One of the biggest players in the field of data mining analyzes student data that it collects by keeping track of nearly every click and keystroke a child makes during digital lessons… Teachers are increasingly relying on behavior monitoring software not only to keep kids on track, but to track them, too… Kids are asked to wear Fitbit-style wrist bands that record their activities at school, on the playground and at home.A day in the life of a data mined kidby
Adriene Hill, marketplace.org, 15 September 2014
Education, like pretty much everything else in our lives these days, is driven by data.
Our childrens’ data. A whole lot of it.
Nearly everything they do at school can be — and often is — recorded and tracked, and parents don't always know what information is being collected, where it’s going, or how it's being used.
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