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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I understand the sentiment, but I also think that in HS, there's a flip side. You want you kid to be extremely comfortable with technology - for everything - because if they are not, they will struggle to keep up with their peers in HS on many things. Even if you find a MS/HS that uses technology only in the computer lab, then when they hit college, your kid will be at an even bigger deficit. Forget the workforce. My firm's operating model is zero paper. Young professionals need to be extremely quick with technology, because if they are not, they will not last long.

I'm not advocating all-screens, all-the-time, but a balance truly is better than that. In our kid's HS, they still read paper books, write essays and tests by hand (thanks, AI), and fortunately require kids to use paper in subjects like math and physics where writing down how you got the solution is critical to learning. But a lot of tasks and processes are computer-based, and it's better that way because that's real life and it's more efficient.

I used to think the same way about AI. Now, having seen it at work and realizing that if you do not know how to use AI effectively, regardless of what you think of it, you will be roadkill in this economy. There is a time and place for it in HS education, and I'm glad that our kid's HS is incorporating it, hopefully prudently, into the curriculum, because that is real life, too. [/quote]

I agree, in that facility with computers is a base level requirement for college and the workforce. I graduated from college almost 20 years ago and, while we still had to print out papers to hand them in, I did nearly all writing and research on a laptop. I don't have a problem with my kids, say, writing an in-class essay on a tablet or laptop, using Excel to work with data, doing online research, etc.

But I don't agree that we need to teach students specific digital skills to avoid disadvantaging them. Just a few years ago, we were saying you had to learn to code if you wanted a high-paying job. Now all of a sudden, we have AI and those jobs are much less plentiful. The truth is technology moves insanely fast and we don't know what skills will be most helpful in college to a kid who is currently in 9th grade. We have the core school subjects (history, science, language, math) because they're proven themselves valuable/flexible in the long-term.

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