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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I’m one of the “maniacs” above. I’m not irate about YouTube readalouds themselves, but what they represent: the sweeping acceptance that digital substitutes are acceptable when they are a net negative and everyone knows it! Readalouds are probably one of the least problematic substitutions. See PP’s great point about math manipulatives. See the proliferation of app assessments. Encanto screenings at celebrations. On and on.

I don’t blame teachers for any of it. Edutech is a big business, as is curricular design, as is IT support…and Covid just accelerated the trend. meanwhile Silicon Valley execs send their kids to tech-free schools. [/quote]

I teach in another MD district. We are required to use the various platforms a minimum amount each week per student. Amplify, iReady, Zearn, etc. Results of usage are sent to principals weekly and the rankings are shared during principal meetings. No principal wants to be at the bottom of the list so they come back to school and create incentives for classes to use these platforms. It's considered personalized learning and the time is built into our schedule but we have so much to cover during the day that was often don't get to it.[/quote]

This is so dystopian. [/quote]

Like the PP said.  This is big business and there is money to be made.  [/quote]

And the textbook industry isn’t? Those textbooks parents long for were serious money machines, with minor changes being made to “update” the material so schools had to buy new ones every few years. It was an absolute machine that schools were inevitably locked into.

Not saying MCPS couldn’t do better with the consistency and availability of online curriculum resources, but going back to a dependence on physical textbooks isn’t the answer. [/quote]

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