A certain type of educational technology flourished that’s more punitive than pedagogical when the pandemic first began and classes moved online. Students started taking exams proctored by software like Proctorio and Honorlock, invisible overseers that tracked the sounds around them and the movement of their pupils. The surveillance software has the power to heighten the stakes of their assessments and turn teacher-student relationships from amiable to adversarial.
It also can tempt them to cheat. Testing service Honorlock has employed fake answer sites with names like “quizlookup.com,” “gradepack.com,” “examequip.com,” “buzzfolder.com,” and wikicram.com to tempt and track students who attempt to search the answers to their online exams, according to a report by The Markup,
