Los Angeles may halt iPad rollout because students are using them for fun
By Gadiola Emanuel - 5:14:00 AM
A Los Angeles high
school has halted the use of iPads at home after students bypassed
restrictions on web browsing. The school-issued iPads are part of a deal with Apple
where 47 campuses across Los Angeles will issue as many as 640,000
iPads by the end of 2014. After just a week since the first roll outs
commenced at Theodore Roosevelt High School, 300 students have figured
out how to remove restrictions on the iPads to install apps and browse
the web freely.
Several other schools are
also reporting the same problems. Students appear to have bypassed
simple restrictions by removing a profile installed on the devices to
let them use them for fun alongside work. The Los Angeles Times reports
that police chiefs are urging the district to delay further iPad roll
outs across Los Angeles. "I want to prevent a 'runaway train' scenario
when we may have the ability to put a hold on the roll-out," wrote LA
Unified School District Police Chief Steven Zipperman in a leaked memo.
The initiative is designed to supply all students in Los Angeles with
iPads, but the embarrassing start means IT administrators will have to
provide solid restrictions before students are allowed to use the iPads
at home again.
By Tom Warren , The Verge
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