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re Ariz. college using RFID for the appearance of class attendance
From: Dave Farber <dave () farber net>
Date: Wed, 5 May 2010 11:26:23 -0400
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From: Bob Frankston <bob2-39 () bobf frankston com> Date: May 4, 2010 7:41:24 PM EDT To: dave () farber net, 'ip' <ip () v2 listbox com>Subject: RE: [IP] re Ariz. college using RFID for the appearance of class attendance
What makes this especially worrisome is that we aren’t even requirin g real proof – so we are putting people under surveillance knowing t hat it’s a charade.Is this a “presumed guilty” attitude? What could have a more chilling effect on thinking outside the box putting lawyers in contr ol.I’m very afraid of those who are very afraid.Next I’ll told that I must read through 100 page legal agreements be fore going to a web page?From: Dave Farber [mailto:dave () farber net] Sent: Tuesday, May 04, 2010 19:20 To: ip Subject: [IP] re Ariz. college using RFID for class attendance Begin forwarded message: From: Sam Waltz <samwaltz () gmail com> Date: May 4, 2010 7:08:31 PM EDT To: dave () farber net Subject: Re: [IP] re Ariz. college using RFID for class attendance From: Dennis Allison <drallison () gmail com> Date: May 4, 2010 5:20:49 PM EDT To: dave () farber net Subject: Re: [IP] Ariz. college using RFID for class attendanceWhy should he University care whether students attend a lecture or not? By the time a student reaches the University, they should be responsible for their own schedule and actions. Seems to me to be a technological solution to a non-problem.Speaking as a teacher, there are times when both schools and employers need to provide documentation that a student has been exposed to certain information (regardless as to whether s/he absorbed it). It is a liability issue. Sometimes we need "proof" (which admittedly does not prove much) that someone has attended sexual harassment seminar, a hazmat training session, etc. If a school is sued for creating/permitting (for example) a sexist environment, it needs to be able to demonstrate that everyone has attended an anti-sexism seminar.Of course, the system is not foolproof ("dishonesty-proof" would be a better term, but it doesn't exist yet). Students could sign each other in on paper attendance sheets; now they can sign each other in electronically. Presumably, schools enforcing honor codes would make it public knowledge that carrying someone else's ID is a violation of the honor code. For that matter, carrying someone's ID and presenting it - even electronically - is illegal, which raises other fun issues.Sam Waltz Archives <image001.jpg> <image002.png>
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