Homework APP hides games and makes parents angry. Developer： It is a fun learning product.
Hualong. com at 6 o’clock on October 8th (Reporter Huang Yu Zhu Ke) Recently, Ms. Lin, who lives in Baoshenghu Street, Yubei, Chongqing, told Hualong. com that her son Jia Jia is in the third grade and needs to use the "Together Primary School Students" APP to complete his homework every day. Recently, Jia Jia’s efficiency has slowed down, and she feels that something is wrong. After inspection, it was found that this homework APP embedded a variety of games, and Jiajia’s game level has ranked first. Ms. Lin is very angry: "The whole homework process is in a bunch of games, so how can this 8-year-old pupil control himself?" What the hell is going on? Hualong. com reporter conducted an investigation.
Event "
"Homework APP" becomes "Game App". Eight-year-old children spend one or two hundred yuan to do tasks and "contribute" ranks first.
Ms. Lin told reporters that as early as her son was in the second grade, the teacher recommended this "Primary School Students Together" APP to parents. At 10 o’clock on the evening of September 25, Jia Jia finished her homework. When Ms. Lin got her mobile phone back, she found that it was a little hot. She didn’t check it carefully until she noticed something strange.
Ms. Lin found that in the "A Primary School Student" App, her son ranked first in the "geocentric adventure" game with an action value of 329, and ranked 17th in the school race. Screenshot of the page Hualong Nethair
I don’t know if I don’t see it, but I was shocked when I saw it. Ms. Lin found that there is an entrance called "Growing World" on the homepage of the APP, which contains many small games such as "geocentric adventure", among which the city level under her account has reached level 6.
Ms. Lin started the "geocentric adventure", and her son Jia Jia and four other students are forming a team to participate. In the team, Jia Jia ranked first in "contribution" with an action value of 329, and 17th in the school race.
"Looking through the records, I know that many tasks have to be completed by opening products," Ms. Lin said. "Up to now, my son has spent one or two hundred dollars on the game."
Experience "
"Growing World" is similar to Happy Farm. The teacher can’t see the game entrance.
Is there any possibility of misleading students in this APP? Hualong. com reporter decided to experience it.
The "A Primary School Student" App prompts that you need to enter a "teacher number" to register, and after the "A Primary School Teacher" App uses the mobile phone number to register, the "teacher number" is successfully generated. Screenshot of the page Hualong Nethair
Searching for "A Primary School Student" in the mobile app store pops up multiple search results, including "A Primary School Student", "A Primary School Teacher" and "Parents Connect", all developed by Shanghai Hexu Information Technology Co., Ltd.
The reporter downloaded the "A Primary School Teacher" APP and entered the mobile phone number to register. With the help of the "teacher number" generated after registration, the reporter successfully logged into the "Primary School Students Together" APP, and the three options of "Growing the World", "Practice Record" and "Parents Reward" are prominently listed at the bottom of the homepage.
This "growing world" is similar to Happy Farm. When you enter for the first time, you will be prompted to guide the operation. Screenshot of the page Hualong Nethair
The reporter found that this "growing world" is similar to the happy farm game. Among them, the "building center" can build farmland, dairy farms, etc. "Partner Home" can raise sika deer and camel cubs, and can also send pets to compete with opponents.
"Partner Home" can cultivate sika deer, camel and lamb, and can also send pets to compete with opponents. Screenshot of the page Hualong Nethair
To complete some projects, you need to open designated products, such as Chinese, mathematics, dubbing, words, etc. It takes 300 yuan to open the basic language for 365 days and 199 yuan to open the words for 365 days.
The reporter sent math homework to the whole class through the "A Primary School Teacher" APP, and then clicked the "A Primary School Student" APP "Practice Record" to complete it.
After the homework is finished, the reward of "Learning Bean 5" and "Building Gold Coin 50" will pop up on the end page, and the prompt of "Going to the Growing World and Getting More Rewards" will pop up in the prominent position below. Screenshot of the page Hualong Nethair
After all the four math problems are completed correctly, the reward of "Learning Bean 5" and "Building Gold Coin 50" will pop up on the end page, and the prompt of "Go to the growing world and get more rewards" will pop up in the prominent position below.
At the bottom of the Growing World page, there are four options, namely, geocentric adventure, naughty elf, Mid-Autumn Festival reunion, and triumphant, all of which are time-limited activities. Screenshot of the page Hualong Nethair
On the "A Primary School Teacher" APP, the reporter did not see a similar game entrance.
Survey "
Most parents are not familiar with APP function, and the network evaluation is polarized.
Open two apps, all showing the names of many primary schools. So, how did parents and teachers react? The reporter conducted an investigation.
Ms. Chen, who lives in Jiangbei, just sent her son to the first grade in September this year. Recently, she installed the "A Primary School Student" APP under the recommendation of her teacher. Under the reporter’s reminder, she discovered that her city level has reached level 2, and it should be that her son played before she got the level, but she didn’t know it before.
In the "growing world", there are ranking systems almost everywhere, except for class rankings, there are also school and province rankings. Screenshot of the page Hualong Nethair
Ms. Xiao lives in Xinqiao Street, and her fourth-grade daughter Qiqi is also doing her homework with this APP. After inspection, the city level in Kiki’s "Growing World" is still level 1. However, Ms. Xiao found that many students in the class boarded the city rankings.
The reporter found that among the 10 parents who used the "Primary School Students Together" APP to do their homework, only one parent was familiar with the APP function.
The reporter contacted a Chinese teacher of Ms. Shanglin’s primary school. The Chinese teacher said that she knew this APP, but it was not practical for her. She said that she was "unclear" about whether the APP was used in mathematics and English subjects.
Subsequently, the reporter contacted the English teacher of another primary school, who was using this APP to arrange homework. She told reporters that when she first started using the APP, she experienced it as a student. I remember that there was no game page at that time. So far, the parents of her classmates have not reflected the game problems to her.
However, the English teacher provided a detail. After the APP was launched, it was updated many times. She suspected that she had "quietly" joined the game during the update process.
Some projects need to open designated products, including Chinese, mathematics, English, dubbing, etc. It takes 300 yuan to open the basic language for 365 days. Screenshot of the page Hualong Nethair
As of October 7th, in Huawei’s APPlication market, a total of 2,049 people rated the "One Primary School Student" app, and the evaluation was polarized, among which nearly 40% of users gave 1 star. Among the users who gave bad reviews, "Krypton", "Commercialization" and "Advertising" are the words that appear more frequently.
Response "
Developers deny that there are games in the APP that call "Growing World" a fun learning product.
How does the company respond to the above situation? On September 29th, as a parent, the reporter called the developer of this series of apps and the customer service phone number of Shanghai Hexu Information Technology Co., Ltd..
The customer service first denied the statement of "game". It said that the products such as "Growing the World" in the APP are all interesting learning products, which mainly play an incentive role. "If children only do problems, they may feel boring, so they have developed these interesting products."
The customer service replied that parents will give away some beans, growth values, grades and virtual items when they buy some courses, but mainly let the children do the questions.
How does the platform verify the teacher’s identity? The customer service said that if teachers and users want to open the "One Primary School Teacher" APP, they need to upload the teacher qualification certificate and other certificates. However, when the reporter experienced it before, he only needed to enter his mobile phone number to register.
In addition, why does the tip "Go to the growing world and get more rewards" pop up on the homework end page? Does the company have a game business license, and is the game filed? For these questions, the customer service did not answer.
Subsequently, the reporter sorted out these questions and sent an interview request to the company through the media contact email published by official website. As of press time, no reply was received.
As of October 7th, in Huawei’s Application market, a total of 2,049 people rated the "One Primary School Student" app, and the evaluation was polarized. Screenshot of the page Hualong Nethair
According to the national enterprise credit information publicity system, Shanghai Hexu Information Technology Co., Ltd. was established on December 3, 2012, with Liu Chang as the legal representative and a registered capital of RMB 30 million. The business scope includes technical development and technical consultation in the field of network technology.
Its business scope stipulates that projects that are subject to approval according to law can only carry out business activities after approval by relevant departments. In its administrative licensing information, the license of "network culture business license game products and artworks" has expired on May 13th this year. As of press time, no new information about the business license of game products has been found.
In addition, the reporter also found that on May 25 this year, the company was fined 100,000 yuan and ordered to stop publishing because it violated the Advertising Law and used minors under the age of 10 as advertising spokespersons.
The reporter inquired about the network culture business license, game version number, game operation record, etc. through the third-party website, but did not find the relevant information of the enterprise.
Education Commission "
Schools will be required to strengthen the selection and management of learning apps.
Regarding the situation found in the reporter’s investigation, the person in charge of the relevant departments of the Chongqing Municipal Education Commission said that the learning apps currently used by students are the choices made independently by schools and teachers according to the situation and characteristics, and the Municipal Education Commission has not made uniform regulations.
The person in charge said that parents can communicate directly with the teacher if they have opinions about the problem that the APP contains games. At the same time, relevant departments will also urge schools to make a more comprehensive evaluation of the advantages and disadvantages of APP, and strengthen supervision and management during the use.