Is the business sector involved here? Do they realize this need? Interesting idea.

A reminder that we might be on the right path. Many students come work in the library and computer lab after school.

I should invite the author to Paraguay. Great truth being said here and a strong reminder for me. I need to empower my teachers to teach equitable to all students, regardless of where they come from.

This is why we have not yet really tackled the technology use in the classroom. If teachers are not yet challeging students, computers will not help.

Could this also happen in the same school? Especially in our case where we have a very diverse group of students. We have very low-income students and very high-income students.

Bingo!! This is what we see every day. Some of the more affluent parents have also had access to better schooling so they can assist their child. On the other hand, students from low-income families have parents with little schooling and are not able to assist their children. This is true with technology and all other areas of our education. If we want children to learn, we have to do it at school. Disadvantage children need full support at school.

As a principal, I feel this pressure. But, at this point, I am more interested in sound teaching methods before encouraging tech use too much. We have more basic teaching questions to answer first. We are in the process of updating our system and using Microsoft 365 as a school. This was thanks for a business who has helped us. Now, we need to train staff and teachers.

I see that technology should help engage students from passive to active. help those that are not really participating to becoming more interested in what is being learned. Technology could also help students connect their everyday life with school life. Most of our students have access to a cell phone and could film and record assignments at home and show at school.

Two years ago I gave students an assignment at the beginning of the year where they had to introduce themselves to the class personally. I gave them the choice of presenting it life in class or film it at home and show the video. Several chose to do it through video. One particular girl, quite shy at school, was very different on camera. I talked to her after class, and I was able to see her from a different perspective. Besides, we had the opportunity to see their home setting and family context.

We are in such an early stage of technology improvement that we do not have people that can train us. There are tech-savvy people, but they work for businesses and do not understand schools well enough.

Here in Paraguay, to show the international community that some of the public schools also had 1 to 1 laptop, every student received a computer. The problem is that everything else continues the same. Students still have to purchase all the books they bought before. It is double work. There are extrem cases where the student was not even able to charge the computer at home since the family did not have electricity. Another problem is that some editorial companies simply load their original book in digital form without really providing a true digital version of the material.

We have huge gaps between students. Some arrive with the news computer available from abroad and others cannot afford a cell phone. We now were able to convince the board to purchase newer computers for our lab after six years. I believe the private sector tech companies should be closely connected with schools in helping them be up to date with latest technology and in training teachers. Tech businesses need to connect with schools and help close the equity gap.

This past year we helped a high school senior find funds to attend college. As she is attending college, we realize that she is far from home and the familiar settings and none of us, former school staff or her family can help her with her fear of failure. She knows we are investing a lot in her. Through phone conversations, she has mentioned it that her fear blocks her at times when she is taking a test. One of our staff is calling her weekly to help her cope with anxiety

As was commented in the AnxietyCanada site, this study differs with the site. Maybe not the question who is more responsible but both, parents and school staff, are responsible in providing help and support.

We do realize that several of our students are anxious in these situations. We usually think it is because our school is finally raising the bar in our community with higher standards. Most schools have such low expectations that when we require students to present information in front of the class and take tests that are being evaluated with a rubric, students feel anxious. We need to continue to think in ways to help students cope with such anxiety.

In Paraguay we are not yet diagnosing anxiety in schools. I wonder how many students are anxious and leave. We know that some do not think they can meet the standards at our school and prefer to give up.

We are yet to develop such reports her in Paraguay. The work of writing and IEP style report is left to the school to do. It took our school psychologist many weeks and hours to file one report to justify the modifications that were needed for one child. These are weeks and hours that she cannot be assisting students personally.

Very helpful tips since Greif-Green et al. (2017) says that 40.4% fear speaking in front of the class. Something we as teachers need to know.

Greif-Green et al. (2017) says that 30% of chidlren under 18 suffer from anxiety disorder.

Still remember a student of mine that would have at least one panic attack a week. Thankfully over time with the help of our school counselor and with much understanding from friends and teachers, the student began to lash out or scream less frequently.

At this point we have one student that has been diagnost with anxiety disorder. In the beginning we did not know why she reacted in a particular way.

We do have at home a anxious child. She has been that way for a long time. She often thinks that we as parents or her brohter will die. She does not like when I travel because she thinks the worse. It is helpful to think about ways we can help her overcome her anxiety.

I have to say that until I read Tim Elmore's book, Marching off the Map, I did not really realize that the new generation suffors greatly from anxiety.