[LM_NET] Are we cheating our kids?

[Nancy Willard <nwillard@CSRIU.ORG>]

Hi all,

My absolutely brilliant friend and colleague, Larry Magid, just wrote an
article that references the Common Sense Media report on student use of
technology for cheating.

http://www.pcanswer.com/2009/06/22/cheating-is-cheating-but-tech-offers-chan
ce-to-teach-critical-thinking/

"Cheating is cheating regardless of whether you use technology or
old-fashioned paper notes.  Iım appalled that kids may be using technology
to cheat in school, but Iım just as appalled at how schools are cheating
kids when it comes to technology

But in addition to admonishing kids about why itıs wrong to cheat, perhaps
itıs also time to rethink what it means to evaluate students in the age of
the Internet and omnipresent mobile devices."

I encourage you all to read this. Other highly intelligent material Larry
and his colleague Anne Collier have written is here:

http://www.connectsafely.org/. Note also the "sister sites" at the bottom.

I highly recommend the material Larry and Anne write as conversation
starters for classroom discussions on these issues, especially at the middle
and high school level. These articles will provide far better instructional
resources than any "canned curriculum."

Anne, Larry, and I are among a group of folks (unfortunately still small)
who are working very hard to dispel the fear-mongering in the area of online
risk - so we can better prepare young people to make good choices and also
allow them to totally benefit from this incredible new technology.

Nancy

-- 
Nancy Willard, M.S., J.D.
Center for Safe and Responsible Internet Use
http://csriu.org
http://cyberbully.org
http://cyber-safe-kids.com
http://csriu.wordpress.com
nwillard@csriu.org

Cyberbullying and Cyberthreats: Responding to the Challenge of Online Social
Aggression, Threats, and Distress (Research Press)

Cyber-Safe Kids, Cyber-Savvy Teens: Helping Young People Learn to Use the
Internet Safely and Responsibly (Jossey-Bass)

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