[CASL-L] Wanted to share this...anyone else see the NYT article??

[Shannon McNeice]

My middle school has gone to Chromebook carts in each class instead of kids
walking around with them all day. It has reduced a lot of the unwanted
behaviors. But our district won't invest in Securely or other software to
give teachers more control, so we still have quite a bit of nonsense
happening.

Shannon


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On Mon, Apr 13, 2026 at 9:37 PM CASL President <president at ctcasl.org> wrote:

> Hi Melissa & all,
>
> Yes, I read the article this morning too. Have been following the
> data/articles. Also, remember Barb sharing at nErDcampCT that Colchester
> going back to carts. Thanks for the book rec, Laura. *The Anxious
> Generation* as well as *The Chaos Machine* were two books that I found
> valuable reads.
>
> *Valerie DiLorenzo*
> CASL President
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> On Mon, Apr 13, 2026 at 10:26 AM Melissa Thom via CASL-L <
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>> Good Morning,
>>
>> I have been having so many conversations with other educators about how
>> it would be so nice to have more of a balance between tech and analog
>> teaching and learning.
>>
>> This was a recent article about reducing chromebooks in schools that was
>> very timely.
>>
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