Note-sharing Web site draws fire from critics

[IndianaGreen]

Note-sharing Web site draws fire from critics

April 10, 2009 10:47 PM EDT

Jennie Runevitch/Eyewitness News

Indianapolis - An award-winning website is attracting thousands of Indiana college students.

They're earning quick cash by sharing notes taken in class. But critics contend the website - isleptthroughclass.com - promotes skipping school.

The name conjures up images of lazy college students: sleep through class or miss a class and get the lecture notes anyway, online. But Ryan Sapp, the founder of the web site, says it is a supplement - not a substitute - for school.

"We're not promoting laziness. We are promoting an educational, a free educational resource for students," Sapp said.

Sapp, a Cathedral High School graduate, created and launched the website at the University of Dayton in 2007. He's now a junior in college and his web site has grown to more than 900 schools and has more than 15,000 members. It promises free notes, easy money and better grades.

"It's a win-win for students. They're getting quality material and they're not paying anything for it and we're actually giving them incentives to put the material on there," Sapp said.

http://www.wthr.com/global/story.asp?s=10166737

:applause:

[patrice]

1. "God"-forbid anyone should do their own thinking.

[napoleon_in_rags]

2. Now if they had named it "collaborate-learning.com" would it be controversial? nt