The History of Aquariums

[GaryE]

I have to use Word for my writing contracts - it's the format my clients insist on. My laptop keeps fighting back with One Drive - Windows 11 is more aggressive than 10 was for that. I don't use the cloud.
I had to have a Google account for my pre-retirement job, but that's thankfully gone. Google docs is a good teaching and editing tool, and Google has designed it well to create a loyal future customer base. Being a disloyal customer is a point of pride for me, when I have become the product they sell.

And still, tons of data is collected. I laugh when people start muttering about government spying on them. The private sector has resources many dictatorships can only dream of (or buy from), and the web is constantly being tweaked to improve their capacity. I have a friend who buys his fish with money from tracking technology and he has no shortage of work.

I know couples who track each other's phones to track each other. It's a wild world we choose by checking little boxes!

But, I still like the article.

 

[Airwreck]

I do not disagree with ur premise..

IMHO what ur advocating for is the reason these tech giants became so big and intrusive. It took a law suit to remove the required IE in windows.

I believe in pluralism. The student can use what want. If a student does not want to use goggle docs or have a google account. They are being forced to do that.

It's kind of ironic you saying ur not a die-hard google person. When u acquiesce just cuz it's easier. It's how those giants were grown.

Have a great day

 

[GaryE]

@Airwreck
In my old school, we had a lot of students from working poor, minimum wage families. Google offered the school board sets of chromebooks, "free", and in exchange, got everything IT turned over to them. All communication with my bosses, all pay stubs, all everything went via google, all documentation, via docs, etc. The library books were replaced by chromebooks.

They made us an offer we couldn't refuse.

Apple also took a run, but their offer wasn't as quick.

I allowed students to submit work as they wished, but a lot of my colleagues didn't. I was reprimanded for that, but just with slaps on the wrist, and they didn't even sting. Each year though, it became more difficult. The google tech is great to work with. It's easy to learn, well designed and not obviously problematic. It did give the kids with no money access to tech, and they need that.

When I was a kid, I would have gained access via a system like that. I'd have been one of the kids without an I-Pad or a laptop. I can see the usefulness of selling your soul to the devil, if he pays up in the short term.

Monopolies are the goal of corporations, and in many cases, the practical reality. It's very hard to drop out of the worst aspects if you are not wealthy.

 

[Ellie Potts]

@Airwreck
In my old school, we had a lot of students from working poor, minimum wage families. Google offered the school board sets of chromebooks, "free", and in exchange, got everything IT turned over to them. All communication with my bosses, all pay stubs, all everything went via google, all documentation, via docs, etc. The library books were replaced by chromebooks.

They made us an offer we couldn't refuse.

Apple also took a run, but their offer wasn't as quick.

I allowed students to submit work as they wished, but a lot of my colleagues didn't. I was reprimanded for that, but just with slaps on the wrist, and they didn't even sting. Each year though, it became more difficult. The google tech is great to work with. It's easy to learn, well designed and not obviously problematic. It did give the kids with no money access to tech, and they need that.

When I was a kid, I would have gained access via a system like that. I'd have been one of the kids without an I-Pad or a laptop. I can see the usefulness of selling your soul to the devil, if he pays up in the short term.

Monopolies are the goal of corporations, and in many cases, the practical reality. It's very hard to drop out of the worst aspects if you are not wealthy.

Every school I have been to so far has had Chromebooks, software, and other tech given by Google for the same purpose. Ever since I was in preschool, making it the default for pretty much everything and what everyone is most comfortable with. The company certainly did a good job of it