re Ariz. college using RFID for class attendance

[Dave Farber <dave () farber net>]

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> From: Charley Kline <csk () mail com>
> Date: May 4, 2010 6:55:04 PM EDT
> To: dave () farber net
> Subject: RE: [IP] re Ariz. college using RFID for class attendance

> Suppose I give my ID card to a friend so that they carry mine and  
> theirs. The RFID scanner wouldn't know that I am not really there.  
> People have been having friends clock in for them at work for years  
> so that they aren't docked for being late.
>
> And I agree with Dave Farber. With the exception of some classes  
> where group participation is critical, who cares how you learn the  
> material or attend class?
>
> -- Charley
>
> From: Dave Farber [mailto:dave () farber net]
> Sent: Tuesday, May 04, 2010 3:27 PM
> To: ip
> Subject: [IP] re Ariz. college using RFID for class attendance
>
>
> I agree!!! djf
>
>
> Begin forwarded message:
>
> > From: Dennis Allison <drallison () gmail com>
> > Date: May 4, 2010 5:20:49 PM EDT
> > To: dave () farber net
> > Subject: Re: [IP] Ariz. college using RFID for class attendance
>
> > Why should he University care whether students attend a lecture or  
> > not?  By the time a student reaches the University, they should be  
> > responsible for their own schedule and actions.   Seems to me to be  
> > a technological solution to a non-problem.
> >
> > On Tue, May 4, 2010 at 11:40 AM, Dave Farber <dave () farber net> wrote:
> >
> > Subject: Ariz. college using RFID for class attendance
> > > Ariz. college to position sensors to check class attendance
> >
> > > Devices would be installed in underclassmen lecture halls; some  
> > > say infringes on privacy
> > >
> > > http://badgerherald.com/news/2010/05/04/ariz_college_to_posi.php
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