Neuroscientist Jared Cooney Horvath said older generations “screwed up” giving students access to so much technology: “I genuinely hope Gen Z quickly figures that out and gets mad.”
At the risk of doxxing myself, I’ll tell you from the inside. It’s a game of whack-a-mole. The students will always find ways to circumvent the tools. And many of the teachers themselves do not know how to properly use the tools. It’s an impossible task. Monitor every student’s (20+ in a class) screen and manage open tabs/windows on a dashboard while trying to teach on a whiteboard? Not gonna happen.
We have to go back to pencil and paper. Even if that means I don’t have a job. Laptop and software platform based instruction is not working. It’s not good for developing brains. I’m witnessing it in person.
Laptop and software platform based instruction is not working. It’s not good for developing brains. I’m witnessing it in person.
It’s perfect for developing brains if you’re Google or Microsoft. Gotta get them hooked young and make sure these kids only know how to use Windows and Google Office.
I volunteer at a non profit in my town that takes old laptops and loads em up with Linux and Libre Office. Most people actually prefer that setup to the Google/Microsoft one and since it’s offline, you can just rip the wireless out of the device.
At the risk of doxxing myself, I’ll tell you from the inside. It’s a game of whack-a-mole. The students will always find ways to circumvent the tools. And many of the teachers themselves do not know how to properly use the tools. It’s an impossible task. Monitor every student’s (20+ in a class) screen and manage open tabs/windows on a dashboard while trying to teach on a whiteboard? Not gonna happen.
We have to go back to pencil and paper. Even if that means I don’t have a job. Laptop and software platform based instruction is not working. It’s not good for developing brains. I’m witnessing it in person.
It’s perfect for developing brains if you’re Google or Microsoft. Gotta get them hooked young and make sure these kids only know how to use Windows and Google Office.
I volunteer at a non profit in my town that takes old laptops and loads em up with Linux and Libre Office. Most people actually prefer that setup to the Google/Microsoft one and since it’s offline, you can just rip the wireless out of the device.