APS - technology use for next year

[Anonymous]

APS said they will be collecting iPads (at least for elementary students) and resetting instructional screen time next year. I am VERY for this. (I understand that some parents want access to educational apps for summer learning and I think there should be room for exceptions based on parent / teacher dialogue. I also think there should be a different approach for high schoolers, especially those researching and applying for college or otherwise making post graduation plans).

with all my caveats stated — what does more appropriate electronic use look like next year? Especially for elementary students? Have they discussed this publicly or do any teachers/admin on here know?

[Anonymous]

Teachers don’t know until you know.
As a teacher in the early grades, our feet were held to the fire to get kids on iPads. As in they were announcing during county wide meetings which schools met their weekly goals in getting children to use their iPads. And then praising those schools publicly which then trickled down to classrooms being singled out for “not meeting the goal.”
Go talk to the school board and central office, they made the rules.

[Anonymous]

I’ll add that they did this earlier in the year and seem to be correcting it now, but haven’t made it known to staff (low level) what their new “policy” will be.

[Anonymous]

My guess (only a slightly educated guess) would be minimum times for Lexia and Dreambox. Then some Seesaw because it is helpful to have students talk through their approach. So probably 20 minutes of Lexia, 20 minutes of Dreambox, and up to 20 minutes of Seesaw.

[Anonymous]

I really do hope they minimize it for elementary school. By the time they get to middle school, they can’t function without it. Assignments, tests, communication between teachers and students - all electronic.

[Anonymous]

I really do hope they minimize it for elementary school. By the time they get to middle school, they can’t function without it. Assignments, tests, communication between teachers and students - all electronic.

This is not true. There is heavy reliance on iPads, but it is not "all electronic."

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

I really do hope they minimize it for elementary school. By the time they get to middle school, they can’t function without it. Assignments, tests, communication between teachers and students - all electronic.

This is not true. There is heavy reliance on iPads, but it is not "all electronic."

It's overwhelmingly on Ipads now - even in elementary school - all of the assessments, quizzes, etc. No more paper packet sent home - just do more lexia and dreambox. All ipad. It will only get worse if people don't step up and ask to reign it in.

[FGDaddio]

It's overwhelmingly on Ipads now - even in elementary school - all of the assessments, quizzes, etc. No more paper packet sent home - just do more lexia and dreambox. All ipad. It will only get worse if people don't step up and ask to reign it in.

This is very school-specific. At my school we do not use iPads for assessments and quizzes generally. We send home plenty of paper student work. Almost nothing is done on the ipad that is a work product. We use them for lexia, dreambox, research, and sometimes review games like Kahoot.

[Anonymous]

FGDaddio wrote:

It's overwhelmingly on Ipads now - even in elementary school - all of the assessments, quizzes, etc. No more paper packet sent home - just do more lexia and dreambox. All ipad. It will only get worse if people don't step up and ask to reign it in.

This is very school-specific. At my school we do not use iPads for assessments and quizzes generally. We send home plenty of paper student work. Almost nothing is done on the ipad that is a work product. We use them for lexia, dreambox, research, and sometimes review games like Kahoot.

That's amazing. Can you share which school? This should be the norm.

[Anonymous]

Rein it in. Like a horse. Not reign it in.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Rein it in. Like a horse. Not reign it in.

haven't you heard - correcting people's spelling is racist. Very inequitable.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

FGDaddio wrote:

It's overwhelmingly on Ipads now - even in elementary school - all of the assessments, quizzes, etc. No more paper packet sent home - just do more lexia and dreambox. All ipad. It will only get worse if people don't step up and ask to reign it in.

This is very school-specific. At my school we do not use iPads for assessments and quizzes generally. We send home plenty of paper student work. Almost nothing is done on the ipad that is a work product. We use them for lexia, dreambox, research, and sometimes review games like Kahoot.

That's amazing. Can you share which school? This should be the norm.

This sounds similar to my sons experience at Claremont- they seem to do 15-20 min of Lexie or Dreambox but otherwise don’t use them

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

I really do hope they minimize it for elementary school. By the time they get to middle school, they can’t function without it. Assignments, tests, communication between teachers and students - all electronic.

This is not true. There is heavy reliance on iPads, but it is not "all electronic."

Well, it's true in high school. My high schooler's teachers do not talk to him, even though his IEP mandates that his assignments be given verbally.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

FGDaddio wrote:

It's overwhelmingly on Ipads now - even in elementary school - all of the assessments, quizzes, etc. No more paper packet sent home - just do more lexia and dreambox. All ipad. It will only get worse if people don't step up and ask to reign it in.

This is very school-specific. At my school we do not use iPads for assessments and quizzes generally. We send home plenty of paper student work. Almost nothing is done on the ipad that is a work product. We use them for lexia, dreambox, research, and sometimes review games like Kahoot.

That's amazing. Can you share which school? This should be the norm.

I don’t think this person is from APS. Assessments for the most part must be on the iPad that’s how they are graded.