Use the "smart pen" to monitor students' homework?Lawyer: If not inform in advance, suspected of violations of privacy

Jimu Journalist Xiao Mingyuan Li Xiancheng

Using the "smart pen" sent by the school, the teacher can monitor each time and content of your homework. I want to make up my homework on the last day of the summer vacation, and I can't escape the teacher's eyes.

Recently, this "smart pen" caused controversy, and some students vomited that they felt like they were monitored.

The investigation of Jimu Journalists found that there are many "smart pens" with similar functions on the market, and schools that use it to teach are also spread across the country. The technical threshold of the smart pen itself is not high. More importantly, the system improvement and the later operation services. A smart pen and service fee need about 1,000 yuan a year.

Netizens broke the news that the school posted smart pen writing operation (picture source: Xiaohongshu)

Some lawyers believe that if the school explicitly informed the content of remote surveillance when writing homework, it does not involve infringement of personal privacy. Experts analyze that we must use the "smart pen" and need teachers to continuously update and improve the educational and teaching concepts and methods, and should not be forcibly restrained students.

The school sends "smart pen" to supervise student homework

Recently, some netizens said that their school has distributed a special "smart pen" for summer vacation. When did the homework write and write what they wrote, all in the master's control. The netizen said he felt like he was monitored and said that "the summer vacation can no longer create a miracle on the last day."

Some netizens introduced that this kind of pen is also called "dot matrix pen". The principle is to capture the handwriting on the special paper through the camera next to the pen head and conduct real -time transmission, but the writing feel is not very good. About 400 yuan, if it breaks, compensate the school.

Jimu Journalists saw from the pictures shared by netizens that the shape of the above smart pen is not much different from ordinary writing pens, but it looks more textured. The chat screenshot of the Internet shows that a customer service staff who claims to be "smart paper and pen class technical service support" said that the background can display the written handwriting in real time and release a screenshot of the handwriting of related answers. Another analysis report shows that students' answers will generate the "Management Evaluation Report" and "Process Data Records", which will prompt the student's answer process. The reporter noticed that some students' answers were labeled as "the investment time was abnormal" and so on.

The handwriting data displayed in the background (picture source: Xiaohongshu)

In this regard, some netizens said that the "smart pen" of this real -time monitoring of students' homework was suspected of infringing privacy, which is equivalent to putting electronic shackles for students. It is an over -supervision and it is not advisable. Some netizens believe that this kind of pen has been available a few years ago, and the technology is good, but the application scenarios need to be clearly stipulated.

"Smart Pen" has been used in many places

Extraordinary news reporters' investigations found that there are many "smart pens" on the market, and schools that use smart pens to teach are also spread across the country. Many manufacturers use the banner of "double reduction" and "promoting the quality and efficiency of the classroom", claiming that the use of paper and pen smart classrooms and other teaching models can empower teachers to teach accurate teaching, and students learn more efficiently.

An introduction of a "smart paper pen and paper" product said that its embedded artificial intelligence camera and 5G module, using the "dot line" as a smart writing tool, with the teaching aid or workbook made of dotted paper printing, comprehensively retain paper paper Pen writing method, green eye protection. During the writing of teachers and students, it can be accurately identified, and the platform is not sensitive and uploaded automatically throughout the process. This product not only supports students to write continuously for more than 50 hours, but also stores offline to write more than 100 pages.

Related analysis reports and process data records (picture source: Xiaohongshu)

There is also a "smart paper pen and paper" product manufacturer claim that for teachers, paper and pen smart classrooms can enable students 'answers to the same -time screen and provide reports to teachers. Teachers can adjust the key difficulties of teaching immediately according to the students' answers. Teachers can also check students' preview and homework at home, so as to review real -time review, and provide a more accurate direction for the next teaching. Parents can also check their children's performance in the classroom at any time to understand the child's learning status.

A local person in charge of a local in Nanchang used in the smart paper pen and pen school introduced in an interview with the media that the students practiced the dot code code. While the teacher used the smart pen to correct the operation, the camera function of the pen will directly use the students to directly use the students' students The operation information is uploaded to the platform, collects, summarizes it in time, and dynamically collects student process data. The use of "smart homework" can master the degree of absorption of knowledge points for each student, promote students 'performance improvement, and detect the quality of home network lessons during the students' epidemic. In 2020, the school took the lead in applying "smart homework" into daily teaching, becoming one of the pilot schools in Jiangxi provincial "smart homework".

A pen and service fee of 1,000 yuan per year

The product manager of a well -known artificial intelligence technology company in China analyzes Jimu Journalists that the above -mentioned "smart pen" products should be moved by the touches of paper and pens. Implement related recognition functions. The product manager admits that this product is now mainly stuck in data compliance, and it is necessary to consider whether the method of collecting user data is legal and compliant.

"The technical principle of smart pen is the technical application of the code paving, and the other is image recognition technology. There is a high -speed camera on the smart pen. The question is right or wrong, and record the progress and time of the question. "The company introduced a smart pen in Guangdong said that the technology can not only be used in student homework, test paper review, but also can be used for classroom interaction, which can generate personal custom reports. There are targeted consolidation and enhancement of students' weak links. Related publicity introduction of smart pen manufacturers (source: network)

Regarding whether the product camera is worried about the privacy of the student's camera, the above -mentioned manufacturer staff said that the camera will only shoot down the writing process, and it must be recognized to the point before the video function will be opened, and the product will only record written data. Essence

"At present, there are many smart pen manufacturers on the market, and the price ranges from hundreds to thousands of yuan. Each family generally signs batch orders with government departments or schools. At present, our pens include subsequent service fees for one year. 1,000 yuan. "The staff frankly said that the technical threshold of the product itself was not high, and many small technology companies could copy it. More importantly, the system improvement and later operational services.

Lawyer: Remote monitoring and writing homework should be notified in advance

Attorney Chai Xin of Beijing Dacheng (Wuhan) Law Firm said that if the school clearly informed the content of remote surveillance when writing homework, it does not involve infringement of personal privacy. If you do not clearly inform, the personal privacy content written by the teacher is distinguished by the teacher without knowing it, and there is suspicion of infringement.

Fan Xiuxun, director of the Tongji University Education Evaluation Research Center, analyzed the journalist of Jimu that "dotted pen pens" and "smart pen", etc., are no longer a paper pen and paper in the general sense. State of learning. A key issue is involved here, should students be monitored for students to do summer vacation homework? In Fan Xiuzheng's view, the teacher's issuance of "smart pen" is a way to try on the premise that the students' summer vacation requirements and the student consent are requisitioned.

"Actually, students are not" monitoring 'and will lose the fun of learning. Students in children or adolescents often need a certain "surveillance', which can promote them more concentrated on learning, and thus get satisfactory learning. Achievements. "Fan Xiuxun said that the situation of" creating a miracle on the last day "in the summer vacation had to be overcome.

Attorney Chai Xin also believes that the proper use of the smart pen can indeed improve the supervision efficiency and prevent students from copying the homework in batches before the start of school.

"Technology has always been a 'double -edged sword'. Do you want to use smart products? The evaluation standard is actually very simple, that is, do students like to learn more?" Fan Xiuxun believes that to use the "smart pen", teachers need to continue to continue Update and improve the concepts and methods of education and teaching, instead of simply and rudely restrained students.

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