Cheating

=Digital Cheating or Just the "Age of Google"?= VISIT US HERE: []

= = I have a list of citations all typed up -- but I need the sites for the images so I can reference them, too. Jami -- if you can find the information from those pages, I can get them added. I'll bring the citations to class on Tuesday.

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Current events related to cheating: [] - this was the German Minister of Defense who resigned last year because much of his doctoral thesis was plagiarized.

We should make sure to answer this question I think: Digital cheating or just the “Age of Google”? We can use it as a question to guide us to a definition of what digital cheating actually is. As I say further down here, I think one of the big problems is that students don't actually know what is considered cheating anymore. They consider it helping.

Here is an article from the Pew Research Center. Pages 5-8 give some info and statistics about using the internet for cheating, as well as some of the ways in which homework help is available to students via the internet. The study is from 2001 so it is a little dated. There is probably better stuff out there. This is just a start. [|http://www.pewinternet.org/~/media//Files/Reports/2001/PIP_Schools_Report.pdf.pdf]

Here is a news report from May 2011 listing the top 8 sites used for cheating. An interesting question raised here about the students' awareness of what is cheating and what is not in an age where information is so easily shared. []

A personal opinion: With collaboration being such an important value in today's society, perhaps we need to be more intentional about defining what is cheating. This could be one of our points on how to deal with digital cheating as teachers: Clearly defining when it is okay to use the internet for assistance, how to properly use the internet (citation), and specify when it is not okay to use the internet or a cell phone to look for an answer such as during a test, or on a project that is to be done individually. I think that from "Doing School" we've all seen that students and teachers have different takes on what "cheating" is -- and that for many, copying homework, for instance, is just another form of "group work." I agree that we'll have to develop some guidelines on what we want to define as cheating. This piece, also from cbs looks at what students consider to be "Cheating:" [] High-Tech cheating on the rise at schools.

I think we should reference turnitin.com as a way for teachers to not only monitor plagiarism in students' writing, but also allow students to use it as a tool to check their own work for accurate citation. It can be used as a tool to help students actually become better in this regard. [] turnitin is a great tool for teachers! -- definately have to mention this one! not only how it is a tool, but a deterrent if students know the teacher will use it.

[] - some ideas for teaching kids of the importance of academic honesty. Also, some ways to design assignments in such a way as to make copy/paste plagiarism more difficult if not impossible.

Also, I think this graphic is very interesting: [] it clearly shows how dishonesty in school contributes to dishonesty in life - (maybe this is a "cake" to begin the discussion with?) I like this graphic. It's current, it is easy to understand, both good things. I like the thing about redirecting the peer pressure to cheat to peer pressure to be honest. Seems like this would be an effective way to deal with the issue.

I found this article by doing a google search... is that cheating??? It explains digital cheating and it's roots fairly well there are also numerous links to other cites that are useful. In particular the Halls of Justice link seem interesting to me. []

Ways to use technology to cheat []

why do students cheat? grades, college admission, competition lazy stress anxiety weak skills

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 Lesson Structure

Introduction Hook: I. Show atomic cartoon II. Posit question: What would happen to our world if teachers, lawyers, and doctors cheated their way though school? III. Get answers from each group <span style="color: #ff00ff; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">IV. Provide examples of cheating : Jami send Sarah a text - show coke bottle with label inside w/ answers - Eric - cut and paste - Sarah - graphing calculator cheating - <span style="color: #ff00ff; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">V. Ask questions: a.)Has anyone had a test that they felt they couldn't cheat on? <span style="color: #ff00ff; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">b.)Should we give them tests in the 21st Century? <span style="color: #ff00ff; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">c.)What are valid 21st Century Assessments?

<span style="color: #ff00ff; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">21st century classroom and higher order thinking

establish an environment in which learning is related to the real world = RELEVANCY to engage students and see how material links to their lives Relevancy = value = real desire to learn (rather than cheat)

__How do you get there?:__ still a place for raditional testing, but it should take a back seat to other formative and summative assesments
 * more open ended questions
 * grading with a rubric
 * more collaborative projects (tests aren't the only assessments!)
 * Learners Diaries
 * Observations
 * Role-Play
 * Portfolios
 * TPT - Total Participation Techniques
 * Incorporate technology into the class (occasional accepted use of texting in an answer or a poll)
 * multiple intelligences - differentiated learning

The reason most students drop out is because of boredom - when asked whay type of classroom most high school students wanted, they want hands-on, and more opportunites for debate and discussion. TOTAL PARTICIPATION TECHNIQUES DEF: are teaching techniques that allow for all students to demonstrate, at the same time, active paritcipation and cognitive engagement in the topic being studied. (p 7) A TPT-conductive classroom, students are not allowed to passively hide behind the others who are always raising their hands. (p 7) TPTs lead to HIGH-ORDER THINKING.
 * Think-Pair-Share
 * Quick-Writes
 * Quick-Draws
 * Categorizing and Sorting
 * Appointment Agendas
 * Picture Notes
 * The Three-Sentence Wrap-Up

<span style="color: #ff00ff; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">Think I had success today -- Made a new label for the coke bottle -- looks good on the computer, but will see how it looks when I print it out tonight at work. I will bring it tomorrow (Thurs) to class -kbw way to circumvent cheating by teaching and administering testing methods that are now applicable in the 21st century. <span style="color: #ff00ff; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">How to design a 21st C classroom that circumvents the need or ability to cheat successfully? The following link lists how testing has evolved and what it means in the 21st century. There are a list of alternative assessments near the end that are pretty good. Some of them may seem a little junvinile, but I feel that you can revamp them for a high school setting as well. [] here is another website about observation: []
 * <span style="color: #ff00ff; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">More open ended questions
 * <span style="color: #ff00ff; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">Less regurgitation
 * <span style="color: #ff00ff; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">More collaborative efforts
 * <span style="color: #ff00ff; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">incorporate technology in such a way as to engage rather than restrict

I bulleted a few of what I think would work well: As Jami and i were discussing, it is hard to eliminate cheating because students might always try to find a way to cheat. However we said that it is also more about creating the classroom community that will make the student learners less likely to cheat or feel comfortable enough with their knowledge that they don't want to cheat. Also, so of the assessments that I listed above are done during class and students don't even know that they are being assessed. N o matter if you try to change your assessment with the changing times and technology, students will continue to find ways to cheat (cell phones, internet, etc.).
 * Student Portfolios
 * Learner's Diaries
 * Observations
 * Role-Play