Simon Willison’s Weblog

Schools and colleges should make pupils, teachers and parents aware of the range of free-to-use products (such as office productivity suites) that are available, and how to use them.

— Becta

# 12th January 2008, 10:35 am / becta, education, freesoftware, it, microsoft, openoffice, open-source, schools, uk

A school in the UK is using RFID chips in school uniforms to track attendance. So now it's easy to cut class; just ask someone to carry your shirt around the building while you're elsewhere.

— Bruce Schneier

# 24th October 2007, 8:36 pm / bruce-schneier, rfid, schools, security, uk