YES! The ipads and chromebooks for younger grades are horrible and I don't particularly love it for the older kids either. Word on the street is a lot of them are just watching youTube and other things all day. There are ways for them to have this technology available for media arts/typing papers etc that doesn't involve unlimited access…
YES! The ipads and chromebooks for younger grades are horrible and I don't particularly love it for the older kids either. Word on the street is a lot of them are just watching youTube and other things all day. There are ways for them to have this technology available for media arts/typing papers etc that doesn't involve unlimited access. Also I will point out I have yet to see an adaptive test that they are using on these devices that I think is more valuable then pencil/paper. MAP test in particular is a disaster - thank goodness it is going away. I would be happy to be involved. I have a MS student and will have a kindergartner next year.
100%! There has to be a way to shift the default of these devices to be opt-in vs. opt-out in terms of controls over what can be accessed. Otherwise, it's difficult for parents and caregivers to establish foolproof settings their kids can't find a loophole around, and it's unreasonable to expect the staff at school to enforce these variable boundaries for all the students.
We had the school principal send a note asking us to remind our 8 year olds not to use their iPads on the playground before school as they were getting damaged.
I sent a response saying maybe you shouldn’t be giving iPads to 8 year olds and asking them not to send them home.
Her response was that we needed it at home in case we had to ‘pivot to e-learning.’ This was in April of last year— fine weather and the pandemic restrictions behind us!
Let’s also not forget the district is charging families for ‘technology insurance’ as part of the fees.
YES! The ipads and chromebooks for younger grades are horrible and I don't particularly love it for the older kids either. Word on the street is a lot of them are just watching youTube and other things all day. There are ways for them to have this technology available for media arts/typing papers etc that doesn't involve unlimited access. Also I will point out I have yet to see an adaptive test that they are using on these devices that I think is more valuable then pencil/paper. MAP test in particular is a disaster - thank goodness it is going away. I would be happy to be involved. I have a MS student and will have a kindergartner next year.
100%! There has to be a way to shift the default of these devices to be opt-in vs. opt-out in terms of controls over what can be accessed. Otherwise, it's difficult for parents and caregivers to establish foolproof settings their kids can't find a loophole around, and it's unreasonable to expect the staff at school to enforce these variable boundaries for all the students.
We had the school principal send a note asking us to remind our 8 year olds not to use their iPads on the playground before school as they were getting damaged.
I sent a response saying maybe you shouldn’t be giving iPads to 8 year olds and asking them not to send them home.
Her response was that we needed it at home in case we had to ‘pivot to e-learning.’ This was in April of last year— fine weather and the pandemic restrictions behind us!
Let’s also not forget the district is charging families for ‘technology insurance’ as part of the fees.
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