Over the course of the last year, the Long-View teaching team spent a great deal of time thinking about technology use within the age bracket of our children at Long-View. While we want to teach our kids how to harness technology and leverage it for future work/career, we are also concerned about the negative impacts of daily technology use on young brains and on children’s social systems. The negative effects seen at Long-View are typical of what all schools experience such as tired kids or pre-teens who are hurt by interactions with friends via social media.
In addition, the AI surge has really caught our attention as we work to teach independent, critical thought. We are doing everything we can at school to talk about these issues and to teach productive and safe usage of technology.
We have compiled our thoughts on select topics—the ones that impact children and school life the most. We ask that families at Long-View, as well as prospective parents, join us in helping our community take a stronger stance….
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