Why is fcps making elementary kids drag laptops to/from school?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Curious to how much tech has been used the first two days. My kid said they logged in yesterday and today used it for 20 mins to research something for an assignment. This is 6th grade. Honestly, I am fine with my kid using tech as long as they are not on it all day.

I teach third grade. Our grade level doesn’t plan on having them log in until next week at the earliest. After that they won’t be using their laptops daily. They didn’t last year. It will vary.

Why do 3rd graders need to be on laptops at all? These kids missed 1/3rd of K, all of a normal forsr
Grade
and had tons of covid disruptions last year and probably too much laptop time. Let them have one normal year of quality education.

Laptops were used pre covid! You all act like schools never used tech before covid. Literally every K-3 teacher uses tech for county assessments and maybe a literacy station. Maybe they use wixie at some point. If you feel the tech usage is beyond that and you gave concerns, discuss with the teacher. Obviously tech usage will vary from school to school and classroom to classroom. But saying no technology in the year 2022 is ridiculous.

[Anonymous]

We also have to bring them home to charge. They were basically told that they aren’t charging at school so it needs to be done here. They have whole carts for charging so I don’t know why we have to be a charging station and deal with remembering every morning to send it back.

[Anonymous]

DC got laptop yesterday. It immediately came home last night for charging. It must be carried back in each day. The class already used them to take some Positivity Project Trait test to see which of the traits they are highest in. The quiz ranked their 12 traits or so by asking a series of questions and scenarios. We have gaps in our kids learning due to Covid craziness. FCPS doesn’t teach phonics and penmenship. So many moms complain about poor spelling and penmenship, but no focus goes into this area. It’s waste time for first 2 weeks instead of reviewing material from last year or filling in a gap. Why not teach cursive for 2 weeks along with the ‘team building.’

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Curious to how much tech has been used the first two days. My kid said they logged in yesterday and today used it for 20 mins to research something for an assignment. This is 6th grade. Honestly, I am fine with my kid using tech as long as they are not on it all day.

I teach third grade. Our grade level doesn’t plan on having them log in until next week at the earliest. After that they won’t be using their laptops daily. They didn’t last year. It will vary.

Why do 3rd graders need to be on laptops at all? These kids missed 1/3rd of K, all of a normal forsr
Grade
and had tons of covid disruptions last year and probably too much laptop time. Let them have one normal year of quality education.

Laptops were used pre covid! You all act like schools never used tech before covid. Literally every K-3 teacher uses tech for county assessments and maybe a literacy station. Maybe they use wixie at some point. If you feel the tech usage is beyond that and you gave concerns, discuss with the teacher. Obviously tech usage will vary from school to school and classroom to classroom. But saying no technology in the year 2022 is ridiculous.

If the laptop cart was only pulled into the room a few times a year for assessments and there was one computer in the classroom for a station, no one would conplain. That was our school pre-covid. The education my younger child is getting at the same school, 3 years younger, is absolute garbage compared to his older sister. Last year they were on the laptops all day long in 4th. Thats not teaching or learning. Hoping this year he has a teacher with some professional self respect who can use tech sparingly, as it is meant to be used in k-8.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:DC got laptop yesterday. It immediately came home last night for charging. It must be carried back in each day. The class already used them to take some Positivity Project Trait test to see which of the traits they are highest in. The quiz ranked their 12 traits or so by asking a series of questions and scenarios. We have gaps in our kids learning due to Covid craziness. FCPS doesn’t teach phonics and penmenship. So many moms complain about poor spelling and penmenship, but no focus goes into this area. It’s waste time for first 2 weeks instead of reviewing material from last year or filling in a gap. Why not teach cursive for 2 weeks along with the ‘team building.’

Just don't send it back. Its not my job to remember to charge school equipment that I don't see any value for.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:DC got laptop yesterday. It immediately came home last night for charging. It must be carried back in each day. The class already used them to take some Positivity Project Trait test to see which of the traits they are highest in. The quiz ranked their 12 traits or so by asking a series of questions and scenarios. We have gaps in our kids learning due to Covid craziness. FCPS doesn’t teach phonics and penmenship. So many moms complain about poor spelling and penmenship, but no focus goes into this area. It’s waste time for first 2 weeks instead of reviewing material from last year or filling in a gap. Why not teach cursive for 2 weeks along with the ‘team building.’

Just don't send it back. Its not my job to remember to charge school equipment that I don't see any value for.

Hmmm, just add that to the list of annoying parents (a big reason why teachers are leaving).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:DC got laptop yesterday. It immediately came home last night for charging. It must be carried back in each day. The class already used them to take some Positivity Project Trait test to see which of the traits they are highest in. The quiz ranked their 12 traits or so by asking a series of questions and scenarios. We have gaps in our kids learning due to Covid craziness. FCPS doesn’t teach phonics and penmenship. So many moms complain about poor spelling and penmenship, but no focus goes into this area. It’s waste time for first 2 weeks instead of reviewing material from last year or filling in a gap. Why not teach cursive for 2 weeks along with the ‘team building.’

Just don't send it back. Its not my job to remember to charge school equipment that I don't see any value for.

+1

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:DC got laptop yesterday. It immediately came home last night for charging. It must be carried back in each day. The class already used them to take some Positivity Project Trait test to see which of the traits they are highest in. The quiz ranked their 12 traits or so by asking a series of questions and scenarios. We have gaps in our kids learning due to Covid craziness. FCPS doesn’t teach phonics and penmenship. So many moms complain about poor spelling and penmenship, but no focus goes into this area. It’s waste time for first 2 weeks instead of reviewing material from last year or filling in a gap. Why not teach cursive for 2 weeks along with the ‘team building.’

Just don't send it back. Its not my job to remember to charge school equipment that I don't see any value for.

Hmmm, just add that to the list of annoying parents (a big reason why teachers are leaving).

If you can't teach without chaining the kids to ST Math and google slides, you should probably get out of teaching, TBH.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Curious to how much tech has been used the first two days. My kid said they logged in yesterday and today used it for 20 mins to research something for an assignment. This is 6th grade. Honestly, I am fine with my kid using tech as long as they are not on it all day.

I teach third grade. Our grade level doesn’t plan on having them log in until next week at the earliest. After that they won’t be using their laptops daily. They didn’t last year. It will vary.

Why do 3rd graders need to be on laptops at all? These kids missed 1/3rd of K, all of a normal forsr
Grade
and had tons of covid disruptions last year and probably too much laptop time. Let them have one normal year of quality education.

Laptops were used pre covid! You all act like schools never used tech before covid. Literally every K-3 teacher uses tech for county assessments and maybe a literacy station. Maybe they use wixie at some point. If you feel the tech usage is beyond that and you gave concerns, discuss with the teacher. Obviously tech usage will vary from school to school and classroom to classroom. But saying no technology in the year 2022 is ridiculous.

If the laptop cart was only pulled into the room a few times a year for assessments and there was one computer in the classroom for a station, no one would conplain. That was our school pre-covid. The education my younger child is getting at the same school, 3 years younger, is absolute garbage compared to his older sister. Last year they were on the laptops all day long in 4th. Thats not teaching or learning. Hoping this year he has a teacher with some professional self respect who can use tech sparingly, as it is meant to be used in k-8.

Agree. No one is saying no tech, ever. People are saying kids don't need to drag them back and forth and use them EVERY DAY. These kids have had too much of their education trashed by virtual garbage and google slides. Keep the laptops put away and provide a real education.

[Anonymous]

Teachers get evaluated the the admin on how well they use technology and whether they are incorporating it into their lessons. The admin goes hog wild and loves when teachers use as much technology as they can.

[Anonymous]

I am not FCPS IT or tech support. I am not adding anything involving school laptops to my mental load. I don't think they should be on them every day or even every week, and last year they were on the screens all. the. time. "Digital notebooks!"

Any laptop that comes home will be put away in a drawer until June.

If the laptops are used only every once in awhile, they should go a good long time between charges.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Teachers get evaluated the the admin on how well they use technology and whether they are incorporating it into their lessons. The admin goes hog wild and loves when teachers use as much technology as they can.

So we should go right to the school admin or the regional principal if we have concerns regarding overuse of laptops/screen time?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Curious to how much tech has been used the first two days. My kid said they logged in yesterday and today used it for 20 mins to research something for an assignment. This is 6th grade. Honestly, I am fine with my kid using tech as long as they are not on it all day.

I teach third grade. Our grade level doesn’t plan on having them log in until next week at the earliest. After that they won’t be using their laptops daily. They didn’t last year. It will vary.

Why do 3rd graders need to be on laptops at all? These kids missed 1/3rd of K, all of a normal forsr
Grade
and had tons of covid disruptions last year and probably too much laptop time. Let them have one normal year of quality education.

Totally agree. And they didn’t get a chance to learn to write properly with pen and paper. The last thing my son needs is more screen time.

If they're going to copy something off a website, forcing them to write it out by hand rather than simply cut and paste would be more beneficial for their penmanship in grades k-3.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Curious to how much tech has been used the first two days. My kid said they logged in yesterday and today used it for 20 mins to research something for an assignment. This is 6th grade. Honestly, I am fine with my kid using tech as long as they are not on it all day.

I teach third grade. Our grade level doesn’t plan on having them log in until next week at the earliest. After that they won’t be using their laptops daily. They didn’t last year. It will vary.

Why do 3rd graders need to be on laptops at all? These kids missed 1/3rd of K, all of a normal forsr
Grade
and had tons of covid disruptions last year and probably too much laptop time. Let them have one normal year of quality education.

Totally agree. And they didn’t get a chance to learn to write properly with pen and paper. The last thing my son needs is more screen time.

If they're going to copy something off a website, forcing them to write it out by hand rather than simply cut and paste would be more beneficial for their penmanship in grades k-3.

Have you seen the handwriting for current 6th graders? Its terrible. These are kids who did no writing for school for the last third of 3rd grade, all of 4th grade, and then some spent most of 5th on their laptops. Every kid should be writing by hand, for penmanship AND because it is proven to help the brain remember.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Teachers get evaluated the the admin on how well they use technology and whether they are incorporating it into their lessons. The admin goes hog wild and loves when teachers use as much technology as they can.

So we should go right to the school admin or the regional principal if we have concerns regarding overuse of laptops/screen time?

I am getting concerned with all the reports of kids being on laptops all day. I thought we were done with that after the year schools were closed. If this becomes an issue, who is the person to go to?

I did just sign up for the lightspeed report so I can monitor the screentime.