Google Classroom is a extensively used in schools across BC, despite the FIPPA concerns for student privacy. The major issue in my eyes is the informed consent. I do not think that what happens, a permission slip going home to be signed by parents, really qualifies as informed consent. I think there needs to be another option available to teachers and students alike, who take the privacy concerns seriously.
While the organization and convenience is a huge benefit to teachers and schools, the issues of school districts signing the ‘terms and conditions’ for people is a huge issue for the informed consent.
The environmental benefit of less paper needs to be weighed against the environmental impact of google’s storage. Storing emails, and information through google means that google has to have a physical location to do so. These plants also have an environmental cost, and I would be curious to know which outweighs the other.
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