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Schools, spying and webcams
Feb. 19th, 2010 10:07 amStudent claims school spied on him through a webcam in a school-issued laptop.
Several thoughts:
1) High schools are issuing laptops now? And MacBooks at that? Awesome. Meanwhile, a high school teacher I know in the local area is digging into his own pockets for school supplies. I get that life is unfair and school budgets are even more so, but. Something feels off here.
2) This is an EXCELLENT real life lesson for said kid on why we do not use our work computers for certain sorts of activities. Let's be family friendly and call these certain sorts of activities World of Warcraft.
3) I have absolutely no doubt that said kid was engaging in improper behavior, because, well, he's in high school. I know of no high schoolers that failed to engage in improper behavior. I think it's part of the experience.
4) With that said, and if the rest of this story is true, what the hell is the school doing watching kids when they are off school property and outside school hours? Is the justification simply that he had plugged in school property - defining the laptop as school property? And if so, shouldn't some sort of note have been sent out to the parents here?
Several thoughts:
1) High schools are issuing laptops now? And MacBooks at that? Awesome. Meanwhile, a high school teacher I know in the local area is digging into his own pockets for school supplies. I get that life is unfair and school budgets are even more so, but. Something feels off here.
2) This is an EXCELLENT real life lesson for said kid on why we do not use our work computers for certain sorts of activities. Let's be family friendly and call these certain sorts of activities World of Warcraft.
3) I have absolutely no doubt that said kid was engaging in improper behavior, because, well, he's in high school. I know of no high schoolers that failed to engage in improper behavior. I think it's part of the experience.
4) With that said, and if the rest of this story is true, what the hell is the school doing watching kids when they are off school property and outside school hours? Is the justification simply that he had plugged in school property - defining the laptop as school property? And if so, shouldn't some sort of note have been sent out to the parents here?