“Now, schools across the country are targeting digital media players as a potential cheating device. Devices including iPods… 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,” AP reports.
“‘It doesn’t take long to get out of the loop with teenagers,’ said Mountain View High School Principal Aaron Maybon. ‘They come up with new and creative ways to cheat pretty fast.’ Mountain View recently enacted a ban on digital media players after school officials realized some students were downloading formulas and other material onto the players,” AP reports.
“Some students use iPod-compatible voice recorders to record test answers in advance and them play them back, 16-year-old Mountain View junior Damir Bazdar said,” AP reports.
“Others download crib notes onto the music players and hide them in the ‘lyrics’ text files. Even an audio clip of the old ‘Schoolhouse Rock’ take on how a bill makes it through Congress can come in handy during some American government exams,” AP reports.
AP reports, “Kelsey Nelson, a 17-year-old senior at the school, said she used to listen to music after completing her tests — something she can no longer do since the ban. Still, she said, the ban has not stopped some students from using the devices. ‘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,’ Nelson said. ‘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.'”
“Still, schools around the world are hoping bans will at least stave off some cheaters,” AP reports.
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