Can we request no YouTube? How?

[Anonymous]

We keep hearing our elementary school kids are spending hours a week in a vegetative state watching YouTube videos at school. They are having a great time and not learning anything (based on last years scores).

It’s worst on days with a sub- they just do Chromebook videos all day!

Can a parent request YouTube be blocked for our kids? If so, how do we do this?

[Anonymous]

First had to laugh. It is serious tho
Have a dialogue with your school, but it is a larger issue that should be discussed with the higher ups

[Anonymous]

YouTube is blocked on MCPS chromebooks. Kids may have ways around it but that’s on them.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We keep hearing our elementary school kids are spending hours a week in a vegetative state watching YouTube videos at school. They are having a great time and not learning anything (based on last years scores).

It’s worst on days with a sub- they just do Chromebook videos all day!

Can a parent request YouTube be blocked for our kids? If so, how do we do this?

Given that it is blocked, you should probably be questioning your sources telling you that they are spending hours a week “in a vegetative state” on YouTube.

[Anonymous]

I don’t believe YouTube is blocked by MCPS but parents do technically have to “opt in” for kids to use it.

[Anonymous]

It depends on the grade level. In elementary, it's often blocked. Middle and high school students may occasionally need to view teacher-approved content and so they allow some of it. My 10th grader cannot access all of YouTube on her MCPS chromebook - a lot of content is still blocked. She's not the type to find a workaround, because she spends a lot of her time on Sora, the MCPS online library. She complains bitterly when some teachers, who cannot be despised enough, go so far as to block THAT! It's like they want her to pay attention in class, or something

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:YouTube is blocked on MCPS chromebooks. Kids may have ways around it but that’s on them.

Its not blocked.

[Anonymous]

In elementary school if I open a YouTube video on a student Chromebook, it says it is blocked. I am a teacher. No reason to lie about this. Teachers can open them on their laptops.

[Anonymous]

This is OP. It is not blocked- unless my kids have the craziest sense of humor. They describe in detail the videos they watch on it!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We keep hearing our elementary school kids are spending hours a week in a vegetative state watching YouTube videos at school. They are having a great time and not learning anything (based on last years scores).

It’s worst on days with a sub- they just do Chromebook videos all day!

Can a parent request YouTube be blocked for our kids? If so, how do we do this?

Given that it is blocked, you should probably be questioning your sources telling you that they are spending hours a week “in a vegetative state” on YouTube.

OP here- my source is my kids MAP scores which keep going down. Plus the list of shows and videos they tell me in detail they watch.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:First had to laugh. It is serious tho
Have a dialogue with your school, but it is a larger issue that should be discussed with the higher ups

OP here - I was trying to be a little funny, but that’s just to hide my frustration.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This is OP. It is not blocked- unless my kids have the craziest sense of humor. They describe in detail the videos they watch on it!

Then that's an oversight, either with this laptop or this class, and you need to contact the teacher.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We keep hearing our elementary school kids are spending hours a week in a vegetative state watching YouTube videos at school. They are having a great time and not learning anything (based on last years scores).

It’s worst on days with a sub- they just do Chromebook videos all day!

Can a parent request YouTube be blocked for our kids? If so, how do we do this?

This sounds like such a troll post. If you're not a troll, tell the teacher about your kids watching YouTube all day. There's an outside change their laptops don't have the correct settings.

Also. In elementary, my kids were not learning anything at school that impacted their MAP scores. They knew how to count and read, and that was by learning at home.

[Anonymous]

chance

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This is OP. It is not blocked- unless my kids have the craziest sense of humor. They describe in detail the videos they watch on it!

Then that's an oversight, either with this laptop or this class, and you need to contact the teacher.

This. I’m also an elementary teacher and can confirm that it should be blocked on student chromebooks. Please let the teacher know that your child has access on their chromebook.