McLuhan's+Tetrad+-+Janie

This week I chose to learn more about biometric scanners. My school recently purchased thumb scanners for the faculty and staff to sign in and out. The school states that teachers are able to get to their room faster, therefore enabling us to get to the room to prepare instruction for our students. The scanners eventually could be placed throughout the schools enabling us to use these scanners to take attendance, which will lead to more instruction time. Students could also eventually use these scanners to sign in when taking an AR test which lessens the risk of students taking AR tests in other students name and lowering their AR scores. Right now students have to enter their lunch number and sometimes they tend to want to try to "discover other student's numbers, therefore logging them out of the program. They could potentially be used in the lunchroom and for bus transportation.

These scanners would enable teachers to spend more time on instruction and less time on doing the tedious things that take up our instruction time. They also step up security in the school and on the buses. This way adminstration can track students if they did not get off at the appropriate place or if they got onto the wrong bus.

Janie, Scan technology is going to simplify many aspects of our lives not only in education, but also including limiting identity theft and other dishonest activities that plague our society.

Diane

Janie,

It sounds that this technology can help teachers with basic paperwork that takes away from limited instruction time. Any technology that helps teachers to non-educational duties would enhance learning in the classroom.

Arianna