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[quote=Anonymous]DD tells me that her teacher at school uses an App call Go Guardian (or something like that) to monitor all kids' internet activities when they logged into MCPS school accounts.  This app allows the teacher to see the kids' live screen.  My assumption was that this application would only allow the teacher to see the screens if the kids were in school and using their mcps classroom chrome books.  However, this appears not to be the case.  DD along with her friends said that they have seen the teacher's Go Guardian screen at school, and the teacher is able to see the live screen as long as the kids are logged into their mcps account regardless of where they physically are or if they are using their personal computer.  I was a bit surprised and asked the DD and her friends multiple times for verification.  Apparently, one of their classmates was sick at home last week but had decided to log into the school account from his home.  The kids saw the teacher's screen and saw "glitches" of live images of their sick classmate's screen despite the fact the child was at home using his personal chrome book.

This really is a lawsuit waiting to happen.  MCPS should not be able to do this!  Was there a contract parents had signed to allow such monitoring of their personal computer?  If my child is at home and decides to use my computer to log into her school account but forgot to log out, and then I go and surf to check my bank account or whatever private emails with health or otter personal information, it is highly disturbing if the teacher is able to see my "screen" from at home.

FWIW, I have always regarded DD and her friends to be quite reliable.  It wasn't just one child mentioning this but three 10-year-old kids.[/quote]

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