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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I am a school psychologist and my husband teaches middle school. We pulled out kids out of public school last year in part because we found our 3rd and 5th grade spent too much time on iPads and chrome books. And when we really started looking at what they were doing and learning we realized we needed to move them to a parochial school with limited technologies. Our fifth grader learned how to watch music videos or play games and listen to music and then when the teacher walked by he would switch screens. The 5th graders were messenging each other about social things instead of paying attention to lessons. Kids were allowed to have their cell phones out. In math the teacher wouldn't teach and instead tell them to go to khan academy or other free math programs but never really checked what they were doing. When they had to read my son would set it to read aloud and he would be playing games instead of focusing.

Here is a summary of an interesting research study showing handwriting notes is better than typing.
https://www.npr.org/2016/04/17/474525392/attention-students-put-your-laptops-away
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You are in a school system and your husband is a middle school teacher?  May I suggest professional development? 
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