Monday, January 26, 2009

Cheating goes Digital

Chance upon the article: Cheating goes Digital (in the Edutopia website)
http://www.edutopia.org/technology-student-cheating-prevention

In the write-up, it describes briefly how students cheat in their tests, through digital means.
It even provides a link to Teachopolis where the reader could learn more ways to cheat:
http://www.teachopolis.org/justice/cheating/cheating_how_to.htm

What has the world become!!!???
In the write-up, some educators suggested how to prevent pupils from cheating - by "abandoning" some of assessment modes, etc. Well, seems like we are trying to eliminate as much likely channels as possible. In fact, just thinking... can't we fighting a losing battle? How would the digital immigration know the technology better than the digital native?

Indeed, what's more fundamental is the value, the belief of gaining through one's hardwork and effort. OK, some people may regard this as the stupid behaviour - one must think and act smart, right? Yes, agree that we have to think and act smart, but more importantly is to uphold one's value - integrity. One has to be able to distinguish what's right and what's not. So, it's critical to cultivate from young, the right value and attitude... and of course, in the progress of doing so, we need to have deterrants.

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