Break Time
Time for Cindy and me to take a little time off. We have taken our camper to Michigan's Upper Peninsula. We have explored the area before and found it far less crowded than many other summer vacation destinations. If you are interested in our travels, I have kept a travel blog for quite a few years - international trips (e.g., Russia, Japan) and trips throughout the U.S. This blog can be found at grabetravels.blog
https://learningaloud.com/blog/2026/06/19/break-time/
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I have been reading a lot about the challenge of cognitive offloading as a productive and often destructive byproduct of AI. I keep flashing on the work of decades ago on cooperative learning especially implementations that paired individuals of different levels of aptitude and background knowledge. Has anyone identified references to this literature especially the role the teacher might play in addressing negative actions on the part of either participant. It seems relevant.

The U.S. and China AI Competition
The very recent summit involving Presidents Trump and XI Jinping dealt with many political controversies of the day, which included AI and related issues such as intellectual property. The mention of AI brought to mind a book by Kai-Fu Lee, which I think I read in 2019. I remembered some of the comments Lee made about China, computer scien
https://learningaloud.com/blog/2026/05/18/the-u-s-and-china-ai-competition/
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Ignoring The Instruction Option Of EdTech
When I first began writing professionally about K-12 use of technology in the mid-1900s, a popular approach was to organize content around the tutor, tool, tutee model. This model proposed that technology in the hands of students could deliver instruction (tutor), facilitate the activities of being a student (tool), and program/code (tutee)
https://learningaloud.com/blog/2026/05/06/ignoring-the-instruction-option-of-edtech/
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Searching the Scientific Literature
My work has always required that I locate, read, and keep track of the content of scholarly papers - mostly journal articles. This is typical of those of us whose academic interests combine research with teaching the core ideas of a science-related field of study. My personal focus was educational psychology and, even more specifically, reading skills and study
https://learningaloud.com/blog/2026/04/23/searching-the-scientific-literature/
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Less Expensive Equipment Alone Won’t Take Down Chromebooks
I have been an Apple in education guy since the 1980s. The potential of the new NEO for that market immediately caught my attention. So many podcasts have speculated about the potential of the Neo in the marketplace and one of the participants on Macbreak Weekly changed my mind concerning the Neo as a Chromebook ki
https://learningaloud.com/blog/2026/03/19/less-expensive-equipment-alone-wont-take-down-chromebooks/
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A return to RSS to combat the changing media environment
The combination of recent acquisitions of major news outlets by extremely rich individuals in combinations these owners are have made some efforts to influence the tenor of programming and the topics covered is causing me some concern. I admit that it is difficult to operationalize story selection, obje
https://learningaloud.com/blog/2026/03/07/a-return-to-rss-to-combat-the-changing-media-environment/
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AI reduces skill learning
When a technology offers advantages and disadvantages, the decision-making process can be quite complicated, especially when oversight cannot be guaranteed. For example, many states now ban cell phones, making a use such as telling parents when the schedule for after-school activities has changed difficult. The advantages and disadvantages vary with the field of application and my
https://learningaloud.com/blog/2026/02/22/ai-reduces-skill-learning/
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The Rise and Fall of the Twitter EdChat
For over a decade, the hashtag #Edchat allowed educators using Twitter to gather, share, and commiserate. However, as the platform formerly known as Twitter transitioned into X, the landscape of this digital discussion site shifted dramatically. Drawing from recent research, this post explores how educators have
https://learningaloud.com/blog/2026/02/15/the-rise-and-fall-of-the-twitter-edchat/
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