#7 has it. This is an area my team pays close attention to. All of these schemes forget that the tag only tracks the tag, not the student. But schools are under such tremendous pressures now to provide both security and accountability that this will only increase.
There are upsides to RFID in schools, though. Having taught jr. high for 7 years I can see where this would be a massive help to teachers who often are forced to bore their students at the start of each period by taking attendance. School improvement is accomplished one tiny piece at a time and increasing usable class time by 2-3" each of 8 periods for 180 days lets schoools say they're adding the 6+ days to the school year through increased productivity.
BTW: If you want to see the brave new world of privacy in schools, check out Biloxi, MS. They installed webcams in all spaces (except restrooms) two years ago. Parents can log in and watch. It's a post-Columbine thing that a lot of schools are doing.
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Barry B @ Dec 19th 2005 1:38AM
#7 has it. This is an area my team pays close attention to. All of these schemes forget that the tag only tracks the tag, not the student. But schools are under such tremendous pressures now to provide both security and accountability that this will only increase.
There are upsides to RFID in schools, though. Having taught jr. high for 7 years I can see where this would be a massive help to teachers who often are forced to bore their students at the start of each period by taking attendance. School improvement is accomplished one tiny piece at a time and increasing usable class time by 2-3" each of 8 periods for 180 days lets schoools say they're adding the 6+ days to the school year through increased productivity.
BTW: If you want to see the brave new world of privacy in schools, check out Biloxi, MS. They installed webcams in all spaces (except restrooms) two years ago. Parents can log in and watch. It's a post-Columbine thing that a lot of schools are doing.