My sister is an English teacher and she says giving kids chromebooks instead of making them use a pen and paper and research shit the old way was a massive mistake. At first I thought she's just being old but she gave me some pretty convincing arguments. Seems like it's really messing with their ability to learn and retain info. And with easy access to AI it's gotten even worse

[–] buckykat@hexbear.net 14 points 4 days ago (3 children)

The really "cool" thing about the Chromebooks is that it isn't even teaching them how to use a real computer as a byproduct, because ChromeOS abstracts away and hides all the actual workings of the computer.

[–] cypherpunks@lemmy.ml 10 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

also, Google says it helps “get that loyalty early, and potentially for life”:

screenshot of slide with text:Imagine a world where...Parents ask their children "Why aren't you watching more YouTube?"Children from small villages can become engineers and doctorsTeachers can uplevel their classroom by curating the best videos against their syllabusSchool Administrators shift budgets from Textbooks to YouTube subscriptionsGoogle Confidential and Proprietary

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