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Given that most of the time, attendance is checked anyway, manually by the teacher, I really don't see the big problem here. If there is an attendance duty anyw
by kilian 16y ago
Given that most of the time, attendance is checked anyway, manually by the teacher, I really don't see the big problem here. If there is an attendance duty anyway, this is an excellent solution. It adds 10 minutes to each class by not having to spend the time calling out names and awaiting a "present" or "yea".
More time for education while replacing an old-fashioned, outdated system with fancy "new" tech. Why the hate?
- jimbokun 16y agoThe underlying technology can be used for purposes other than checking class attendance. As some of the concerned students note in the article, they could probably construct a record of students locations on campus throughout the day. Not difficult to imagine an administrator somehow abusing that information. If the RFID had an off switch, that might mitigate this concern. (Would be frustrating, though, if you forgot to turn it back on before class and thus did not get credit for attendance.)
- kilian 16y agoThat is suggesting the school will add RFID scanners on other places than doorposts in classrooms. Certainly that is evil, but it also isn't the case as of this moment.