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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Found this on the DCI calendar:

Parent Tech Night 2.0
When
Thu, January 22, 5:30pm – 7:30pm
Description
Please join the DCI Tech Committee & Clever Counter Representatives to learn more & discuss DCI's 1:1 Technology implementation.

Can any DCI parents comment on how this went?[/quote]

Lots of self praise for being chosen Key Note at Google Ed summit.

Other notes:
Parent: have you reached out to other schools or districts for lessons learned?
Admin: That can't be! Google classroom just launched and WE are one of the first schools to implement. 
Spoiler Alert: MCPS rolled out Google Classroom this year too. Sorry DCI

Parent: why the games? Admin: We have 50% kids from below the poverty line who, for some, the Chromebook is the only electronic device in their family. We had a child who didn't know how to type an uppercase letter!!! "We have shattered the digital divide."

2 Parents : our kids get distracted by students playing online games in class
Admin: your child needs to tell the teacher. 
My thoughts, yeh what MS kid is gonna snitch on classmate?

Parent: Are you screening logs for inappropriate content?
Admin: We don't have that capacity, we rely on parents to tell us.

They are open to having a Parent Tech Advisory group and said they would  "think about removing games during class times."[/quote]

Thank you, that is actually very helpful to understand.  There seems to be not only resistance to considering looking more carefully at research and changes to the model, but some real defensiveness too from the administration.  Kind of surprising, given the wealth of experience in founding schools among the founders, that they'd be so very resistant to feedback on this.
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Such a joke. Whoever posted this blatantly and willfully chose to misrepresent the answers and the tone. I was there and can tell you it didn't come across this way at all. There is a core group of about 5 parents whose kids apparently can't control their impulses and use tech responsibly at home and at school and their parents want to make it the school's fault. There are a few more who want to have a different program than what's being offered and are used to throwing their yuppy weight around and getting what they want. It appears many of these people came from feeders, probably were obnoxious there, and continue to be so. I am a 7th grade parent and THRILLED with the program and the responsiveness of all the staff at the school. [/quote]

Not the PP who posted on the meeting, but since you're here and also posting and you feel that was a misrepresentation, then please do specifically share 2 things helpful to this conversation:

1. What is the actual % of time students have access to their Chromebooks in a typical school day?  Including lunch and breaks.
2. If you agree someone raised the concern about access, what was the actual Admin response to what you were describing as 5 families whose kids don't have impulse control?  What did the Administration say about this concern?[/quote]

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