Comments on: The Internet is NOT an excuse for allowing students to cheat. http://www.teach42.com/2005/01/25/the-internet-is-not-an-excuse-for-allowing-students-to-cheat/ Education and Technology by Steve Dembo Sat, 19 Jul 2008 07:08:29 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 By: Andy Allen http://www.teach42.com/2005/01/25/the-internet-is-not-an-excuse-for-allowing-students-to-cheat/#comment-113782 Andy Allen Mon, 05 May 2008 18:01:53 +0000 http://www.teach42.com/2005/01/25/the-internet-is-not-an-excuse-for-allowing-students-to-cheat/#comment-113782 Here in Needham, MA, the high school enforces papers to be turned in electronically. If they are turned in via hardcopy, they start out at a C grade (ouch). The papers all go to a central website that checks for copied and copyright material, and then forwards that information to the teacher. If the paper has properly written references, it passes the pre-edit checks. If the paper is blatently copying, the teacher no longer has to hunt it down. I'm not sure how this works if you turn in a paper, and then the next year use your own work but updated with new information and applied to a new subject. Do you have to quote yourself? Would you get a lower grade for not creating totally new material? I'm sure there will be ways to subvert the checks, but this seems like a good approach to go. Here in Needham, MA, the high school enforces papers to be turned in electronically. If they are turned in via hardcopy, they start out at a C grade (ouch). The papers all go to a central website that checks for copied and copyright material, and then forwards that information to the teacher. If the paper has properly written references, it passes the pre-edit checks. If the paper is blatently copying, the teacher no longer has to hunt it down.

I’m not sure how this works if you turn in a paper, and then the next year use your own work but updated with new information and applied to a new subject. Do you have to quote yourself? Would you get a lower grade for not creating totally new material?

I’m sure there will be ways to subvert the checks, but this seems like a good approach to go.

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