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Braintree parent and veteran teacher urges districtwide EdTech review
Summary
Vivi Pierce, a parent and 15-year teacher, told the Braintree School Committee the district should launch a K–12 review of educational technology to assess age-appropriateness, volume of use, off-task behavior on screens and whether digital tools improve learning compared with analog options.
Vivi Pierce, a Braintree parent and veteran teacher, urged the School Committee on Dec. 8 to commission a K–12 educational-technology review to guide the district’s use of digital tools.
Pierce, who identified herself as a parent of a Flaherty student and a teacher with 15 years’ experience, said the review should determine the ages at which tools are appropriate, how much screen time students should have in school and at home,…
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