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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I don't think they need them. Mine uses it for Itrace and zearn. Maybe Zearn, but Itrace should be replaced with actual writing practice.[/quote]
[b]Why TF do kids need to do zearn anyway?[/b] Put it on paper! Then the information will actually stick! It's lazy, stupid, and the result of some schmo who is friends with a higher up at the public school system who managed to sell them on their stupid ineffective software.[/quote]
Because it is easier to stick kids in front of computers than to provide actual instruction from a human being. And yep, "Edtech" is a huge business...follow the money. Always. [/quote]

Yep and this is also a natural and necessary consequence of continually increasing class sizes and no differentiation. Teachers are struggling and this is an easy shortcut.[/quote]

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I’m not a fan of screens in elementary school in the younger grades but understand why iPads and Chromebooks are used. My kids don’t use or own tablets at home. My kids’ teachers use Lexia and ST Math as a small group rotation so they can have time for some differentiation. Class sizes are too big. [b]Because tracking is no longer in practice, the skill levels in one class are too extreme.[/b][/quote]

What does this mean?[/quote]

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