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Cheating in the time of the iPod

Some U.S. schools ban it to stop examination malpractices

MERIDIAN: Banning caps during tests was obvious: students were writing the answers under the brim. Then, schools started banning cell phones, realising that students could text message the answers to one another.

Now, schools across the United States are targeting digital media players as a potential cheating device. Devices including iPods and Zunes 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.

"It doesn't take long to get out of the loop with teenagers," said high school principal Aaron Maybon. "They come up with new and creative ways to cheat pretty fast." His school recently enacted a ban on digital media players after officials realised that some students were downloading formulas and other material onto the players. — AP

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