Anonymous wrote:Ridiculous. My son is in 6th grade in a middle class type school and NONE of this friends have phones. And he has a lot of friends. My 4th grader's friends certainly don't have phones.

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Anonymous wrote:Mark my words, the way these kids use the laptops during school time is going to be a major problem.

Kids are going to surf the web and youtube etc.

It's going to be a major problem and the schools have no recourse because online learning in person is not part of the education curriculum or agreed upon method of teaching as per VDOE guidelines.

It's easy for the schools to block that.

They don't. They can't since teachers use it every day.

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Anonymous wrote:At least they're in the classroom and that is half the battle.

What magic occurs in the school building while the teacher continues to teach online?

Anonymous wrote:I teach fifth grade. If students try to get on other applications or videos during a classroom activity I tell them to get off; and they listen to me because I'm their teacher and those are my expectations. Not sure why this post discussion is so long, it's never been a problem before (at least in ES).

Anonymous wrote:“ If your kid is determined to screw off and play games or watch youtube at home, then guess what: they will do it at school too.”

Which is why theirs should be on FCPS to block their laptops from accessing YouTube and other sites. Allow teachers to access it and they can show what is needed.

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Anonymous wrote:Mark my words, the way these kids use the laptops during school time is going to be a major problem.

Kids are going to surf the web and youtube etc.

It's going to be a major problem and the schools have no recourse because online learning in person is not part of the education curriculum or agreed upon method of teaching as per VDOE guidelines.

ok? The do the same now

I am a parent who refuses to discipline my child and I am very concerned that schools think that extending the online to inperson is going to be a problem, my kid is not able to focus online unless the laptops are configured to lockdown all services except for BB. It has been a constant battle because my kid is not engaged in online and end up moving on to games, youtube etc. which are all open on fcps laptops.

This online learning was never meant to be a replacement for in-person, it was a stop gap while covid shutdown schools and was never supposed to go on longer than a few months. It is bad.

Fixed this for you.

Okay, so teachers are going to be on top of this in the classroom. Good to hear.

Anonymous wrote:Ridiculous. My son is in 6th grade in a middle class type school and NONE of this friends have phones. And he has a lot of friends. My 4th grader's friends certainly don't have phones.

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Anonymous wrote:I’m a high school teacher. That ship sailed long ago. Even the best students do it. I’m not happy about it from a “future of humanity” perspective but teachers made their peace with this pre pandemic.

Why aren't you designing your teaching so that students don't have much time/opportunity to be sitting on their devices?

There is no teaching that is more exciting to a kid determined to be on or addicted to their phone. There just isn’t. I have had parents email me and say “he gets so distracted by his iPad/phone can you just take it in your class?” and I have flat out responded your job is to tell him to leave it at home, not to ask me to confiscate it.

My kids are in elementary school. They don't have phones or tablets. But the schools have decided it's a good idea to let them loose on unlocked laptops. During a pandemic, it's one thing. In a school building, with regular classes, next fall?

I expect my children's teachers to be smarter than that.

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Anonymous wrote:I’m a high school teacher. That ship sailed long ago. Even the best students do it. I’m not happy about it from a “future of humanity” perspective but teachers made their peace with this pre pandemic.

Why aren't you designing your teaching so that students don't have much time/opportunity to be sitting on their devices?

There is no teaching that is more exciting to a kid determined to be on or addicted to their phone. There just isn’t. I have had parents email me and say “he gets so distracted by his iPad/phone can you just take it in your class?” and I have flat out responded your job is to tell him to leave it at home, not to ask me to confiscate it.

My kids are in elementary school. They don't have phones or tablets. But the schools have decided it's a good idea to let them loose on unlocked laptops. During a pandemic, it's one thing. In a school building, with regular classes, next fall?

I expect my children's teachers to be smarter than that.

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Anonymous wrote:I’m a high school teacher. That ship sailed long ago. Even the best students do it. I’m not happy about it from a “future of humanity” perspective but teachers made their peace with this pre pandemic.

Why aren't you designing your teaching so that students don't have much time/opportunity to be sitting on their devices?

There is no teaching that is more exciting to a kid determined to be on or addicted to their phone. There just isn’t. I have had parents email me and say “he gets so distracted by his iPad/phone can you just take it in your class?” and I have flat out responded your job is to tell him to leave it at home, not to ask me to confiscate it.