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As I adjust my instructional routines to meet my students where they are, it is coming in loud and clear from students that they are really struggling with doing their math homework electronically on district-issued laptops. Unlike most of their other classes where they can type essays or short answers to questions, doing math from a screen is just not as easy. On several occasions, my students have requested packets of worksheets, but since most of them don't have access to printers, this is logistically not possible. I would have to go to our school building to print out materials, make copies and then distribute them to students individually, while also managing my own middle schooler and 2nd grader at home. Most of the teachers in the math department have been using a tablet that is comparable to them one that I am requesting, to simulate writing on paper and it's been a game changer for how we teach and model how to solve problems. I know these tablets will have a positive impact on student learning as well and remove the hurdle of having to copy math problems from the screen onto their notebook and then solve. This seems like a trivial dilemma, but removing this one step can lower the steep activation energy needed to start their homework. Most of my students are 9th graders who have not yet developed the executive functioning skills needed to successfully navigate our new digital learning environment. In my classroom, we don't say, "practice makes perfect"; we say, "practice makes better". I am advocating for students in lower-level math classes to have a simple yet effective instructional tool so they continue their math education with one less obstacle.

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As I adjust my instructional routines to meet my students where they are, it is coming in loud and clear from students that they are really struggling with doing their math homework electronically on district-issued laptops. Unlike most of their other classes where they can type essays or short answers to questions, doing math from a screen is just not as easy. On several occasions, my students have requested packets of worksheets, but since most of them don't have access to printers, this is logistically not possible. I would have to go to our school building to print out materials, make copies and then distribute them to students individually, while also managing my own middle schooler and 2nd grader at home. Most of the teachers in the math department have been using a tablet that is comparable to them one that I am requesting, to simulate writing on paper and it's been a game changer for how we teach and model how to solve problems. I know these tablets will have a positive impact on student learning as well and remove the hurdle of having to copy math problems from the screen onto their notebook and then solve. This seems like a trivial dilemma, but removing this one step can lower the steep activation energy needed to start their homework. Most of my students are 9th graders who have not yet developed the executive functioning skills needed to successfully navigate our new digital learning environment. In my classroom, we don't say, "practice makes perfect"; we say, "practice makes better". I am advocating for students in lower-level math classes to have a simple yet effective instructional tool so they continue their math education with one less obstacle.

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