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Re: Google Classroom

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Post by dubya »

sagischwarz wrote: post #14

I think the public educational IT system should not be outsourced to the private sector, where schools completely lose control of the data and depend more or less on the good will of the company. University courses should not be organized by Facebook and pupils should not be forced to use IT systems of non-trustworthy companies like Google, which earn money by profiling their customers. Maybe my view is too German, b…

The reality is that this data is already out there. Faculty will us whatever is most convenient, and that's never been BlackBoard or whatever the official IT service is. Student grades will end up in DropBox or in a Google doc, FERPA or not, unless there's some sort of auditing.

Re: Google Classroom

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Post by seanflyon »

Curmudgel wrote: post #124
seanflyon wrote: post #107

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Why should schools spend time on cursive? Does it add value for the students? The last time I used cursive for something other than a signature was in elementary school.

Cursive handwriting, when done with proper technique, is faster than block and does not cause hand cramps or wrist pain.

And still much slower than typing. I see insufficient value to learn cursive in a modern society.

Re: Google Classroom

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Post by jestinjoy1 »

raldi wrote: post #44
jestinjoy1 wrote: post #38

What I dislike about Google Classroom is students need institution email address for logging in.

Why does that bother you?

My problem is every sem we need to enroll students with the institution email address. In my part of the world (India), this is not something as easy as it may seem. Google apps is controlled by the Admin and the Google classroom is controlled by the teacher. Only very few use Google classroom and Admin is really annoyed by maintaining student email address.

Re: Google Classroom

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Post by Curmudgel »

seanflyon wrote: post #142
Curmudgel wrote: post #124

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Cursive handwriting, when done with proper technique, is faster than block and does not cause hand cramps or wrist pain.

And still much slower than typing. I see insufficient value to learn cursive in a modern society.

Yes, typing is usually faster than cursive. However, most keyboards are not ergonomic and years of use at high speeds will most likely lead to RSI or at least sore wrists. And there are still be plenty of times in life where writing something by hand is more appropriate than typing it up.

Re: Google Classroom

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Post by seanflyon »

Curmudgel wrote: post #144
seanflyon wrote: post #142

Earlier quoted context omitted.

And still much slower than typing. I see insufficient value to learn cursive in a modern society.

Yes, typing is usually faster than cursive. However, most keyboards are not ergonomic and years of use at high speeds will most likely lead to RSI or at least sore wrists. And there are still be plenty of times in life where writing something by hand is more appropriate than typing it up.

You only get RSI if you type vastly more than you could write by hand. As for the times when typing is inappropriate, those are relatively short notes for which cursive is unnecessary. So far in my life I have come across 0 legitimate uses for cursive.
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