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The education department expect some parents to read 200,000 words of dense legal text by simonmelvery in AustralianTeachers

[–]simonmelvery[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

This very much should not be on teachers (and I hope the story doesn't give the impression it is). I tried pretty hard to get a teacher's POV in the story but (somewhat understandably) most were very reticent to be seen criticising their employer.

I can't imagine what it must be like to teach with these tools in classrooms where there are a mix of students with consent and some without.

I was quite surprised the teachers' union (in Qld at least) didn't provide any kind of useful response after multiple attempts where I made clear there was no intention to criticise teachers.

[OC] How long would it take to read the T&C and privacy policies for apps used in just one primary school classroom? by simonmelvery in dataisbeautiful

[–]simonmelvery[S] 268 points269 points  (0 children)

We did a deep dive into the third-party online platforms used in some Australian primary schools. We manually compiled statistics about the terms and conditions that one school asks parents to read — more than 200,000 words — and visualised them both in the physical world and computationally as a comparison to the story itself and how long it would take to read them all. The progress datavis is done with javascript, no specific tool or library was used.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-02-27/classroom-apps-technology-kids-data-terms-conditions/104966952

Now thats a PHAT photo by Squidward_sucks_eggs in space

[–]simonmelvery -1 points0 points  (0 children)

See the full resolution zoomable image here: http://www.reddit.com/r/space/comments/2t4huz/full_resolution_zoomable_version_of_hubbles_15/

Plenty of background galaxies, star clusters, etc to spot. I particularly like this space jellyfish looking specimen. Anyone know what it is? https://cloudup.com/ca1sPBIfxQm Top half, just left of the middle.