On July 27, a Hainanese netizen posted that the teacher distributed a "dot matrix pen" to the whole class. It has a special refill. The camera next to the pen can capture notes on special paper and transmit the notes in real time. When the students write and what they write, the teacher will receive a notification, and the summer homework must be written with this "pen".

Netizens wrote the words "under surveillance" and "lose the happy summer vacation" in the post, and said that they could not "create miracles on the last day" of the summer vacation.

　　The netizen's post was widely circulated, causing public discussion about "smart pen and paper".

Chengdu Business Daily-Red Star News reporter learned that students in many primary and secondary schools across the country use "smart pen and paper". According to the manufacturer's promotional content, "smart pen and paper" can improve the efficiency of classroom practice. The usage rate of "smart pen and paper" is not high.

Relevant education experts said that intelligent technology is a double-edged sword. It is not necessarily a scientific approach to use it as a tool to "monitor" students. At the same time, it is necessary to pay attention to the protection of minors' personal information.

　　netizens post

　　"Dot matrix pen" monitors students' homework

　　Teachers give it free of charge and return it after the summer vacation

　　On July 27, a high school student in Hainan announced that her teacher had distributed "dot-matrix pens" to the students in the class to monitor the completion of their summer homework in real time.

In the whole school class, this kind of "dot matrix pen" was distributed to the class of the student.

The reporter learned that there are more than 50 students in the high school class, and the "dot matrix pen" is distributed free of charge by the teacher. Students need to use this pen to complete their homework during the summer vacation and return it to the school after the summer vacation.

　　The reporter noticed that this kind of "dot matrix pen" that can transmit information written on paper to electronic products in real time, also called "Ma Liang pen", "smart pen and paper" or "smart pen", in Shanghai, Yunnan and other domestic provinces and cities are used in primary and secondary schools.

In the promotional materials of some smart pen and paper merchants, it is mentioned that this is a related product launched "under the guidance of the China Education Big Data Research Institute" in response to the national "double reduction" policy and to help the digital upgrade of education.

Some smart pens require special replacement cores and special paper, while others can write on ordinary paper.

　　A dot matrix pen seller said that the dot matrix pens sold by his company are not sold to individuals alone, but are only sold to groups of classes and above, and are charged by semester.

The reporter learned that students in many primary and secondary schools across the country use smart pen and paper. According to the content promoted by the manufacturer, smart pen and paper can improve the efficiency of classroom practice. Some students think that they are "surveilled" because of this, and the utilization rate of smart pen and paper is not high. .

　　In a school in Kunming, Yunnan, the school official Weibo mentioned in 2019 that a teacher used "Ma Liangbi" to teach: "(Ma Liangbi can) let the teacher know in real time the correct rate of the students' test, the time spent on the test, and the knowledge in the classroom. Structure learning level, provide suggestions for teachers' personalized teaching, improve the effective interaction between teachers and students, truly improve the efficiency of school classroom practice, and realize students' full participation in the classroom, rapid feedback, personalized data collection and learning cognitive diagnosis , and continue to record the students' learning process and result data, so that teachers can teach accurately and students can learn effectively." However, Xiao Li (pseudonym), a graduate of the school, said that students need to pay 799 yuan to buy the pen. , it is more troublesome to use, difficult to write, and needs to be written on special paper.

　　A comprehensive evaluation should be carried out during the use process that may destroy the trust relationship between teachers and students

　　Education expert

　　Professor Zhang (pseudonym), a college education expert who has been engaged in teacher education for many years, said that in specific teaching practice, students' individuality should be respected and teaching should be taught in accordance with their aptitude.

The same approach may not work for all students.

For some students, this approach may instead cause children's resistance, backfire, and may involve issues of educational ethics.

Maybe it can really play the role of supervising students' homework, but it may be ethically questionable, and it may also destroy the trust relationship between teachers and students.

　　For example, some parents install surveillance at home to monitor their children's condition 24 hours a day.

It may be effective in the desired effect of the parents, but it is unethical.

Professor Zhang said: "Personally, even if I know that my child is secretly watching mobile phones, I will not install surveillance, and I don't want to destroy the trust relationship between parents and children. Objectively, this is a tool, but ethically Can't tell."

　　Professor Zhang told reporters that many things are "double-edged swords, and for science and technology, it should also be used in the correct way. If this pen is only used as a way to collect wrong questions, there is no doubt. But if it is Use as a tool to "monitor" students is not necessarily a scientific approach.

　　Chu Zhaohui, a researcher at the Chinese Academy of Education Sciences, believes that as a new technological tool, how to use smart paper and pen is the key issue, and he believes that it can be tried.

Of course, in the process of use, corresponding evaluation is required.

Assessment includes teachers' assessment of teaching as well as student learning and multidisciplinary integration.

It also needs to be assessed whether there will be excessive pressure and excessive mechanization of students.

It cannot be judged solely on the basis of the effect of business promotion.

　　Chu Zhaohui believes that after a period of trial evaluation, if it can prove that the smart pen is a good tool, it can be used on a larger scale.

If this kind of pen is not in harmony with the thinking characteristics of people, the perception of all aspects is not good, and the use effect is not good, and it will eventually be eliminated by the market.

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　　Schools use smart pen and paper

　　Is it necessary to collect student work information?

　　Professor Xu Xu, director of the Digital Economy and Legal Innovation Research Center of the University of International Business and Economics, told reporters that according to the "Personal Information Protection Law", the information of minors is sensitive personal information, and the collection of sensitive personal information requires sufficiency, necessity and very strict protection. measure.

　　Is it necessary for schools to use smart pen and paper to collect information?

Professor Xu believes that the four principles of the "Personal Information Protection Law" are the principles of legality, legitimacy, necessity and integrity, and the requirements for sensitive personal information, including personal information of minors, are more stringent.

In addition to conforming to the four general principles, the necessity of sufficiency is also emphasized.

Specific to school education, sufficient necessity means that smart paper and pen will have a significant impact on teaching. "I think it is difficult to argue. Without smart paper and pen, teaching work cannot be carried out?" Professor Xu said.

　　Professor Xu mentioned that this also involves the issue of the consent of the minor's guardian, and the guardian must be clearly informed of the risks brought by the use of smart pen and paper.

The use of smart paper and pen to collect personal information can only be constituted by obtaining the explicit consent of the student's guardian and proving that it is sufficiently necessary.

Professor Xu said, "Obviously, the smart paper and pen are not necessary. If the smart paper and pen are also equipped with cameras, it is even more unnecessary for the collection of students' information."

　　"In addition, because teachers' management and education of students are inherently unequal, it is especially necessary for teachers to use their power prudently to avoid commercial interests distorting normal teaching." Professor Xu said.

　　Chengdu Business Daily-Red Star News reporter Chen Qingyuan intern Zeng Yi Zhang Jie