MOBILE, Ala. (NBC 15) — A Mobile County school board member is concerned about students using smart glasses to cheat. Smart glasses look like regular glasses but can access the internet and provide answers to test questions. State law already does not allow wireless communication devices in the classroom, but Mobile County Public Schools board member Johnny Hatcher worries prescription lenses could circumvent the law.
“If we don’t get ahead of the curve, the parents will turn around and get them with their prescriptions,” said Hatcher.
Alabama’s Focus Act, which passed last year, bans all wireless communication devices in K-12 classrooms across the state, but Hatcher believes parents may use prescription lenses as a loophole so their children can wear smart glasses in the classroom…