Screens in private schools
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Anonymous
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My 3rd grader gets a chrome book assigned that has to go to and from school with her. She will have three hours of homework on it a week. I haven’t seen it yet so not sure what protections will be on it, and we’ve received no communication from the school about protections on the laptop or what process they undertook to select the apps they’re assigning for homework.
I’m just curious at other area privates, when are your kids getting laptops and what kind of communication do you get from your schools? |
Anonymous
| Have you had curriculum night yet? If not, I would definitely ask about this, or ask at conferences in a few weeks. I have a third grader and would be concerned about having him transport a Chromebook to and from school every day. I think at this age they are usually on iPads or else have Chromebooks that stay in the classroom. |
Anonymous
| They are also collecting all sorts of digital info on these devices they may or may not be legally allowed to. I'd check with the school. |
Anonymous
| My child's parochial school will not be issuing a laptop or tablet to her at all. It's wonderful! |
Anonymous
| yeah, that's not cool in third grade. honestly I would push back. |
Anonymous
This is the way. |
Anonymous
Google is in the business of collecting everyone's private information and selling it. Chromebooks are a very poor choice for a school. |
Anonymous
+1 |
Anonymous
Google is also very, very careful to make sure that their official education tools are compliant with applicable law, but if your kid does something while logged in to their Google account that doesn't have to be compliant (ex: visit Google Maps), they will collect that data happily. I don't think you will find them doing anything illegal, but unethical? All day, every day. |
Anonymous
Our school steps it up starting in middle school. In elementary it's old-school computer labs where they learn to type and that's about it. But they figure the kids will have to use laptops in college and for standardized tests, so they teach them how as they get older. |
Anonymous
| Ours doesn’t send Chromebooks home with kids until 6th grade, which I appreciate. Third graders really shouldn’t need any tech homework. |
Anonymous
Sigh, we just enrolled in parochial but they do get tablets while at school. The only screen free schools I could find within 30 minutes of us were way far right Opus Dei and evangelical schools. |
Anonymous
Parents need to complain loudly. Over and over. The teachers are sick of this too. |
Anonymous
Ours is not Opus Dei but it is very conservative. Comfortable for us, but I know it’s not for everyone. We visited several schools and this was the only one with no EdTech at all. |
Anonymous
Yes, if you’re talking about Saint Jerome Academy, no electronics including in middle school. But it is very conservative (we are not but it’s manageable and we go to a different church). |