Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Textbooks are superior for learning. I hope people remember though, that handing a kid a textbook for the first time requires teaching them how to use it. So many kids never had a textbook in their lives. It's sad.
DS is in 6th grade and I have seen him use a textbook 1 time - 5th grade Social Studies. We are in a top 10 district in our state, it baffles me. SO MANY copied packets. Now in 6th grade they are piloting a program for Social Studies where the textbook is online. Not thrilled at all about that.
You can buy the textbooks. We do.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Textbooks are superior for learning. I hope people remember though, that handing a kid a textbook for the first time requires teaching them how to use it. So many kids never had a textbook in their lives. It's sad.
DS is in 6th grade and I have seen him use a textbook 1 time - 5th grade Social Studies. We are in a top 10 district in our state, it baffles me. SO MANY copied packets. Now in 6th grade they are piloting a program for Social Studies where the textbook is online. Not thrilled at all about that.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Would also love to hear more stories about how local teachers are able to resist or make adaptations to be more low tech
A teacher might not have say about grants or tech provided to them, but they are not required to use it as they can adapt the curriculum to suit their teaching styles.
Usually only lazy teachers use more tech to glitz up their presentation and wow the rubes.
Anonymous wrote:Our app usage is tracked and if our kids don’t use certain ones 45 minutes each week, admin comes down on us. One teacher refused to use them and was dinged on her professional responsibilities.
Anonymous wrote:Would also love to hear more stories about how local teachers are able to resist or make adaptations to be more low tech
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Reality of Chromebooks is that kids play with stuff other than the lesson.
When they had paper textbooks, they only could look at the textbook. Even if they were on the wrong page for some reason, they still were learning about that subject. Paper textbooks are better.
It’s so sad. We’ve lost so much.
When did the shift away from textbooks happen? And have you seen a difference in kids learning and performance / outcomes?
Anonymous wrote:My classroom is full Harkness, no screens. Everyone comes to the table with what is in their head, their (paper) notebook, and the book we are discussing.
No phones, no computers out. I've also gone back to having all writing be on paper, in class, timed format because that is the only way I can beat AI.
Anonymous wrote:Textbooks are superior for learning. I hope people remember though, that handing a kid a textbook for the first time requires teaching them how to use it. So many kids never had a textbook in their lives. It's sad.