Schools are using screens in a mindful way | Letters

2026-02-06 - 18:15

A teaching assistant rejects the suggestion that teachers are not incorporating technology in a purposeful manner As a teaching assistant, play coordinator and forest school leader in a primary school, I would argue that screens are already used in the classroom in a “purposeful, mindful” way (Letters, 30 January). Lessons are carefully planned and delivered using a screen as a tool, by a teacher, just like they were delivered using a blackboard before screens were a “thing”. The use of this technology saves time to teach more efficiently, with the added benefit that video clips, photographs and sounds can be used to enrich children’s education and experiences. Children are encouraged to contribute orally in the majority of lessons, particularly in those schools that are taking part in the Voice 21 oracy programme, which embeds oracy throughout the curriculum. Continue reading...