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Extend the Application
Maybe it puts them in the mindset that they better be on their best behavior in school.
Really now, what's so bad about this? As the article points out, all they are doing is automating processes that occur manually right now. Every school keeps track of attendance in class, they keep track of tardiness, they charge kids when they buy lunch in the cafeteria, etc.
I think this application should be extended. I think it should have an interface to the Internet so that parents can sign in and verify that their kids arrived at school, see that their kids are in class when they are supposed to be, see what they ate for lunch, etc. I think it would be interesting to find out that my son left class early and spent time in the principal's office.
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Re: Extend the Application
An RFID tag just tells a reader if you have passed one and, as the article points out, the tag has to be within two feet - or about arm's reach - of the reader. Once you passed a reader, this technology can't tell whether the kid is in class, or hopped the fence and is smoking cigs down at the McDonalds.
I don't see how it is much different that punching a timecard.
For "tracking" you would need a GPS tracking device (Lojack for kids), and quite personally, don't see why you wouldn't give one to a 6 year old. 16 year olds, different story.
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