| Parental opposition to use of laptops, tablets in schools grows |
| Posted by: Susan Einhorn |
| Group of Israeli parents threatening to petition High Court over what they claim is ‘unsupervised experiment’ of computer use in elementary schools. According to the Education Ministry, students at some 200 schools are currently participating in a computer-based education program that requires children to bring a tablet or laptop device to class. Over the past year, however, parents have raised concerns, ranging from radiation from wireless devices to the economic inequalities the program highlights. The main objection, though, is the parents’ claim that the program was hastily adopted without fully considering the educational implications, and without providing proper training to teachers. “Unsupervised experiment” is also the name of the Facebook group some of the parents have launched; it currently has several hundred members around the country. Aviv Keinan, Bat Yam’s deputy director general for community affairs, said that in principle the use of tablet computers in schools is a positive thing. “It’s important to understand that the change is already here, and the question is not whether but how to do it.” |
| Source: Haaretz (Israel) | Published: June 28th, 2015 |
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