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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]As a teacher, I would love a tech free classroom. But there are things computers are just far more efficient at. I teach math, so let’s take basic math facts. Sure I can make centers and games and have kids do paper quizzes. But those take time to make and grade and collect data.

Or I can have kids do a program for ten minutes a day that quizzes them on all their facts, identifies which ones they know well and which ones they need to learn, then automatically sets up practice and quizzes on just those facts.

IReady is similar. I teach grade level content, but your kid will be getting limited below or above grade level content from me. Yes I do small groups. But not everyone, everyday. But iReady quizzes your kid on what they know and then gives them lessons on those topics.

If I had more time, I would absolutely love to be able to do more individual planning but by the time I get through everything else I have to do to plan for a regular day, the 50 individualized plans just won’t happen. Hence, computer time. [/quote]

+1. My two children each went to a different DCPS elementary. One went a school where he regularly used Lexia, Reflex, I-Ready, and Zearn. The other school used no programs other than I-Ready.

At the end of elementary, the child using all the apps went to middle school far better prepared than my child who didn’t use apps, because the programs addressed all his weaknesses and made sure he had his math facts memorized, and phonics/grammar/spelling well understood. I’ve had to make up for all the gaps of my other child on my own, and it’s been an uphill road.[/quote]

That is interesting. My kid went to a title 1 for early elementary and a non-title 1 for the latter half, and there is dramatically less screen time at the non-title 1, like "brain breaks" at the Title 1 were on screens, but at the non-Title 1 the kids relax in hands on centers, non-Title 1 has more hands on projects, non title 1 has more physical books, title 1 read books on the app, and many other examples like that. The number of apps used on Clever at the Title 1 was enormous, at the non-Title 1 it's only iReady.  the second school let me kid use iReady for what seemed like almost an hour a day, and their math progress was huge (like 4 grade levels  of growth in one year). I think that was only possible on an app and would have been much harder on paper.[/quote]

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