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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Why can’t there at least be an option for no screens until kids master reading, writing, handwriting, arithmetic, polite behavior, and other basic k-8 skills? People who want their kids to be on screens can choose that and those who don’t can choose the no-screen option. [/quote]

As the teacher who posts in here all the time i will chime in.  We teach using the chromebooks but offer paper alternatives to any student who prefers that.  Probably 10% of my kids will choose paper.  The only real issue is that paper copies can be lost and damaged.  For that 10% of kids who do paper work, half of them will lose the assignment before the due date.  There will also be the handful who attempt to gaslight us into believing WE lost it.  The Chromebooks just take all of the human error and risk out of assignments which is nice.

I am sure there will be people here who will immediately jump in and claim its an excuse and that I need to somehow be a better teacher and have better plans to prevent 15 year olds from being irresponsible and trust me we have tried.  We have given students binders and folders that I bought with my own money.  We have required them to return their paper assignments to a class bin for safe keeping until they can resume the next day.  Short of stapling it directly to their chest, i am not sure of anything else i can do to “teenager-proof” these paper assignments.[/quote]

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