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[22 Sep 2009 | No Comment | ]
How kids use cell phones to cheat

A recent survey by Common Sense Media shows that 35 percent of students use their cell phones to cheat on tests. Here’s how they do it:

  • 26% store info on their phone and look at it while taking a test
  • 25% send text messages to friends, asking for answers
  • 17% take pictures of a test – and then send it to their friends
  • 20% use their phones to search for answers on the Internet
  • 48% warn friends about a pop quiz with a phone call or text message
  • Happily, teachers…

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    [18 Sep 2009 | No Comment | ]
    Check your cell phone at the door

    A simple thought/question as we approach the weekend: Should cell phones be banned from the bedroom during sleepovers? This hadn’t occurred to me until another parent brought it up, but as I thought about it, it made good sense. Even the best kid can lose good judgment in a group. Especially a group behind closed doors. Especially when holding a way to reach way beyond those doors.

    What kind of trouble can kids get into as a group, holed up in a bedroom with a phone, that they wouldn’t on…