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Parents opt kids out of school laptops, ask for pen-and-paper (www.nbcnews.com)
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The middle schooler had been begging to opt out, citing headaches from the Chromebook screen and a dislike of the AI chatbot recently integrated into it.

Parents across the country are taking steps to stop their children from using school-issued Chromebooks and iPads, citing concerns about distractions and access to inappropriate content that they fear hampers their kids’ education.

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[–] Muffi@programming.dev 6 points 1 day ago (1 children)

As a teacher, I already have to teach half the kids how to even use a computer because they only ever used phones and tablets. And I am not going to be able to teach them programming without laptops.

[–] UltraMagnus@startrek.website 3 points 22 hours ago (2 children)

I think it's fair to expect students to use computers in a programming class. I don't know if there's a need for students to be using computers for the entire school day

[–] Eh_I@lemmy.world 0 points 14 hours ago

I say: If they can earn a good grade with a phone, then fine. If that's not supposed to be able to happen, then there's probably something wrong with the course.

[–] stormeuh@lemmy.world 1 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

Nah, just a TI-84 and teach them programming in BASIC

[–] yakko@feddit.uk 3 points 19 hours ago

Start the little devils running boxes of punch cards, then make them sneak into the lab at night to write their own punch card software for games and secret messages. How else are we going to get them ready for the real world?