Educators AI Playbook #7: Has Tech in Schools Gone Too Far?
After years of encouraging greater technology adoption, schools are beginning to question whether the balance has shifted too far.
With Mark Orchison (CEO & Founder, 9ine) & Dan Fitzpatrick (The AI Educator · Co-host)
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After years of encouraging greater technology adoption, schools are beginning to question whether the balance has shifted too far. Winchester College in the UK is returning to pen and paper, US school districts are restricting student-facing AI, and concerns are growing about technology's impact on learning, wellbeing and critical thinking.
In this episode, Mark Orchison, Dan Fitzpatrick and special guests explore the tension between productive cognitive struggle and cognitive surrender.
Is technology helping students develop their thinking, or increasingly doing the thinking for them? Could AI-enabled EdTech unintentionally standardise how students learn, write and create?
We'll also examine whether schools have sufficient control over the technology they use, the evidence vendors should provide of educational benefit, and how schools can balance innovation with safeguarding, privacy and professional judgement.
Has technology gone too far, or have schools simply stopped questioning when and why it should be used?
Why attend
Explore the tension between productive cognitive struggle and cognitive surrender: is technology helping students develop their thinking, or increasingly doing the thinking for them?
Consider whether AI-enabled EdTech could unintentionally standardise how students learn, write and create.
Examine whether schools have sufficient control over the technology they use, and the evidence vendors should provide of educational benefit.
Your speakers
Mark Orchison
Over 20 years' experience helping schools navigate technology, cyber, privacy and safeguarding — a highly respected voice in K-12 education governance.
Dan Fitzpatrick
Bestselling author of The AI Classroom, Forbes contributor, and award-winning strategist who has helped over 100,000 educators worldwide navigate AI responsibly.
What to expect
Why schools are beginning to question whether the balance has shifted too far, from Winchester College returning to pen and paper to US school districts restricting student-facing AI.
The growing concerns about technology’s impact on learning, wellbeing and critical thinking.
Whether schools have sufficient control over the technology they use, and the evidence vendors should provide of educational benefit.
How schools can balance innovation with safeguarding, privacy and professional judgement.
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