Anonymous
11/19/2025 09:50
Subject: Plummeting literacy & Chromebooks
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:I wish we would go back to the "computer lab" era. I graduated from high school in 2008. In elementary, I remember learning typing, how to make good Powerpoint presentations, using the internet to research, media literacy, digital citizenship. Plus sometimes we'd go to type up papers (but would have to hand write them first!). "Computer class" was a special just like gym, art, and music- once a week for like 45 minutes. It was great.
Teaching kids, intentionally, how to use technology in a productive way, is great. When technology creeps into or downright replaces the math curriculum, the reading curriculum, replaces pencil and paper...that's when it becomes an issue. IMO.
Totally agree.
+1000
Anonymous
11/19/2025 09:48
Subject: Plummeting literacy & Chromebooks
Anonymous wrote:I wish we would go back to the "computer lab" era. I graduated from high school in 2008. In elementary, I remember learning typing, how to make good Powerpoint presentations, using the internet to research, media literacy, digital citizenship. Plus sometimes we'd go to type up papers (but would have to hand write them first!). "Computer class" was a special just like gym, art, and music- once a week for like 45 minutes. It was great.
Teaching kids, intentionally, how to use technology in a productive way, is great. When technology creeps into or downright replaces the math curriculum, the reading curriculum, replaces pencil and paper...that's when it becomes an issue. IMO.
Totally agree.
Anonymous
11/19/2025 08:42
Subject: Plummeting literacy & Chromebooks
Kids know that computers are where the porn is accessed from. You can't give kids the porn machine and say make sure you only work on math and no porn.
Anonymous
11/17/2025 21:08
Subject: Plummeting literacy & Chromebooks
Anonymous wrote:I wish we would go back to the "computer lab" era. I graduated from high school in 2008. In elementary, I remember learning typing, how to make good Powerpoint presentations, using the internet to research, media literacy, digital citizenship. Plus sometimes we'd go to type up papers (but would have to hand write them first!). "Computer class" was a special just like gym, art, and music- once a week for like 45 minutes. It was great.
Teaching kids, intentionally, how to use technology in a productive way, is great. When technology creeps into or downright replaces the math curriculum, the reading curriculum, replaces pencil and paper...that's when it becomes an issue. IMO.
Where did you go to school? Many kids had their own computers or access at home. The expectation was all papers were to be typed.
Anonymous
11/17/2025 21:01
Subject: Plummeting literacy & Chromebooks
Anonymous wrote:Chromebooks should not be used in elementary school. There is no need for technology through 5th grade at least.
MCPS is requiring 30 minutes of FIT/WIN time for every elementary school grade every day, yet not providing schools and teachers with guidance/materials/curriculum for the kids who are on grade level or need enrichment (except grade 3-5 literacy enrichment.) Teachers often just stick them at Chromebooks with "educational" games to keep them occupied so they can help the kids who are behind.
Anonymous
11/17/2025 17:06
Subject: Plummeting literacy & Chromebooks
Anonymous wrote:I wish we would go back to the "computer lab" era. I graduated from high school in 2008. In elementary, I remember learning typing, how to make good Powerpoint presentations, using the internet to research, media literacy, digital citizenship. Plus sometimes we'd go to type up papers (but would have to hand write them first!). "Computer class" was a special just like gym, art, and music- once a week for like 45 minutes. It was great.
Teaching kids, intentionally, how to use technology in a productive way, is great. When technology creeps into or downright replaces the math curriculum, the reading curriculum, replaces pencil and paper...that's when it becomes an issue. IMO.
Anonymous
11/17/2025 17:02
Subject: Plummeting literacy & Chromebooks
I wish we would go back to the "computer lab" era. I graduated from high school in 2008. In elementary, I remember learning typing, how to make good Powerpoint presentations, using the internet to research, media literacy, digital citizenship. Plus sometimes we'd go to type up papers (but would have to hand write them first!). "Computer class" was a special just like gym, art, and music- once a week for like 45 minutes. It was great.
Teaching kids, intentionally, how to use technology in a productive way, is great. When technology creeps into or downright replaces the math curriculum, the reading curriculum, replaces pencil and paper...that's when it becomes an issue. IMO.
Teaching kids, intentionally, how to use technology in a productive way, is great. When technology creeps into or downright replaces the math curriculum, the reading curriculum, replaces pencil and paper...that's when it becomes an issue. IMO.
Anonymous
11/17/2025 16:56
Subject: Plummeting literacy & Chromebooks
Chromebooks should not be used in elementary school. There is no need for technology through 5th grade at least.
Anonymous
11/17/2025 16:46
Subject: Plummeting literacy & Chromebooks
Pyle middle school has the right idea. They took back the one-to-one Chromebooks and are using carts. Teachers are being discouraged from using them unless they are necessary to the lesson. There’s a couple lazy teachers who haven’t changed much, but all the teachers the kids were going to learn from have really shifted their instruction to paper.
Anonymous
11/17/2025 13:58
Subject: Plummeting literacy & Chromebooks
Anonymous wrote:The curriculum and teaching are the issue.
There are a lot of issues
Anonymous
11/16/2025 23:03
Subject: Plummeting literacy & Chromebooks
The curriculum and teaching are the issue.
Anonymous
11/16/2025 22:47
Subject: Plummeting literacy & Chromebooks
What about when the fire teachers calling them bad classroom manager because their kids are addicted to screens