Majesta Maxwell

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@BaroneBilli It's a scary world when any group sees the destruction of the opposing side as a solution...

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SS, Bonus feature: I heavily engaged with this text as I read. I'm hoping further chats help me round out my opinion of the overarching ideas presented. @aswarriner @SCSC1985

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SS, Chp 10, Q 3: I question the # of teachers actually using devices for INSTRUCTION. This is in reference to the parental CTAs starting on p. 235. Aside from a SUPPLEMENTAL VIDEO, I doubt there are many teachers out there letting computers educate kids... @aswarriner @SCSC1985

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SS, Chp 10, Q 2: I like what the authors say on p. 223 about "[l]lessons that encourage social interaction and connection to community" never being more critical than they are now. I question how schools can actively use this NOW to bridge this gap @aswarriner @SCSC1985

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I'm glad I'm finishing this book early, so I can go back and re-read it. Maybe the heavy bias I'm getting actually isn't there, and I'll have a richer read through on the second pass... 3/3 @aswarriner @SCSC1985

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SS Chp 10, Q1: Still challenging myself to appreciate the authors' views. Honestly, the text comes across as very anti-schools, in a very general sense. Take the Constitution question from p 221. The authors set the scenario up as an ENTIRE HISTORY DEPARTMENT not being able 1/2

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not being able to justify why students should "know what the Constituion says." Allegedly, every department member-- ostensibly people with history DEGREES--could not answer the Q. How is that NOT meant to further vilify teachers/schools in general? Ok, I lied 2/3

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SS, Chp 9, Q3: I wonder how schools can realistically move AWAY from tech given how prevalent it is? @aswarriner @SCSC1985

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SS, Chp 9, Q 2: I question how I might transition my own classroom back towards more pen/paper assignments. Difficult to do given my position, but the book IS helping me think through certain avenues @aswarriner @SCSC1985

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what difference would it make to limit tech time 40 hrs per week when the other 75% of a student's week (128 hrs) can be spent on TikTok, Insta, Discord, etc? 200+ pages in, and I'm still firmly of the opinion that controlling tech at home is the solution @aswarriner @SCSC1985

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SS, Chp 9, Q 1: We are close to the end of the book, and I am still challenging myself to appreciate the authors' seeming villanization of schools and technology. There seems to be many CTAs regarding parents "demanding" less tech in schools, but again 1/2

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SS, Chp 8, Q 3: I question whether administration will read this book and apply the idea that $$$ should be invested in teachers instead of tech. @aswarriner @SCSC1985

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SS, Chp 8, Q 2: I wonder--again--if most parents are paying attention to their children enough to know if their kids are addicted to devices. Devices seem to have become babysitters (guilty of this w/ my LO... Heyyyy Ms. Rachel...) @aswarriner @SCSC1985

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SS, Chp 8, Q1: Glad the authors pointed out how all the "promised skills" of a digiLearner finally appear when a kid wants to get around a filter or blocked website...SOOOO many students know how to do this, even if they allegedly can't send an email @aswarriner @SCSC1985

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SS, Chp 7, Q 3: I question how many parents REALLY know what their kids are doing on their devices and if they realize those negative aspects of tech are running over into school time. @aswarriner @SCSC1985

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SS, Chp 7, Q 2: I wonder if we--as teachers--can realistically help parents implement some of the ideas in this chp regarding getting their kids more social and less screen. If the parents themselves stayed glued to screens, how can they model for kids? @aswarriner @SCSC1985

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SS, Chp 7, Q 1: I've noticed a lack of social skills in my students in recent years. A lack of being REQUIRED to participate in F2F social scenarios is hindering our students. The authors do a great job of drawing attention to this. @aswarriner @SCSC1985

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SS, Chp 6, Q 3: I question how schools will realistically help with the mental health side of tech use? Students spend 1/3 of their day at schools, M-F. That's 40/168 hrs per week. Might be nihilist, but what can schools do if parents don't take the lead?@aswarriner @SCSC1985

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SS, Chp 6, Q 2: I wonder how many parents have left the "parenting" part to devices? @aswarriner @SCSC1985

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2/2 How much of our students' potential is being WASTED by stagnation and lack of creative exercise, because consuming is easier (by far) than producing? @aswarriner @SCSC1985

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SS, Chp 6, Q 1: On p. 139, the authors state that, " [m]any kids today simply are not sure what to do when they're not on a screen." This confirmed my thinking that tech can cripple the PRODUCTIVE side of humanity by forcing us into becoming solely CONSUMERS 1/2