USA Today is reporting that high schoolers are using iPods, Zunes and other digital music players to cheat on tests. Somewhat evitable I guess, and we've written about this before, but somehow a shame that a tool that can be so helpful to teachers and students alike for podcasting, listening to recorded books, and other means is being subverted. Let's hope educators can think of some other ways to sort out the use of these devices. It was also noted in the article that while some colleges are also banning iPods, institutions like Duke University, that have pioneered their use in a wide range of disciplines, are taking a different approach. "Incidents of cheating have declined at Duke over the past 10 years, largely because the community expects its students to have academic integrity. Trying to fight the technology without a dialogue on values and expectations is a losing battle," Tim Dodd, executive director of The Center for Academic Integrity at Duke said. "I think there's kind of a backdoor benefit here. As teachers are thinking about how technology has corrupted, they're also thinking about ways it can be used productively."
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