If you’re reading this on any kind of screen:

A) We’re extremely grateful, and

B) You should get outside immediately after and touch grass, or snow, or sand, as suits your local outdoor setting!

As we are the non-tech podcast, you bet we have opinions about these screentime things!

Less screens are better than more screens! Except in the case of however you’re checking this EnT! #ednontech

Out of an abundance of care for your well-being, and shameless self-promotion, we have a less screen-intensive option available for this EnT! #ednontech

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Each of the programs had particular strategies embedded in its curricula that have been found to promote or inhibit expressive language production and vocabulary acquisition.

Linebarger, D. L., & Walker, D. (2005). Infants’ and toddlers’ television viewing and language outcomes. American behavioral scientist, 48(5), 624-645.

… the effect of interventions specifically targeting screen time reduction has not been well described. Additionally, the results from studies of the effectiveness of interventions aimed at screen time reduction are inconsistent.

Wu, L., Sun, S., He, Y., & Jiang, B. (2016). The effect of interventions targeting screen time reduction: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Medicine, 95(27), e4029.

Though electronic media may be used for educational purposes, studies have shown that skills learned on these mediums are often limited in comparison to those acquired in real-life contexts (Linebarger and Walker 2005; Christakis et al. 2018).

Neophytou, E., Manwell, L. A., & Eikelboom, R. (2021). Effects of excessive screen time on neurodevelopment, learning, memory, mental health, and neurodegeneration: A scoping review. International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction, 19(3), 724-744.

… screen media use may have serious adverse effects on children’s health over the long term, making this a pressing public health concern. It has raised the likelihood that children will become obese, experience behavioral problems, sleep irregularities, poor academic performance, etc.

Muppalla, S. K., Vuppalapati, S., Pulliahgaru, A. R., Sreenivasulu, H., & kumar Muppalla, S. (2023). Effects of excessive screen time on child development: an updated review and strategies for management. Cureus, 15(6).

Digital learning technologies are fundamentally transforming how people learn: they deliver significant autonomy to learners, shape the way that people interact with information and learning resources, and deeply influence how we make sense of our reality.

PISA 2025 Learning in the digital world framework (second draft). (2023). : OECD. https://www.oecd.org/content/dam/oecd/en/topics/policy-sub-issues/learning-in-the-digital-world/PISA%202025%20Learning%20in%20the%20Digital%20World%20Assessment%20Framework%20-%20Second%20Draft.pdf

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How does Denmark’s reduction of screen time impact your thinking about technology use in education?

Not having a critical discernment

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Stepping off the crazy train

Left eye spins in circles
Passives line the rail
They get no satisfaction
From the electro-static breaks #ednontech