I worked voluntarily to a region (Kreis) in Germany in the first lockdown. I was asked to help to come up with a solution an evaluate different players. I have

I worked voluntarily to a region (Kreis) in Germany in the first lockdown. I was asked to help to come up with a solution an evaluate different players. I have no horse in this race and I wanted genuinely help. My kids would profit from that, but other than that, was pure voluntary work. The GSuite was the only one that: a) could scale b) multicultural and multilanguage c) great usability in all exotic different setup of OS d) well thought workflows d) low learning curve e) affordable price However we decided to don't go with that. There are someone from the "Die Linke" which was repeating this FUD about "The privacy of our kids are at risk".. Here is why I think that is wrong: a) You could anonymize all the users. The Felix Müller could be just the X1234 in the platform and the teacher would track his homework and deliverables without revealing his identity. b) From Risk analysis the risk of the NSA knowing that the school kid Felix Müller had a 4 in Mathematics, is IMO acceptable if you think about all other positive aspects of the tool. In the end, each state in Germany decided to come with their own solution mostly developed in house, and almost all failed miserably. Couldn't scale, couldn't support different browsers and OSs, all workflows were not well thought. It was so bad that many schools just kept with paper, making the lives of everyone involved a nightmare. I'm 100% sure that one of the main reasons for the bad digitization in the schools in Germany was caused by this pamphleteering and I would love to know who really got the contracts to develop the "Home Schooling" solutions used after that. References: https://www.dw.com/en/oecd-german-schools-falling-behind-in-digitalization/a-57209127 https://www.dw.com/en/oecd-german-schools-falling-behind-in-... https://www.dw.com/en/germany-and-digitalization-why-cant-europes-richest-country-get-up-to-speed/a-58273979 https://www.dw.com/en/germany-and-digitalization-why-cant-eu...