1. Student Attendance Monitor (SAM) By: Nathan Aldrich

2. Problem: Poor attendance in schools.

3. Answer: Student Attendance Monitor (SAM)

4. How It Works Database School’s Computer Card Scanner Student’s Card

5. The Solution To… Poor Attendance Bad Record Keeping Keeping Track of Tardiness

6. Pros and Cons

7. Cons Students could lose cards. Students giving cards to friends to scan them in. Students could forget to scan card.

8. Pros Students would have a reason to go to class. Teachers would not have to take time from teaching. Easy way to let parents know if a child is skipping school.

9. Pros (Cont.) Easier way for teachers to track excused absences. Potential to grow and add new features.

10. Technological Components Computers Database RFID

11. The End Questions?