{"id":38815,"date":"2013-09-26T10:23:47","date_gmt":"2013-09-26T16:23:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2013\/09\/26\/fun-finds-a-way.html"},"modified":"2013-09-28T12:28:41","modified_gmt":"2013-09-28T18:28:41","slug":"fun-finds-a-way","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2013\/09\/26\/fun-finds-a-way.html","title":{"rendered":"Fun finds a way"},"content":{"rendered":"
So LAUSD's big plan was to get iPads in the hands of all their students — but only usable on school networks and\u00a0for official curricular purposes? And they really expected kids\u00a0to just kind of go along with that? Really?<\/p>\n

I understand that they have some vague terror that some kid will get abused by someone they met on Twitter via their school iPad, or that some kid will be caught watching dirty movies on their school iPad — but them's the risks of providing a useful tool.<\/p>\n

Giving folks\u00a0an iPad as a locked-down, dumbed-down electronic textbook that's useless outside of school is as dumb as saying we're going to provide cars, but only for circling around the school parking lot. And it's not at all surprising that the kids have broken that security.<\/p><\/div>\n

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L.A. students breach school iPads’ security<\/a>
\n As students at Roosevelt High and other schools hack L.A. Unified-issued iPads for non-schoolwork, the district ponders solutions.\n <\/p>\n

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So LAUSD's big plan was to get iPads in the hands of all their students — but only usable on school networks and\u00a0for official curricular purposes? And they really expected kids\u00a0to just kind of go along with that? Really? I understand that they have some vague terror that some kid will get abused by someone … Continue reading “Fun finds a way”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[106,20,46],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-38815","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-plusposts","category-hi-tech","category-school-daze"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":32846,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2013\/03\/22\/the-touch-screen-generation.html","url_meta":{"origin":38815,"position":0},"title":"The Touch-Screen Generation","author":"***Dave","date":"Fri 22-Mar-13 6:38am","format":false,"excerpt":"An interesting, cautious but anti-alarmist, view of how the world of tablets is (and isn't) changing how little kids are growing up.It's remarkable in some ways -- I mean, Kay is not all that old, and when she was growing up her having her own (old, used) laptop at the\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "~PlusPosts"","block_context":{"text":"~PlusPosts","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/blogging\/plusposts"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":28064,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2012\/05\/31\/the-ever-useful-ipad.html","url_meta":{"origin":38815,"position":1},"title":"The Ever-Useful iPad","author":"***Dave","date":"Thu 31-May-12 9:53pm","format":false,"excerpt":"Heh. Embedded Link Dad, how do you like the new iPad I bought for you? - Maggie's Farm Google+: View post on Google+","rel":"","context":"In "~PlusPosts"","block_context":{"text":"~PlusPosts","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/blogging\/plusposts"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":28479,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2012\/07\/09\/tablets-is-tablets.html","url_meta":{"origin":38815,"position":2},"title":"Tablets is tablets","author":"***Dave","date":"Mon 9-Jul-12 1:07pm","format":false,"excerpt":"While a bit of a dig at Samsung, I certainly found the US court finding that the Samsung Galaxy Tab and the Apple iPad were so identical in appearance that consumers would be confused to be ... seriously goofy.Reshared post from +The VergeThe UK High Court simultaneously dissed and vindicated\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "~PlusPosts"","block_context":{"text":"~PlusPosts","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/blogging\/plusposts"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":28044,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2012\/05\/30\/feeling-ipad-curious.html","url_meta":{"origin":38815,"position":3},"title":"Feeling iPad-Curious","author":"***Dave","date":"Wed 30-May-12 9:12pm","format":false,"excerpt":"Or is it iPad-Questioning?Except we're not talking about an iPad. But that aside ...So, another of those odd confluences of thought.1. I keep playing and playing and playing with the thought of a tablet, but haven't figured out what I'd do with one.2. I'm going on an Alaska cruise in\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "~PlusPosts"","block_context":{"text":"~PlusPosts","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/blogging\/plusposts"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":30401,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2012\/09\/28\/a-new-secure-way-to-pick-up-an-ipad.html","url_meta":{"origin":38815,"position":4},"title":"A new, secure way to pick up an iPad","author":"***Dave","date":"Fri 28-Sep-12 4:47pm","format":false,"excerpt":"By which I mean some guy working airport security picking up a left-behind iPad and keeping it for himself.Two things worth noting, as much as I dislike the TSA' lame-brained procedures (and, in some cases, some TSA -- those working at Denver are usually reasonably nice, but the ones in\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "~PlusPosts"","block_context":{"text":"~PlusPosts","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/blogging\/plusposts"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":32982,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2013\/04\/01\/a-tech-trademark-ruling-that-makes-sense.html","url_meta":{"origin":38815,"position":5},"title":"A Tech Trademark Ruling that Makes Sense","author":"***Dave","date":"Mon 1-Apr-13 10:05am","format":false,"excerpt":"The Trademark Office says that TMing \"iPad\" is fine, but TMing the word \"Mini\" is not, any more than Coke should be allowed to TM \"Diet\" in \"Diet Coke\". 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