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Teaching and learning teams propose 'balanced guardrails' for device use; tech levy renewal funds infrastructure
Summary
Teaching & Learning and Technology directors presented a framework to recalibrate classroom technology use, focusing on active versus passive use, comprehension and attention effects, middle‑school transitions, and audits of classroom apps. They reiterated the tech levy renewal (~$6.5M/year) funds roughly half the district’s technology operating budget including cybersecurity and device replacement.
Executive Director Dana Miller and Director of Technology Wade Phillips presented a planned recalibration of classroom technology use in response to parent and staff concerns. They proposed a "balanced guardrail" framework built around four focal areas: distinguishing passive from active instructional uses of devices, addressing screen‑inferiority effects for dense reading, rethinking the fifth‑to‑sixth grade transition where device use often ramps up,…
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