Does anybody know the incident recently happened in Sidwell?

[Anonymous]

Another school having a similar problem with Kahoot, and steps they took to address such as requiring students to open Kahoot account for admins. https://thesagonline.com/19812/news/administration-investigates-offensive-inappropriate-usernames-on-kahoot/

[Anonymous]

To think there is no way to figure it out.....come on people. Stop showing your tech-Dinosaur-ness.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Another school having a similar problem with Kahoot, and steps they took to address such as requiring students to open Kahoot account for admins. https://thesagonline.com/19812/news/administration-investigates-offensive-inappropriate-usernames-on-kahoot/

This is honestly such an easy issue to deal with. There is an option for making random usernames in Kahoot. The subtitle is LITERALLY "Simplify your hosting experience and protect your game from naughty names with our newest nickname generator feature". Sidwell should have thought that with a live unscripted game in front of 500 semi-bored students this would have been a good idea.

https://kahoot.com/blog/2017/11/09/generate-funny-nicknames-players-live-kahoots/

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:To think there is no way to figure it out.....come on people. Stop showing your tech-Dinosaur-ness.

Yeah, I’d imagine Kahoot could supply the MAC address for each username, and then the school could use steps to figure out the MAC address for each student phone. Might take some work, but I’d imagine Kahoot would supply because it wants to be supportive of school use.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Another school having a similar problem with Kahoot, and steps they took to address such as requiring students to open Kahoot account for admins. https://thesagonline.com/19812/news/administration-investigates-offensive-inappropriate-usernames-on-kahoot/

that's helpful. thanks

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Another school having a similar problem with Kahoot, and steps they took to address such as requiring students to open Kahoot account for admins. https://thesagonline.com/19812/news/administration-investigates-offensive-inappropriate-usernames-on-kahoot/

that's helpful. thanks

Somebody should send the link to the head of Sidwell

[Anonymous]

It will be interesting to see how the Washington Post covers this story. They have given very favorable coverage to Sidwell over the years in comparison to other area independent schools.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Maybe I'm naive but I can't believe there are key board icons of swastikas even available.

It’s a common Buddhist icon/character you are in Korea, Japan, and china so not surprised it’s potentially available.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:To think there is no way to figure it out.....come on people. Stop showing your tech-Dinosaur-ness.

Yeah, I’d imagine Kahoot could supply the MAC address for each username, and then the school could use steps to figure out the MAC address for each student phone. Might take some work, but I’d imagine Kahoot would supply because it wants to be supportive of school use.

Yeah, should be able to track that from MAC or at least IP address. They may have lost that Indro
When closing out - not sure how much Kahoot retains.

[Anonymous]

In the meantime...

https://www.mymcmedia.org/student-discovers-swastika-in-bathroom-at-bannockburn-elementary-school/?fbclid=IwAR3W1dUgR-qbHhRrO0ZCWJxvBec-OjSCCa72fOXKVVEkghop8o0VIe6Wxp8

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:To think there is no way to figure it out.....come on people. Stop showing your tech-Dinosaur-ness.

Yeah, I’d imagine Kahoot could supply the MAC address for each username, and then the school could use steps to figure out the MAC address for each student phone. Might take some work, but I’d imagine Kahoot would supply because it wants to be supportive of school use.

Kids used cell phones no Mac

[Anonymous]

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/07/nyregion/swastikas-playground-nyc-anti-semitism.html?action=click&module=Editors%20Picks&pgtype=Homepage

Mentions the Sidwell incident.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:To think there is no way to figure it out.....come on people. Stop showing your tech-Dinosaur-ness.

Yeah, I’d imagine Kahoot could supply the MAC address for each username, and then the school could use steps to figure out the MAC address for each student phone. Might take some work, but I’d imagine Kahoot would supply because it wants to be supportive of school use.

Kids used cell phones no Mac

On iOS, MAC is same as WiFi address, not sure is android calls it something different. All phones have unique identifiers that can be logged and traced. At least that is what security people have told me when I’ve worked on those issues and tracked phones that way.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Maybe I'm naive but I can't believe there are key board icons of swastikas even available.

It’s a common Buddhist icon/character you are in Korea, Japan, and china so not surprised it’s potentially available.

The Nazi swastika and the religious swastika are two extremely different things. I wish news reports would specify that the symbol used was a "Nazi swastika."

[Anonymous]

Anonymous[b wrote:]Sidwell is notorious amongst parents for having an impossible to predict discipline policy..even the student handbook leaves the actual consequences essentially up for customization...while often cited as a source for "the rules" when discipline does occur...the handbook is used as needed, when convenient to cite, by administrators who make up the consequences for kids on a case by case basis. Is that a good thing? Not sure. As a Sidwell parent I have seen the school mostly make good calls when it comes to discipline I have heard about--- but I have also seen countless instances where prominent parents' kids act out or kids of families associated with the Board act out, and the school goes much lighter on those kids. This is especially the case when the acting out happens on digital or social media which is a domain the school essentially has no articulated policy or training for kids on. Sometimes they address issues when bullying or sexting occurs on social media, usually they don't..it all kind of depends...it doesn't feel like a safe environment in this respect.

The heads of middle and upper school respectively do not have strong leadership skills or policy on this...it is a common complaint..If you ask kids at Sidwell what the discipline policy is in Middle School or in Upper School, they simply can not tell you. I hope this incident propels the administration of the school to start acting with consistency and clarity so kids stop feeling they are on unfair playing fields when some kids get disciplined for acts others are ignored for--and so kids can know with clarity what the consequences are for various forms of bad behavior.

+1 -- from a parent of SFS alums and a current student