📣 Excited to read this article from my incredibly thoughtful & innovative founder of @OptimaEd @OptimaVR , Adam Mangana, M.Ed. in @edtechdigest titled “Reindustrializing” the American Classroom: Students deserve purposeful technology that prepares them for the future without replacing the teachers, relationships, and timeless principles at the heart of education. ‘Make no mistake: AI should be in classrooms, but with deliberate, clear limitations.’ ✅ Schools should distinguish between passive screen time and purposeful technology use that improves learning and prepares students for an AI-driven future. ✅ Students need AI literacy without AI dependence. As Mangana emphasizes, “Students should use AI as a research and creative tool without letting it do their thinking for them.” ✅ AI and virtual reality can help students become active creators who build, test, simulate, and solve problems but teachers must continue to lead the learning process. ✅ Technology should strengthen, not replace, education’s human foundations: “AI can handle ‘computation,’ but only humans can handle compassion and critical judgment.” Link to article: edtechdigest.com/2026/09/04/… @LeadershipFla @fetc Future of Education Technology Conference District Administration #edleaders #edtech #AI #AIleadership #purposeful #tecnology #futureofeducation