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They New York Times published an article about a program in Dallas, Texas where schools are attaching a GPS to kids with high truancy rate.

Jaime Pacheco rolled out of bed at dawn last week to the blaring chorus of two alarms. Then Jaime, a 15-year-old high school freshman, smoothed his striped comforter, dumped two scoops of kibble for the dogs out back and strapped a G.P.S. monitor to his belt.

I’m stunned.

I can understand tracing school equipment, such as a notebook PC, that is activated if the PC is lost. But tracking a student as punishment?

On the flipside, here’s a different type of tracking. Administrators using devices to access class and student information while they’re in the hallways. This isn’t new, but it’s a better example of technology in schools. iPod Touch, Blackberry or even Windows Mobile phones can be used to access school webpages.

Lora
Lora
Lora is passionate about student access to technology and information, particularly 1:1 computing environments. Also, has strong interest in natural user input, user experience and interaction behavior patterns.

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