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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP, are you someone who also posts in Arlington Education Matters?[/quote]

Nope. I don't know what that is.

I'm just a parent that isn't a big fan of the push for technology in the classroom and the funding for it. I've always thought it was unnecessary in elementary school and I'd rather see kids do hand-on experiments and creating things with their hands. It's my lack of understanding "how" it's implemented that prompted me to post. [b]I only hear from the kids how they got computer time and got to play math games on the iPad.[/b] Which bothers me. I'd rather they kids socialize and work together on projects rather than group chatting while they are sitting next to each other. I'm only hearing bits and pieces from my kids so I really want to hear from teachers what they think. So far this thread has open my mind to the learning applications technology is having in the classroom when done correctly. And I am seeing some value in it whereas I didn't earlier. I haven't flipped completely but I have a better understanding now. [/quote]

There's far more of this "filler" and "brain break" stuff even in middle and high school than most schools will admit to. I'm not sure it's much different than it was 30 years ago when some students would finish in 10 minutes and a few needed most of the period, and so the ones who were done worked on other assignments, doodled, read books, disrupted class, etc.. But, I also don't like that they spend so man hours in the dark and that each subject requires the same sorts of reading-answer questions-writing skills. Or that it is so easy for a lazy teacher to find yet another video to show and discuss ad nauseum. But, again, lazy teachers gonna laze whatever the technology or lack thereof.

Now, in elementary school, most kids need more practice writing legibly.[b] Keyboarding [/b]can wait.[/quote]

DP.  I'm a teacher who thinks kids need to do more keyboarding, not less.  Our high school students can't type worth a darn on their keyboards and it is a problem for them.  It takes them 2-3 times as long to write a paper because they lack this skill.  It is like trying to scuba dive without fins. They can swim but they aren't getting very far very fast.[/quote]

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