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Biometrics. . . continued

Posted by: Mary Alice Anderson on: April 24, 2008

It’s working! Students at an elementary school and our high school are enrolling their fingers in the biometric system for media center checkout and school nutrition services! A few senior high students protested; most are eager and enjoying the experience as are many teachers. We have learned to use the proper teminology –Finger ID–Stay [...]

Flying Penguins & Biometrics: A fun day in the media center

Posted by: Mary Alice Anderson on: April 12, 2008

Some of the best lessons are those spur of the moment, just for fun lessons that really get kids involved and thinking. As a 4th grade class was beginning to identify topics and resources for their annual rainforest Research/Powerpoint projects they watched the amazing BBC Documentary about flying penguins who fly from Antartica to [...]

Biometrics

Posted by: Mary Alice Anderson on: March 12, 2008

Biometrics! I have no idea how many schools are using biometric systems for student identification–it looks like we are about to embark on a pilot project for school nutrition services and media center checkout at one small elementary school and our large high school. The amazing thing was how quickly people approved of [...]