Screen use in LCPS elementary schools.

[Anonymous]

What is it like in lower and upper elementary? Reasonable amount or too much? TIA

[Anonymous]

In upper elementary at least it can be a lot. Kids are required to take chromebooks home every night to charge. Majority of assignments and tests happen online. No more textbooks. I'm sure this varies school-by-school but this was the case at our previous school. (We started homeschooling during covid, plan to continue for a few more years.)

[Anonymous]

Elementary school sub here.

It’s heavy. I’m not sure most parents have a clue.

[Anonymous]

Technology has the ability to deliver tailored reading and math support to students based on their need in a way a teacher never could for 25 students.

Just a thought

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Technology has the ability to deliver tailored reading and math support to students based on their need in a way a teacher never could for 25 students.

Just a thought

Please. Dreambox and Raz kids aren’t teaching anything. They are babysitters.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Technology has the ability to deliver tailored reading and math support to students based on their need in a way a teacher never could for 25 students.

Just a thought

Please. Dreambox and Raz kids aren’t teaching anything. They are babysitters.

Yet here we are on our screens…

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Technology has the ability to deliver tailored reading and math support to students based on their need in a way a teacher never could for 25 students.

Just a thought

Please. Dreambox and Raz kids aren’t teaching anything. They are babysitters.

Yet here we are on our screens…

Yes but don’t pretend the apps are teaching something. Many of the upper grade kids still don’t know basic times tables.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Elementary school sub here.

It’s heavy. I’m not sure most parents have a clue.

Good training for life, in which screen use features prominently in work and play

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Elementary school sub here.

It’s heavy. I’m not sure most parents have a clue.

Good training for life, in which screen use features prominently in work and play

And less effective for teaching writing stamina, sustained attention (teachers and classmates are nothing compared to the draw of the sounds and animations on the screen), hands-on creativity, and interpersonal skills.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Elementary school sub here.

It’s heavy. I’m not sure most parents have a clue.

Good training for life, in which screen use features prominently in work and play

Its not a substitute for live in person teacher instruction. And the kids will have no trouble figuring out screens even without Dreambox. If Dreambox worked, all 4th graders would be able to multiply. So so many cannot.

[Anonymous]

Well luckily they dropped Dreambox. The younger grades got chromebooks started early thanks to Covid. Before Covid they weren't given computers. My 1st grader barely touches it and very rarely do we charge it so you know they aren't really using it. 4th and 5th graders really start to use the computers a lot. It was like that before Covid though.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Well luckily they dropped Dreambox. The younger grades got chromebooks started early thanks to Covid. Before Covid they weren't given computers. My 1st grader barely touches it and very rarely do we charge it so you know they aren't really using it. 4th and 5th graders really start to use the computers a lot. It was like that before Covid though.

Must be school dependent. Our LCPS elementary school still has Dreambox (dropped Reflex) and all students use their Chromebooks daily, for at least 20 minutes. The older grades a lot more. I’m a site sub (work there every day.)