The last two decades have seen an exponential increase in the use of technology in the classroom. While the focus of ergonomics has been on business environments, we tend to overlook the digital screens that our children are staring at — where twenty years ago there were chalkboards now there are active boards. Children are needing vision correction earlier in life than the generation before them thanks to the influx of technology in the classroom.

With the obsoletion of printed textbooks on the horizon, and while technology will only benefit the educational system; these technology enabled children might need some visual ergonomics. Several students at a primary school in Las Vegas appear to be keen to this fact as they took the time to write to GUNNAR Optiks expressing their love of GUNNAR Glasses.

The small group of 4th graders were using GUNNAR Glasses to play video games (mostly Minecraft) and spread the word among the other students in their class. After receiving their letters, GUNNAR Optiks reached out to the school to do something for the kids. While the kids did end up with some GUNNAR swag, the administrators approved an assembly for all 140+ 4th graders to learn about eye health. So GUNNAR Optiks sent Director of B2B Sales Jed Rawson to the school to speak to the students.

“As students entering a digital age, taking care of your eyes should be a top priority,” Rawson told the kids. “You only get 1 pair of eyes for the next 70 years. GUNNAR lenses incorporate cutting-edge technology for staring at a digital screen – even when playing video games like Minecraft.”

GUNNAR Optiks, like many technology based companies, are huge supporters of education and want to make sure that ‘the future is bright’ for generations to come. Through early education and always willing to entertain educational and information requests companies like GUNNAR Optiks are making sure that the next generation of computer uses and coders are well protected against villains like Computer Vision Syndrome.

As for the 4th graders, they were gifted with ten pairs of Paralex and PPK, six of those to the students that wrote letters and the remaining pairs were raffled off to the students. Additionally, many students went home with GUNNAR t-shirts and Starhawk Cases. After the assembly the other 4th grade teachers told Rawson that the kids will be talking about it for the rest of the week.

One of the students told Rawson after the assembly, GUNNARS are “super great because they help my eyes when I play Minecraft“.

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