This #ITVNews article https://itv.com/news/2026-04-20/mobile-phones-to-be-banned-across-schools-in-england-under-new-plans is a pretty typical reaction when it comes to things people don’t like or agree with.

Ban it!

That’s often the response; we don’t like it, we don’t agree with it, we don’t fully understand how to manage it, and therefore it should be banned.

How about, instead of banning phones in schools, we actually move with the times and start educating our children on how to use modern tech safely and responsibly?

#uknews #uk #education #DigitalLiteracy

The Association of International Schools in India joins Safer Internet India coalition as institutional partner

#TycoonWorld #TAISI #SaferInternetIndia #OnlineSafety #DigitalLiteracy #CyberSafety #InternetSafety #SafeInternet #EducationIndia #InternationalSchools #SchoolEducation #EdTechIndia #DigitalAwareness #CyberAwareness #StudentSafety #ParentingInDigitalAge #TeacherTraining #CyberbullyingAwareness

https://tycoonworld.in/the-association-of-international-schools-in-india-joins-safer-internet-india-coalition-as-institutional-partner/

On February 20, 2026, I presented a paper at the Future of Writing symposium 2026, whose main theme was “adaptability”. The symposium was organized by Mark Marino and Z.D. Dochterman and it was presented by The Dornsife Writing Program at the University of Southern California, the Institute on Ethics & Trust in Computing, the Viterbi Engineering in Society program, the Ahmanson Lab, the Electronic Literature Organization, and the Humanities and Critical Code Studies Lab.

I do not actually teach writing, but digital writing is the focus of my academic research and I teach digital literacy workshops (with the Socialini collective). These two experiences led me to present a phenomenological approach to teaching writing, a method that is in debt to C.I.R.C.E.‘s “hacker pedagogy” and their interface analysis, which I apply to writing interfaces. The title of the paper is The Daimon of the Interface: an (Alien) Phenomenological Approach to Writing Technology.

The overall goal of this approach is to help students develop a deep awareness of the interconnection and interdependence of writing and thinking, and of the influence that the tools we use have on our cognitive and writing processes.

Since my academic career is likely coming to its end soon, I thought it was better to publish it as a working paper on my Zenodo profile instead of going through the everlasting and exhausting process of developing it as it should be done, then submitting it to an academic journal and going through the full loop. I know this is a shortcut, but I also think that in the paper there could be some interesting ideas and the method I propose could be of some use to teachers. So in a spirit of openness and sharing, I prefer to put it out in the world. Of course, I’ll be more than happy to receive comments, critics and feedback: if you want, get in touch!

I created a scientifically convincing image that is completely wrong.
It uses real physics.
Real terminology.
Real structure.
And it still fails reality.
Here’s how—and how to spot it yourself.

https://substack.com/profile/432224148-hybridmind42/note/c-246229299?r=75c2ac

#CriticalThinking #Misinformation #ScienceCommunication #AI #HybridMind42 #SystemsThinking #DigitalLiteracy #Epistemology #Truth

Providing ideas for how to teach social media literacy, circa 2019

#socialmedia #digitalliteracy #academia #academicchatter

The internet's 'eventual consistency' model for truth is breaking down, leading to a 'Thundering Herd' problem for human cognition. This deep dive uses distributed computing analogies, like the CAP Theorem, to expose how our digital architecture prioritizes content availability over consistent understanding, making shared meaning increasingly subjective and elusive. It's an…

https://www.tpp.blog/60wjwu7

#technology #metatextualliteracy #digitalliteracy

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