In my country we still use textbooks. Its true that carrying just one laptop its easier but kids must also learn how to write and read on a real paper. I personally think that Introducing too much screens and technology in schools is a mistake. It comes at the expanse of handwriting and it risks to cause addition problems. Then, companies like Google does not really respect privacy rights of their users and this is one reason more for me to not make my kids stay away from them.
This doesn’t mean that they shouldn’t teach how to use technology at school. It must be done in a way to make kids aware of how a computer/smartphone really works.
You can still do homework on paper after you get the handful of questions on the chromebook. My teachers loved saying “your homework was only 5 questions”, yeah and I have to lug the whole textbook for that.
In my country we still use textbooks. Its true that carrying just one laptop its easier but kids must also learn how to write and read on a real paper. I personally think that Introducing too much screens and technology in schools is a mistake. It comes at the expanse of handwriting and it risks to cause addition problems. Then, companies like Google does not really respect privacy rights of their users and this is one reason more for me to not make my kids stay away from them.
This doesn’t mean that they shouldn’t teach how to use technology at school. It must be done in a way to make kids aware of how a computer/smartphone really works.
You can still do homework on paper after you get the handful of questions on the chromebook. My teachers loved saying “your homework was only 5 questions”, yeah and I have to lug the whole textbook for that.