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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]^This. My children's health and wellness is my number 1 priority. Tech-rich environments are unhealthy for kids. The science is clear. I'm surprised at the number of parents complacent with this. The exposure to radiation alone scared the crap out of me. Young bodies with cells reproducing as fast as a child's are rife with the potential from real negative health effects. Who, in their right mind, would be okay with that? Not a parent focused on their kid. I'm really sad about this because I was excited by the program that DCI touted, which sounded unique in the nation. No where did they advertise this hyper focus on technology and Chrome books. If they had they may have gotten schooled early on that parents would not tolerate an unhealthy tech focus for their kids. I already know one family leaving their feeder school for Basis instead of completing their last year at their immersion school. So that particular feeder school will miss out on one more year of payment for a pupil (it's unlikely that slot will be filled by anyone) and DCI is missing out on a qualified applicant with language ability. It's a shame on all counts.[/quote]

Completely agree, but I don't think it's common knowledge yet why you and I, and many others, as parents are totally turned off by this heavy tech exposure.  Every time the conversation comes up in these threads there are posters who think we're "anti-technology" and who talk about how many people will rush to fill our spots if we leave (which, I think is true at least right now).  While the research is already starting to be out there about why this much exposure for middle and high school age students is a bad idea, you kind of have to be looking for the info or really paying attention.  So far it seems like the majority of parents feel like it's the wave of the present and they are excited for their kids to ride it.  I understand feeling that way, but I'm clear my kid will be plenty tech savvy without spending the majority of each school day for YEARS looking at a chromebook.

The first time I really sat up and paid attention was reading a couple of articles about how many of the tech CEOs have super-limited tech exposure for their kids, even doing Waldorf and Waldorf-like private schools which allow almost no tech.  If anyone is up on the research on the effects on kids, it's those tech innovators and leaders, so why are they choosing to keep their kids mostly unplugged for their school-aged years?

Just really hoping DCI admins will wake up and modify this before my kids are having to decide whether we try for BASIS or Latin or not.  :( [/quote]

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