[LINK] Kids shoot a hole in LA iPad plan

[Bernard Robertson-Dunn]

Another, ill conceived technology driven solution to a badly thought 
through problem.

In fact, I don't know what their problem actually is and I doubt that 
the LA School District did either.

The Australian reported this today, but the story has been around for a 
while.

Kids shoot a hole in LA iPad plan
The Australian
November 25, 2013 12:00AM
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/world/kids-shoot-a-hole-in-la-ipad-plan/story-fnb64oi6-1226767310015#

THE most ambitious effort to drag US schools into the digital age is in 
danger of being derailed by hacker students, disgruntled teachers and 
tens of millions of dollars in unforeseen costs.

The $US1 billion ($1.09bn) plan to provide an iPad loaded with 
educational content to each of the 650,000 students in the Los Angeles 
Unified School District was touted as a means of introducing the tablet 
computers into low-income households.

The scheme covers every age bracket, from kindergarten to high school. 
Children are supposed to use the gadgets to take tests, complete 
homework and read textbooks. Within days, however, more than 300 
teenagers from three of the first high schools to receive the iPads 
found a way to bypass pre-installed security measures. Instead of 
studying, they were accessing social media websites such as YouTube, 
Twitter and Facebook.ids shoot a hole in LA iPad plan

  * Rhys Blakely
  * The Times
  * November 25, 2013 12:00AM


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*THE most ambitious effort to drag US schools into the digital age is in 
danger of being derailed by hacker students, disgruntled teachers and 
tens of millions of dollars in unforeseen costs. *

The $US1 billion ($1.09bn) plan to provide an iPad loaded with 
educational content to each of the 650,000 students in the Los Angeles 
Unified School District was touted as a means of introducing the tablet 
computers into low-income households.

The scheme covers every age bracket, from kindergarten to high school. 
Children are supposed to use the gadgets to take tests, complete 
homework and read textbooks. Within days, however, more than 300 
teenagers from three of the first high schools to receive the iPads 
found a way to bypass pre-installed security measures. Instead of 
studying, they were accessing social media websites such as YouTube, 
Twitter and Facebook.

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shoot a hole in LA iPad plan

     Rhys Blakely
     The Times
     November 25, 2013 12:00AM

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THE most ambitious effort to drag US schools into the digital age is in 
danger of being derailed by hacker students, disgruntled teachers and 
tens of millions of dollars in unforeseen costs.

The $US1 billion ($1.09bn) plan to provide an iPad loaded with 
educational content to each of the 650,000 students in the Los Angeles 
Unified School District was touted as a means of introducing the tablet 
computers into low-income households.

The scheme covers every age bracket, from kindergarten to high school. 
Children are supposed to use the gadgets to take tests, complete 
homework and read textbooks. Within days, however, more than 300 
teenagers from three of the first high schools to receive the iPads 
found a way to bypass pre-installed security measures. Instead of 
studying, they were accessing social media websites such as YouTube, 
Twitter and Facebook.
- See more at: 
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/world/kids-shoot-a-hole-in-la-ipad-plan/story-fnb64oi6-1226767310015#sthash.4GGLedfP.dpuf


to each of the 650,000 students in the Los Angeles Unified School 
District - See more at: 
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/world/kids-shoot-a-hole-in-la-ipad-plan/story-fnb64oi6-1226767310015#sthash.8Hgom7oL.dpuf

to each of the 650,000 students in the Los Angeles Unified School 
District - See more at: 
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/world/kids-shoot-a-hole-in-la-ipad-plan/story-fnb64oi6-1226767310015#sthash.8Hgom7oL.dpuf

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brd

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