Janice Makinen's In an IPodWorld

yet another zealous school...

anybody remember weiser's tabs???

"like petty little dictators, school officials imposed a new ID system on elementary school students. Students were issued ID tags they must wear around their necks - just like in some prisons - and school officials have threatened disciplinary proceedings against any student who fails to do so. The tags include the student's name, picture, school, class year and school ID number. The tags also include an RFID chip that responds to a scanner with a student-specific serial number. "

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and a response...

"The problem the school officials ran into didn't have anything to do with technology, but rather their own naiveté when it came to "selling" the project to the community.

I suspect that InCom was just as naive as the Brittan school board because there were so many flawed decisions in how this particular plan was conceived. Two major d'ohs come to mind: the foolish assertion that the system, as implemented, would improve security at the school, and the deployment of RFID sensors to monitor bathroom access."

smart technology, dumb people