vent about screens in cafeteria

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Anonymous wrote:I agree and often feel I am alone in my opinion. Even worse is early elementary teacher who play videos of books being read, rather than reading to their students.

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Screens really need to be removed for the most part from elementary schools - maybe from all schools. These kids get more than enough screen time at home.

It seems like every time I sub in an elementary school, I’m asked to put on a video about a book instead of just READING the book aloud. One time, the video wouldn’t play for some reason so I just read to the students and they were completely focused, engaged, and silent. These kids need books, not videos.

play videos of books being read in class? This is so sad! My child will be a raising kindergartener next year and I kind of dread sending them to school.

Agree, this is sad and shocking to me. Who thinks this is a good idea??

My kid’s second grade teacher did this while I was there helping with something. I can only imagine what happens with no parents there. My child says she sits all day. My mom taught 2nd for years and she had all the ailments that come with being in your feet all day for years. I am sad for our children.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Wow, what school is this? Ours does not have screens in the cafeteria!

I’m a retired teacher, ow substitute. I mainly sub between three elementary schools and none of them have this.

[Anonymous]

So offer to buy whatever books the teacher needs so they don’t have to resort to showing to showing them online.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I agree and often feel I am alone in my opinion. Even worse is early elementary teacher who play videos of books being read, rather than reading to their students.

+100
Screens really need to be removed for the most part from elementary schools - maybe from all schools. These kids get more than enough screen time at home.

It seems like every time I sub in an elementary school, I’m asked to put on a video about a book instead of just READING the book aloud. One time, the video wouldn’t play for some reason so I just read to the students and they were completely focused, engaged, and silent. These kids need books, not videos.

As a teacher I agree, but only if there are rules about not allowing young children on ipads in public spaces. Expecting teachers and ONLY teachers to teach children how to interact in public spaces is untenable. Parents also need to grocery shop, go to the library, wait in line and at restaurants with their kids and teach them how to wait, look and attend in public areas. I see so many kids in restaurants, in the car, in line, at the store being given screens, it is impossible to expect teachers to compete with that AND be the only ones modeling good behavior.

Uh, no. I have elementary and middle school aged kids, and we are very restrictive about screens. We only have 1 family ipad, and it doesnt leave the house. The kids don't have smartphones. There are time limits for screens on weekends (and no screens except for schoolwork on weekdays). I'm appalled at how loose many parents are with screens, and I agree it contributes to the poor behavior of kids in schools and wish we could all agree to better limits. However, I think it's total copout for a teacher to say they won't do what they know is the right thing by the kids because some parents are dropping the ball. Aside from the poor logic of that, it's doubly unfair for the kids who can restrain themselves and focus and behave in school to suffer from their classmates' crappy behavior AND from the teacher washing her hands of any responsibility to teach well.

Tech restrictive parent here and I agree with teacher PP. Sure your kids and mine can entertain themselves quietly when they're done with work (mine learned this by sitting through full long church services) and know how to interact in a group respectfully. But the kids they are in class with whose parents have been forking over an iPad at every quiet minute since they were tiny toddlers? Those kids can't. I've volunteered in the classroom a ton and I've seen it first hand. I know who those kids are from seeing them at the pool over the summer, iPad in hand whenever there was a break or something. And then I see them at school and I see how they can't sit still.

Are there teachers who can handle it? Sure! I've seen some really amazing teachers who still manage a read aloud of their own even with those kids in class. They don't touch a screen. They set expectations and carry them out. But they're rare. Expecting every teacher to be them is like expecting every teacher to be able to come up with their own amazing curriculum from TPT that differentiates and actually challenges each kid. Just because somebody can do it doesn't mean everyone can. Just because somebody can do it doesn't mean textbooks, workbooks, and scripted lesson plans aren't better for those who really struggle in that area.

So yeah - other parents really are to blame here, PP. They really are.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I agree and often feel I am alone in my opinion. Even worse is early elementary teacher who play videos of books being read, rather than reading to their students.

+100
Screens really need to be removed for the most part from elementary schools - maybe from all schools. These kids get more than enough screen time at home.

It seems like every time I sub in an elementary school, I’m asked to put on a video about a book instead of just READING the book aloud. One time, the video wouldn’t play for some reason so I just read to the students and they were completely focused, engaged, and silent. These kids need books, not videos.

play videos of books being read in class? This is so sad! My child will be a raising kindergartener next year and I kind of dread sending them to school.

Recommend private school then. My kids' teachers in private have access to tech but barely even use the smartboards. There are workbooks for classwork and homework and textbooks for learning. There are read alouds from a book both for reading class and often for lunch.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Wow, what school is this? Ours does not have screens in the cafeteria!

Canterbury Woods started during the pandemic and never stopped.

It fixed no behavior issues. At all.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:So offer to buy whatever books the teacher needs so they don’t have to resort to showing to showing them online.

Teachers who are lazy will show the videos when of there are lots of books in the room. My child has one of these this year.

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Anonymous wrote:So offer to buy whatever books the teacher needs so they don’t have to resort to showing to showing them online.

Teachers who are lazy will show the videos when of there are lots of books in the room. My child has one of these this year.

Most teachers need to read specific books, not just any book. Younger teachers do this because they usually don’t have the book.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I agree and often feel I am alone in my opinion. Even worse is early elementary teacher who play videos of books being read, rather than reading to their students.

Why even be an early elementary school teacher if you are that freaking lazy?! Fortunately we never experienced that.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:So offer to buy whatever books the teacher needs so they don’t have to resort to showing to showing them online.

OP here. Our zoned elementary is in a high income area, and the school is overflowing with books. Lack of resources is not the issue, in fact it seems like they have too much money sometimes to the degree it gets spent on technology.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I agree and often feel I am alone in my opinion. Even worse is early elementary teacher who play videos of books being read, rather than reading to their students.

+100
Screens really need to be removed for the most part from elementary schools - maybe from all schools. These kids get more than enough screen time at home.

It seems like every time I sub in an elementary school, I’m asked to put on a video about a book instead of just READING the book aloud. One time, the video wouldn’t play for some reason so I just read to the students and they were completely focused, engaged, and silent. These kids need books, not videos.

play videos of books being read in class? This is so sad! My child will be a raising kindergartener next year and I kind of dread sending them to school.

Agree, this is sad and shocking to me. Who thinks this is a good idea??

My kid’s second grade teacher did this while I was there helping with something. I can only imagine what happens with no parents there. My child says she sits all day. My mom taught 2nd for years and she had all the ailments that come with being in your feet all day for years. I am sad for our children.

I have a medical issue that affects my feet and sit a portion of the day, as well as use of a cane. Standing for more than a couple hours causes significant pain, luckily my students understand…and I don’t appear to have annoying parents like those on DCUM.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I agree and often feel I am alone in my opinion. Even worse is early elementary teacher who play videos of books being read, rather than reading to their students.

+100
Screens really need to be removed for the most part from elementary schools - maybe from all schools. These kids get more than enough screen time at home.

It seems like every time I sub in an elementary school, I’m asked to put on a video about a book instead of just READING the book aloud. One time, the video wouldn’t play for some reason so I just read to the students and they were completely focused, engaged, and silent. These kids need books, not videos.

play videos of books being read in class? This is so sad! My child will be a raising kindergartener next year and I kind of dread sending them to school.

Agree, this is sad and shocking to me. Who thinks this is a good idea??

My kid’s second grade teacher did this while I was there helping with something. I can only imagine what happens with no parents there. My child says she sits all day. My mom taught 2nd for years and she had all the ailments that come with being in your feet all day for years. I am sad for our children.

I have a medical issue that affects my feet and sit a portion of the day, as well as use of a cane. Standing for more than a couple hours causes significant pain, luckily my students understand…and I don’t appear to have annoying parents like those on DCUM.

My middle kid had a near-retiree as a kindergarten teacher. She sat in a rocking chair when she read them books, which was frequently and most especially at all the portions of the day people on this thread are (justifiably) complaining some teachers use screens. 10 minutes until the bell? It's story time!

In first grade the (otherwise excellent) teacher would turn on an episode of Cat in the Hat on the smart board in the same situation.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:So offer to buy whatever books the teacher needs so they don’t have to resort to showing to showing them online.

You’re not getting this. They are showing the video *even though* the book is sitting right there in the classroom.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I agree and often feel I am alone in my opinion. Even worse is early elementary teacher who play videos of books being read, rather than reading to their students.

+100
Screens really need to be removed for the most part from elementary schools - maybe from all schools. These kids get more than enough screen time at home.

It seems like every time I sub in an elementary school, I’m asked to put on a video about a book instead of just READING the book aloud. One time, the video wouldn’t play for some reason so I just read to the students and they were completely focused, engaged, and silent. These kids need books, not videos.

play videos of books being read in class? This is so sad! My child will be a raising kindergartener next year and I kind of dread sending them to school.

Agree, this is sad and shocking to me. Who thinks this is a good idea??

FCPS. The curriculum comes from the top and unless parents speak out about it, this will continue.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I agree and often feel I am alone in my opinion. Even worse is early elementary teacher who play videos of books being read, rather than reading to their students.

+100
Screens really need to be removed for the most part from elementary schools - maybe from all schools. These kids get more than enough screen time at home.

It seems like every time I sub in an elementary school, I’m asked to put on a video about a book instead of just READING the book aloud. One time, the video wouldn’t play for some reason so I just read to the students and they were completely focused, engaged, and silent. These kids need books, not videos.

play videos of books being read in class? This is so sad! My child will be a raising kindergartener next year and I kind of dread sending them to school.

Recommend private school then. My kids' teachers in private have access to tech but barely even use the smartboards. There are workbooks for classwork and homework and textbooks for learning. There are read alouds from a book both for reading class and often for lunch.

I always wonder why private school parents pipe up on the public school boards.
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