“School tech has expanded rapidly, fueled partly by the Covid-19 pandemic. Federal aid during the pandemic let districts buy laptops and tablets, and a multibilliondollar ed-tech industry promised to transform teaching and help students recover lost ground.
Proponents said it can elevate instruction, narrow the digital divide, help pupils with language barriers and other needs—while often supplementing, not replacing, core curriculum. Educators have mixed views. In a recent EdWeek Research Center survey, more than half said the tech had a positive impact on engagement, yet a majority also said it negatively affected students’ well-being.
Laut dem Bildungssoftwareunternehmen Lightspeed Systems verbrachten Schüler der Klassen 1 bis 12 im vergangenen Schuljahr durchschnittlich 52 Minuten pro Tag mit von der Schule ausgegebenen Geräten. Dieser Wert ist rückläufig, was das Unternehmen auf die Maßnahmen einiger Schulen zur Einschränkung des Technologieeinsatzes zurückführt.
Middle-schoolers spent about 70 minutes daily on screens in school during the past school year, more than elementary- and high-schoolers.”
