In person school will be in trouble if using laptops, kids will just youtube and surf the web

[Anonymous]

At least they're in the classroom and that is half the battle.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Mark my words, the way these kids use the laptops during school time is going to be a major problem.

Kids are going to surf the web and youtube etc.

It's going to be a major problem and the schools have no recourse because online learning in person is not part of the education curriculum or agreed upon method of teaching as per VDOE guidelines.

I hadn’t thought about this. I like to make use of the laptops but would also enforce “no tech time” in my classes pre pandemic. Guess that won’t be an option in concurrent.

[Anonymous]

How is this different from all the texting they were doing under their desks before?

[Anonymous]

Not my problem. My kid’s going back.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Mark my words, the way these kids use the laptops during school time is going to be a major problem.

Kids are going to surf the web and youtube etc.

It's going to be a major problem and the schools have no recourse because online learning in person is not part of the education curriculum or agreed upon method of teaching as per VDOE guidelines.

How is this different from what kids are doing at home right now?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:How is this different from all the texting they were doing under their desks before?

Well, for one, I am not sure we will be allowed or able (because I need to be on camera for the DL folks) to walk amongst the students checking for covert use of cell phones.

I, actually, appreciate threads which address these considerations, BTW. People shouldn’t jump to the conclusion that it is a teacher trying to get schools closed. Forewarned means forearmed and all that.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:How is this different from all the texting they were doing under their desks before?

Well, for one, I am not sure we will be allowed or able (because I need to be on camera for the DL folks) to walk amongst the students checking for covert use of cell phones.

I, actually, appreciate threads which address these considerations, BTW. People shouldn’t jump to the conclusion that it is a teacher trying to get schools closed. Forewarned means forearmed and all that.

Are you at one of those schools where you can't have a cell phone check-in at the start of class? I only have primary kids, but I know HS teachers who use them. I also know some schools don't allow them.

[Anonymous]

Tip: Lock down your kid's laptop. Use administrative privileges and browser settings to block everything that is not directly related to school. This will occasionally create technical problems for your kid, like if the teacher tells the kids to look at some dumb YouTube video. But it will help limit your kid's distractions.

Teachers: Putting kids online absolutely ruins their attention span. Please, for the love of God, use the internet as little as you possibly can in your curriculum.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:How is this different from all the texting they were doing under their desks before?

Well, for one, I am not sure we will be allowed or able (because I need to be on camera for the DL folks) to walk amongst the students checking for covert use of cell phones.

I, actually, appreciate threads which address these considerations, BTW. People shouldn’t jump to the conclusion that it is a teacher trying to get schools closed. Forewarned means forearmed and all that.

I am the poster who mentioned phones. I am also a teacher. I’m all for going back, I just think that this particular problem of youtube is the same level of issue as it always was. We had a lot of laptop use before (MS) and there was always a kid or two going somewhere they shouldnt (youtube, gaming tips site, whatever).

[Anonymous]

Teacher need to be prepared to teach in paper and back in person, stop the excuses

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The public school system doesn’t care about this.

I don’t think they care & I also don’t think it is different than what they’re done at home on their computers now.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:
Tip: Lock down your kid's laptop. Use administrative privileges and browser settings to block everything that is not directly related to school. This will occasionally create technical problems for your kid, like if the teacher tells the kids to look at some dumb YouTube video. But it will help limit your kid's distractions.

Teachers: Putting kids online absolutely ruins their attention span. Please, for the love of God, use the internet as little as you possibly can in your curriculum.

. I teach English. Have you tried reading 130 handwritten essays? I was so happy when I got laptops in my classroom. Also, how do you propose I teach students how to use online databases/credible sources without the internet? Teaching research with outdated nonfiction books (many publishers are no longer publishing quality up to date reference nonfiction, nor is that prepping them for college) is not advisable.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Teacher need to be prepared to teach in paper and back in person, stop the excuses

Kids aren’t getting paper. Assignments will be online.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Teacher need to be prepared to teach in paper and back in person, stop the excuses

If it was normal year, then yes! But teaching concurrently, not going to happen.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:
Tip: Lock down your kid's laptop. Use administrative privileges and browser settings to block everything that is not directly related to school. This will occasionally create technical problems for your kid, like if the teacher tells the kids to look at some dumb YouTube video. But it will help limit your kid's distractions.

Teachers: Putting kids online absolutely ruins their attention span. Please, for the love of God, use the internet as little as you possibly can in your curriculum.

My ES kid's ipad is locked down like this. During virtual school sometimes DC has to come to us to allow certain websites, or to add time to an app limit. But it completely stopped all issues of what DC could do during virtual school. For the most part I personally don't care if DC plays with toys or reads or whatever during virtual school (although I encourage participation), but could not deal with 5 hours of staring at the screen doing random stuff.