Karen Wilkinson reports: A plan to electronically track attendance at an Arizona university is being framed as a way to encourage going to class and participation, but privacy experts and some students are wary the technology could become a security and privacy concern. Northern Arizona University (NAU) in Flagstaff, will start using “proximity card readers”…
Category: Youth & Schools
Former IT chief’s lawyer attacks Web cam report
John P. Martin reports the latest installment in the ongoing dispute over webcam surveillance by the Lower Merion School District: The lawyer for the former top technology administrator in the Lower Merion School District today attacked a report that broadly blamed his client for the furor over the district’s secret laptop tracking program. Lawyer Nicholas…
Lower Merion releases webcam investigation report
Richard Ilgenfritz reports: An internal investigation into the Lower Merion School District’s use of the computer tracking software confirms that tens of thousands of images were found and investigators are putting a lot of the blame on the district’s tech staff. According to the findings of the investigation that was released to the public Monday…
New Jersey principal deputizes parents as cyber police
Christopher Dawson reports: This is one from the overstepping-your-bounds-big-time-buddy department: The principal at Benjamin Franklin Middle School in Ridgewood, New Jersey, sent an email to parents Wednesday morning telling them to ban their children from social networks and thoroughly police their electronic communications. This was not a suggestion or even an invitation to start a…