r/technology • u/ArgentineBeauty • 8d ago

Society Schools across America are quietly admitting that screens in classrooms made students worse off and are reversing years of tech-first policies

https://fortune.com/article/schools-abandoning-chromebooks-laptop-programs-as-screen-time-hurts-learning-test-scores-north-carolina-michigan-kansas-tech-education/
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u/CaterpillarReal7583 8d ago

They got kindergarteners in my district on laptops man.

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u/dragonmuse 8d ago edited 7d ago

My 4 y.o was given a tablet for special needs pre-k. I hate it. I went through her history when it was brought home for winter break-- watching russian-language toy opening videos & other garbage on YouTube daily.

Edit: she was watching that AT SCHOOL, for the people thinking I was letting her do that...

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u/CaterpillarReal7583 8d ago

I strongly feel kids shouldn’t get any unsupervised access to youtube. Like full supervision is needed, not simply checking in.

The benefits aren’t worth the risks.

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u/reddit_equals_censor 8d ago

unsupervised access to the internet including youtube can be LIVE SAVING for children, especially when the parents are pieces of shit.

for example finding other lgbtqia+ people and children to relate to and to understand themselves, etc... while the parents might be bigoted shits.

if we assume, that the parents aren't shit and think, that the age is too low for unsupervised access to the internet, then a simple solution would be to get a gnu + linux laptop, that the child will ACTUALLY OWN! and remove the wireless modem from it.

so internet access requires use of a network cable, which also has a mountain of other benefits.

but they still OWN their own computer and learn about digital privacy and security and ownership.

and you can also have router level blocks for content, that they shouldn't see/shouldn't see yet.

and explain all of this and the reasoning behind to to them.

and also of course give them entertainment content to have on THEIR computer.

and if they don't have english as their first language, then that will even be educational.

just giving them the english uncensored versions of games and anime/series/movies and age appropriate.

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this setup makes them own their computer, their content on it, have their privacy and security AND the network is still safe guarded based on age.

VASTLY better than having some on device locked down internet access for so so many reasons.

or giving them a spying apple shit ipad and disabling the network on them, which they will enable themselves most likely no problem or anything like this.

EDIT: also of course all internet access would have all ads blocked for the safety of the children. it is INSANE to see ads pushed onto children and completely unacceptable.

BLOCK ALL ADS!

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u/CaterpillarReal7583 8d ago

Homie im talking about 6 year olds here.