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Designing curated learning sanctuaries that nurture sustained attention, critical thinking, and cognitive resilience in the digital age.
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My Piece in The Spectator (opens the original)
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Other Gardens Worth Visiting (opens the original)
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This is the last in a six-part series on attention as curriculum. Parts 1 through 5 established what Attentional Literacy is, when each part of it should be taught, why “naming the aim” changes what students do with their attention, and how to facilitate it in our classrooms. This piece introduces readers to others who are thinking or have thought deeply about attention. To get a full sense of the series, check out “Attention, Unfinished”.<div class="captioned-image-c
The Practices of Cultivated Attention (opens the original)
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This is the fifth in a six-part series on attention as curriculum. Parts 1 through 4 established what Attentional Literacy is, when each part of it should be taught, why “naming the aim” changes what students do with their attention, and what teachers would need to know to do any of this work. This piece turns to our classroom environments. To get a full sense of the series, check out “Attention, Unfinished”.We can’t stop scrolling. We scroll so much th
Our Op-Ed in The Globe and Mail (opens the original)
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Dear readers,This week, I’m taking a short break from my series on Attentional Literacy to announce that The Globe and Mail, one of Canada’s national newspapers, published “Big Tech’s been targeting kids at school all along,” an op-ed I wrote alongside Dr. .<a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Lnav!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progr
Nobody Taught the Teachers (opens the original)
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This is the fourth in a six-part series on attention as curriculum. The first three parts established what Attentional Literacy is, when it can and should be taught, and why “naming the aim” changes what students do with their attention. This piece explores what’s missing in teacher training to bring Attentional Literacy to classrooms everywhere. To get a full sense of the series, check out “Attention, Unfinished”.<
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