Digital Smarts - Homework, Apps and Cheating

As technology continues to evolve, a number of mobile applications have been created that are designed to help students with their homework. However, in some cases the apps are doing much of the work – sometimes even all of the work -- for students, leading some to question whether the high-tech helpers equate to cheating. One new app can even solve math equations with the snap of a camera. While the software has inspired teachers to create real-world homework problems that can’t be automatically solved, that strategy doesn’t hold up to other apps that tap into real-life brains for solutions. The next question will be how schools expect parents to guide the use of these apps.