generate a 5 question quiz on the content. Student takes the quiz next day on their own paper. If they wrote it, easy. If they didn't, obvious. No detection software. No accusations. Just quiet accountability.

[matrixbot @thematrixb0t]

This teacher-turned-cognitive scientist shared a disturbing reality that left the room stunned.

“Our kids are LESS cognitively capable than we were at their age.”

Every previous generation outperformed its parents since we began recording in the late 1800s.

So, what happened?

Screens.

Dr. Jared Horvath explained:

“Gen Z is the first generation in modern history to underperform us on basically every cognitive measure we have, from basic attention to memory, to literacy, to numeracy, to executive functioning, to EVEN GENERAL IQ, even though they go to more school than we did.”

“So why? … The answer appears to be the tools we are using within schools to drive that learning (screens).”

“If you look at the data, once countries adopt digital technology widely in schools, performance goes down significantly, to the point where kids who use computers about five hours per day in school for learning purposes will score over two-thirds of a standard deviation LESS than kids who rarely or never touch tech at school. And that’s across 80 countries.”

But screens aren’t just decimating learning and making new generations less intelligent than the ones before them.

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@ericmigi @Pebble Sweet. Thanks! :)

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@AndrewBolis YT

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Enjoying time with family at the #dudeperfecttour for an extended celebration of Caleb’s birthday which was in June.

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@AndrewBolis GPT

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@AndrewBolis Passive

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@AndrewBolis Hustle

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@ericmigi Both are great for different reasons :)

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@Pebble Bring it back! I still love using my Pebble Time now and then — simpler than my Apple Watch and I love the battery life. Just wish I didn’t have to refresh the app through Sideloadly to have it work with my iPhone.

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Did they put me on the prepaid plan rather than the postpaid plan? I’d like to get the price that I was told I was signing up for. Thanks! 😊

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@TMobileHelp I signed up for the $7 500mb/mo standalone watch plan for my son’s Apple Watch after being told by a customer service rep that would be the maximum price with taxes and fees included, but then received surprised taxes and fees that brought the final bill to $12.52.

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@elonmusk I just tried it and I got the same auto-suggestion results. They also failed to bring up auto-suggestion results about the assassination attempt. Today’s mainstream media and tech giants have created so many blatant 1984-like examples of memory holing and spin, it’s galling.

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@ElonMNews Yes

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@Ameyer1425 @HustleIllinois @PrairieRidgeGBB Congratulations, Addie, and awesome video montage!

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Murky moors are taking shape! 😊 Come see The Hound of the Baskervilles at the PR Theater April 21st, 22nd, and 23rd at 7 p.m. ⁦@PrairieRidgeHS⁩

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Spring play set building day! Come see Hound of the Baskervilles April 21st, 22nd, and 23rd at 7 p.m. It’ll be a hilarious and mystery-filled adventure 😊 ⁦@PrairieRidgeHS⁩

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Indiana school district providing dozens of Wi-Fi buses for students without internet https://t.co/uM3wxbRnKd