Technology Makes Cheating 'Far More Tempting'
http://abcnews.go.com/OnCampus/story?id=5963955&page=1
It is much easier this day and age for students to cheat. They come armed with iPODS, cell phones, calculators, and videos posted on YouTube that instruct and illustrate how to cheat on exams and term papers. Custom written term papers can be easily purchased on the Internet and all subjects are covered.
As one article stated "Cheating is becoming so accepted that parents actually pay someone to cheat for their child on ACT or SAT tests. A fake ID is made and the professional cheater will take the SAT for a high school student who wants to get into a more prestigious school than high school efforts will allow. It may cost $800 or more, but the end seems to justify the means."
Some schools have implented bans on cell phone and iPOD/Zune use, but students still find ways around these bans.
Some teachers are fighting back, however. In the article "Professors Use Technology to Fight Student Cheating" The article states that some professors are "are using new technologies, including text-matching software, webcams, and biometric equipment, as well as cunning stratagems such as Web "honey pots," virtual students, and cheat-proof tests."
Some people blame the pressures of modern society on this increased cheating by students. True, the pressure for students to succeed is very high and admission to elite schools is very competitive. Parents, it seems, do not help - they push their children and turn a blind eye to obvious cheating that is being done by their children.
I do not envy teachers who now have to spend a large amount of their time trying to ward off cheating and determine if submitted papers are actually legitimate. That is a horrible waste of resources.
Students need to realize that they are just hurting themselves. Even if all this cheating does get them into an elite school, if they don't learn and perform at these schools they will fail. And they will have no one to blame except themselves (and their parents).
References:
How To Cheat In SchoolsCell Phones and iPods Are the Newest Modes for Cheating
http://educationalissues.suite101.com/article.cfm/cheating_in_schools
Professors Use Technology to Fight Student
Cheatinghttp://www.usnews.com/articles/education/2008/10/03/professors-use-technology-to-fight-student-cheating.html
Thursday, December 4, 2008
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