First Fish Chronicles
Emily Cherkin, Denise Champney, Annie Karabell, PhD, Martina Meijer, Swimming UpScreenFirst Fish Chronicles is about dismantling the EdTech industry to save children, education, and democracy.
| Platform |  | Pricing | Freemium | Publishes | Twice weekly |
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| Issues | 169 | Founded | 2 years ago | Last Issue | 8 days ago |
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WEBINAR: How One School District is Changing Direction on EdTech (and How Your District Can Too)
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You’re invited to a free webinar to hear from Canon-McMilan School District Superintendent, Dr. Greg Taranto, and Dr. Mark Abbondanza, Assistant to the Superintendent for Grades K-6, hosted by Emily C...
The Only “AI Policy” Schools Need
Note from Emily: I see a lot of hand-wringing about what a school’s “AI Policy” should be, so I wrote one schools are welcome to adopt and use. It’s pretty straightforward, and due to its simplicity, it should be very easy to implement.1 I...
The Call for Analog Assessments: Let Teachers Teach
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Note from Emily: I hear so often that schools “cannot” roll back the 1:1 devices because assessments and state testing are now digital, and that to remove the 1:1s would be a heavy burden on teachers to go...
The One Simple Thing Schools Need to Do When it Comes to Implementing AI in Classrooms
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Don’t use it.
AI is bad for children and learning. It is untested, unvetted, and unproven.
Children’s intellectual and emotional development shouldn’t be sacrificed while we wait to see if any of the...
Swimming Upstream: How One School District is Changing Direction on EdTech
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Note from Emily:
This Substack is called First Fish Chronicles because being a “first fish” means, quite literally, swimming away from the school (a school of fish!) first to test the waters, encourage othe...
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Authors
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My mission is to save children, education & democracy by dismantling the EdTech industry through grassroots change. I am The Screentime Consultant, an author, teacher, speaker, writer, activist, and parent.
Denise Champney (MS CCC/SLP) is a school based speech-language pathologist and child advocate working to dismantle Big Tech's grip on education. All writing completed without the use of generative AI.
Annie is currently a postdoctoral research associate at the University of Maryland, College Park.
I'm a NYCDOE educator in Brooklyn NY
The best way for us to teach our kids how to manage life with digital technology, is to first teach them how to manage life without it.
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