Second Grader Watches Over 700 YouTube Videos
A Wall Street Journal report found many American public schools rely too heavily on YouTube for educational content. Students are using school-issued Chromebooks to access the platform, which is intended to have restricted content blocked. The report noted that students have found workarounds to access the infinite scroll of videos. In one instance, a second grader watched more than 700 videos on a school device. One instance of school-based YouTube usage involved a second grader watching more than 700 videos.
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“the Wall Street Journal did a deep dive on this subject and they found many American public schools rely too heavily on YouTube for educational content”
Bloomberg Radio
“workarounds in one instance, a second grader watched more than 700 videos.”
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