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Anonymous wrote:OK, here is my official screen time response. This is from the OP. I think screens should be banned for kids from K to five. I think we should return to work books with handwriting, phonics, awareness, phonemic awareness, and everything else that goes along with the research that supports our kids in learning how to read and write.

As a fellow educator, thank you for your opinion. I couldn't disagree more. There are so many powerful ways to leverage tech in school and minimizing it as screen time doesn't really help acknowledge the fact that tech is prevalent in children's lives

Another teacher here. This is a ridiculous response. The reality is that many children, especially middle and high school age, are on screens 24-7, and this is why all electronics should be banned in school. They should only be sparingly allowed at the teacher’s discretion. I teach HS and cheating using AI is rampant. Also, kids are coming to HS with extremely low reading and writing skills. Just the other day, I had my students read a short informational text, and several students flipped out and said that 3-4 paragraphs is too much reading for them and they need ChatGPT to summarize the main points. These are 11th graders

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OK, here is my official screen time response. This is from the OP. I think screens should be banned for kids from K to five. I think we should return to work books with handwriting, phonics, awareness, phonemic awareness, and everything else that goes along with the research that supports our kids in learning how to read and write.

As a fellow educator, thank you for your opinion. I couldn't disagree more. There are so many powerful ways to leverage tech in school and minimizing it as screen time doesn't really help acknowledge the fact that tech is prevalent in children's lives

What about the effect of screens on developing brains and the kids' attention span?

What about parents who try to limit screen time--consistent with recommendations of the vast majority of health experts--only to have their efforts undermined by a few teachers that decided kids screen-time works well for them and their limited, short-term purposes?

Exactly. 7:07 remains silent. Screens are an absolute negative for young children.

I wasn't looking for a discussion, just wanted to include a different opinion. You are entitled to yours!

Well, you should respect the opinions of the parents in your classes, some of whom are surely trying desperately curtail screentime.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OK, here is my official screen time response. This is from the OP. I think screens should be banned for kids from K to five. I think we should return to work books with handwriting, phonics, awareness, phonemic awareness, and everything else that goes along with the research that supports our kids in learning how to read and write.

As a fellow educator, thank you for your opinion. I couldn't disagree more. There are so many powerful ways to leverage tech in school and minimizing it as screen time doesn't really help acknowledge the fact that tech is prevalent in children's lives

What about the effect of screens on developing brains and the kids' attention span?

What about parents who try to limit screen time--consistent with recommendations of the vast majority of health experts--only to have their efforts undermined by a few teachers that decided kids screen-time works well for them and their limited, short-term purposes?

Exactly. 7:07 remains silent. Screens are an absolute negative for young children.

I wasn't looking for a discussion, just wanted to include a different opinion. You are entitled to yours!

teachers dont have to live in the district they teach in and people leaving dc to move closer to family happens all the time