Final Decision on Chromebook Case in Denmark
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Final Decision on Chromebook Case in Denmark
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Re: Final Decision on Chromebook Case in Denmark
#2What an excellent outcome. Well done Jesper Graugaard. Like Alan
Bates, those fighting for common sense and decency around technology
are gaining strength and winning victories despite the fear and
reluctance of institutions to challenge big-tech.
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#3That's not what the article nor the judgement say though...
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#4The real problem I saw with Chromebooks used in educational settings was not Google, but the extensions from sketchy third-parties forced on students by IT policy with unlimited permissions to vaccum up their data and sell to the highest bidder
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#5My impression is that Kommunernes Landsforening (the national association of municipalities) will work together with Google Denmark to find a solution.
In the mean time (till August) schools can continue using Google WorkSpace.
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#6What's the problem with our children doing the entirety of their learning in a data collection box that aims to bombard them with advertisement and get them used to an ecosystem for lifelong ad targeting?
Now seriously, if Chromebooks didn't exist, couldn't you imagine a Black Mirror episode around this very theme?
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#7Schools+laptops is absolutely crazy.
The amount of incompetence is beyond reason.
My daughter(12)'s keyboard got broken, now she is afraid she wont be able to take her exam with an external keyboard because there is a spyware extension they use called 'safe exam browser' that might block her computer when she plugs the keyboard.
Most of the kids are just using it to snapchat during class.
I will honestly prefer to just ban all tech from schools.
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#8I think it’s too bad that the One Laptop Per Child initiative didn’t make it. I think they had a lot of great ideas. Hardware and software tailored for learning, designed with the user and classroom in mind.
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#9Schools+laptops is absolutely crazy. The amount of incompetence is beyond reason. My daughter(12)'s keyboard got broken, now she is afraid she wont be able to take her exam with an external keyboard because there is a spyware extension they use called 'safe exam browser' that might block her computer when she plugs the keyboard. Most of the kids are just using it to snapchat during class. I will honestly prefer to ju…
Laptops are pretty useful for writing essays and doing research. It's also good to get some computer experience in, because the younger generation is growing up only knowing smartphones and doing as terrible a job in environments where they need to use computers (offices and such) as the retiring baby boomers are. Saving files using a mouse, and printing documents isn't something you know from birth, and we owe it to our children to teach them some basic computer experience.
I can't fathom while you'd use anyone's personal device to take tests, though. What could possibly be taught to a 12 year old that couldn't be tested in the form of a written exam? It's always the tyrannical anti cheat software that turns any good idea into a terrible experience.
Re: Final Decision on Chromebook Case in Denmark
#10Schools+laptops is absolutely crazy. The amount of incompetence is beyond reason. My daughter(12)'s keyboard got broken, now she is afraid she wont be able to take her exam with an external keyboard because there is a spyware extension they use called 'safe exam browser' that might block her computer when she plugs the keyboard. Most of the kids are just using it to snapchat during class. I will honestly prefer to ju…
"I will honestly prefer to just ban all tech from schools."
But can one really hope, to prepare students for life then?