If it’s good enough for a dog, it’s good enough for a kid, right?
~ The Rebel ~
2012/08/25 06:26:23
Northside ISD is harnessing the power of radio frequency identification technology (RFID) to make schools safer, know where our students are while at school, increase revenues, and provide a general purpose “smart” ID card.
THE PILOT
THE PILOT
The Student Locator Project is currently being piloted at two schools. They are Jay High School and Jones Middle School, two of 112 schools in Northside ISD. The pilot will last one year after which time the data will be evaluated and decisions made about further implementation in future years.
Jay and Jones have a combined enrollment of 4,200 students (out of a projected 100,000 students in NISD). The pilot is small relative to the size of the school district. The "smart" ID cards only work within the school.
Read More: http://www.nisd.net/studentlocator/
Tracking technology is "dehumanizing," threat to privacy and civil
liberties
Nashua, New Hampshire (PRWEB) August 21, 2012
A coalition of privacy and civil liberties organizations has issued a
Position Paper on the Use of RFID in Schools. In it they call for a
moratorium on the use of the controversial chip-based tracking
technology.
The paper can be found here:
http://www.spychips.com/schoo...