Can you opt out of tech K-2?

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Any public school parents here have the ability to opt out of ipads/chromebooks in grades K-2?

[Anonymous]

Public school is not aka carte in that way. Especially in the early grades.

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We do until middle school, we just don’t accept any work on the computer. Important assignments get provided on paper.

[Anonymous]

Not in my experience. I raised the matter numerous times and at no point was the school willing to budge. The one that really made my blood boil was using iPads in music class.

So now DC is at a very low tech private school.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Any public school parents here have the ability to opt out of ipads/chromebooks in grades K-2?

Its an option on the PGCPS enrollment paperwork but when push came to shove the admin and teacher said no its not an option. Weve been lucky thus far to have K and 1st be low usage on 1:1 devices but still lots of use with the smart board.

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Anonymous wrote:Any public school parents here have the ability to opt out of ipads/chromebooks in grades K-2?

Its an option on the PGCPS enrollment paperwork but when push came to shove the admin and teacher said no its not an option. Weve been lucky thus far to have K and 1st be low usage on 1:1 devices but still lots of use with the smart board.

When push comes to shove you have to continue to say no. None of my kids used a computer before middle school, and even then we limited it to big assignments and testing only. You literally just have to say no, nobody can force your kid to do an assignment on the computer. They just can’t.

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Anonymous wrote:Any public school parents here have the ability to opt out of ipads/chromebooks in grades K-2?

Its an option on the PGCPS enrollment paperwork but when push came to shove the admin and teacher said no its not an option. Weve been lucky thus far to have K and 1st be low usage on 1:1 devices but still lots of use with the smart board.

When push comes to shove you have to continue to say no. None of my kids used a computer before middle school, and even then we limited it to big assignments and testing only. You literally just have to say no, nobody can force your kid to do an assignment on the computer. They just can’t.

What is your kindergartener doing after they tell the teacher know when the rest of the class is using computers?

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Anonymous wrote:Any public school parents here have the ability to opt out of ipads/chromebooks in grades K-2?

Its an option on the PGCPS enrollment paperwork but when push came to shove the admin and teacher said no its not an option. Weve been lucky thus far to have K and 1st be low usage on 1:1 devices but still lots of use with the smart board.

When push comes to shove you have to continue to say no. None of my kids used a computer before middle school, and even then we limited it to big assignments and testing only. You literally just have to say no, nobody can force your kid to do an assignment on the computer. They just can’t.

What is your kindergartener doing after they tell the teacher know when the rest of the class is using computers?

Read a book, practiced handwriting, math worksheets, etc. In K I made sure they always had a busy work folder. The teacher just gave most assignments on paper though. It really wasn’t a big deal.

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Anonymous wrote:Any public school parents here have the ability to opt out of ipads/chromebooks in grades K-2?

Its an option on the PGCPS enrollment paperwork but when push came to shove the admin and teacher said no its not an option. Weve been lucky thus far to have K and 1st be low usage on 1:1 devices but still lots of use with the smart board.

When push comes to shove you have to continue to say no. None of my kids used a computer before middle school, and even then we limited it to big assignments and testing only. You literally just have to say no, nobody can force your kid to do an assignment on the computer. They just can’t.

What is your kindergartener doing after they tell the teacher know when the rest of the class is using computers?

Read a book, practiced handwriting, math worksheets, etc. In K I made sure they always had a busy work folder. The teacher just gave most assignments on paper though. It really wasn’t a big deal.

So you replaced academics with what you acknowledge is busy work? You also taught your child to refuse to do what the teacher asked?

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Anonymous wrote:Any public school parents here have the ability to opt out of ipads/chromebooks in grades K-2?

Its an option on the PGCPS enrollment paperwork but when push came to shove the admin and teacher said no its not an option. Weve been lucky thus far to have K and 1st be low usage on 1:1 devices but still lots of use with the smart board.

When push comes to shove you have to continue to say no. None of my kids used a computer before middle school, and even then we limited it to big assignments and testing only. You literally just have to say no, nobody can force your kid to do an assignment on the computer. They just can’t.

What is your kindergartener doing after they tell the teacher know when the rest of the class is using computers?

Read a book, practiced handwriting, math worksheets, etc. In K I made sure they always had a busy work folder. The teacher just gave most assignments on paper though. It really wasn’t a big deal.

So you replaced academics with what you acknowledge is busy work? You also taught your child to refuse to do what the teacher asked?

Not true. My child did everything that was asked of them, well within reason for K. I made it very clear up front that DC wouldn’t be using a computer, the teacher knew not to ask. Like I said usually the teacher gave a paper assignment. It never even came up after day 1, like not a big deal at all.

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Anonymous wrote:Any public school parents here have the ability to opt out of ipads/chromebooks in grades K-2?

Its an option on the PGCPS enrollment paperwork but when push came to shove the admin and teacher said no its not an option. Weve been lucky thus far to have K and 1st be low usage on 1:1 devices but still lots of use with the smart board.

When push comes to shove you have to continue to say no. None of my kids used a computer before middle school, and even then we limited it to big assignments and testing only. You literally just have to say no, nobody can force your kid to do an assignment on the computer. They just can’t.

What is your kindergartener doing after they tell the teacher know when the rest of the class is using computers?

Read a book, practiced handwriting, math worksheets, etc. In K I made sure they always had a busy work folder. The teacher just gave most assignments on paper though. It really wasn’t a big deal.

So you replaced academics with what you acknowledge is busy work? You also taught your child to refuse to do what the teacher asked?

It's commendable really.

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Anonymous wrote:Any public school parents here have the ability to opt out of ipads/chromebooks in grades K-2?

Its an option on the PGCPS enrollment paperwork but when push came to shove the admin and teacher said no its not an option. Weve been lucky thus far to have K and 1st be low usage on 1:1 devices but still lots of use with the smart board.

When push comes to shove you have to continue to say no. None of my kids used a computer before middle school, and even then we limited it to big assignments and testing only. You literally just have to say no, nobody can force your kid to do an assignment on the computer. They just can’t.

What is your kindergartener doing after they tell the teacher know when the rest of the class is using computers?

Read a book, practiced handwriting, math worksheets, etc. In K I made sure they always had a busy work folder. The teacher just gave most assignments on paper though. It really wasn’t a big deal.

So you replaced academics with what you acknowledge is busy work? You also taught your child to refuse to do what the teacher asked?

It's commendable really.

Not really sure how practicing handwriting, reading, or math in kindergarten is busywork. They need a lot of repetition to perfect those foundational skills...

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Anonymous wrote:Any public school parents here have the ability to opt out of ipads/chromebooks in grades K-2?

Its an option on the PGCPS enrollment paperwork but when push came to shove the admin and teacher said no its not an option. Weve been lucky thus far to have K and 1st be low usage on 1:1 devices but still lots of use with the smart board.

When push comes to shove you have to continue to say no. None of my kids used a computer before middle school, and even then we limited it to big assignments and testing only. You literally just have to say no, nobody can force your kid to do an assignment on the computer. They just can’t.

Your kids are learning like it’s 1975 but why? I’ll guarantee you’ll say they are perfect students and maybe even throw in sporty but computers starting in middle school is a positive if the schools use them correctly.

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Anonymous wrote:Any public school parents here have the ability to opt out of ipads/chromebooks in grades K-2?

Its an option on the PGCPS enrollment paperwork but when push came to shove the admin and teacher said no its not an option. Weve been lucky thus far to have K and 1st be low usage on 1:1 devices but still lots of use with the smart board.

When push comes to shove you have to continue to say no. None of my kids used a computer before middle school, and even then we limited it to big assignments and testing only. You literally just have to say no, nobody can force your kid to do an assignment on the computer. They just can’t.

Your kids are learning like it’s 1975 but why? I’ll guarantee you’ll say they are perfect students and maybe even throw in sporty but computers starting in middle school is a positive if the schools use them correctly.

If you have a poor/ slow reader…. Usually a boy…. You will never get the controlled environment of pencil and paper again and those students need it. The window to make them spend the time learning the way that works for vulnerable students (repetitive reading and writing with pencil on paper) will close by mid to late middle school. And your student’s ship will have sailed and you will forever be wondering where their skills might have been had you only insisted- in the years you could insist- they work pencil in hand?!?!

Ask me how I know!

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Anonymous wrote:Not in my experience. I raised the matter numerous times and at no point was the school willing to budge. The one that really made my blood boil was using iPads in music class.

So now DC is at a very low tech private school.

I had to read this comment 2x and wondered if I myself had written it and didn’t recall. Exactly the same. In fact, the class that probably matters least academically is music and I would have had the least objection to tech in music if I had to prioritize BUT the fact that tech is even used in grammar school music class just shows you how far gone the whole ed tech system is. Teacher are offloading the work to everyone’s detriment. Mine is now in no-tech classical school.