In many secondary schools and colleges, significant amounts of student information are gathered under protective measures, yet many pupils lack awareness of what data is collected and how it is managed. Due to the risks of online harms like cyberbullying, schools have a responsibility to protect students, but often lack necessary resources. A response to this gap involves using law enforcement technologies, such as internet monitoring and biometric scanners, which can lead to hidden surveillance practices where pupils remain unaware of the extent of their monitored information.
Some schools now monitor what pupils do and where they go, as well as the websites they visit, what they type and the messages they receive, which may include financial and medical information.
This technology effectively sits in a no man's land - it's not edtech, in the sense that it's not used for teaching and learning, and it's not used by the children themselves.
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