Parents opt kids out of school computers, insisting on pen and paper instead
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Parents are forming a loose network teaching one another how to get their children off school-issued Chromebooks and iPads.

The middle schooler had been begging to opt out, citing headaches from the Chromebook screen and a dislike of the AI chatbot recently integrated into it.

Parents across the country are taking steps to stop their children from using school-issued Chromebooks and iPads, citing concerns about distractions and access to inappropriate content that they fear hampers their kids’ education.

  • Muffi@programming.devEnglish
    1·
    10 days ago

    As a teacher, I already have to teach half the kids how to even use a computer because they only ever used phones and tablets. And I am not going to be able to teach them programming without laptops.

    • UltraMagnus@startrek.websiteEnglish
      1·
      10 days ago

      I think it’s fair to expect students to use computers in a programming class. I don’t know if there’s a need for students to be using computers for the entire school day

      • Eh-I@lemmy.worldEnglish
        01·
        10 days ago

        I say: If they can earn a good grade with a phone, then fine. If that’s not supposed to be able to happen, then there’s probably something wrong with the course.