I really hope it's not true.
School gave us chromeboks, they are worthless
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I really hope it's not true.
davepoobond
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umm haha ok, no problem
Zoe
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My guesses on the monitoring:
The webcam thing is so they can turn it on in the event that it's been reported stolen/lost.
The private email thing is a natural consequence of monitoring all web traffic. Anything you send or receive, whether email or any kind of web forms, passes through that filter.
The webcam thing is so they can turn it on in the event that it's been reported stolen/lost.
The private email thing is a natural consequence of monitoring all web traffic. Anything you send or receive, whether email or any kind of web forms, passes through that filter.
CarpeDeezNutz
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Not likely, when I set up the accounts I had to inform each parent what can and can't be done, how to get apps, not to enter CC numbers on their kid's iPad(lol).
At no time did I say we would be spying on their kids haha.
We and the parents can check on progress and time spent doing schoolwork though.
My campus is in a poor area it's great all these kids get some tech to work on but I don't know what's going to happen when they take them home.
NoblesseOblige
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Yes. I mentioned it in a previous response. Also cases like this:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robbins_v._Lower_Merion_School_District
I try to get chromebooks for our students that are without webcams just to limit possible concerns and liabilities.
DoktorEvil
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Damn. Federal money isn't getting to the right people then. Those administrators are probably pocketing it.
ClayKavalier
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I don't know, Kevin from geometry class told me his family is suing the school district because the camera light on his sister's school computer was on when she was getting out of the shower and she hadnt even been skyping or anything.
He's going to get an Xbox One with his portion of the settlement which is cool but the whole thing is super shady.
Doesn't matter:
People are monitoring you everywhere.
Just get used to teachers watching you fap with the chrome book on your lap.
I'm sure you have more users connected
- School with your chrome book
- At work with your PC/laptop
- Home with your Windows 10 system
People are monitoring you everywhere.
Just get used to teachers watching you fap with the chrome book on your lap.
I'm sure you have more users connected
when you're fully erected.
It might even turn out as you guessed, there could be some late night requests.
IISANDERII
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They gave restricted chromebooks to the students who haven't mastered basic grammar yet.
adamsappel
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I hope the people posting on GAF from their work computers understand that their employer can do these things, too. I doubt (m)any would access the webcam, but it's probably signed away in your employment contract. But the emails you send are "theirs" as well.
High-schoolers who complain about taxes are definitely just aping what their parents say.
perhaps the school shouldn't have encouraged lots of electronic waste then? Perhaps some students already had laptops they could have used for schoolwork. Perhaps some would have preferred the choice of a voucher or something towards a computer of their choice?
Seems a bit backwards to force a computer on students purely for homework.
Why? You give every child the same exact tools. Makes it easier to give directions, and no student can give an excuse about not having what they need.
It's free...
If you're clever you'll learn how to bypass the restrictions.
Like forcing students to buy a graphing calculator when high school students don't need a graphing calculator at all?
If you're clever you'll learn how to bypass the restrictions.
Like forcing students to buy a graphing calculator when high school students don't need a graphing calculator at all?
Zoe
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Why would you give out vouchers? These are school property and are due back to the school at the end.
And for those that do already have something, nothing's preventing them from using their own devices once they're off campus.
Here I was expecting OP to talk about how bad he thought Chromebooks were in general. It's a free laptop. It's got restrictions, but it is supposed to be used to help advance your education. Embrace it.
Hell, I had to use an 8088 and a dot matrix printer in 7th grade. I would have killed for a laptop to do my English homework on a capable PC at home.
Hell, I had to use an 8088 and a dot matrix printer in 7th grade. I would have killed for a laptop to do my English homework on a capable PC at home.
ClayKavalier
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Hey now, you were young once, long ago.
DoktorEvil
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It's not purely for homework but for educational purposes. OP is mad that his/her education doesn't account for reddit youtube facebook twitter. That's isn't his/her decision and the school understandably doesn't allow it for liability reasons.
If he/she was hard up to go on those sites above, he/she could use a smartphone.
ClayKavalier
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But what if his parents ground him from his phone from not doing his homework? Then what?
I was born old and did my computing on an abacus I found in the garbage bin I was born in.
_/¯UncleSporky
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Chromebooks are actually awesome for students. My local district gave them to all the highschoolers last year and it was a huge success, pretty much everyone loved them. Because it was such a big success they're giving them to middle school students this year.
I've heard about a lot of schools giving out iPads or other tablets and they end up being worthless for most instructional/homework purposes due to the lack of a physical keyboard.
I've heard about a lot of schools giving out iPads or other tablets and they end up being worthless for most instructional/homework purposes due to the lack of a physical keyboard.
nailbombxx
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OP seriously was complaining about getting free technology from his school?
back in my day... ah nevermind
back in my day... ah nevermind
SneakyStephan
Banned
You're in highschool OP, how many taxes are you paying again?
ElectricBlanketFire
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Is the OP coming back? I want to know who he has for Algebra II.
The Lone Courier
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Huh typicall millennials.
CarpeDeezNutz
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I agree with you about the iPads but at the elementary level they use apps that scan multiple choice words and kids make QR codes with stories and pictures they make. But yeah I think older kids should get notebooks instead of tablets.
Man I knew New Jersey was bad but seriously 80% of the population can't read?
Kidding of course, just saw in your profile that you currently reside there and I couldn't let a potential Jersey slam slip by
that makes me very happy. Chromebooks are super cheap and super capable for a student, great job Google. I remember being obsessed with my family getting a computer when I was in 5th grade. We eventually got a Gateway 2000 desktop for like $3,000 or something. Crazy that you can get a super capable laptop for ~$200 now.
NoblesseOblige
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We moved away from iPads to Chromebooks for the upcoming year. They've been significantly faster to configure, and at half the price of iPads. Hopefully students will find them to their liking. Other districts in the area have already made the switch and speak volumes better of the Chromebooks in both managing and student use. If you look at this report I posted in a previous page you'll see about three times as many chromebooks are being purchased than iPads:
This 100%.
acheron_xl
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Maybe Google should break that shit off so it can be whitelisted by educators then.
itwasTuesday
He wasn't alone.
diggmcbadass
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This seems explicitly illegal more than anything.
Rimon-hanit
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Regrading the quality issue, I fucking love my CB I can toss it around spill drinks on it, and a few moment later it is as good as new.
User 73706
Banned
Get them jailed by masturbating furiously in front of the built-in webcam.
Veritigo_X
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Did OP's school find out about GAF and blocked it too?
I cringed reading that... I remember shitty erasers that would squeak, or even worse... erasers on the back of pencils that are almost done and then the sound/feel of metal scraping against a page...
You made me entirely way too uncomfortable in that sentence,
Actually, it would be. /r/askhistorians is fantastic.
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