{"id":43871,"date":"2026-05-06T11:04:43","date_gmt":"2026-05-06T15:04:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lightspeedsystems.com\/?p=43871"},"modified":"2026-05-06T13:32:33","modified_gmt":"2026-05-06T17:32:33","slug":"screen-time-in-schools-the-real-data-behind-real-conversations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lightspeedsystems.com\/pt\/blog\/screen-time-in-schools-the-real-data-behind-real-conversations\/","title":{"rendered":"Tempo de tela nas escolas: os dados reais por tr\u00e1s das conversas reais"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"43871\" class=\"elementor elementor-43871\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4b2a96fb e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"4b2a96fb\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-567f9802 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"567f9802\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-text-color has-alpha-channel-opacity has-background\" style=\"background-color: #00afd7; color: #00afd7;\" \/>\n<p><!-- \/wp:separator --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:heading {\"level\":3,\"style\":{\"elements\":{\"link\":{\"color\":{\"text\":\"#00afd7\"}}},\"color\":{\"text\":\"#00afd7\"}}} --><\/p>\n<h3 id=\"h-3-key-takeaways\" class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-color has-link-color\" style=\"color: #00afd7;\">3 Principais Conclus\u00f5es<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-color has-link-color\" style=\"color: #00afd7;\"><strong>The data doesn&#8217;t match the headlines.<\/strong> Across millions of students, average in-school screen time last year was just 79 minutes per day, and it&#8217;s already trending down. Most of that time is spent on educational apps, not entertainment.<\/li>\n<li class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-color has-link-color\" style=\"color: #00afd7;\"><strong>Context changes everything.<\/strong> Being able to show your school board or parent community the actual breakdown by grade, by app, and by in-school vs. at-home usage shifts the conversation from fear to facts. Lightspeed Insight&#8217;s Screen Time Dashboard gives you that picture without cobbling data from a dozen different sources.<\/li>\n<li class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-color has-link-color\" style=\"color: #00afd7;\"><strong>Visibility drives better conversations.<\/strong> When districts can walk into a school board meeting with real data instead of rough estimates, the whole dynamic changes. The ability to show exactly what&#8217;s happening on school devices and act on it with one-click app controls and teacher-level classroom management means you&#8217;re not just responding to concerns. You&#8217;re leading the conversation.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><!-- \/wp:list --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:separator {\"style\":{\"color\":{\"background\":\"#00afd7\"}}} --><\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-text-color has-alpha-channel-opacity has-background\" style=\"background-color: #00afd7; color: #00afd7;\" \/>\n<p><!-- \/wp:separator --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;ve been in a school board meeting, a parent forum, or even a casual conversation with a community member lately, you know screen time is everywhere right now. It&#8217;s in the headlines, it&#8217;s driving legislation, and it&#8217;s landing in district administrators&#8217; inboxes at a rate that&#8217;s hard to keep up with.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s exactly why we hosted this webinar, and why more than 100 educators across six time zones showed up. There&#8217;s a lot of noise. We wanted to give you something better: actual data.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p>Missed it? No problem. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lightspeedsystems.com\/pt\/resources\/webinars\/screen-time-the-real-data-behind-real-conversations\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">We&#8217;ve got the recording on demand right here. <\/a><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:heading --><\/p>\n<h2 id=\"h-the-pressure-is-real-so-is-the-misunderstanding\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Pressure Is Real. So Is the Misunderstanding.<\/h2>\n<p><!-- \/wp:heading --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p>Mike Durando, our VP of Sales, put it plainly from the start: a few months ago, every district conversation was about AI. Now it&#8217;s screen time. And unlike AI (which at least had a slower ramp-up to urgency), the screen time conversation feels like it arrived all at once, fully charged.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p>Districts are fielding questions from parents, school board members, lawmakers, and the press. They&#8217;re scrambling to pull data from multiple tools, multiple systems, trying to piece together a picture that tells a coherent story. And in the middle of all of that, they&#8217;re also, you know, running schools.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p>Mike shared something that stuck with me: his wife is one of those concerned parents. He&#8217;s seen both sides of this up close. And his message to district administrators was simple: you&#8217;re doing the best you can with what you have. But &#8220;the best you can&#8221; gets a whole lot better when you have the right data.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:heading --><\/p>\n<h2 id=\"h-what-parents-think-vs-what-s-actually-happening\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">What Parents Think vs. What&#8217;s Actually Happening<\/h2>\n<p><!-- \/wp:heading --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s where things get interesting. The data we see across thousands of districts and millions of students? It tells a very different story than what the media is reporting.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p>Last school year, the average in-school screen time across all grade levels was 79 minutes per day. That&#8217;s it. Less than an hour and a half, for a full school day. And this year&#8217;s numbers are even lower, already reflecting the impact of more intentional policies taking shape in districts everywhere.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p>I talked to a CIO a few weeks ago who nailed the disconnect: parents aren&#8217;t walking the hallways every day. They see their kids at home, scrolling personal devices, watching YouTube for hours, and they assume that&#8217;s what&#8217;s happening on school-issued devices during the school day. It&#8217;s not. The reality is that school screen time is a fraction of what most people imagine.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><strong>A few more numbers worth knowing:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:list --><\/p>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><!-- wp:list-item --><\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Elementary students are already at some of the lowest screen time levels, something parents specifically worry about, and the data shows districts are already responding.<\/li>\n<li>Screen time peaks in middle school, which tracks with developmental expectations and curriculum demands.<\/li>\n<li>Out-of-school use on district-owned devices? An average of just 3 minutes for K\u20132, and about 21\u201322 minutes for high schoolers with more homework demands.<\/li>\n<li>This year&#8217;s data is trending down across the board.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The data doesn&#8217;t suggest schools have a screen time crisis. It suggests schools are already doing a lot of what people are asking for.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:heading --><\/p>\n<h2 id=\"h-not-all-screen-time-is-created-equal\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Not All Screen Time Is Created Equal<\/h2>\n<p><!-- \/wp:heading --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p>Even after seeing those numbers, the conversation isn&#8217;t finished. Because 79 minutes of curriculum research is different from 79 minutes of YouTube. The quantity matters, but so does the quality.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p>When we look at how those minutes break down by category, the picture holds up: classroom platforms, curriculum applications, and productivity tools make up the vast majority of what students are doing on school devices. The non-educational slice (somewhere in the 10\u201315% range) is real, but it&#8217;s not the dominant story.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p>AI tools are starting to show up in the mix, too. We&#8217;re seeing Gemini usage climb across districts and ministries of education. Copilot is starting to appear. ChatGPT less so. That landscape is going to keep shifting, and visibility into it matters.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:heading --><\/p>\n<h2 id=\"h-we-share-your-concerns-that-s-exactly-why-data-matters\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">We Share Your Concerns. That&#8217;s Exactly Why Data Matters.<\/h2>\n<p><!-- \/wp:heading --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p>Let&#8217;s be clear about something: we&#8217;re not here to dismiss the concern. Screen time is worth paying attention to, and the conversations happening in communities, school board meetings, and state legislatures come from a real place. Parents want to know their kids are learning, not just scrolling. That&#8217;s a reasonable thing to want \u2014 and honestly, it&#8217;s something we want too.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p>But a lot of the current narrative is being shaped by outliers, not averages. A Wall Street Journal piece came out recently saying YouTube has taken over American classrooms. I shared data with that reporter before it ran \u2014 data showing elementary YouTube usage on school devices averaged about 1 minute per day, peaking around 10 minutes. It didn&#8217;t make it into the article. The extreme cases that did get coverage are worth examining, but when they become the whole story, it makes it a lot harder for districts to have grounded, productive conversations about what&#8217;s actually happening and what smart policy should look like.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p>This is why I&#8217;ve become a bit of a data evangelist around this topic. When someone cites a scary statistic at your next school board meeting, you can react defensively \u2014 or you can say: &#8220;Let me show you what&#8217;s actually happening in our district.&#8221; One of those responses builds trust. The other just adds noise.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:heading --><\/p>\n<h2 id=\"h-a-live-look-at-the-screen-time-dashboard\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">A Live Look at the Screen Time Dashboard<\/h2>\n<p><!-- \/wp:heading --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p>During the webinar, we did a live demo of the Screen Time Dashboard inside Lightspeed Insight.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><strong>Here&#8217;s what it gives you:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:list --><\/p>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><!-- wp:list-item --><\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>In-school vs. out-of-school usage, broken down by grade level and device type.<\/li>\n<li>Average daily minutes with flexible date range filters: slice by week, month, semester, whatever you need.<\/li>\n<li>Top apps and usage categories, so you know exactly what&#8217;s making up that screen time.<\/li>\n<li>Campus-level and student-level granularity, for the moments when you need to get specific.<\/li>\n<li>Benchmarking data to compare your district against similar districts by size and demographics.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><!-- \/wp:list-item --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:list-item --><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:list-item --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:list-item --><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:list-item --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:list-item --><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:list-item --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:list-item --><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:list-item --><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:list --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p>The goal isn&#8217;t just visibility for its own sake. It&#8217;s to give you something to say. Imagine going into a school board meeting with a live dashboard instead of a rough estimate. YouTube isn&#8217;t even in the top apps list. You didn&#8217;t know that without the data. Now you do.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p>Mike also pointed out something practical: you don&#8217;t have to export and email this data. You can give board members or superintendents direct, read-only access to the dashboard. Clean, current, and no back-and-forth.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:heading --><\/p>\n<h2 id=\"h-from-visibility-to-action\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">From Visibility to Action<\/h2>\n<p><!-- \/wp:heading --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p>Seeing the data is step one. Acting on it is where this gets really useful.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p>Right now, if a district wants to block a non-compliant app, the workflow is clunky: identify the app, flag it, send a request to the network team, wait for them to track down URLs (which change constantly), update the content filter. It works, but it&#8217;s slow.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p>Com <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lightspeedsystems.com\/pt\/products\/lightspeed-digital-insight\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Vis\u00e3o geral da velocidade da luz\u2122<\/a> integrated with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lightspeedsystems.com\/pt\/products\/lightspeed-filter\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Filtro Lightspeed\u2122<\/a>, that becomes a one-click action. You see an app you don&#8217;t want in use. You remove it. Done. No ticket, no waiting.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lightspeedsystems.com\/pt\/products\/lightspeed-classroom-management\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Sala de aula Lightspeed\u2122<\/a> brings teachers into that loop, giving them the ability to monitor and manage app usage in real time, keeping students focused on what they&#8217;re actually supposed to be doing.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p>E <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lightspeedsystems.com\/pt\/products\/lightspeed-alert\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Alerta de velocidade da luz\u2122<\/a> adds another layer: visibility into what&#8217;s happening inside those AI tools. If a student&#8217;s interactions are trending toward self-harm or violence, you need to know. That&#8217;s not a product pitch. That&#8217;s a school safety conversation.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:heading --><\/p>\n<h2 id=\"h-a-free-14-day-screen-time-audit\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">A Free 14-Day Screen Time Audit<\/h2>\n<p><!-- \/wp:heading --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p>If you want to know where your district stands before your next school board meeting, we&#8217;re offering a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lightspeedsystems.com\/pt\/resources\/screen-time-audit\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">free 14-day screen time audit<\/a>. Deploy the extensions, and within two weeks you&#8217;ll have a fully populated version of that dashboard we walked through: your actual data, your actual apps, your actual usage patterns.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p>No obligation. Just data. And given that meaningful data requires students to actually be in school on devices, it&#8217;s worth moving on this before summer.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:heading --><\/p>\n<h2 id=\"h-the-bigger-picture\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">O Panorama Geral<\/h2>\n<p><!-- \/wp:heading --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;ve watched this pendulum swing for years: from totally blocked to totally open, from lock everything down to let everything through. Neither extreme serves students well.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p>The push to remove technology from schools entirely doesn&#8217;t prepare students for the world they&#8217;re walking into. It doesn&#8217;t build the skills they&#8217;ll need for college, careers, or an AI-driven economy. What it does is create a gap between the skills students need and the experiences they&#8217;re getting.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p>The answer isn&#8217;t less tech. It&#8217;s the right tech, managed thoughtfully, with the visibility to know what&#8217;s working and the controls to fix what isn&#8217;t. That&#8217;s what visibility and control has meant at Lightspeed for a long time. And right now, with screen time at the center of so many district conversations, it means more than ever.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6831225 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"6831225\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5a1f04f elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"5a1f04f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Perguntas frequentes<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-75e8381 elementor-widget__width-initial custom-accordion elementor-widget elementor-widget-n-accordion\" data-id=\"75e8381\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;default_state&quot;:&quot;expanded&quot;,&quot;max_items_expended&quot;:&quot;one&quot;,&quot;n_accordion_animation_duration&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;ms&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:400,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]}}\" data-widget_type=\"nested-accordion.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-n-accordion\" aria-label=\"Acorde\u00e3o. Abra links com Enter ou Espa\u00e7o, feche com Escape e navegue com as Teclas de Seta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<details id=\"e-n-accordion-item-1230\" class=\"e-n-accordion-item\" open>\n\t\t\t\t<summary class=\"e-n-accordion-item-title\" data-accordion-index=\"1\" tabindex=\"0\" aria-expanded=\"true\" aria-controls=\"e-n-accordion-item-1230\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class='e-n-accordion-item-title-header'><div class=\"e-n-accordion-item-title-text\"> What is the average in-school screen time for students?  <\/div><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class='e-n-accordion-item-title-icon'>\n\t\t\t<span class='e-opened' ><svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fas-minus\" viewbox=\"0 0 448 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M416 208H32c-17.67 0-32 14.33-32 32v32c0 17.67 14.33 32 32 32h384c17.67 0 32-14.33 32-32v-32c0-17.67-14.33-32-32-32z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/span>\n\t\t\t<span class='e-closed'><svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fas-plus\" viewbox=\"0 0 448 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M416 208H272V64c0-17.67-14.33-32-32-32h-32c-17.67 0-32 14.33-32 32v144H32c-17.67 0-32 14.33-32 32v32c0 17.67 14.33 32 32 32h144v144c0 17.67 14.33 32 32 32h32c17.67 0 32-14.33 32-32V304h144c17.67 0 32-14.33 32-32v-32c0-17.67-14.33-32-32-32z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/span>\n\t\t<\/span>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/summary>\n\t\t\t\t<div role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"e-n-accordion-item-1230\" class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c4c19bb e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"c4c19bb\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c8167d3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c8167d3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Based on data from thousands of districts and millions of students using Lightspeed Insight\u2122, the average in-school screen time across all grade levels was 79 minutes per day in the last full school year. This year&#8217;s data is trending lower. Screen time is lowest in elementary grades, peaks in middle school, and tapers slightly in high school.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/details>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<details id=\"e-n-accordion-item-1231\" class=\"e-n-accordion-item\" >\n\t\t\t\t<summary class=\"e-n-accordion-item-title\" data-accordion-index=\"2\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"e-n-accordion-item-1231\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class='e-n-accordion-item-title-header'><div class=\"e-n-accordion-item-title-text\"> How much do students use district-owned devices outside of school?  <\/div><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class='e-n-accordion-item-title-icon'>\n\t\t\t<span class='e-opened' ><svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fas-minus\" viewbox=\"0 0 448 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M416 208H32c-17.67 0-32 14.33-32 32v32c0 17.67 14.33 32 32 32h384c17.67 0 32-14.33 32-32v-32c0-17.67-14.33-32-32-32z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/span>\n\t\t\t<span class='e-closed'><svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fas-plus\" viewbox=\"0 0 448 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M416 208H272V64c0-17.67-14.33-32-32-32h-32c-17.67 0-32 14.33-32 32v144H32c-17.67 0-32 14.33-32 32v32c0 17.67 14.33 32 32 32h144v144c0 17.67 14.33 32 32 32h32c17.67 0 32-14.33 32-32V304h144c17.67 0 32-14.33 32-32v-32c0-17.67-14.33-32-32-32z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/span>\n\t\t<\/span>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/summary>\n\t\t\t\t<div role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"e-n-accordion-item-1231\" class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-65b8125 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"65b8125\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-65a0759 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"65a0759\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Out-of-school usage on district-owned devices is minimal. K\u20132 students average about 3 minutes per day on district devices at home. High schoolers, who carry heavier homework loads, average 21\u201322 minutes. These numbers suggest that concerns about students being glued to school devices at home are largely overstated.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/details>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<details id=\"e-n-accordion-item-1232\" class=\"e-n-accordion-item\" >\n\t\t\t\t<summary class=\"e-n-accordion-item-title\" data-accordion-index=\"3\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"e-n-accordion-item-1232\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class='e-n-accordion-item-title-header'><div class=\"e-n-accordion-item-title-text\"> I've heard students are watching YouTube all day. What are they really doing on their devices? <\/div><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class='e-n-accordion-item-title-icon'>\n\t\t\t<span class='e-opened' ><svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fas-minus\" viewbox=\"0 0 448 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M416 208H32c-17.67 0-32 14.33-32 32v32c0 17.67 14.33 32 32 32h384c17.67 0 32-14.33 32-32v-32c0-17.67-14.33-32-32-32z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/span>\n\t\t\t<span class='e-closed'><svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fas-plus\" viewbox=\"0 0 448 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M416 208H272V64c0-17.67-14.33-32-32-32h-32c-17.67 0-32 14.33-32 32v144H32c-17.67 0-32 14.33-32 32v32c0 17.67 14.33 32 32 32h144v144c0 17.67 14.33 32 32 32h32c17.67 0 32-14.33 32-32V304h144c17.67 0 32-14.33 32-32v-32c0-17.67-14.33-32-32-32z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/span>\n\t\t<\/span>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/summary>\n\t\t\t\t<div role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"e-n-accordion-item-1232\" class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c02f278 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"c02f278\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-95f2ce8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"95f2ce8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The majority of in-school screen time is made up of classroom platforms, curriculum applications, and productivity tools like Google Workspace and Microsoft 365. Entertainment and non-educational use accounts for roughly 10\u201315% of total screen time. Lightspeed data shared with a Wall Street Journal reporter <strong>(before their &#8220;YouTube has taken over classrooms&#8221; story)<\/strong> showed elementary YouTube usage averaging about 1 minute per day, peaking around 10 minutes.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/details>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<details id=\"e-n-accordion-item-1233\" class=\"e-n-accordion-item\" >\n\t\t\t\t<summary class=\"e-n-accordion-item-title\" data-accordion-index=\"4\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"e-n-accordion-item-1233\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class='e-n-accordion-item-title-header'><div class=\"e-n-accordion-item-title-text\"> Can I share screen time data with my school board or superintendent without exporting it? <\/div><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class='e-n-accordion-item-title-icon'>\n\t\t\t<span class='e-opened' ><svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fas-minus\" viewbox=\"0 0 448 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M416 208H32c-17.67 0-32 14.33-32 32v32c0 17.67 14.33 32 32 32h384c17.67 0 32-14.33 32-32v-32c0-17.67-14.33-32-32-32z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/span>\n\t\t\t<span class='e-closed'><svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fas-plus\" viewbox=\"0 0 448 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M416 208H272V64c0-17.67-14.33-32-32-32h-32c-17.67 0-32 14.33-32 32v144H32c-17.67 0-32 14.33-32 32v32c0 17.67 14.33 32 32 32h144v144c0 17.67 14.33 32 32 32h32c17.67 0 32-14.33 32-32V304h144c17.67 0 32-14.33 32-32v-32c0-17.67-14.33-32-32-32z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/span>\n\t\t<\/span>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/summary>\n\t\t\t\t<div role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"e-n-accordion-item-1233\" class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c420261 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"c420261\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-17ce71c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"17ce71c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Yes. Lightspeed Insight\u2122 allows you to give board members or other district stakeholders direct, read-only access to the Screen Time Dashboard with no exports and no manually assembled reports. The dashboard updates with live data and can be filtered by date range, grade level, campus, and app category.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/details>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<details id=\"e-n-accordion-item-1234\" class=\"e-n-accordion-item\" >\n\t\t\t\t<summary class=\"e-n-accordion-item-title\" data-accordion-index=\"5\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"e-n-accordion-item-1234\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class='e-n-accordion-item-title-header'><div class=\"e-n-accordion-item-title-text\"> What is the free 14-day screen time audit? <\/div><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class='e-n-accordion-item-title-icon'>\n\t\t\t<span class='e-opened' ><svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fas-minus\" viewbox=\"0 0 448 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M416 208H32c-17.67 0-32 14.33-32 32v32c0 17.67 14.33 32 32 32h384c17.67 0 32-14.33 32-32v-32c0-17.67-14.33-32-32-32z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/span>\n\t\t\t<span class='e-closed'><svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fas-plus\" viewbox=\"0 0 448 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M416 208H272V64c0-17.67-14.33-32-32-32h-32c-17.67 0-32 14.33-32 32v144H32c-17.67 0-32 14.33-32 32v32c0 17.67 14.33 32 32 32h144v144c0 17.67 14.33 32 32 32h32c17.67 0 32-14.33 32-32V304h144c17.67 0 32-14.33 32-32v-32c0-17.67-14.33-32-32-32z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/span>\n\t\t<\/span>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/summary>\n\t\t\t\t<div role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"e-n-accordion-item-1234\" class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1d8b53c e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"1d8b53c\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6ef1770 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6ef1770\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Lightspeed is offering a no-obligation 14-day screen time audit for districts that want to see their own data before committing to a full Insight subscription. You deploy browser extensions, and within 14 days, your Screen Time Dashboard will be populated with your district&#8217;s actual usage data, broken down by grade, app, campus, and in-school vs. out-of-school time. Districts already using Lightspeed Insight\u2122 have access to this dashboard as part of their existing subscription. Since the audit requires students to be on devices at school, it&#8217;s recommended to start before summer break.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/details>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<details id=\"e-n-accordion-item-1235\" class=\"e-n-accordion-item\" >\n\t\t\t\t<summary class=\"e-n-accordion-item-title\" data-accordion-index=\"6\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"e-n-accordion-item-1235\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class='e-n-accordion-item-title-header'><div class=\"e-n-accordion-item-title-text\"> Do I need to have Lightspeed Filter\u2122 to use the screen time features or app limits? <\/div><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class='e-n-accordion-item-title-icon'>\n\t\t\t<span class='e-opened' ><svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fas-minus\" viewbox=\"0 0 448 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M416 208H32c-17.67 0-32 14.33-32 32v32c0 17.67 14.33 32 32 32h384c17.67 0 32-14.33 32-32v-32c0-17.67-14.33-32-32-32z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/span>\n\t\t\t<span class='e-closed'><svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fas-plus\" viewbox=\"0 0 448 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M416 208H272V64c0-17.67-14.33-32-32-32h-32c-17.67 0-32 14.33-32 32v144H32c-17.67 0-32 14.33-32 32v32c0 17.67 14.33 32 32 32h144v144c0 17.67 14.33 32 32 32h32c17.67 0 32-14.33 32-32V304h144c17.67 0 32-14.33 32-32v-32c0-17.67-14.33-32-32-32z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/span>\n\t\t<\/span>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/summary>\n\t\t\t\t<div role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"e-n-accordion-item-1235\" class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a1766fe e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"a1766fe\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7aff012 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7aff012\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>No. While Lightspeed Filter\u2122 integration adds the ability to block apps with a single click directly from the Insight dashboard, the Screen Time Dashboard and the upcoming app time quota features are available without requiring Lightspeed Filter. The app limits feature is being built as a standalone capability.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/details>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<details id=\"e-n-accordion-item-1236\" class=\"e-n-accordion-item\" >\n\t\t\t\t<summary class=\"e-n-accordion-item-title\" data-accordion-index=\"7\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"e-n-accordion-item-1236\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class='e-n-accordion-item-title-header'><div class=\"e-n-accordion-item-title-text\"> How can I use screen time data to respond to parent and school board concerns?  <\/div><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class='e-n-accordion-item-title-icon'>\n\t\t\t<span class='e-opened' ><svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fas-minus\" viewbox=\"0 0 448 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M416 208H32c-17.67 0-32 14.33-32 32v32c0 17.67 14.33 32 32 32h384c17.67 0 32-14.33 32-32v-32c0-17.67-14.33-32-32-32z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/span>\n\t\t\t<span class='e-closed'><svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fas-plus\" viewbox=\"0 0 448 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M416 208H272V64c0-17.67-14.33-32-32-32h-32c-17.67 0-32 14.33-32 32v144H32c-17.67 0-32 14.33-32 32v32c0 17.67 14.33 32 32 32h144v144c0 17.67 14.33 32 32 32h32c17.67 0 32-14.33 32-32V304h144c17.67 0 32-14.33 32-32v-32c0-17.67-14.33-32-32-32z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/span>\n\t\t<\/span>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/summary>\n\t\t\t\t<div role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"e-n-accordion-item-1236\" class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c012d92 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"c012d92\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cdf0689 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"cdf0689\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The most effective approach is to lead with data rather than defense. Lightspeed Insight\u2122 gives you district-specific numbers you can present directly, showing actual average screen time by grade, the breakdown of educational vs. non-educational app usage, and how your district compares to similar districts. You can display this in the live dashboard, screenshot it for a presentation, or give stakeholders read-only access. The goal is to close the gap between what stakeholders assume and what&#8217;s actually happening in your schools.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/details>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-435f18d elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"435f18d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1cba5048 e-flex e-con-boxed elementor-invisible e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"1cba5048\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;gradient&quot;,&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;slideInUp&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-274b29a9 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"274b29a9\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-31e9abc elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"31e9abc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7880ec5e elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"7880ec5e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Apoie as decis\u00f5es e conversas sobre o tempo de uso de telas em todo o seu distrito.<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-78a9b408 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"78a9b408\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Walk into your next school board meeting with real data.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1c24dfee elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"1c24dfee\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm elementor-animation-grow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.lightspeedsystems.com\/pt\/resources\/screen-time-audit\/\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Get Your Free 14-Day Screen Time Audit<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c05474a elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"c05474a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The answer isn&#8217;t less tech. It&#8217;s the right tech, managed thoughtfully, with the visibility to know what&#8217;s working and the controls to fix what isn&#8217;t. That&#8217;s what visibility and control has meant at Lightspeed for a long time. And right now, with screen time at the center of so many district conversations, it means more than ever.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":19,"featured_media":43870,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_yoast_wpseo_focuskw":"screen time in schools","_yoast_wpseo_title":"","_yoast_wpseo_metadesc":"School districts are under pressure about screen time in schools. 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