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Is anyone planning to cheat on your final exam using your Apple Watch?
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That would drive me mad. I have poor eyesight, and in many exam halls, I was much too far away from the wall clock to have any hope of reading it. Provisions should be made to allow mechanical watches for those who require them, so long as they're left on the desk and untouched for the duration of the exam.
As to cheating with smartwatches, I'd be amazed if the vast majority of schools and universities couldn't catch that. If someone is tapping at their watch screen extensively (which you would need to do, in order to view the images at enough zoom to read answers, or to send taps to someone else), it's about as obvious as looking directly up your sleeve, surely?
Is anyone planning to cheat on your final exam using your Apple Watch?
This thread just needs to be closed already. It's like asking who's going to use [some object] to rob a bank. Cheating is morally reprehensible and discussing how to do so does not, to me, align with the values of this site. Therefore the thread should be shut and people can instead provide live tweet updates of their order status page as if everyone else doesn't have the same thing to look at themselves.
This thread just needs to be closed already. It's like asking who's going to use [some object] to rob a bank. Cheating is morally reprehensible and discussing how to do so does not, to me, align with the values of this site. Therefore the thread should be shut and people can instead provide live tweet updates of their order status page as if everyone else doesn't have the same thing to look at themselves.
Well before smart watches existed, we were never allowed watches into exams in high school or college. This is because it's been possible to get calculator ones for some time now. I also don't see how you could use Siri unnoticed in an exam. Hey Siri, which famous people cheated in an exam ? *everyone looks*
Probably, there is mention in the terms and conditions but as a service from apple this would be under contact law and it would be up to apple to prove you purposely broke it, which could be difficult. However, if they are selling it as a financial service / insurance, there are certain criminal laws involved. In either case, it's fraud but the legal proceedings may differ.
Watch!I wore my watch through all my final exams, and It would be pretty difficult not to notice somebody cheating. Professors are a lot smarter than you think, nobody needs to check the time every 2 seconds, and it is pretty obvious.
However, I am in Graduate school in very small classes (15-25 people), so I could imagine it being easier in 100 level lecture hall classes with 500+ people.
However, I am in Graduate school in very small classes (15-25 people), so I could imagine it being easier in 100 level lecture hall classes with 500+ people.
I was testing for AP exams and they updated the rules to not allow smart watches anymore.
Someone had a pebble steel and they asked him to take if off and put it in the front of class.
Doubt he was going to cheat
But the proctors still took it away for the time of the test.
Someone had a pebble steel and they asked him to take if off and put it in the front of class.
Doubt he was going to cheat
But the proctors still took it away for the time of the test.
I've found that reading the books and notes helps a lot more. Had I just written down answers for my exams in sedimentary geology, sure, maybe I get a 100 on the tests. But then in a couple of years someone gives me a stratigraphic map on a job and asks me to point to where oil might be. Gee, it would help to have known that.
I also don't plan on committing any homicides with my watch.
I also don't plan on committing any homicides with my watch.
I took an AP exam last week and during the proctor script, it was clearly stated that they were not allowed. It was something like this:
"Electronic devices such as smartphones, smart watches, [...] are not allowed during the administration of this exam."
They went on to say that they would not only result in invalidation of your exam, but the invalidation of the entire room.
They were so strict that they made sure we had 5 feet between the middle of our tests, since our desks were arranged in rows.
Not worth it, better to learn it the first time.
"Electronic devices such as smartphones, smart watches, [...] are not allowed during the administration of this exam."
They went on to say that they would not only result in invalidation of your exam, but the invalidation of the entire room.
They were so strict that they made sure we had 5 feet between the middle of our tests, since our desks were arranged in rows.
Not worth it, better to learn it the first time.
You can't fail me, since I won't cheat. And I'm in almost all AP classes, so that's an added plus.
Perhaps you shouldn't be if you feel the need to cheat....
Besides it only cheapens the purpose AND your integrity. You know, the things you can't put a price on
lol I was actually considering doing that for my data communication exam. I will never be able to memorize the whole steps of the algorithm
is there sth like a note reading app available yet?
then again u remember most by actually writing your cheat paper down on a paper and won't even need it in the end
is there sth like a note reading app available yet?
then again u remember most by actually writing your cheat paper down on a paper and won't even need it in the end
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So last week I've had this test of CCNA (chapter about the Transport Layer) and the teacher didn't even mind me wearing my Apple Watch. In fact, since I am allowed to do these tests in an empty classroom because of the noise in my own classroom I could even use my notebook to cheat if I want to (yes, these tests are all perfomed on the students own notebook).
I wouldn't cheat of course (no kidding!) and after all... How the heck am I going to do that? I mean, searching for the app showing the answers would take too much time. It just doesn't work and it's definitely not worth it.
By the way, I don't even think cheating is such a problem. However, if you do this and you fail at the final test / exam... Well, than you know how that happened. I would take of my Watch at such a test like that. But I know that cheating would not help my gaining the right knowledge, so I don't.
I wouldn't cheat of course (no kidding!) and after all... How the heck am I going to do that? I mean, searching for the app showing the answers would take too much time. It just doesn't work and it's definitely not worth it.
By the way, I don't even think cheating is such a problem. However, if you do this and you fail at the final test / exam... Well, than you know how that happened. I would take of my Watch at such a test like that. But I know that cheating would not help my gaining the right knowledge, so I don't.
I took an AP exam last week and during the proctor script, it was clearly stated that they were not allowed. It was something like this:
"Electronic devices such as smartphones, smart watches, [...] are not allowed during the administration of this exam."
They went on to say that they would not only result in invalidation of your exam, but the invalidation of the entire room.
They were so strict that they made sure we had 5 feet between the middle of our tests, since our desks were arranged in rows.
Not worth it, better to learn it the first time.
Our school still says there are no pagers allowed. Like anybody nowadays in the right mind would be using a pager in school... Let alone using one to cheat...
I took off my apple watch and put it in my backpack before all my tests. However, if I were so inclined, it would have been very easy to cheat. One note and Evernote are both on the apple watch. Most places allow you to go use the restroom if you need to during the test and with the watch under a jacket, who would know?
It all really just comes down to integrity which, unfortunately, many people these days do not have.
It all really just comes down to integrity which, unfortunately, many people these days do not have.
Wouldn't surprise me. Our school system seems so antiquated.
Who even still uses pagers?
My father received one 9 years ago and to this day, has never had to use it.
Doesn't really matter since some people saw the AP exam as a joke and blew it off. Free bonus on your GPA, I suppose.
Teachers and College Professors are just lazy and don't want to do their jobs. They want the students to teach themselves. Now they'd rather punish everyone because of the possibility someone may or may not cheat. How about going with a project based approach that encourages people to be good at finding out information rather than trying to mandate a non cheating policy simply by banning smart devices? The most useful people are those who can find out information the fastest and apply the concepts rather than those who are good at memorization.
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