Alot of schools are trying to inforce a rule that bans ipod use during school hours. The reason for this action is due to kids supposly using ipods to cheat. Baseball caps and cell phones have already been baned due to kids using these devices to cheat. So now their sayin that kids are using ipods to cheat. Their hopping that banning ipod use during school hours will reduce the number of students that are cheating.

I do not agree with schools banning ipod use during school hours. Kids can think of all kinds of new and creative ways to cheat. So if you ban ipods ,the kids that are cheating will think of a new way to get the answers. So really all this rule is effecting is the students that use ipods during class to block out all the destractions that are going on around them. Students can use ipods as a tool of relaxtion ,or to help focus on a reading assigment ,or even to help them focus on a homework assignment. So why punish the kids who are using ipods for good reasons ,for the mistakes of the students who are making wrong decesions to use ipods for cheating. When all thats going to happen is the students using ipods to cheat ,their going to find other ways to cheat. So i honestly believe that it will not reduce the number of students cheating. Also using ipod help kids with learing a world that has to due with technology. Almost every job thats out there today involves some kind of technology. So shouldnt we learn ,how to use technology in every day life.
http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9018594/Are_iPod_banning_schools_cheating_our_kids_