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.

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.
DP

It goes both ways.

We had extensive FCPS experience before making the switch.

[Anonymous]

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.

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.

You know the answer and I'll say it for you - They have to have the feeling of superiority for all the $$$ they're spending.
DP

[Anonymous]

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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.

I subbed in several classrooms in which I was given a physical book but told to play the video version of it for the kids. This also happened while subbing in the library - of all places! The books are there, but the teachers are instructed to show the video instead of just reading it themselves. It’s madness.

[Anonymous]

My K kid (different district) described his day for me. Morning song (YouTube video). Language Arts (Jack Hartmann video). Storytime (Youtube video.) 30 minutes of IReady math on the iPad. Indoor recess because it was raining - watching Blippi on Youtube. And so on.
What really got me was that the other K teacher who was grandma-age didn't do most of this (other than the IReady.) She had real books, board games and Legos for indoor recess and SANG THE MORNING SONG with the kids! I just happened to get stuck with the 20-something teacher who felt her job was to be the Youtube ringmaster.

[Anonymous]

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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.

OP here. I remember having a good laugh over that when my children were in Kindergarten. I mean, what? An actor reading a book on a screen, while the teacher sits in the back of the room next to a shelf full of books! All these little abuses of the technology in the classroom add up to the kids learning less and being able to focus less.

I watched Reading Rainbow as a child and turned out fine. In fact some of my favorite books are ones I saw on that show.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My K kid (different district) described his day for me. Morning song (YouTube video). Language Arts (Jack Hartmann video). Storytime (Youtube video.) 30 minutes of IReady math on the iPad. Indoor recess because it was raining - watching Blippi on Youtube. And so on.
What really got me was that the other K teacher who was grandma-age didn't do most of this (other than the IReady.) She had real books, board games and Legos for indoor recess and SANG THE MORNING SONG with the kids! I just happened to get stuck with the 20-something teacher who felt her job was to be the Youtube ringmaster.

One of my kids had a K teacher like this. Those teachers are treasures.

[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.

OP here. I remember having a good laugh over that when my children were in Kindergarten. I mean, what? An actor reading a book on a screen, while the teacher sits in the back of the room next to a shelf full of books! All these little abuses of the technology in the classroom add up to the kids learning less and being able to focus less.

I watched Reading Rainbow as a child and turned out fine. In fact some of my favorite books are ones I saw on that show.

You watched Reading Rainbow for a very limited amount of time (Because it was a 30-minute once weekly show as most were at that time, and there was no ability to endlessly stream things and "binge" watch). This was also in your free time IN ADDITION to your schooling, not as a substitute for it. It's clearly not the same thing.

[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.

OP here. I remember having a good laugh over that when my children were in Kindergarten. I mean, what? An actor reading a book on a screen, while the teacher sits in the back of the room next to a shelf full of books! All these little abuses of the technology in the classroom add up to the kids learning less and being able to focus less.

I watched Reading Rainbow as a child and turned out fine. In fact some of my favorite books are ones I saw on that show.

You watched Reading Rainbow for a very limited amount of time (Because it was a 30-minute once weekly show as most were at that time, and there was no ability to endlessly stream things and "binge" watch). This was also in your free time IN ADDITION to your schooling, not as a substitute for it. It's clearly not the same thing.

I LOVED reading rainbow too! I was a child of the 80s and while we didn’t have TVs in each classroom (the challenger space shuttle launch (for example) was watched by combing it all 4 classrooms in the grade level together) we did watch a LOT of boring boring filmstrips. The only good part was if you were chosen to turn the filmstrips at the beeps.

In Kindergarten the teacher had a piano she played for singing patriotic songs, but we also had plenty of records we danced and sung too as well. Tech has been used for a long time in schools.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

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.

I subbed in several classrooms in which I was given a physical book but told to play the video version of it for the kids. This also happened while subbing in the library - of all places! The books are there, but the teachers are instructed to show the video instead of just reading it themselves. It’s madness.

You can see the pictures better if you play it on the screen.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:A fourth grade teacher at Spring Hill elementary told kids in class that he doesn’t get paid enough so he has to review headphones and post videos about them so kids should not expect their homework to be graded. He gave 0 homework for the year and the kids loved him. At least the screens did the teaching!

WTF? Was he fired?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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.

My child had a brand new teacher for Kindergarten (she was probably 24-25 years old) and she did the same.

Meaning, she had a rocking chair (that was also a "special treat" for kids sometimes) and she read the kids books for story time. Sometimes the kids read each other books, and sometimes parents came in and read books. Stop vilifying all young teachers, they're not the same.

[Anonymous]

Cooper Middle School is the worst about this. They play sports during lunch to keep the boys under control.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:A fourth grade teacher at Spring Hill elementary told kids in class that he doesn’t get paid enough so he has to review headphones and post videos about them so kids should not expect their homework to be graded. He gave 0 homework for the year and the kids loved him. At least the screens did the teaching!

WTF? Was he fired?

Of course he wasn’t.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:A fourth grade teacher at Spring Hill elementary told kids in class that he doesn’t get paid enough so he has to review headphones and post videos about them so kids should not expect their homework to be graded. He gave 0 homework for the year and the kids loved him. At least the screens did the teaching!

Teachers are entitled to work to their contract.

[Anonymous]

Ok-fine no screens in the cafeteria. But can we please stop bashing teachers. Why don’t you step in and do their job. It’s not easy especially with critical parents.