School Laptops

Student Pees On MacBooks, Costs School $36,000

The Huffington Post | Laura Hibbard | Posted 05.01.2012

Read More: School Technology, School Vandalism, Student Crime, Macbook, Apple, School Crime, Vandalism, Student Arrested, Technology in Schools, Apple News, School Laptops, School Computers, Apple Products, Education News

An 11-year-old male student at Upper Allen Elementary School in Mechanicsburg, Pa., is facing serious consequences after he urinated on the school's M...

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Professor: Why I Banned Laptops

GW Hatchet | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Kip Kosek, Laptops, The South, Laptops Class, George Washington University, School Laptops, Lecture Laptops, GW Hatchet, College News

I forbid laptops in most of my seminars and discussion sections, though I do allow them in large lectures. I did not make this rule because I am anti-...

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School Webcam Spying Probe Prompts Lower Merion To Place Two On Paid Leave

AP | MARYCLAIRE DALE | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Public Schools, Civil Rights, Lanrev, Michael Perbix, Computers, Fbi, Privacy Laws, Privacy, Lower Merion School District, Carol Cafiero, Internet, Education, Pennsylvania, Penn Valley, Schools, School Laptops, Webcams, Philadelphia Inquirer, Technology News

PHILADELPHIA — Two information-technology workers at a suburban Philadelphia school district that secretly activated webcams on students' school...

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Dan Ackerman, School Sdministrator, Boasts About Laptop Spying

Huffington Post | Catharine Smith and Bianca Bosker | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Laptop Webcam Spying, Spying on Students, Laptop Spying, School Spying, Dan Ackerman, Dan Ackerman Bronx School, School Laptops, Technology News

*See photos and video below* Computers have revolutionized classroom learning. But with this new teaching tool comes a new concern: student privacy...

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