Jeremy Roschelle

Limiting smart phone use in schools is reasonable, at least in my personal experience. When one of my children was in high school, ubiquitous social media had a powerful negative impact and we eventually had to move her to a different school. I have seen firsthand how negative use of social media can erode a child’s well-being. However, as a Learning Scientist who specializes in rigorous research on educational technology, I also know that “technology” is an expansive category.

Early in my career, I had the opportunity to work at Xerox PARC as a graduate student intern. I was fortunate to be mentored by John Seely Brown. Now legendary, JSB was at the time director of Xerox PARC. I was working on my dissertation project; I was a worker bee. And yet I observed many lessons about research management. I carried those lessons along as my career advanced over decades.