Sunday, June 10, 2012

Wiring our Students with Galvanic Response Bracelets? - Living in Dialogue - Education Week Teacher

Wiring our Students with Galvanic Response Bracelets? - Living in Dialogue - Education Week Teacher:


Wiring our Students with Galvanic Response Bracelets?

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"We are technocrats," Bill Gates recently boasted. What do technocrats believe and do? They think that technology and science provide the answers for the problems we face. Our educational system is today being rewired by technocrats such as Gates, with the active cooperation of the Department of Education, which uses laws such as No Child Left Behind to coerce states, districts and schools to cooperate with their systems.
What might the future look like in this technologically driven education system?
Teachers and students may be fitted with Galvanic Response Bracelets, which are described this way:

The Affectiva Q Sensor is a wearable, wireless biosensor that measures emotional arousal via skin