That is crazy. I'm thinking I might let her have a smart phone when she can drive. No, probably after she proves she can drive safely. It's a flip phone until then.
"Education" websites use in elementary schools
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That is crazy. I'm thinking I might let her have a smart phone when she can drive. No, probably after she proves she can drive safely. It's a flip phone until then.
Not sure if this is what it is but say a kid performs a history presentation or performs a skill in PE or makes something in Art. This kind of thing would make it easier for the parent to be able to see it without the kid having to bring a bunch of stuff home or something.
Some stuff is only available to kids at school so this gives more available communication than just a note or conferences.
Watch a bunch of terrible history presentations? No thanks, I'd just want to argue accuracy with the teacher anyway.
Most parents find out from other parents who have an older kid inform on them. My youngest, is generally the last of all the kids his age to get things. He’s fifth grade and he has been on this stuff since late third grade.
It is. It's actually addictive. It gives your brain a dose of dopamine, which is basically a chemical high. So you want more, and more, and suddenly you are addicted to getting a "like" for something. And when you don't get a "like" for something, it can cause anxiety or even depression.
Are those really things we want to subject children to even more than already happens?
My son has not been able to bring a math test home once he started high school math.
Strange. Is the math teacher just too lazy to write a new test each year and concerned the answers will get "passed down"?
I for one am shocked...
I can only assume that the people that are so adamantly against Seesaw have never used it. If you had, I think you'd realize how much you are over-reacting. And the website isn't replacing any amount of parenting. Getting an E-mail isn't making me sit in silence with my daughter at night. That's a ridiculous conclusion.
I typed in Seesaw in my E-mail history and saw a bunch of pictures of my daughter and her classmates doing different projects or on a field trip or during a Valentines or Halloween party. Those pictures can only be viewed by the families of kids in her class since you had to be invited to the group (in this case, her class) to view the pictures.
If getting an occasional picture of my daughter doing something in her class is considered being a helicopter parent, then I guess I that's what I am.
1984...lol
I typed in Seesaw in my E-mail history and saw a bunch of pictures of my daughter and her classmates doing different projects or on a field trip or during a Valentines or Halloween party. Those pictures can only be viewed by the families of kids in her class since you had to be invited to the group (in this case, her class) to view the pictures.
If getting an occasional picture of my daughter doing something in her class is considered being a helicopter parent, then I guess I that's what I am.
1984...lol
Most test are online and you see grades online. My son is in 8th grade in Ankeny and I have not seen a paper test or quiz since probably 5th grade.
News flash for you. You better pass a background check or you won't be able to stop by school either.
Social media is pervasive, and there should be limits, but freaking out about a site to see your kids schoolwork is misguided. There are much worse things to spend your energy fighting.
I think this is a way to motivate kids to care about their schoolwork, and this is coming from someone who is married to a special education teacher. If it takes a bit of carefully regulated "social media" to get kids excited about schoolwork, then I'm all for it.
Wow! All I did was ask a rational question as a parent. What could possibly be my agenda?
