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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Laptops are the new norm.  Paper notebooks are slowly going away.  The kids use computers to take notes etc in college.  The high schoolers do the same -- except for the teacher that demand it be hand written  - because that make it harder to cheat.... Yah.....

We had a huge issue when covid hit because so many teachers aren't really integrating technology.  They use computers as a word processor.   Computers are wonderful tools.  They should be an integral part of every class and grade.

I am thrilled to hear K will finally be using laptops.  If all they do is carry it back and forth -- then you have something to complain about.  They should be used every day.[/quote]

I respectfully disagree with you. It's fine to teach kindergartners how to use laptops and it's fine to use them for 15-30 minutes a day, but, no they should not replace reading books and writing on paper.[/quote]

I *dis*respectfully disagree with PP. Paper and pencil is much better for retention and vastly superior to laptops except perhaps for SN kids who can’t write.

Clueless parents/teachers/admin like PP are all like “Our kids won’t be prepared for the real world without spending hours on the computer at age 5!!!” Give me a break. Plenty of respected scientists and engineers did not even touch computers in their formative years, but managed to get STEM PhDs[/quote]

Yes, Steve Jobs famously did not let his own kids use an iPad. He knew that the skills required to design and build computers and also to program them are gained by doing hands on work and being off screens.[/quote]

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