Ed Tech Digest

[Larry Ferlazzo]

Ten years ago, in another somewhat futile attempt to reduce the backlog of resources I want to share, I began this occasional “Ed Tech Digest” post where I share three or four links I think are particularly useful and related to…ed tech, including some Web 2.0 apps.

You might also be interested in checking out all my edtech resources.

Here are this week’s choices:

I showed this to my students – correlating the decline in cognitive development in Gen Z to schools’ adoption of one-to-one technology in classrooms, and students were all: yep. And AI is scary.

And yet schools and universities continue to push AI.

Profits > Data

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— Shannon Carey (@scmaestra.bsky.social) March 14, 2026 at 8:58 AM

Zuck’s Ed Tech Baby Goes With A Whimper
open.substack.com/pub/curmudgu…

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— Peter Greene (@palan57.bsky.social) March 15, 2026 at 7:51 AM

You Didn’t Notice will share key events that happened on the your birthday dates. I’m adding it to The Best “Today In History” Sites.

Here are two online drawing games where you can create private rooms to play with friends: Guess Doodle and WhoDrewWho. I’m adding them to The Best Online Games Students Can Play In Private Virtual “Rooms”

Tech bros have to constantly over-reach. Why can’t Khan just be happy that so many people have apparently learned from his videos? Why can’t AI companies be happy that their products help ELLs, SPED, and make it a bit easier for tchrs to create materials. These are not nothing!

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— Larry Ferlazzo (@larryferlazzo.bsky.social) March 18, 2026 at 5:02 PM

A viral case against screens in schools is winning converts. Does the evidence hold up? is from Chalkbeat.