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If I had to guess it wasn't really necessary from a teaching standpoint but they decided it was easier since nowadays they manage the entire school on their sch
by SystemOut 11y ago
If I had to guess it wasn't really necessary from a teaching standpoint but they decided it was easier since nowadays they manage the entire school on their school information system. Attendance, lunch room balances, etc. are all routed through the systems nowadays and trying to do it all by paper and then re-entering it the next day would have been a huge PITA.
This is yet another reason for schools to switch to mostly Chromebooks. Pretty much impossible to get malware spreading on those things.
- nommm-nommm 11y agoSchools around where I lived when I grew up did this: A certain amount of snow days were budgeted in the schedule. Once spring hit if we had extra snow days we didn't use for snow they would use them up so we'd just have a random couple of days off in the spring. It's likely they felt comfortable using a "snow day" if they had a few extra.
- pdkl95 11y agoChromebooks protect you against some categories of malware, but they also add a dependency on the internet and giving Google tracking data. While it is hard to quantify these costs, they do exist and should be considered. In particular, requiring the internet is a huge risk which may require even more shutdowns in the future if the internet ever goes down.
- SystemOut 11y agoThe SIS systems are almost all hosted these days so it's the same risk from an Internet requirement. Google doesn't track usage on students use of Chromebooks.