I hear the arguments for data & privacy and definitely agree... but that's not G Classroom. It is simply a 'shell' on top of Drive that makes it easy to do all the file sharing & distribution for Ts...

Therefore the concerns about data security should be directed at Drive, not classroom (well rest of G suite really). So it can't be about that otherwise entire suite would be shut down...

So only thought I have is that D2L has a contract to be exclusive LMS system and Classroom infringes upon that. It became bigger & more popular and now it's getting the boot... but that should be the case for all boards no? It signed contract with #onted not just Peel...

So I'm back to square one... it can't be data security/privacy, it can't be legal, it can't be about functionality, so what is it? I

I think all Ts & Ss have a right to know & complete transparency in this decision as we are the ones impacted. Burying it in 50+ page reopening plan was not a good look & further increases scrutiny & lack of trust in decision making...

So is this just another misinformed, illogical decision made by someone who doesn't understand importance of it in learning & further illustrates disconnect between those in classroom & those not? Or is there a justifiable, logical reason that we may not like but can understand.

Regardless... if the decision is enacted you will see a great reversal of Ts moving back offline. All the work done on incorporating tech into classroom will suffer. Just because brightspace is only LMS doesn't mean that it WILL be used. It won't. Plain & simple...

And for others, it will mean increased burden on trying to incorporate tech into classroom, developing own Sites to function similar to Classroom, and further digitally divide classrooms. This is not what we want in #onted.

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Jason Richea Thank you! Thank you. Thank you.

Jason Richea Thanks for taking a stand and voicing what so many educators are thinking regarding Brightspace.

@D19VP Jason Richea Just ANOTHER time wasting platform that forces teachers to use something that is inferior over something that is proven. It might last until the parents complain in droves...so we have this going for us!

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