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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I would love to see added to this EO that Virginia schools allow no more thank 30 minutes of computer time  for early childhood classes (K-2) [b]per week[/b], no more than 1 hour of computer time for 3rd and 4th grade [b]per week[/b] and no more than 30 minutes of computer time [b]per day[/b] for 5th and 6th grade.

One of the worst things to come out of pandemic school is the over reliance of 1:1 laptops in elementary school.  We know without a doubt that daily screen time is very bad for children's development.

Get back to traditional teaching/shared class carts and ditch the reliance on 1:1 laptops for most of elementary school.[/quote]

This.  My DD just graduated with teaching degree and during her student teaching in early elementary grades she was "required" to have each student read for at least 30 minutes....great right?  Reading on a freaking tablet!!  I mean seriously. I thought that was insane.  Then for logging in...each student was supposed to remember to login to their laptop and use a pw....half the time my DD just did it for them because the amount of time it took 2nd graders to type it all in was excruciatingly slow and time consuming. And this was a Title 1 school with early elementary students already struggling.

And then during an interview up here she asks about cell phone usage policy for students and is told that isn't really the problem - it's the smart watches and kids texting back n forth with their parents that's the issue...because a parent saying "oh, I don't let my elementary age child bring his/her cell phone to school" but turns around and gives them a smartphone is really any better? I haven't ready the EO, but wonder if it mentions anything about smart watches.

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...but turns around and gives them a [b]smart watch[/b] is really any better? I haven't ready the EO, but wonder if it mentions anything about smart watches.[/quote]

iWatches are phone, just a different form factor. Laptops / ipads, TVs and the like CAN also be phones. So yes, if cell phones are banned, connected watches will also be banned.[/quote]

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