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"screens" can be great for research and there is a lot you can learn online. The main problem mentioned in the article you link to seem to be distraction from
by graemep 7mo ago
"screens" can be great for research and there is a lot you can learn online.
The main problem mentioned in the article you link to seem to be distraction from what they were supposed to be doing.
Distraction is not always bad and kids can learn a lot by being distracted by something that catches their interest. it depends on the approach and its more of a problem following a fixed curriculum in a classroom. Probably more of a problem for uninterested or younger children.
I think video can be a big problem, particularly given the tendency of sites to try to keep you there.
- teekert 7mo agoWell, the school of our kids blocks a lot of urls. Now they play the games via some url that goes like https://unblocked.something.something https://unblocked.something.something. These kids are not crazy.
- jasonmp85 7mo agoThis is written with what feels like the peak understanding of my kid's school's IT department: "well, they're just so smart, we can't find any way of stopping them!" An allowlist might be a good place to start.
- kbelder 7mo agoThat might slow them down. Could any of the IT professionals, here, think of a way around it? Then likely the kids could.
- ziml77 7mo agoThey don't even have to think of a way around any of it. They just need to search online to find someone who has found a way around it. Or prompt AI to come up with a solution. And even if someone is so dull that they don't think about that, it will probably make it to them as the info spreads by word of mouth.