Many students admit to using cell phones in class to cheat. : Teachers At Risk

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Reviewed by PurposefulStride on Jul 08, 6:01pm

Two thoughts: 1. Kids that use their cellphones to cheat would cheat just as readily using more old-fashioned methods. The underlying issue isn't that cell phones make kids cheat; it's that these kids think it's alright in the first place. 2. A large majority of kids don't see a problem with looking up information during a test because they recognize an irony that the old-fashioned education system doesn't: it's ridiculous to artificially limit what resources kids have available to them by mandating that internet-able cellphones are unusable during tests. For the rest of these students' lives they will have mobile devices that can retrieve huge amounts of information with speed and efficiency that would've been unobtainable in the past. Doesn't this indicate we should update our education system to take advantage of this near-ubiquitous access of information? Would a student not display a greater intelligence if he or she was able to use the resources available to construct a more complete and accurate argument than he could create while under unrealistic conditions? (I'm not arguing that students should be allowed to look up lists of answers.)
Rated by elona on Jul 08, 5:37pm

Absolutely surprising.

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