Abstract
Smartwatches and other miniaturized wearable devices are continuously evolving and are being used to capture and analyze the body data of young students. The body data being captured includes physical location and body movement, heart rate, stress and arousal, as well as academic emotions. With this information teachers are incorporating student-generated body data into creative learning activities to make learning student-centred and more engaging. However, there are unique challenges for teachers. These challenges are premised on applying sound pedagogical practices when implementing wearables and being informed about ethical considerations when using the personal data generated from student bodies. Our systematic review combines the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) approach with a thematic narrative analysis to review 29 articles from 2003 to 2019. Our findings include three major thematic sections dealing with ethical issues when using wearable technologies in K-12 education. The ethical issues we discuss are awareness of unintended outcomes, ethics of data ownership, and the risk of statistical solutionist management of student bodies.
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