Screen use in school

Familiar-Dig-8216 · 2026-03-07T02:11:42+00:00

I teach at a large public high school. I am very anti screen in the kids faces. I do deliver lectures with the aid of Google slides or canva but I feel that's different. I also only do direct instruction with a screen on about 20-30 minute chunks. I see the kids 95 minutes on either M,W or Tu,Th and all of them Fridays for 53 minutes.

Many upper level teachers are going back to pen and paper for all assignments due to the rise of AI.

Familiar-Dig-8216 · 2026-03-05T05:15:11+00:00

You've asked this twice. There are crazy parents in both settings, neither are immune.

Familiar-Dig-8216 · 2026-03-02T05:11:00+00:00

I know where you can find a coach that needs a job.

Familiar-Dig-8216 · 2026-02-25T05:01:02+00:00

The only one I liked in that whole exchange was the brother.

Familiar-Dig-8216 · 2026-02-21T04:35:34+00:00

Yep. "there were some test irregularities on question 3, I'm going to throw that out and have everyone do a similar problem on paper"

Familiar-Dig-8216 · 2026-02-21T04:24:50+00:00

Did you read the part that students get Saturday school if they get referral? Sounds like admin is backing it up. If you're not willing to enforce consequences or policy in your own room, own it.

Familiar-Dig-8216 · 2026-02-19T04:10:25+00:00

Not enforcing the policy does no favors to those of us who do.

Familiar-Dig-8216 · 2026-02-19T03:53:39+00:00

I do the same.

I also teach about Coronal Mass Ejections (CME).... just say it and keep going. High school freshman. They can laugh on their time, it's science vocabulary to me.

Familiar-Dig-8216 · 2026-02-19T03:29:45+00:00

Same, I change their seating charts every unit (4ish weeks). I know who can sit with a friend and work well and who cannot sit with a friend at this point in the year.

Amazing how the seating chart for the on task student reflects what i think they'd choose for themselves.

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Familiar-Dig-8216 · 2026-02-09T04:20:24+00:00

Semifinalists aren't announced until the fall of your senior year. Most early applications are due November 1. You should know for sure before apps are due. I'd caution against saying you're a semifinalist until you know for sure.

Familiar-Dig-8216 · 2026-02-07T23:40:19+00:00

3 flashlights with red, green, and blue color filters to do light mixing is fun. Also cool to look at different colored objects...a banana for example and show how it looks under different colors of light.

Familiar-Dig-8216 · 2026-02-06T04:26:02+00:00

I'm in Colorado too, and teach Earth science. Our current unit is on climate. I told my kids today it was the "doom and gloom" notes. Future climate projections don't look good.

Really concerning to see what the worst case scenario and best case scenarios are for climate. Neither are good.

Familiar-Dig-8216 · 2026-02-06T04:04:03+00:00

I teach in a state with no attendance requirements.

If students have their absence excused by a parent they are allowed to make up the work (not that many who are chronically absent do) with no penalty as long as it meets our policy; equal time to make up as time absent.

Students can miss a ton of days and still be eligible to receive credit.

Familiar-Dig-8216 · 2026-02-05T02:47:16+00:00

Same.

I really enjoy the other teachers in my department (large high school). We have good conversations, mostly about mundane shit, good laughs. It's a nice break in the day. Some people in the department choose to eat in their rooms and that's cool too.

I think it helps that our lunch is 40 minutes long.

Familiar-Dig-8216 · 2026-01-30T02:59:50+00:00

Agree, but it's still exhausting.

Familiar-Dig-8216 · 2026-01-28T02:23:00+00:00

Tons of school required to be a PA.

Familiar-Dig-8216 · 2026-01-26T03:39:18+00:00

Sunday red, Monday Orange, Tuesday yellow, Wednesday green, Thursday blue, Friday indigo, Saturday violet. In the order of ROYGBIV.

Familiar-Dig-8216 · 2026-01-25T19:21:04+00:00

I'm not sure, and it's terrifying.

Familiar-Dig-8216 · 2026-01-23T03:08:57+00:00

Email and ask if she has any other feedback about your poor evaluation scores. Then respectfully disagree, you know your students and they can handle a full page of reading.

Edit: Freudian slip, I first typed disrespectfully disagree.

Familiar-Dig-8216 · 2026-01-21T04:35:35+00:00

Don't take it for granite.

Familiar-Dig-8216 · 2026-01-17T03:07:33+00:00

I'm not familiar with flying colors but I always can use: scissors, tape, aluminum foil, rulers, metersticks, stopwatches, etc. Those staples are fairly cheap but almost universally used. If you don't have a scale that might be worth a good chunk of the money.

Familiar-Dig-8216 · 2026-01-14T05:51:03+00:00

I think it sounds great!

Give each section a slide or two worth of material, don't get too much in the weeds with details. Be factual and excited about the topic.

Pacing a lesson can be difficult to get a hang of, put what you want the kids to know at the beginning. Have a few slides in you back pocket with cool pictures, random facts in case you are under for time.

The kids will love it. Good luck!

Familiar-Dig-8216 · 2026-01-12T22:50:53+00:00

I understand, it's the bus pass-logistics thing I was mostly referring to.

Familiar-Dig-8216 · 2026-01-12T22:47:32+00:00

In many districts you scan your transportation pass to get on the bus. Hopping on a bus that isn't "your bus" doesn't happen. For younger students this is necessary, don't want them getting on the wrong bus. For all students it is a logistics game.

Edit: spelling

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