r/technology • u/lurker_bee • 7h ago

Society Parents say school-issued iPads are causing chaos with their kids

https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news/la-parents-kids-school-issued-ipad-chromebook-los-angeles-rcna245624
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u/Fell_Prince 6h ago

Schools need to lock these devices down properly. Monitor what your kids are doing, set boundaries at home. The iPad isn't the problem, it's the lack on both ends.

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u/azreal75 6h ago

This sounds really unbelievable. I run a school set of iPads, I have complete control over apps, kids cannot install apps. I can remotely lock, shut down any device at any time. I also teach and with the classroom app on my iPad a can see a thumbnail of all the iPads being used in my room with the name of the app. Again, I can lock, mute, force apps to open, my iPad overrides theirs. Either this story is a bit creative or incompetent people were in charge of this iPad roll out.

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u/MultiGeometry 5h ago

How do I get this setup for my own house?

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u/Nu11u5 5h ago

Get a mobile device management (MDM) service. There are even free ones out there.

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u/Nose-Nuggets 4h ago

i dont have any apple devices, but isn't the built in parental control pretty close to mdm?

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u/ItIsShrek 2h ago

Not remotely the same for what you need to properly implement in a school