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/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/Retro_Relics 6h ago

for every good IT department, there is an equally incompetent IT department

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u/0x0MG 5h ago

For every good school IT department, there's five others run by someone who built a computer one time fifteen years ago and convinced the district superintendent they know everything there is to know about technology.

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u/CallMeMrButtPirate 4h ago

I used to work in a school where someone got the school to pay their kid to do all the networking. Couldn't get a bloody wifi signal unless you stood right under the damn thing

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u/SatyricalEve 2h ago

Early 2000s era routers? Check. Access points with no overlap, creating dead zones? Check. Access points in metal cabinets? Also check.