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Why Technology in Schools Is A Catastrophe.... In her speech at ARC 2026, actress and campaigner Sophie Winkleman delivered a powerful critique of screens, EdTech, and AI in education, arguing that the technologies reshaping childhood are also undermining imagination, concentration, and deep thinking. Drawing on neuroscience, educational research, and examples from schools around the world, she makes the case for books, handwriting, human teachers, and an “analog education” in a digital age. Watch her full speech at the link in our bio 🔔
Why Technology in Schools Is A Catastrophe.... In her speech at ARC 2026, actress and campaigner Sophie Winkleman delivered a powerful critique of screens, EdTech, and AI in education, arguing that the technologies reshaping childhood are also undermining imagination, concentration, and deep thinking. Drawing on neuroscience, educational research, and examples from schools around the world, she makes the case for books, handwriting, human teachers, and an “analog education” in a digital age. Watch her full speech at the link in our bio 🔔
What is Gibbly? Gibbly is an AI-powered tool that helps teachers create quizzes, lesson ideas & PPTs in minutes — just by typing a topic. It’s especially useful when you’re short on time and need ready-to-use questions, quick lesson support, or basic presentation ideas without starting from scratch. Key Features Teachers Can Use 1️⃣ AI Quiz Generator Create full quizzes instantly with: • MCQs • Short answer questions • Concept-based questions • Auto-generated answers (time-saving!) 2️⃣ Lesson Support You can also use it to: • Get basic lesson plan ideas • Generate PowerPoint structure/content 👉 Not perfect, but a great starting point! 3️⃣ Editable Content You can: • Modify questions • Adjust difficulty level • Add or remove questions • Customize based on your class 4️⃣ Quick Assessment Tool Great for: • Instant checks for understanding • Revision sessions • Exit tickets • Formative assessments 5️⃣ Student Engagement Use it as: • Live quiz in class • Independent practice • Homework tasks • Fun review sessions 💰 Is It Free or Paid? Free Version: • Comes with limited tokens (credits) • Enough to create approx: ✔ 2–3 lesson plans ✔ 2–3 PowerPoints ✔ A few quizzes You can earn tokens by: 👉 Sharing your referral code 👉 When others sign up using your code • Good for trying out the tool Paid / Token System: • More generations require tokens Use my referral code - PY67TE to get 10,000 tokens free ⚠️ Things to Keep in Mind • Content may be basic — needs teacher refinement • Always review answers for accuracy • Limited usage due to token system - free version • Internet required 👉 Save this for your next lesson. 👉 Share this with a teacher friend. 👉 Follow for more teacher tools like this. #TeachersOfInstagram #EdTechTools #AIForTeachers #Gibbly #TeachingMadeEasy ✨
What is Gibbly? Gibbly is an AI-powered tool that helps teachers create quizzes, lesson ideas & PPTs in minutes — just by typing a topic. It’s especially useful when you’re short on time and need ready-to-use questions, quick lesson support, or basic presentation ideas without starting from scratch. Key Features Teachers Can Use 1️⃣ AI Quiz Generator Create full quizzes instantly with: • MCQs • Short answer questions • Concept-based questions • Auto-generated answers (time-saving!) 2️⃣ Lesson Support You can also use it to: • Get basic lesson plan ideas • Generate PowerPoint structure/content 👉 Not perfect, but a great starting point! 3️⃣ Editable Content You can: • Modify questions • Adjust difficulty level • Add or remove questions • Customize based on your class 4️⃣ Quick Assessment Tool Great for: • Instant checks for understanding • Revision sessions • Exit tickets • Formative assessments 5️⃣ Student Engagement Use it as: • Live quiz in class • Independent practice • Homework tasks • Fun review sessions 💰 Is It Free or Paid? Free Version: • Comes with limited tokens (credits) • Enough to create approx: ✔ 2–3 lesson plans ✔ 2–3 PowerPoints ✔ A few quizzes You can earn tokens by: 👉 Sharing your referral code 👉 When others sign up using your code • Good for trying out the tool Paid / Token System: • More generations require tokens Use my referral code - PY67TE to get 10,000 tokens free ⚠️ Things to Keep in Mind • Content may be basic — needs teacher refinement • Always review answers for accuracy • Limited usage due to token system - free version • Internet required 👉 Save this for your next lesson. 👉 Share this with a teacher friend. 👉 Follow for more teacher tools like this. #TeachersOfInstagram #EdTechTools #AIForTeachers #Gibbly #TeachingMadeEasy ✨
When children and teens consume short, bite-sized content, they won’t create new mental structures to allow them to retain knowledge and think critically. Screen learning often triggers an unconscious shift from deep comprehension to shallow skimming. Research shows it’s significantly better to take notes by hand than typing. Handwriting is slow. When we write notes, we focus on meaning and decide what matters as we summarise, reorganize and reframe material — all signs of deep cognitive engagement. Children who can write fluently by hand are more likely to read fluently by eye. #edtech is failing because it’s fundamentally incompatible with how humans learn. Learning is deliberate and effortful. It requires focus, thrives on emotional connections and succeeds when skills can transfer between contexts. Ed Tech undermines all of this. For more evidence, refer to The Evidence page on @closescreens.openminds’ website. Grateful to them for hosting me for this great conversation with their patrons, actors and concerned parents Hugh Grant and Sophie Winkleman. The entire interview is on @closescreens.openminds’ website. Filmed by @postcodefilms
When children and teens consume short, bite-sized content, they won’t create new mental structures to allow them to retain knowledge and think critically. Screen learning often triggers an unconscious shift from deep comprehension to shallow skimming. Research shows it’s significantly better to take notes by hand than typing. Handwriting is slow. When we write notes, we focus on meaning and decide what matters as we summarise, reorganize and reframe material — all signs of deep cognitive engagement. Children who can write fluently by hand are more likely to read fluently by eye. #edtech is failing because it’s fundamentally incompatible with how humans learn. Learning is deliberate and effortful. It requires focus, thrives on emotional connections and succeeds when skills can transfer between contexts. Ed Tech undermines all of this. For more evidence, refer to The Evidence page on @closescreens.openminds’ website. Grateful to them for hosting me for this great conversation with their patrons, actors and concerned parents Hugh Grant and Sophie Winkleman. The entire interview is on @closescreens.openminds’ website. Filmed by @postcodefilms
If you’re still creating every lesson from scratch… this is for you 😅✍️ Chalkie AI helps teachers instantly build lesson plans, classroom activities, quizzes, and worksheets tailored to their needs. It’s designed specifically for educators, meaning it supports real classroom workflows instead of generic content generation. The result is less prep time and more sustainable teaching. 🤝 #teachersofinstagram #education #edtech #ai #chalkie
If you’re still creating every lesson from scratch… this is for you 😅✍️ Chalkie AI helps teachers instantly build lesson plans, classroom activities, quizzes, and worksheets tailored to their needs. It’s designed specifically for educators, meaning it supports real classroom workflows instead of generic content generation. The result is less prep time and more sustainable teaching. 🤝 #teachersofinstagram #education #edtech #ai #chalkie
If you constantly feel behind as a teacher… you’re not alone 😅📓 A lot of educators are juggling lesson prep, grading, activities, and classroom management all at once. Chalkie AI helps reduce that pressure by automating material creation so teachers can quickly generate lessons, quizzes, and activities that are structured and classroom-ready almost instantly. 🚀 #teachercommunity #educationmatters #edtech #ai #chalkie
If you constantly feel behind as a teacher… you’re not alone 😅📓 A lot of educators are juggling lesson prep, grading, activities, and classroom management all at once. Chalkie AI helps reduce that pressure by automating material creation so teachers can quickly generate lessons, quizzes, and activities that are structured and classroom-ready almost instantly. 🚀 #teachercommunity #educationmatters #edtech #ai #chalkie
AI can be a powerful tool - if you’re an adult who has already learned the hard way how to read, think, and organise your thoughts. But if you’re a child who hasn’t yet made that journey - AI doesn’t teach you. It just does it for you. And in doing so, it skips a crucial part of cognitive development. We don’t tell parents of a baby not to let them crawl, that’s a useless phase. Yet 80% of middle schools in America are handing out Chromebooks with built-in AI - effectively designing out the crawling phase entirely. Humans default to the path of least resistance. The vast majority of children will take the shortest route to get the essay done. That’s not laziness - it’s biology. So why are we building a system that sets them up to fail? Use our free letter templates to write to your headteacher. Link in bio. #ClosescreensOpenMinds #AIinSchools #EdTech #ChildDevelopment #ScreensInSchools
AI can be a powerful tool - if you’re an adult who has already learned the hard way how to read, think, and organise your thoughts. But if you’re a child who hasn’t yet made that journey - AI doesn’t teach you. It just does it for you. And in doing so, it skips a crucial part of cognitive development. We don’t tell parents of a baby not to let them crawl, that’s a useless phase. Yet 80% of middle schools in America are handing out Chromebooks with built-in AI - effectively designing out the crawling phase entirely. Humans default to the path of least resistance. The vast majority of children will take the shortest route to get the essay done. That’s not laziness - it’s biology. So why are we building a system that sets them up to fail? Use our free letter templates to write to your headteacher. Link in bio. #ClosescreensOpenMinds #AIinSchools #EdTech #ChildDevelopment #ScreensInSchools
I wouldn’t recommend anything I don’t also use myself! What are your go-tos? #techtoolsforteachers #edtech #teachersofinstagram #badbunny #grouperschoolambassador #thespedtechteacher #teachers #middleschoolteacher #teachersfollowteachers #highschoolteacher #specialeducationteacher #elementaryteacher
I wouldn’t recommend anything I don’t also use myself! What are your go-tos? #techtoolsforteachers #edtech #teachersofinstagram #badbunny #grouperschoolambassador #thespedtechteacher #teachers #middleschoolteacher #teachersfollowteachers #highschoolteacher #specialeducationteacher #elementaryteacher
Teaching is getting smarter with AI! 🤖📚 If you’re a teacher who only knows ChatGPT, then it’s time to explore these amazing AI tools that can save your time, reduce workload, and make teaching more creative & engaging. ✨ Which AI tool are you excited to try first? 👀 #AIToolsForTeachers #TeacherLife #TeachersOfInstagram #EdTech #AIInEducation TeachingTools TeacherContentCreator DigitalTeacher SmartTeaching TeacherTips ClassroomInnovation Education Teachers TeachingMadeEasy ReelIndia InstagramReels TeacherReels LearningMadeFun EducationalTechnology FutureOfEducation
Teaching is getting smarter with AI! 🤖📚 If you’re a teacher who only knows ChatGPT, then it’s time to explore these amazing AI tools that can save your time, reduce workload, and make teaching more creative & engaging. ✨ Which AI tool are you excited to try first? 👀 #AIToolsForTeachers #TeacherLife #TeachersOfInstagram #EdTech #AIInEducation TeachingTools TeacherContentCreator DigitalTeacher SmartTeaching TeacherTips ClassroomInnovation Education Teachers TeachingMadeEasy ReelIndia InstagramReels TeacherReels LearningMadeFun EducationalTechnology FutureOfEducation
Five free AI tools you need in your life 👀 If it is day five of 25 days of EdTech then we are celebrating with five freebies that actually make your workload lighter. No fluff. Just useful stuff. 📚 Diffit creates reading resources from a simple topic input and even whips up questions and worksheets 🎨 chalkie_ai builds child friendly lesson presentations and Thomas20 gets you a sweet Pro discount ❓ questionwell generates quiz questions by topic and grade level and exports straight into tools like Kahoot 😂 Viggle.AI turns you into a meme and yes it is as fun as it sounds 🌍 GeoSpy is important to be aware of for safeguarding as it identifies the location of an image Let me know which one you are trying first and follow for more AI and edtech tips. Check out Edtech Empowered for over 80 free teacher websites that are ready for your classroom #edtech #teacherlife #ai #ukteachers #teachingtips
Five free AI tools you need in your life 👀 If it is day five of 25 days of EdTech then we are celebrating with five freebies that actually make your workload lighter. No fluff. Just useful stuff. 📚 Diffit creates reading resources from a simple topic input and even whips up questions and worksheets 🎨 chalkie_ai builds child friendly lesson presentations and Thomas20 gets you a sweet Pro discount ❓ questionwell generates quiz questions by topic and grade level and exports straight into tools like Kahoot 😂 Viggle.AI turns you into a meme and yes it is as fun as it sounds 🌍 GeoSpy is important to be aware of for safeguarding as it identifies the location of an image Let me know which one you are trying first and follow for more AI and edtech tips. Check out Edtech Empowered for over 80 free teacher websites that are ready for your classroom #edtech #teacherlife #ai #ukteachers #teachingtips
claude with higgsfield mcp @higgsfield.ai can cook up ugc ads, images, and videos from a single prompt higgsfield turns claude into a creative engine that has access to the best generative models Comment “CLAUDE” and i’ll send you the link #higgsfield #HiggsfieldCreator #Claude
claude with higgsfield mcp @higgsfield.ai can cook up ugc ads, images, and videos from a single prompt higgsfield turns claude into a creative engine that has access to the best generative models Comment “CLAUDE” and i’ll send you the link #higgsfield #HiggsfieldCreator #Claude
I’m thrilled to share my experience with ‘Go Discover’, an innovative smart book revolutionizing learning for my toddler! It comes with an amazing audio pen that reads aloud and records with just one touch, making education a breeze. 😍 My child is developing phonetics, language skills, and confidence through interactive recording, personalized learning, and engaging stories. I love how it makes learning fun, accessible, and adaptable to their pace and style, tracking progress and identifying areas for improvement. Perfect for early readers, language development, special needs education, and on-the-go learning, ‘Go Discover’ is an immersive learning experience that’s watching my child thrive! ✨ #GoDiscover #SmartBook #AudioPen #LearningThroughPlay #EarlyEducation #EdTech #pheonics #jollyphonics #kidslearning #teachingenglish #InnovativeLearning #ParentingWin #KidsLoveLearning”
I’m thrilled to share my experience with ‘Go Discover’, an innovative smart book revolutionizing learning for my toddler! It comes with an amazing audio pen that reads aloud and records with just one touch, making education a breeze. 😍 My child is developing phonetics, language skills, and confidence through interactive recording, personalized learning, and engaging stories. I love how it makes learning fun, accessible, and adaptable to their pace and style, tracking progress and identifying areas for improvement. Perfect for early readers, language development, special needs education, and on-the-go learning, ‘Go Discover’ is an immersive learning experience that’s watching my child thrive! ✨ #GoDiscover #SmartBook #AudioPen #LearningThroughPlay #EarlyEducation #EdTech #pheonics #jollyphonics #kidslearning #teachingenglish #InnovativeLearning #ParentingWin #KidsLoveLearning”
🙋‍♀️ Where are my UFLI fans? I got a sneak peek of the UFLI Assessment & Planning portal and all I can say is...WOW! 💙🧡 Comment UFLI if you want more information about the all-in-one portal coming to the Project Read AI platform this fall! 🍎 @ufliteracy & @projectreadai worked in collaboration to support teachers with progress monitoring and small group instruction. This is going to save you HOURS...and we all know teachers don’t ever have enough time! 😅 How it works: 1️⃣ Give the weekly encoding assessment. 2️⃣ Scan or upload the spelling data. The tool can read kid writing! (You can edit the spelling data if needed.) 3️⃣ Hit generate and instantly see organized small groups and daily lesson plans. 🤩 Are you excited for this portal? Tag your teacher bestie that needs to know! #UFLI #ScienceOfReading #ProjectReadAI #TeacherTools #EdTech #LiteracyInstruction #TeacherTimeSaver #PhonicsInstruction #DataDrivenInstruction #UFLIAligned #UniversityofFloridaLiteracyInstitute #SmallGroupInstruction #readingisfundamental #readingisaright #literacymatters #kindergartenteacher #firstgradeteacher #secondgradeteacher #homeschool #teachermom #learntoread #phonics #phonemicawareness
🙋‍♀️ Where are my UFLI fans? I got a sneak peek of the UFLI Assessment & Planning portal and all I can say is...WOW! 💙🧡 Comment UFLI if you want more information about the all-in-one portal coming to the Project Read AI platform this fall! 🍎 @ufliteracy & @projectreadai worked in collaboration to support teachers with progress monitoring and small group instruction. This is going to save you HOURS...and we all know teachers don’t ever have enough time! 😅 How it works: 1️⃣ Give the weekly encoding assessment. 2️⃣ Scan or upload the spelling data. The tool can read kid writing! (You can edit the spelling data if needed.) 3️⃣ Hit generate and instantly see organized small groups and daily lesson plans. 🤩 Are you excited for this portal? Tag your teacher bestie that needs to know! #UFLI #ScienceOfReading #ProjectReadAI #TeacherTools #EdTech #LiteracyInstruction #TeacherTimeSaver #PhonicsInstruction #DataDrivenInstruction #UFLIAligned #UniversityofFloridaLiteracyInstitute #SmallGroupInstruction #readingisfundamental #readingisaright #literacymatters #kindergartenteacher #firstgradeteacher #secondgradeteacher #homeschool #teachermom #learntoread #phonics #phonemicawareness
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