tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3498088266607942041.post3526011720972229534..comments2024-03-28T02:21:17.304-07:00Comments on Encinitas Undercover: Tim Baird to blow 2% of Pacific View windfall on iPad login softwareEncinitas Undercoverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04071321730581304823noreply@blogger.comBlogger23125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3498088266607942041.post-44484420231050507292015-05-26T00:35:04.449-07:002015-05-26T00:35:04.449-07:00Facial recognition software is expensive, and over...Facial recognition software is expensive, and overly invasive, for students in a public elementary school.<br /><br />First Baird and his pliant followers, his Board of Trustees, profiteered at the public's expense, and now they are wasting our money and leaving our children and grandchildren more vulnerable to improper tracking by governmental authorities.<br /><br />That the three Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3498088266607942041.post-85790076222922860042015-05-25T20:05:10.715-07:002015-05-25T20:05:10.715-07:00I totally agree. A password is all that is needed...I totally agree. A password is all that is needed. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3498088266607942041.post-716088262910203112015-05-25T15:08:50.444-07:002015-05-25T15:08:50.444-07:00People who understand how to apply technology to s...People who understand how to apply technology to solve meat space problems and manage a P&L do not need to know how to write code. They hire people to write code, and make boatloads more than the code monkeys. <br /><br />Teaching kids how to use innovation in their daily lives is important, whether or not they elect to understand how the tools work at a binary level. <br /><br />In my Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3498088266607942041.post-41403586077557068022015-05-25T13:49:54.445-07:002015-05-25T13:49:54.445-07:00If Tim Baird HADN'T installed security softwar...If Tim Baird HADN'T installed security software on these iPADs, the discussion here would probably be about how EUSD was playing IT department for those danged Generation X parents, and how this is just another vote-getting slush fund. Let's face it, nothing Tim does will make this crowd happy.<br /><br />As for the argument that kids need to learn to code instead of learning to apply Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3498088266607942041.post-39478080324609226972015-05-25T12:40:29.028-07:002015-05-25T12:40:29.028-07:00Conga train starts there and goes to the cabana fo...Conga train starts there and goes to the cabana for more drinks on the taxpayers!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3498088266607942041.post-223064958343081302015-05-25T11:40:07.770-07:002015-05-25T11:40:07.770-07:0010:34 AM = Point proven for 8:35 AM10:34 AM = Point proven for 8:35 AMAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3498088266607942041.post-71324492748502274972015-05-25T10:34:49.953-07:002015-05-25T10:34:49.953-07:00Actually, we do pay attention. We simply disagree...Actually, we do pay attention. We simply disagree with your hyperventilatied sqawkery.<br /><br />Love,<br /><br />THE ELECTORATEAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3498088266607942041.post-19850822750776455292015-05-25T08:35:18.258-07:002015-05-25T08:35:18.258-07:00Sad, but very true. All of his desert partying c...Sad, but very true. All of his desert partying cronies were reelected. Politicians rely on electorate apathy or short term memory.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3498088266607942041.post-73301875147758182872015-05-24T21:25:01.105-07:002015-05-24T21:25:01.105-07:00That's because Ivy League Schools like Dartmou...That's because Ivy League Schools like Dartmouth are for rich people and they get taken care of there. If you want to code, go to UCSD.<br /><br />I had to learn code myself, only engineers knew that stuff back in the day.<br /><br />"The boot camps don’t guarantee employment to graduates, and some students struggle to finish. " Hint, go to a JC first...<br /><br />-MGJAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3498088266607942041.post-84861393455564262562015-05-24T16:30:16.834-07:002015-05-24T16:30:16.834-07:00Nice Ivy League degree. Now if you want a job, go...Nice Ivy League degree. Now if you want a job, go to code school.<br /><br />http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-05-07/coding-classes-attract-college-grads-who-want-better-jobs<br /><br />Encinitas Undercoverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04071321730581304823noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3498088266607942041.post-58086989338738235032015-05-24T14:52:54.449-07:002015-05-24T14:52:54.449-07:00The truth lies somewhere between what FP and WC ar...The truth lies somewhere between what FP and WC are saying. Ipads are not necessarily toys, but you need to make sure they're being used as intended.<br /><br />There does have to be a cost/benefit analysis, and not everyone will become a programmer.<br /><br />-MGJAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3498088266607942041.post-61750378973333754762015-05-24T14:32:04.356-07:002015-05-24T14:32:04.356-07:00Can't the man learn anything from history? If ...Can't the man learn anything from history? If he just waits a little while, the mark of the beast will be free. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3498088266607942041.post-8036962124279429922015-05-24T14:06:45.595-07:002015-05-24T14:06:45.595-07:00Happy Hour in Tim's suite!Happy Hour in Tim's suite!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3498088266607942041.post-89145670232745940162015-05-24T14:04:48.261-07:002015-05-24T14:04:48.261-07:00Teach the kids to build robots not be the robots. ...Teach the kids to build robots not be the robots. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3498088266607942041.post-47816172829018510202015-05-24T12:51:15.278-07:002015-05-24T12:51:15.278-07:00Using the Apple interface that's so simple old...Using the Apple interface that's so simple old ladies can use it is not digital fluency.<br /><br />If you're not teaching kids programming, you're just flaunting expensive toys.Encinitas Undercoverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04071321730581304823noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3498088266607942041.post-81030760280021568812015-05-24T12:43:04.253-07:002015-05-24T12:43:04.253-07:00We all own the responsibility of what baird and co...We all own the responsibility of what baird and company are getting away with. We had a chance last year to get someone 'new' on that school board and it failed to generate enough interest from the voting public to make a difference. <br /><br />Anyone who attended any of their open school board meetings saw how they treated the public. That school board and baird should be relegated to Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3498088266607942041.post-8957697075020083592015-05-24T12:05:49.928-07:002015-05-24T12:05:49.928-07:00Creep factor of 10.Creep factor of 10.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3498088266607942041.post-78568126629365982792015-05-24T12:02:03.462-07:002015-05-24T12:02:03.462-07:00Great bumper sticker, but 20 years from now if you...Great bumper sticker, but 20 years from now if you want these kids to have jobs, then fluency with digital tools is important. <br /><br />Believe it or not, you learned with methods and tools that your parents probably found silly. <br /><br />--FPAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3498088266607942041.post-9664486719827822502015-05-24T11:41:14.186-07:002015-05-24T11:41:14.186-07:00Another overpaid, over pensioned idiot...It'&#...Another overpaid, over pensioned idiot...It''s Encinitas, what else is new??Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3498088266607942041.post-12489505687858555902015-05-24T11:40:54.050-07:002015-05-24T11:40:54.050-07:00Hey - it's only taxpayers' money. Baird p...Hey - it's only taxpayers' money. Baird probably will take another expense paid junket to the luxury desert resort to "conference" on the issue.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3498088266607942041.post-64808039659088989532015-05-24T09:36:10.467-07:002015-05-24T09:36:10.467-07:00Time to put the ipads in the electronic waste dump...Time to put the ipads in the electronic waste dump and get back to teaching. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3498088266607942041.post-89230653795117752622015-05-24T09:04:21.997-07:002015-05-24T09:04:21.997-07:00If I were still a parent with children in this sch...If I were still a parent with children in this school I would be outraged. As it is, I am outraged as a taxpayer.<br /><br />At the school my children attended, among some of the teachers, there was very little teaching that actually took place. The homework was basically outsourced presentation for the parents to do while teachers had parties, showed videos and took field trips during class Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3498088266607942041.post-83323497639945163892015-05-24T08:00:51.731-07:002015-05-24T08:00:51.731-07:00See comments on the technology from the prior disc...See comments on the technology from the prior discussion. Still a waste of money...<br /><br />http://encinitasundercover.blogspot.com/search?q=facial+recognitionAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com