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Has anyone made a "being a school tech person in the middle of a pandemic who is unexpectedly the engineer of School2020 while adopting/buying new tech at a truly bonkers pace without compromising student data & privacy" bingo card because I need a laugh right now
Another bingo slot--
Thanks for your order! It's been backordered until July
Update: Backordered until August
Update: Shipped! But handed off to USPS and no updates for 4 weeks
Update: Replacement ordered--replacement has been scheduled to ship 4 days after you no longer need it.
Thanks for your order! It's been backordered until July
Update: Backordered until August
Update: Shipped! But handed off to USPS and no updates for 4 weeks
Update: Replacement ordered--replacement has been scheduled to ship 4 days after you no longer need it.
Me: OMG you have 150 in stock & I can have them by the end of the week?!
Vendor: Yes.
Me: That's great. I'm so happy one less thing to worry about you don't even--
Vendor: The only thing is the adapters you need that normally ship with them are backordered until January.
Me:
Vendor: Yes.
Me: That's great. I'm so happy one less thing to worry about you don't even--
Vendor: The only thing is the adapters you need that normally ship with them are backordered until January.
Me:
"Would you like to trade a copy of your students' faces that we will use to train facial recognition tools for the military for this very nifty free app that tracks if kids have used the hand sanitizer kiosk?"
Trying to explain basic educational practices to a vendor who keeps suggesting I just install a boom mic over the "fixed point of the lecturers"
"Our touchless student check-in facial recognition tool is 4th best in this very niche industry for consistent results with non-white skin tones"
While you're here, a great article on the implications of mandatory student camera policies on trauma informed teaching https://twitter.com/karenraycosta/status/1291816134057103361?s=19
"We are an ed tech startup looking to help schools in these unprecedented times---"
"We've been able to leverage 20 years of experience supporting the banking industry to quickly pivot our tool to education---"
