In this segment of Tech Byte, Emily Cassulo looks at how you can use tech to help your kids learn better from home.
Times square, i'm jane king with c1 3 b13 your tech report now your 41nbc emily cassulo / tech byte not everyone is going back to an actual classroom for school this year.
A lot of kids will be doing it virtually from home.
That can make it harder to stay focused.
Let's look at how you can use tech to help your kids learn better from home.
I'm emily cassulo, and this is tech byte.
Helping kids learn from home nathan roach / best buy kids not only need the right tech tools to learn, but they also need the right environment to be successful.
Best buy's nathan roach says there needs to be a good balance between what kids have to do for school, and what they'd like to do for fun.
Roach (1:03) : "making sure you're not spending too much time on the games, and you're spending an appropriate amount of time on the schoolwork."
Students should also have a specific space at home where they can get their work done.
The fewer distractions, the better.
Roach (1:17) : "it's critical that kids have a clean, organized environment that really is free of interruptions.
If kids are able to slow down and really focus on their schoolwork, it's proven that they're going to do better, and providing them with that space helps a ton."
Having good wifi is, of course, very important when doing most of their schoolwork online.
Without it, it's tough to get it all done.
Roach (1:40) : "a lot of kids are doing zoom calls, they're using microsoft office, other programs, so really making sure that you have good quality wifi, which starts with a router.
Making sure that your router's not outdated.
It's got plenty of power to do the things that you need to do."
It's also a good idea to have a printer nearby for printing off assignments, and even copying, scanning, or faxing when needed.
It's beneficial to give your child's eyes a break, and have them read from a piece of paper instead of a computer screen.
Roach (2:23) : "there's a lot of assignments, especially when you think about math, other things like that, there's a lot of things that it helps kids learn when they're able to do it on paper.
So being able to print that out, and have kids slow down, and then, plus, it's good sometimes to look away from the monitor, and actually, where you don't get that eye fatigue, and so on."
Using an external monitor, or a larger screen, is also easier on their eyes.
You just need an hdmi cable to make it happen.
Roach (3:04) : "hooking laptops, or desktops up to a tv is actually really simple
Not everyone is going back to an actual classroom for school this year. A lot of kids will be doing it virtually from home. That..
