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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Wait until Middle school and playing games during  classes and tests...
Bringing Chromebooks with open internet to school is the worst decision possible by MCPS.
My child became real gamer in school. Students "educate" each other what to play. Nobody watching what is going on.
All study process (except Math) involves computers...[/quote]

Our ES kids seem to have moderate amounts of Chromebook time but it is game heavy.  It is a babysitter to keep them docile alas.  Enables teacher to vope with the realities of a too large class.[/quote]

This isn’t exactly the case.

And the PP who was a teacher was right.  It’s impossible to work in a small group teaching kids reading, and at the same time monitor 5 other kids on the internet.  [/quote]

I don't understand - it's not the case that it's chaos? It sounds just like my kid's 3rd classroom.

[b]If it's impossible to monitor, what should the teacher/MCPS do then?[[/b]/quote]

[b]Ask for classes that are tracked instead of mixed so the teacher can teach the entire class and not spend 90min taking small groups so your child is sitting on a chrome book for 60+min of them.  I volunteer.  I see it all the time.  The kids are addicted to the games.  They rush thru work, so they can play games for minimum 30min.  The kid next to them still working?  He is now consumed on their classmates screen and is not finishing their work.  The teacher?  Clueless as she off at a table with 5 kids.  The smart kids get nothing to stimulate them and they actually get asked to meet about 1/3 of the time the other kids struggling do - well because of testing scores.  The kids struggling will forever struggle.  I have never ever understood mixed classes.  MCPS used to at least track math classes starting in 1st grade and they stopped that with 2.0.  It has been a nightmare for my youngest.  Boring boring, boring.  Now you add these fun chrome books?  Of course they will be addicted.[/b]  [/quote]

I can see how people would call this poster a bitter harpy, but this has also been my observation. For three years (1st, 2nd, 3rd) we have seen all of this (we had chromebook access in early elementary). It is true in many cases, and it's very very frustrating.  [/quote]

Also my observation!  Exactly, exactly how class time works in Early ES in MCPS.  The description is on point.  The kids rush through their work to play on ABCya.  Agree that if one kid is done, and another is not, the one kid will be completely distracted by what the kid next to him is doing on the screen.

Your 1st grader may not be able to write words, but he can certainly work his way around the Chromebook.  And, yes, I get that technology is important, but really, the kids at this age are just learning which buttons to press to get them to the game they are supposed to be playing.

And, the small group learning is ridiculous.  The teacher is off to the side with 5 kids in one of 5 reading groups, while the rest of the kids are just passing time in 'centers'.  Really, they're just chatting, or drawing pictures on the backs of their worksheets, or hanging out lying on their backs, staring out the window.  SO MUCH wasted time.  So MUCH.  [/quote]

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