p2pnet - rss feed: Schools ban iPods
p2pnet.net news:- Some American schools have decided to ban iPods. But not because they’ve finally figured out the music players are just that: music players.
In 2005, Duke University blew half-million-dollars on iPods, claiming the music player were valuable aids to learning.
In 2007, schools are, “targeting digital media players as a potential cheating device,” says Associated Press.
“Devices including Apple Inc. iPods and Microsoft Corp. Zunes can be hidden under clothing, with just an earbud and a wire snaking behind an ear and into a shirt collar to give them away, school officials say.”
Mountain View High School is in Meza, Arizona, and the story has principal Aaron Maybon saying of students, “They come up with new and creative ways to cheat pretty fast.”
The school banned digital media players after officials realized some students were downloading formulas and other material onto the players, says AP.
Shana Kemp, spokeswoman for the National Association of Secondary School Principals, said banning digital media players is, “becoming a national trend,” continues AP. “We hope that each district will have a policy in place for technology - it keeps a lot of the problems down.”
It has Kelsey Nelson, 17, saying, “”You can just thread the earbud up your sleeve and then hold it to your ear like you’re resting your head on your hand. I think you should still be able to use iPods. People who are going to cheat are still going to cheat, with or without them.”
Also See:
valuable aids - Apple’s university gravy-trains, April 20, 2005
Associated Press - Some schools banning iPods to stop cheating, April 27, 2007
