Reply to Kindergartners and email/texts

Forum Index » Elementary School-Aged Kids

Reply to "Kindergartners and email/texts"

Subject:

Emoticons





More smilies

Text Color: Font: Close Marks

[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I got a note today from his teacher that he's been upset going to computer lab because he doesn't like the typing game they play, and she thinks it's because he's not good at it and/or not comfortable with technology.

My guess is he finds typing much harder than texting..[/quote]

This is OP. Was amused reading through the thread and the turn it took towards sanctimony re screen time.

We played the game at home last night - It consists of seeing a letter on the screen and finding it on the keyboard. If you get a certain number in a row, you get to the next level.  There's a time limit to find each letter (and it's not a ton of time for someone just figuring out qwerty). If you hit the wrong key or don't hit the letter in time you drop back to the beginning of the level. Parts of the screen starts flashing as you get close to the time limit. Honestly it is a stressful game and I would bet lots of kids don't like it - especially if they have any tendencies towards anxiety. I assume he was demonstrably upset which is why she emailed me... But the game kind of sucks and I still don't think his not wanting to go to computer lab had anything to do with confidence or comfort around computers. [/quote]

Options

	Disable HTML in this message
	Disable BB Code in this message
	Disable smilies in this message

Review message

Search Recent Topics Hottest Topics