How Much Chromebook Use in Kindergarten?

[Anonymous]

Do the kids use it daily, multiple times per day?

Do they have to bring back and forth to school everyday?

Thanks.

[Anonymous]

I get the impression it’s much more screen time than I would like, but it doesn’t come home with my child.

[Anonymous]

Depends widely on the teacher. I have had three kids go through K at the same school with different teachers and it was so different.

My favorite K teacher didn’t open the Chromebooks until January (except for state testing and indoor recess, both of which are out of her control), and even then it was limited to weekly for small amounts. Even though my kid could read and do math like a first grader, no one stuck him on a device just to keep him occupied that year and it was great. Other K teachers relied on them a lot more.

[Anonymous]

Daily use in our school.

[Anonymous]

You're in luck -- they use them a lot. Gotta get these kids ready for the real world, where screens play a central role in everything we do.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I get the impression it’s much more screen time than I would like, but it doesn’t come home with my child.

+1 daily for sure, including the bulk of reading (at our MCPS K this year)

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:You're in luck -- they use them a lot. Gotta get these kids ready for the real world, where screens play a central role in everything we do.

Ugh.

[Anonymous]

Way too much. It’s terrible. My son was introduced to video games in the classroom. Not appropriate for 5 year old kids on any level. Wish they could just play more (face to face) or go outside more often than be pacified.

[Anonymous]

Wayyy too much. It’s a good way to keep the kids quiet while the teacher works with small groups of kids.

They play all sorts of useless games on the Chromebooks. They encourage the kids to ‘read’ on the Chromebooks - our school had teachers get rid of classroom libraries in favor of reading on a screen.

[Anonymous]

Classes are overcrowded. No aides, just one teacher per class. Heck, our school combines two classrooms worth of kids into one room for Indoor Recess. And it’s so crowded that the recess aide often just finds it easier to put a movie on, so the kids get even more screen time at recess (granted, that is not on the Chromebook).

[Anonymous]

Our K (in Bethesda) didn't use them at all this year except testing. Not in the classroom, not at home. Same thing for DD two years ago.

[Anonymous]

Our K used them a lot. Not great.

[Anonymous]

The problem with mcps is there arr no standards or consistency around screen time from school to school

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The problem with mcps is there arr no standards or consistency around screen time from school to school

Great point. There need to be standards set so a teacher cannot overly rely on them.