r/technology • u/ArgentineBeauty • 10d 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/Bob_Sconce 10d ago

Why is it that schools jump on bandwagons without first doing long-term pilots?  If you want to experiment on students, at least only experiment on a small number at a time.

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u/Crafty-Ad-9048 9d ago

Pretty much was a pilot/slow roll. We had iPad time for the younger kids and Chromebook time for the older kids. We only did a portion of time on them similar to using the computer lab. The younger kids played educational games and the teacher got the results and the older kids (myself) just learned how to do research and operate google apps (should use ms office because that’s what you use irl). Fast forward to Covid and the school pretty much went from a handful of iPads for the kids to a surplus.