The issues in the classroom have returned with the return of school. A user going by the handle Itwasobviouslyburke posted a question on the r/AskTeachers forum, “What screams ‘I have unlimited screen time’ in students?” in an effort to find out more information about them. And they received a tonne of responses. While there’s no doubting that technology can improve learning, here are some warning signs that teachers think kids should tone it down.
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sleeping all the time as a result of staying up late scrolling or playing games. (Mine are too young to be employed).
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quoting lines from videos—especially ones that are too sophisticated for them—and informing me they’re bored in a matter of seconds when they have free time. Without an iPad, the kids are at a loss for things to do with themselves.
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They believe they are far more knowledgeable about computers and technology than adults are. Actually, all they know is a little bit about online usage and a lot about cr***py social media apps. They don’t know how to use a basic spreadsheet or save a file to a certain location.
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“My hand hurts.” attempting to write a single paragraph or use scissors to cut a square.
unable to think creatively. Says outrageous things like “yes daddy,” “what the..” and “skibbidi toilet.”
They are second-graders.
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the ones that are always talking. They watch these streamers or watch reaction videos or watch anything where the narrator talks nonstop. They have no idea how to listen intently, carry on a conversation, or even attempt to think things through before speaking.
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They say things like, “I don’t like colouring or playing with toys,” when I read them a book or play an instructional video.
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It seems that the children are the ones that bring up guns and violence while they are young. In my classes, three to four students usually bring it up all the time or base their entire play on it.
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The dull effect and their limited conversation to the characters in the videos they see literally prevents their imagination from going beyond the idea that “huggy wuggy did this.” This was in the first grade, too.
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The youngsters tell me they played video games when I ask them what they did over the weekend. They only discuss video games. Video games are all they write about. Other than video games, they have no interests. It enrages me.
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I was asked what a “pick-me” was by a nine-year-old.
It helped me understand the risk of having parents who don’t speak English and unrestricted internet access.
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middle school…When you flip a laptop closed, some people react as though you caused them terrible violence because they are so addicted to staring at screens. You walk over and close it, and they lose it! You’ve told them to close it politely, but they absolutely CANNOT take their eyes off the screen! They pretended as though they could save the world with just one click. I do not mean to exaggerate how insane they are.
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yelling and hitting tables whenever they are forced to complete tasks on paper rather than using a computer, or even just to put a computer away. Indeed, I have a pupil who is exactly like this. Indeed, kids are too old to throw fits. They are eleven years old.
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At age seven, noticing innuendo in EVERYTHING. becoming fascinated at age 7 with referring to people as “sigma” or “beta.” responding to instructional iPad apps as if they were playing Fortnite (yelling on I-Ready when they answer a question incorrectly, for example).
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Observe their behaviour upon being deprived of access to computers, phones, or iPads. An extensive internet outage occurred. Wi-Fi and signal are absent. The children of respectable parents sighed, pouted for a while, and moved on to something else. The children that received unrestricted screen time went through hours of utter meltdown. Teens acting like toddlers, crying uncontrollably, throwing fits, and yelling.
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Too little focus and too much inability to do nothing. It’s not like they can just “hang out” for a while; they have to be productive all the time.
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Being unable to play board games.
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those who lose interest in a movie after 10 to 15 minutes.
When I was in school, movie day at the end of the year was such a treat (and I also recall a lot of the critical viewing of those movies). My kids are constantly fidgeting and can’t be away from their phones or laptops for longer than fifteen minutes.
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These are the kids who whine about being bored all during playtime and refuse to use any of the playground equipment. furthermore the ones who really battle to perform something calm, autonomous, and screen-free.
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My kids’ friends’ parents allow their children to watch tablets for hours on end every day. How they can think this is OK is beyond me. One mother informed me that her kindergarten and pre-kindergarten children watch tablets from the moment they get home (2 p.m.) until dinner, but she forbids them from using them beyond that.
She claimed that her daughter is too exhausted from school to do anything after school and that they are unable to manage extracurricular activities.
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when they are continually repeating memes and online slang to themselves, almost as a tic or as a way to comfort themselves.
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For us, it’s them asking to go to the bathroom every 2 minutes (so they can check their phones).
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I educate preschoolers. Little ones have said things like “like and subscribe” at the conclusion of conversations since they believe it’s a farewell statement.
Additionally, I’ve had babies open apps and identify which one is YouTube before they are even old enough to walk.
And infants with a strong sense of self-portrayal. Their wailing quickly stops and they start acting cheesy when you turn on the tablet’s camera.
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