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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I don’t really think we need to start with a Chromebooks in k to teach kids how to use a mouse and keyboard.  Their hands are so small anyway at that age!  Not like you will teach a 5 year old touch typing.  They need to learn how to actually handwrite at that age.

If we want to introduce Chromebooks to get kids used to typing and mouse usage and research, it would be completely reasonable to wait until 4th grade.[/quote]

The problem is that k starts taking mClass assessments on the chromebook and need to know how to use a touch pad or mouse. But in general, most primary classrooms don't use chrome books often.[/quote]

I have to disagree.  My kid is in K this year.  The kids use Chromebooks almost daily.  One of the centers is on Chromebooks, so the kids rotate through it while the teacher is doing small group reading.  There are 4 Chromebooks set up at that center.  So the small groups rotate through.

Then they have separate Chromebook time where they play games for Math.  Instead of actually working with manipulatives, or playing Math games, they seem to rely on the Math games online.  Personally, I really dislike this because I’m fairly certain that i’ve read studies that kids get more out of actually physically handling the manipulative versus learning math from a screen.  They get this Chromebook time about 4 times a week.  I get that it’s easier to set each K kid in front of a screen but it’s somewhat disheartening.  My kid is great as pressing arrows to move from screen to screen so I guess that’s good?

Plus the poor K teacher gets so frustrated because the kids always accidentally shut down the Chromebooks on a regular basis.  They are supposed to leave them on because it takes forever to turn them back on after they have been turned off.  This is particularly a pain when the kids are in small groups.  The teacher has to leave the small group that she’s giving direct instruction to (meaning those kids miss out on their direct instruction) to go and reboot the damn Chromebook.[/quote]

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