Subj : Re: Screens Distract Students
To   : Aaron Thomas
From : Kurt Weiske
Date : Thu Mar 27 2025 08:10 am

-=> Aaron Thomas wrote to Mike Powell <=-

 AT> I like this article. My kid's highschool has gone 100% Chromebook,
 AT> meaning there are no more textbooks. I don't like it. It's bad for
 AT> their eyes, it's a bad idea to send kids walking the streets with
 AT> millions of dollars worth of computers, it's bad that schools are
 AT> making big deals with big tech companies, it's more convenient to read
 AT> textbooks, there's password issues, there's privacy concerns, and the
 AT> list of things wrong with it is a mile long.


As bad as they are, requiring parents to buy iPads (like my daughter's
private school does) is worse. Less controls, more ability to circumvent
the controls that do exist, and seamless messaging during class.

Kids are all apple, and they can iMessage from their iPads. At least
when she had a Chromebook, they had to jump through a couple of hoops to
talk during class.

iPads and iPhones now randomize the MAC address, making it difficult to
control how kids use the network. I'm going to have to make a second
wifi network for the kids, put all the controls there, and change the
other wifi password at home.




 
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