+1 They are not advocating for the kids. They're just trying to push their own agenda. |
This is sort of this TechEd fantasy that hasn't really panned out. Often the rest of the kids are watching youtube. If they are doing Lexia, they can just tap on answers until they get enough right to go to the next level. The behavior problems in schools are pretty bad due to no-fail and inclusion policies (which are good in theory but often poorly implemented), so even kids who do want to work are often distracted by kids who don't. And this doesn't even address the issue of kids over-using devices at home because they tell their parents they need them for homework. Which they often do! Studies have shown that large group instruction is generally more efficient than small group instruction because kids rarely work independently when the teacher's focus is completely elsewhere. Test scores have consistently gone down in the US, despite billions of dollars spent on tech. And we know that screens have detrimental impacts. There is no evidence that the benefits of individual devices outweigh the costs. I have no strong feelings one way or another about APE but I am dismayed that people don't seem to realize how bad individual devices in schools are. Signed, A teacher |
If you are truly an APS teacher, you wouldn’t be anonymously commenting in a cesspool space. This like everything else posted here sounds like APE talking points. |
+1-another teacher |
+1 - and another one and of course we would comment here… It’s anonymous |
Look at how people react here to anything that seems to agree with APE. If I commented publicly I have no doubt someone would come for my job. |
This teacher disagrees vehemently. |
What grade level do you teach? |
Perhaps the other "teachers" here should tell us what level they "teach" too! |
DP and not a teacher. AEA is quoted in the article as in agreement with this recommendation.
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yep it was very carefully done to avoid lobbying Youngkin at all. I'm sure by design. |
And as it has been said upthread, AEA doesn’t represent all teachers either. Honestly, it’s just a small percentage. If teachers truly want to get rid of tech, they need to contact the board directly, signing their own name and school they teach at because anon anything isn’t it. |
So you don’t think small group instruction works? What grades do you teach? |
Guise: There's an ACTL meeting on Tuesday where they will spend a good chunk of time talking about screen time in schools. It's pretty clever of APE to go to ArlNow to attempt to dredge up some community outrage to the board so that the meeting can go APE's way.
The thing is, do people really write the Board based on ArlNow articles/APE newsletters? |
Lol. Why are we even talking about small class sizes if small group instruction doesn't work. The bigger the better, right? |