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iPods Banned in Schools to Prevent Cheating




iPod Banned From SchoolsWe recently reported on how PSPs are being used as teachers’ aids in England. Unfortunately, s (and Microsoft s) are being used as cheating aids by students from the U.S. to Australia, and are now being banned from schools. Kids are downloading crib sheets onto the players, and using voice recorders to speak answers into the devices—to be played back during the test through a single earphone. Since the devices and headphones are small, they are easy to hide during exams. However, teachers and administrators (many of whom aren’t as technologically-savvy as their students), are slowly catching on. Schools around the world have started banning portable media devices, including one in no-nonsense Australia that prohibits iPods, CD players, electronic dictionaries and even spell-check devices! We’re now wondering if the aforementioned British school with the PSPs is now experiencing similar problems…


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Comments:

All the great technology arrives AFTER I’m finished with school….

I’m surprised cell phones aren’t mentioned, as many phones are essentially PDAs or media devices, which can easily store the same information.

I think banning phones though wouldn’t be ideal though, just from a safety point of view.

If you would like to know HOW to cheat with your iPod, I wrote an entry with step-by-step instructions here:

http://www.gadgetspage.com/audio-video/how-to-cheat-with-your-ipod.html

In the end, knowing WHAT information to carry with you is more important than memorizing facts.

WALTER IS THE FASTEST PERSON I NO

Sophie Elizabeth Sophie Elizabeth 3/1/11 8:11 pm

Mobile Phones, Ipods and other Electricle Devices are ruining our kids education and making their grades drop. We all have to come together and fight against this, I for sure don’t let my kids take their electronics to school. infact I make them leave theirs at home, In a draw so I know. and if you find that harsh treatment than think again, because my kids don’t.


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