3rd-grade teacher makes students listen to stories on individual iPads with headphones instead of reading out loud to the entire class

• A mom recently went viral for sharing the dystopian realities of reading education in the United States today.

  "In my daughter's third grade class, instead of read aloud time, each student watches the same youtube video of someone reading a book, on individual ipads, with their headphones on."

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  _{A little girl listens to a story on an iPad instead of her teacher reading it aloud to the class.}

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• A former substitute teacher expressed her sympathies to the mom over this strange development. 

  "When I substituted, the best part of the day was reading a book. So many younger ones would practically sit in your lap thoroughly engrossed. Other times a child from a higher grade came to read. I’m sorry it’s become so antiseptic."

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  _{A substitute teacher reads aloud to her class of engrossed listeners.} 

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• A retired teacher offered a theory as to why this teacher would choose to conduct storytime in this manner. 

  "As a retired teacher, I can tell you why! Use of “technology” is part of the teacher evaluation system. If we didn’t use it during an observation (which could happen at any time), we wouldn’t get that point! Now evaluations are tied to money."

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  _{A young girl uses the computer in class in accordance with the school district's mandates on more technology in the classroom.} 

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• Have you ever encountered something like this? Would you keep your child in a classroom where they are being read to by an iPad instead of their teacher?

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