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

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Maybe someone should mention the excessive laptop use in lieu of instruction to the new superintendent at one of her listening sessions.

That would be wonderful.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Even if they only last four hours, one charge should last all week if the laptops are being used sparingly and adjacent to real instruction. So I would charge once per week, on Sunday night.

Agree this seems reasonable. Surely k-6 won't be on laptops more than 30
Min or so a day!!!

Lol!!! My fourth grader spend 3 hours daily last year (I got the light speed reports). Va studies was basically all online (review digital textbook and do work online), math was on the computer every class (answer surveys so teacher would get immediate responses from kids, do digital worksheets, etc.) — they had paper to work through problems but everything was based on online work and turned in that way, in language arts— digital notebooks for all writing assigmnets, google slide shows for all project sommelier of posters or reports, laptops used in Spanish and PE!!. All work that came home to be finished or homework was digital (slideshow or flip grid). I used to sav my kids work and there was almost nothing to save last year aside from some art work. We had to buy online workbooks to get our child some multiplications Ms division straight forward practice. I tried to print as much as I could from schoology so cold could reference print material, but it’s time consuming and a lot of the digital work doesnt lend itself to being printed and done by hand. Awful, awful, awful.
And yes, backpacks are too heavy.

+1. This happened at our elementary school. The laptop was used in every room and every subject.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Even if they only last four hours, one charge should last all week if the laptops are being used sparingly and adjacent to real instruction. So I would charge once per week, on Sunday night.

Agree this seems reasonable. Surely k-6 won't be on laptops more than 30
Min or so a day!!!

Lol!!! My fourth grader spend 3 hours daily last year (I got the light speed reports). Va studies was basically all online (review digital textbook and do work online), math was on the computer every class (answer surveys so teacher would get immediate responses from kids, do digital worksheets, etc.) — they had paper to work through problems but everything was based on online work and turned in that way, in language arts— digital notebooks for all writing assigmnets, google slide shows for all project sommelier of posters or reports, laptops used in Spanish and PE!!. All work that came home to be finished or homework was digital (slideshow or flip grid). I used to sav my kids work and there was almost nothing to save last year aside from some art work. We had to buy online workbooks to get our child some multiplications Ms division straight forward practice. I tried to print as much as I could from schoology so cold could reference print material, but it’s time consuming and a lot of the digital work doesnt lend itself to being printed and done by hand. Awful, awful, awful.
And yes, backpacks are too heavy.

Yes yes yes! Same experience for my third grader.

Teacher here who has posted previously. What you are sharing is not the norm and not ok. Being on for every subject is poor teaching. Notebooks should absolutely be paper/pencil and kids should be writing in notebooks. I am a huge proponent for tech use as a tool but there is no need to have digital notebooks when kids are back in the building. There needs to be balance. When I plan my day, I purposely figure out when tech will be needed to make sure I am not overloading.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Even if they only last four hours, one charge should last all week if the laptops are being used sparingly and adjacent to real instruction. So I would charge once per week, on Sunday night.

Agree this seems reasonable. Surely k-6 won't be on laptops more than 30
Min or so a day!!!

Lol!!! My fourth grader spend 3 hours daily last year (I got the light speed reports). Va studies was basically all online (review digital textbook and do work online), math was on the computer every class (answer surveys so teacher would get immediate responses from kids, do digital worksheets, etc.) — they had paper to work through problems but everything was based on online work and turned in that way, in language arts— digital notebooks for all writing assigmnets, google slide shows for all project sommelier of posters or reports, laptops used in Spanish and PE!!. All work that came home to be finished or homework was digital (slideshow or flip grid). I used to sav my kids work and there was almost nothing to save last year aside from some art work. We had to buy online workbooks to get our child some multiplications Ms division straight forward practice. I tried to print as much as I could from schoology so cold could reference print material, but it’s time consuming and a lot of the digital work doesnt lend itself to being printed and done by hand. Awful, awful, awful.
And yes, backpacks are too heavy.

Yes yes yes! Same experience for my third grader.

Teacher here who has posted previously. What you are sharing is not the norm and not ok. Being on for every subject is poor teaching. Notebooks should absolutely be paper/pencil and kids should be writing in notebooks. I am a huge proponent for tech use as a tool but there is no need to have digital notebooks when kids are back in the building. There needs to be balance. When I plan my day, I purposely figure out when tech will be needed to make sure I am not overloading.

We’ll I’m glad if it’s really not the norm, but that doesn’t help make up for an awful wasted year for all the current 5th graders at our school, and my concern is that it shouldn’t be allowed to begin with. Teachers of elementary students should t have the discretion to do the vast majority of teaching through a computer.

[Anonymous]

My kids haven't received laptops yet.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My kids haven't received laptops yet.

Count your belissings!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My kids haven't received laptops yet.

The teachers might want to teach the digital citizenship lessons first. That’s what we are doing.

Third Grade Teacher

[Anonymous]

Where can we check how much the laptop has been used on a given day? We just returned to FCPS and our previous school used very little tech. I can tell I am going to have much less understanding of what my child is doing at school because very few papers will be coming home. It would be nice to be able to get a quick look at what they are doing somehow.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Even if they only last four hours, one charge should last all week if the laptops are being used sparingly and adjacent to real instruction. So I would charge once per week, on Sunday night.

Agree this seems reasonable. Surely k-6 won't be on laptops more than 30
Min or so a day!!!

Lol!!! My fourth grader spend 3 hours daily last year (I got the light speed reports). Va studies was basically all online (review digital textbook and do work online), math was on the computer every class (answer surveys so teacher would get immediate responses from kids, do digital worksheets, etc.) — they had paper to work through problems but everything was based on online work and turned in that way, in language arts— digital notebooks for all writing assigmnets, google slide shows for all project sommelier of posters or reports, laptops used in Spanish and PE!!. All work that came home to be finished or homework was digital (slideshow or flip grid). I used to sav my kids work and there was almost nothing to save last year aside from some art work. We had to buy online workbooks to get our child some multiplications Ms division straight forward practice. I tried to print as much as I could from schoology so cold could reference print material, but it’s time consuming and a lot of the digital work doesnt lend itself to being printed and done by hand. Awful, awful, awful.
And yes, backpacks are too heavy.

“Sommelier” = “instead of”

LOL, the fact that your phone autocorrected is very telling. 😊

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Even if they only last four hours, one charge should last all week if the laptops are being used sparingly and adjacent to real instruction. So I would charge once per week, on Sunday night.

Agree this seems reasonable. Surely k-6 won't be on laptops more than 30
Min or so a day!!!

Lol!!! My fourth grader spend 3 hours daily last year (I got the light speed reports). Va studies was basically all online (review digital textbook and do work online), math was on the computer every class (answer surveys so teacher would get immediate responses from kids, do digital worksheets, etc.) — they had paper to work through problems but everything was based on online work and turned in that way, in language arts— digital notebooks for all writing assigmnets, google slide shows for all project sommelier of posters or reports, laptops used in Spanish and PE!!. All work that came home to be finished or homework was digital (slideshow or flip grid). I used to sav my kids work and there was almost nothing to save last year aside from some art work. We had to buy online workbooks to get our child some multiplications Ms division straight forward practice. I tried to print as much as I could from schoology so cold could reference print material, but it’s time consuming and a lot of the digital work doesnt lend itself to being printed and done by hand. Awful, awful, awful.
And yes, backpacks are too heavy.

Yes yes yes! Same experience for my third grader.

Teacher here who has posted previously. What you are sharing is not the norm and not ok. Being on for every subject is poor teaching. Notebooks should absolutely be paper/pencil and kids should be writing in notebooks. I am a huge proponent for tech use as a tool but there is no need to have digital notebooks when kids are back in the building. There needs to be balance. When I plan my day, I purposely figure out when tech will be needed to make sure I am not overloading.

Different teacher here. Mind your own business. You are judging a teacher based on an anonymous parent forum.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Where can we check how much the laptop has been used on a given day? We just returned to FCPS and our previous school used very little tech. I can tell I am going to have much less understanding of what my child is doing at school because very few papers will be coming home. It would be nice to be able to get a quick look at what they are doing somehow.

Sign-up for the lightspeed reports

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Even if they only last four hours, one charge should last all week if the laptops are being used sparingly and adjacent to real instruction. So I would charge once per week, on Sunday night.

Agree this seems reasonable. Surely k-6 won't be on laptops more than 30
Min or so a day!!!

Lol!!! My fourth grader spend 3 hours daily last year (I got the light speed reports). Va studies was basically all online (review digital textbook and do work online), math was on the computer every class (answer surveys so teacher would get immediate responses from kids, do digital worksheets, etc.) — they had paper to work through problems but everything was based on online work and turned in that way, in language arts— digital notebooks for all writing assigmnets, google slide shows for all project sommelier of posters or reports, laptops used in Spanish and PE!!. All work that came home to be finished or homework was digital (slideshow or flip grid). I used to sav my kids work and there was almost nothing to save last year aside from some art work. We had to buy online workbooks to get our child some multiplications Ms division straight forward practice. I tried to print as much as I could from schoology so cold could reference print material, but it’s time consuming and a lot of the digital work doesnt lend itself to being printed and done by hand. Awful, awful, awful.
And yes, backpacks are too heavy.

Yes yes yes! Same experience for my third grader.

Teacher here who has posted previously. What you are sharing is not the norm and not ok. Being on for every subject is poor teaching. Notebooks should absolutely be paper/pencil and kids should be writing in notebooks. I am a huge proponent for tech use as a tool but there is no need to have digital notebooks when kids are back in the building. There needs to be balance. When I plan my day, I purposely figure out when tech will be needed to make sure I am not overloading.

Different teacher here. Mind your own business. You are judging a teacher based on an anonymous parent forum.

Whoa. Take a chill pill. Literally this whole post people are clamoring about how ALL students were glued to computers last year. I told her this is actually not the norm and many teachers went back to pre- covid tech use. So if a parent is complaining their kid is online all day then they should complain and discuss with teacher. I say this as a teacher who loves tech and used digital interactive notebooks while we are virtual. Kids need balance.