iPods Kicked Out of Class
Junior's iPod is helping him do more a lot than go deaf at an early age -- it's also helping him cheat his way to better grades. According to the Associated Press, schools all over the world are banning iPods and other digital media players from the classroom because they are increasingly being used to cheat.The latest iPod ban came out of Mountain View High School in Meridian, Ohio, which found students listening to test answers by discreetly snaking earbuds through their clothes up out of their collars, then behind their ears. Other ways the iPod is being used to cheat include disguising text as song lyrics and storing graphs and charts as photos.
But, Apple's iPod isn't the sole perpetrator. A high school in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, Canada, recently banned all digital media players as well as cell phones. Australia's University of Tasmania bars iPods, electronic dictionaries, CD players and spell-checking devices from entering the classroom.
In fact, it's not just schools banning digital devices on their grounds. One in three Canadian businesses now bans iPods from the office out of fear that the players' disk mode could be used for corporate theft. Or, too much Rush.
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From The Chicago Tribune
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Libby @ Jul 2nd 2007 2:32PM
Interesting that they get kicked out of classes in High Schools, but incorporated into college classrooms. I know I would much rather watch my lectures from the comfort of my bed. (Or truthfully, cram in all the lectures the night before the test.
Libby
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