"Education" websites use in elementary schools

[BCClone]

My son has not been able to bring a math test home once he started high school math.

You can see each of their grades on the internet, assignment by assignment at that age. Besides, my kids couldn't care less if I saw their tests and homework come HS.

 

[3TrueFans]

Man people are ******* stupid, I mean I knew that but God damn. It's a way to see what your kids are doing at school, stop being ******* paranoid about everything.

 

[Rabbuk]

I view this as a good thing for parents at my school who worked multiple jobs or 3rd shift so couldn't come into building and had minimal weekday contact with their kids. Not everyone works 9-5 jobs and makes enough from 40 hours of work to be an active parent in traditional ways.

 

[CyCrazy]

Man people are ******* stupid, I mean I knew that but God damn. It's a way to see what your kids are doing at school, stop being ******* paranoid about everything.

The gumbment is watching us.

 

[3TrueFans]

The gumbment is watching us.

If they want to also see my kid play with blocks at preschool more power to them, it's adorable.

 

[Rabbuk]

If they want to also see my kid play with blocks at preschool more power to them, it's adorable.

but geolocation and biometric data doe.

 

[Cyclonepride]

https://web.seesaw.me/privacy

Seesaw Privacy, Safety, and Security
Our Promises

Protecting your privacy is fundamental to our mission and business. The following summarize our promises to you.

• We never sell your data or student data.
• We never advertise in Seesaw.
• We don’t own the content you add to Seesaw.
• Student work is private to the classroom by default.
• We use the latest security industry best practices to protect you.
• We are transparent about our practices and will notify you if things change.
• We are compliant with FERPA, COPPA, and GDPR.

I think it’s pertinent to ask, if this is true, why do they collect the aforementioned data? For fun?

 

[madguy30]

I view this as a good thing for parents at my school who worked multiple jobs or 3rd shift so couldn't come into building and had minimal weekday contact with their kids. Not everyone works 9-5 jobs and makes enough from 40 hours of work to be an active parent in traditional ways.

And not everyone has a magical wonderland of a job that allows them to miss time for presentations, concerts, etc. so anything they can feel involved in can be a good thing.

 

[MeowingCows]

I think it’s pertinent to ask, if this is true, why do they collect the aforementioned data? For fun?

I'm sure at least part of the reason is for software development.

 

[cyrocksmypants]

I forget that people don’t post in the cave and some people have absolutely no clue how bat **** crazy Argent is.

 

[lets-talk]

It's 100% this. My kids upload maybe 5-6 things an entire school year, it all depends on the teacher. In fact, just today my 3rd grader's teacher uploaded a video of my daughter and a classmate presenting a book report to the rest classroom. The only people allowed to view the video are my wife and I and the other students family.

The poster earlier who said it's a digital equivalent of hanging a picture on the refrigerator nailed it.[/QUOTE]

Can kids later on delete the videos if they want to as easily as taking off the refrigerator magnets? I would like to assume so if the site doesn't own the data but want to be sure.

 

[ArgentCy]

Well it says no ads I believe. My guess is government funding since it is education based. But I'm not a detective.

Again, there are more important hills to die on than this if you are wanting to fight social media.

I'm just saying its something to be aware of. We recently had another story about the Robinhood app / stock broker that was used by lots of young people and touted with "free" trading. Well it turned out that its free because they are selling the trade data to HFT firms.

 

[Bader]

I think it’s pertinent to ask, if this is true, why do they collect the aforementioned data? For fun?

They clearly state they don’t own anything you upload. I’m sure they track activity and usage for crazy things like what features their engineers should focus on

 

[ArgentCy]

I think it’s pertinent to ask, if this is true, why do they collect the aforementioned data? For fun?

It could also be very innocuous, like trying to conform to all the government regulations and things like the new EU privacy laws. They face such large fines that if they so much as store the state name they are looking at big fines.

 

[jmb]

You can see each of their grades on the internet, assignment by assignment at that age. Besides, my kids couldn't care less if I saw their tests and homework come HS.

Mine does. He has skipped 4 grades in math. Different situations.

 

[jmb]

Strange. Is the math teacher just too lazy to write a new test each year and concerned the answers will get "passed down"?

Not sure.

 

[BCClone]

Mine does. He has skipped 4 grades in math. Different situations.

Then he's doing college AP classes. The CC that he is doing it through should have it posted on the internet.

 

[Mr Janny]

I think it’s pertinent to ask, if this is true, why do they collect the aforementioned data? For fun?

It's not much data. Our daughter's school uses it.. The data they have all pertains to her class. Her name, the school that she's in, and her class. Maybe her birthday. I don't know that for sure. The only info it has from me is a name and email address.

This is the 3rd year we've used SeeSaw, and I've never gotten as much as a single spam message from them. It's funded on a per child fee that the school pays. It's not nefarious. It's not an intrusion. It's just a way for parents to see what kinds of things their kids are doing in school. It fosters better communication between parents and their children by helping me ask more informed questions than just the standard "What did you do at school today?"

 

[Cybyassociation]

I haven't reacted at all other than looking up the site. That said, nobody has concerns about the data collection and privacy info i pasted about the site? I mean even adults seem seriously concerned these days about tracking. Do your kids already twitter and facebook in elementary school?

In my case I don't need the site to know what they are doing in school? I already know (the school has its own site and i keep track of the work my kid does)

Someone is showing their age. High school kids, heck even college kids, rarely use Facebook and their Twitter use is slowing as well. Insta, Snap, and Woof is where it's at now.

 

[ArgentCy]

Wait you mean that is why I can't find any videos on MySpace?