August 09, 2005

Call for Hucoint Student Reaction-- Issue no. 2

Web References-- Online version of Philippine Star

Without a law, is it illegal?By Evelyn MacairanThe Philippine Star 08/09/2005
http://www.philstar.com/philstar/news200508096601.htm

EDITORIAL – Cyber pornThe Philippine Star 08/09/2005
http://www.philstar.com/philstar/news200508092601.htm


Instructions:
Read the two related articles (news and opinion) and give a 2-3 paragraph reaction on this. Post your reaction in this blog. You may also react on other students' opinions.

Call for Hucoint Student Reaction-- Issue no. 1

In a class report made by Megan Quines, she said that according to CNN there is a rising demographic of high school students using mobile phones and PDA technology. This has caused some schools to ban PDAs and cell phones with the fear of cheating and student distraction.

Now let's have a hypothetical situation-- the university feared also the possible rise in cheating incidents and student distraction with the liberal use of mobile phones, PDAs, MP3 players and thumb/flash drives.

Hence, every time there will be an exam, the student who will take the exam will have to submit his/her techy gadget to the security. The security in return provides a claim tag in each of the items. There will be a pigeon hole to hold these gadgets/devices while the students take the exam. A student before entering the exam room will be scanned by the teacher with a metal detector to check if he/she has submitted his phone or PDA to the security.

Question: Do you find this solution justifiable? Why or why not? ( Make sure to give your answers in relation to the main issue.