“Im addicted for sure.

Cant imagine how strong the addiction is for them.”

“It’s funny; I was just talking about the Chromebooks with my co-teacher.

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I realized the kids were always going on the Chromebooks with headphones.”

“Free time [in my classroom] is always without screens.

Kids have imagination still, they should use it.

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“Sleeping all the time because they were up all night gaming or scrolling.”

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4.

(Its testing week.)

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Hard R.”

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6.

“Yesterday we had a water day at my school in the afternoon.

They also had lots of water-related games.

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If I was a kid, I would have played without stopping.

Several of our students were simply not able to play.”

They have no clue how to save a file to a specific location or use a simple spreadsheet."

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These are second graders."

The kids dont know what to do with themselves without an iPad."

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10.

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“Watch how they act when their access to computers/phones/iPads is cut off.

We had a major internet outage: no signal and no Wi-Fi.

The kids with decent parents groaned, pouted for a minute, and found something else to do.

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The kids with unlimited screen time had a complete meltdown for hours.”

“To me, it screams apathy.

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12.

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“The ones [who] talk constantly.

They watch these streamers [and] reaction videos in which the narrator never stops talking.”

“Inability to separate from a equipment without melting down.

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Inability to socialize appropriately with adults or other children.

Developmentally behind in general.”

“Its bad enough with adults but everything is so much more intense when youre a kid.

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Im addicted for sure.

Cant imagine how strong the addiction is for them.”

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16.

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“I teach middle school.

“Those [who] can’t make it 10-15 minutes into a movie.

These are seniors by the way.”

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19.

“Not thinking to read written instructions.”

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20.

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Yes, I have a student whos really like this.

And yes, they are too old for tantrums.

I was blown away at how little they did.

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I’m interested to hear the conversation!

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