Dave LaMorte
6/22/2009

It’s sad that we are training kids to memorize data instead of examining how they interpret it or what they can do with these ideas. In real life you would be laughed at for wasting your time memorizing info that you could easily look up in your notes, a book, or online.

Elizabeth Hubbell
6/22/2009

I wish there was some way we could get data on how often paper & pen have been used to cheat…starting with papyrus.

Frank LaBanca
6/23/2009

I think this post really reflects the lack of training teachers have with assessment. Teacher training focuses on instruction and rarely focuses on assessment. Then, teachers in the classroom do the same: they (hopefully) focus on high-quality instruction and (often, unfortunately) neglect high-quality assessment. As a department chair, I had the opportunity to examine my teachers’ final exams. What did I find? Assessments that were focused on isolated (often irrelevant) facts instead of connected meaningful, higher-order thinking concepts. We need to continue to strive to find purposeful ways to assess students understanding of concepts in conjunction with the access to the information and tools that students deem necessary, while evaluating their THINKING, not their recall of minutia.

Anna
6/24/2009

This is a huge question right now regarding technology and its use in our high schools. I’m entering my 6th year of teaching, 5th year at the high school level and each year my school has adopted a new “personal technology” policy simply because there is no good way around it! “Technology is the wave of the future.” Where are these folks? Technology is now. Kids know technology and learn new technologies everyday. Kids have figured out many ways to cheat and use technology to their benefit because we say no to the use of technology in the classroom (to some extent). I do think there are times when memorizing information is imperative but I tend to agree with Dave in that we have so many incredible resources at our fingertips. Why not teach kids the correct ways to use these technologies and then allow the use of these resources in school? How often am I “quizzed” on information that I know on a daily basis? The information that I have to know in order to be successful at work and in life, I retain. I can find any other information in a matter of minutes using these resources that are often banned in schools.

Herman Wood
6/30/2009

It’s the questions we ask! If we ask for trivial facts, it’s easy to cheat! Dave is absolutely spot on. Our assessments are focused on memorizing trivia. Sure, there are certain facts we all need & there are other facts some of us need in order to be productive members of society or productive at our work. Why do we ask students to go beyond what’s needed and memorize minutiae? Look at our standardized testing- does it require thought? Where are the questions on Bloom’s? As a society, we’ll have to change what we value in order to change what we test. Changing the test will require training and time. Once we change the test, we will only be challenged to see that it’s fair, that the tools each student has at their disposal are equivalent.

Amanda Bryant
7/5/2009

I do agree with you in the sense that part of our job as teachers must be to not only teach our students to make the most of technology as an asset to their learning, but we must also teach them to use it responsibly. Regarding instructional technology, Richardson noted, “…the learning opportunities that these tools offer makes it worth all of our whiles to create best practices in our own right” (2009, p. 13). You are on point when you stated we have to prevent our students from crossing the line in their use of technology; of course we never want our students to cheat. However, I believe that if we open up lines of communication in our classrooms about using technology wisely and appropriately, we can strike that delicate balance that allows us to make the most of instructional technology as a learning tool.

Reference:

Richardson, W. (2006). Blogs, wikis, podcasts, and other powerful web tools for classrooms (2nd ed.). Thousand Oaks, CA: Corwin Press.

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Allison Fitzpatrick
9/11/2009

I have a big problem with students having cell phones in schools. I teach in a Middle school and they create a lot of drama. I know that I will mostlikly never win the battle of students not brining them to school so now I have statred to think if there is any way that I can integrate them into my classroom. So far the only way that I have is by texting students their homework assingments if the parent signs the paper I send home. As an educator it is important that we try to imnbace the changes that are taking place with technology and our students.