A primetime special on ABC news had claimed that we may have a new crisis in our educational facilities, cheating. Is this really something new, or has technology just made it more assessible? In my opinion not only has computer technology inhibited plagarism, but it has made it easier for faculty, teachers, and administrators pinpoint who is in fact cheating.
According to the above article, a 2002 confidential survey claimed that out of 12,000 high school students, 74 percent admitted cheating on an examination at least once in the past year. When speaking about cheating with papers or short answers one may tend to think about plagarism or using famous internet resources to skim by the actual intensities of real work. In opposition, when cheating on an examination through technology, I personally think cell phones are the main source of this.
Do you think that technology has been more beneficial in the way that teachers and administrators now have easier access to finding students cheating? After all, if student's understand how simple it is for teachers to decipher cheating hopefully it could remind them to steer clear of such actions. In order for this mindset to occur, teachers and administrators need to make more of a point to address this.
Did anyone see this special or read about it, any thoughts?
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