Kids are quick and better at technology that many of us are, so beginning next year our school district is going to be using a system-wide reporting and surveillance program.
The program will give reports to teachers throughout the day about sites that students are accessing. In addition, it will give the administrators a report of top sites used in the district. At the end of the 2006-2007 school year, the top six sites included:
- The School District Home page
- Slime World Cup Soccer
- Play Line Rider Game
- Kiekko Internet Hockey
- emGames
Students will know that there is a surveillance in place. I wonder how the use of computers will change next year. It makes me think about Kohlberg's Stages of Moral Development. Will kids do the right thing because they are "being watched" or because it's the right thing to do?
In addition, this program will track all activities and applications, so teachers may lose technology in their classroom or be asked to participate in some technology integration professional development if the reports show inactivity on the computers.
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