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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Let us know what you find. Most private have parents who think screentime in school is preparing the kids for AI.[/quote]

There are plenty of legitimate uses of tech in moderation that have nothing to do with AI.[/quote]

The "screentime" debate has devolved so far that the real role of tech in the classroom gets reduced to a simple "Screen bad, book good" when kids and adults alike use technology throughout the day every day of their lives.

Teachers have to make sure kids can use that technology effectively for researching and writing on their own.  The idea that reading a physical book and writing by hand is going to make your kid a super whiz to function in the modern world is an ideological stance, not a practical one.  No one at their future employers staff meeting will be there without a laptop, and their boss won't want work submitted on paper. They won't be sourcing and evaluating much printed info either.

It will all be on a screen.

At the same time, you have to keep kids out of the games/YouTube/TikTok rabbit hole that just sucks their brains into the entertainment dimension.

Good privates with small classes work hard to find that balance.  Bigger schools will struggle mightily.  Teachers just can't track what 100s of kids do all day.

That's the reality.[/quote]

The research and computer-based program elements can all be developed in high school.  All students would benefit from a few more years of pen in hand fully K-8.  [b]Not one student is hurt by low / no tech.[/b]  However many, many are hurt by tech in place of pencil / paper / book learning.  Tech in the lower grades hurts the lower- and middle-class students the most and of course, a good percent of boys. [/quote]

There are plenty of kids with disabilities who would be hurt by no tech. Students with communication disabilities who need AAC (communication) devices. Students with dyslexia or who are blind who need audiobooks. Students with dysgraphia or certain physical disabilities who can't hold a pencil/write. [/quote]

We need to have students with disabilities have the tools that work for them.  But this does not require all students to be held hostage by tech that is impeding their academic progress.  Reading tutors certified in Orton-Gillingham will tell you that writing in script is a BENEFIT for dyslexic students.  There is something about the hand / brain connection that improves their performance.  So, I'd argue that every tech tool should be analyzed if it is actually better for the student.  The answer for special situations could very well be a mix.  But again, the benefits of traditional education for the general student population that includes books, pencils, long division etc... all the old fashioned stuff FAR EXCEEDs today's EdTech results.  [/quote]

Agreed that there should be an individualized assessment about the appropriateness of tech. But the PP's assertion that no tech harms "no one" erases the experience and needs of students with disabilities -- something that happens all too often in the private school world.[/quote]

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