Jared Cooney Horvath

New conversation with Dr. Phil 🎙️

Why can classroom technology make learning harder rather than easier?

This conversation explores attention, memory, multitasking, handwriting, reading, AI, sleep, and why learning remains a deeply human process.

Watch the full episode here.

1 week ago | [YT] | 0

Jared Cooney Horvath

A new conversation with Kim and Penn Holderness on screens, handwriting, AI, attention, memory, and what technology is actually doing to learning.

We explore why preparing students for a digital future may mean using **less** technology in some parts of the classroom — not more.

Watch the full conversation on Holderness Family Laughs 👇
https://youtu.be/2vj4km4bo1g

3 weeks ago | [YT] | 2

Jared Cooney Horvath

A thoughtful conversation with The Main Idea about what decades of research tell us about technology, learning, attention, memory, and the role of AI in education.

We also get into some of the questions school leaders are asking right now — from engagement and differentiation to one-to-one devices and how schools can make more intentional decisions about technology.

Watch “Is tech harming learning?” with Jared Cooney Horvath here 👇

#TheDigitalDelusion #Education #EdTech #Learning #AIinEducation

3 weeks ago | [YT] | 1

Jared Cooney Horvath

Big Tech promised to transform education. But what has putting a laptop in front of every student actually done to learning?

A new conversation with Alix Dunn on the Computer Says Maybe podcast explores screens, divided attention and why the tools designed for productivity often work against the way students learn.

3 weeks ago | [YT] | 3

Jared Cooney Horvath

What role should technology actually play in education?

I joined Lilla Nóra Kiss on *Brains & Bots* for a wide-ranging conversation about screens in the classroom, AI, attention, multitasking, handwriting, knowledge, and why teachers remain so important to learning.

We also dig into a question at the heart of *The Digital Delusion*: are we using technology because it improves learning — or simply because it’s available?

Watch the full conversation:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Edaf...

#TheDigitalDelusion #Education #Learning #EdTech #AIinEducation

4 weeks ago | [YT] | 1

Jared Cooney Horvath

New conversation on The Ryan Vet Show 🎙️

What happens when technology designed to make things easier begins replacing the hard work that learning requires?

This episode explores classroom technology, AI in schools, Gen Z’s cognitive performance, and the ideas at the heart of *The Digital Delusion*.

Watch the full conversation:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HvmDe...

The Digital Delusion is available now:
www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0GPR5NXSM

Thank you, Ryan Vet, for a thoughtful and engaging conversation.

#TheDigitalDelusion #Education #EdTech

1 month ago | [YT] | 0

Jared Cooney Horvath

A new, wide-ranging conversation with **Soft White Underbelly** is now available.

The interview explores childhood, parenting, smartphones, AI, education, attention, memory, boredom, and the importance of human connection.

At the heart of the discussion is a simple question:

**Is technology helping children develop—or replacing the experiences they need in order to develop?**

Watch the full conversation here:

https://youtu.be/zdhuHg1juAs?si=jmoqp...

Which part stood out most?

#Education #Parenting #Technology #Neuroscience

1 month ago | [YT] | 3

Jared Cooney Horvath

🎙️ I recently joined the team at TRIGGERnometry for a conversation on learning, technology, AI, attention, and cognitive development.

One of the biggest questions we explored:

Have we mistaken engagement for learning?

A student can be highly engaged with a screen, a game, or an activity and retain very little. At the same time, some of the most powerful learning experiences can feel effortful, challenging, and even uncomfortable.

We discussed:
🧠 Attention and learning
📱 Screens and cognitive development
🤖 AI in education
🏫 The purpose of schools
👥 Human connection and teaching

I'd love to hear your thoughts:

Can technology increase engagement without sacrificing learning?

Watch the full conversation here:
https://youtu.be/GcjirpuYP98?si=aGzSC...

3 months ago | [YT] | 1

Jared Cooney Horvath

Are we making kids less capable in the name of innovation?

In a recent conversation on Family Policy Matters podcast, I was asked a simple—but uncomfortable—question:

What if classroom technology isn’t improving learning… but quietly undermining it?

For decades, every generation outperformed the one before it across literacy, numeracy, memory, and attention.

That trend has now reversed.

And the shift aligns closely with one major change:
the rapid expansion of screen-based technology in schools.

But here’s the deeper issue:

We’re preparing students for an unknown future…
by training them on tools that will quickly become obsolete.

Instead of asking:
👉 “How do we get more tech into classrooms?”

We should be asking:
👉 “Are we still teaching students how to think, learn, and adapt?”

Because those are the skills that actually last.

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📘 If you want to explore the research behind this, it’s all in The Digital Delusion.

5 months ago | [YT] | 2

Jared Cooney Horvath

Something strange is happening.

For the first time in modern history, cognitive capacity may be declining.

We’re seeing drops in working memory…
Lower conceptual thinking…
And no shift toward practical thinking to replace it.

I recently sat down with Paul Chek to talk through what’s going on—and why it matters.

👉 Full episode here: https://youtu.be/vKdcwACY2_Q

5 months ago | [YT] | 1