The drawings on a corner of the notebook, it's over.
Primary and secondary schools in China distribute smart pens to their students.
Using a mini-camera, they are able to film the children's note-taking and send them in real time to the teachers.
Their distribution will be free and generalized for the next school year, at the end of August.
With this, teachers make sure that their students in class are paying attention, working and not indulging in doodling or other daydreams.
Hors classe is also the way to download homework to correct it.
They are stored in a cloud, making it possible to keep track of writings.
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Outside of school, no respite
According to the Sichuan (southwest) Chengdu Shangabo newspaper, as early as the end of July, a teacher on the island of Hainan in southern China distributed connected pens to students so that they could do their summer homework. .
When a child writes, a notification is sent to the teacher to inform him that he is working.
This should make it possible to know the working time and the time taken to answer a question.
Teachers will be able to establish statistics to know on which aspects they should focus their explanations.
According to the opinion of the Chinese Ministry of Education, this device helps to “
strengthen homework management in schools.
Teachers must fully correct all assignments (...) and encourage the scientific use of computer tools for the analysis and diagnosis of assignments
”.
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However, the newspaper said the practice was already widespread in parts of Shanghai and Yunnan provinces.
On the internet, a student confided in a post "
I am being watched (...) I have lost the joy of the summer holidays
".
Widely relayed, this post provoked some reactions.
Some Chinese want to buy these pens for their little brother or little sister, others believe that the school creates an obstacle to the freedom of students.
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Other media are wary of using smart objects as a surveillance tool.
They are also concerned about the workload of teachers, who would have to correct all homework during the holidays.
This refines an already tenuous border in the country, between work and rest.
Between the time spent working in class and at home, during and outside school hours.
