Wednesday, July 01, 2009

Kids cheating with tech but are schools cheating kids? | Larry Magid at Large - CNET News

Kids cheating with tech but are schools cheating kids? | Larry Magid at Large - CNET News: "But in addition to admonishing kids about why it's wrong to cheat, perhaps it's also time to rethink what it means to evaluate students in the age of the Internet and omnipresent mobile devices."

"But this survey might also present an opportunity for educators to re-evaluate the type of tests they're giving. I think there is a role for tests that measure a student's ability to quickly acquire and interpret information through mobile devices, even if they know nothing about the subject prior to sitting down for the test."

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