Therefore developers want create some apps used in smartphone to help solving practical problems in the daily life. One is the "School app"
"Imagine checking your child's school grades and lunch menu, and then emailing the principal with a quick tap—all from a dedicated application on your smartphone.
Even better, the app is free.
School districts across Oklahoma are snapping up the free apps, while many across the country and Canada are inquiring about getting a mobile application for their districts just from word-of-mouth, said Steve McDaniel, a founder of Norman-based SCHOOL CONNECT.
The app provides GPS features, push notifications, secure access to students' grades, school lunch menus, class schedules and more."
With this technology, which is free to download, parents can know exactly if their children go to the school or not, whether their children are safe in campus or on the road.
In addition, in the future, each school probably can apply this app into their teaching- sending teaching schedules, campus news, students feedbacks to parents, and may contact with teachers more easily.
However, from a critical point of view, does this app harmful to the students' personal privacy? If everything of the children can be watched and managed by parents, it could be a bad news for children...
it is a good question about students' personal privacy but i don't have a clear answer. What i know for sure that children should be controlled. Not all the time but at least parents should be aware what is going on at school. It is good when you can check you kid's grades, can know about the latest news in the campus. Likewise it is important that you can contact teachers more easily.
ReplyDeleteI am for the idea of "School app"
I agree with your critical remark about the students’ privacy. Especially when it concerns the possibility for parents to ‘follow’ their children to know if they are at school or not or if they are safe on the road. And, according to the video, you even can share the information with friends and family using the app. It certainly is a nice example of social control. But what about phone calls? Isn’t that sufficient anymore when your kid needs help finding the way, in case of loosing his keys, …? I’m wondering what parents will take the time to use the GPS features.
ReplyDeleteFurther I’m wondering why this app is so interesting for information sharing when schools easily can share all the information on students’ grades, school lunch menus, class schedules, etc. on their website or a communication platform.