Technology is here and has been here for quite some time. I can for sure say that I love technology. I like seeing the new phones, tablets, cars, TVs, etc that come out just about every day. I like that technology is embedded into education to enhance student learning. If the times are changing, we as teachers need to change with it. However (you all knew this was coming), is there ever too much screen time? Does technology necessarily mean they are in front of a screen all the time? This is the part of technology that I struggle with because I see the zombies that most of the kids are turning into and how they can barely hold a conversation with their peers and it does worry me a bit. About three weeks ago, the staff got a stern talking to about how the Chromebooks should not be used for the kids to play games on them and if there is unstructured time, they should not be on them. During this same week, we had 8th grade pictures during PE (of ...
The day to day happenings of middle school PE.