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Hidden computer algorithms in schools: Personalized Learning #RobotTeaching – Missouri Education Watchdog

Hidden computer algorithms in schools: Personalized Learning #RobotTeaching – Missouri Education Watchdog:

Hidden computer algorithms in schools: Personalized Learning #RobotTeaching

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Your internet searches say a lot about you (or your children) and it might not be all good, or even accurate. The information collected by hidden algorithms is not limited to what you search for, it’s everything you do on the computer:  what you type, how fast you type, your emotions, (evenkeystrokes can apparently detect emotion), how slow she reads, how poorly he spells, or if he is faking having ADHD, and let’s not forget data badges.
This Good Morning America Investigates segment shows that a simple internet search for medical symptoms or hay fever,  can land your name, your address and more on a list as having heart disease or incorrectly list you as an asthma sufferer. Every internet search, everything you do online, can be tracked by companies using computer programs, as explained in this piece by 60 Minutes,  The Data Brokers.

Personal information about you can be gathered by a computer algorithm, be further analyzed, packaged by data brokers and sold to different markets. Lists can be sold to drug companies, insurance companies, possible employers, colleges, literally anyone with an interest. Are you wondering what lists you are on? Wondering whether your data on these lists are accurate or wondering how that data are being used? You should be curious and concerned because data algorithms can be biased; data can be wrong and passive data collecting algorithms seem to be everywhere, including schools, but no one can see them.
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Facebook claims to know your posture, can map your face, and claims it can recognize you from the back of your head. Facebook also reportedly has a patent for technology that could potentially be used for evaluating your credit risk, which they say could be used to view your Hidden computer algorithms in schools: Personalized Learning #RobotTeaching – Missouri Education Watchdog: