eSJayBee
05-10-2004, 11:58 PM
Cheating Becomes High-Tech
source (http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,119556,00.html)
LOS ANGELES — Modern technology has made a world of knowledge accessible with the touch of a button.
And many students are taking full advantage of that in the classroom, finding new and innovative ways to cheat, according to educators.
"All of us as students and as teachers have seen examples of cheating," said Frank Nishimura, principal of the Los Angeles Center for Enriched Studies (search). "I think the difference is the technology makes it so much more sophisticated."
High-school senior Courtney McNair says the pressure is on to do well and get into a good college. These days, students are slick, she said, and cheat sheets are passé. So cell phones and Palm Pilots are in, making it simple to text message answer, while advanced calculators are capable of just about anything.
"It holds all this information ... you can like write out whole paragraphs on your calculator, also you can put in formulas for calc or stats or any of the math classes," McNair said.
"We have made it so easy for them to cheat, it's shameful," added ethicist Michael Josephson, who said the 74 percent of high-school students who admit to cheating is high.
The situation has become so alarming that just last month the college board which administers college admissions tests instructed high schools giving Advanced Placements exams to ban cell phones from desktops in testing rooms.
College counselors and others are worried that with technology moving so fast, teachers are hard pressed to keep up with students who want to abuse it.
source (http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,119556,00.html)
LOS ANGELES — Modern technology has made a world of knowledge accessible with the touch of a button.
And many students are taking full advantage of that in the classroom, finding new and innovative ways to cheat, according to educators.
"All of us as students and as teachers have seen examples of cheating," said Frank Nishimura, principal of the Los Angeles Center for Enriched Studies (search). "I think the difference is the technology makes it so much more sophisticated."
High-school senior Courtney McNair says the pressure is on to do well and get into a good college. These days, students are slick, she said, and cheat sheets are passé. So cell phones and Palm Pilots are in, making it simple to text message answer, while advanced calculators are capable of just about anything.
"It holds all this information ... you can like write out whole paragraphs on your calculator, also you can put in formulas for calc or stats or any of the math classes," McNair said.
"We have made it so easy for them to cheat, it's shameful," added ethicist Michael Josephson, who said the 74 percent of high-school students who admit to cheating is high.
The situation has become so alarming that just last month the college board which administers college admissions tests instructed high schools giving Advanced Placements exams to ban cell phones from desktops in testing rooms.
College counselors and others are worried that with technology moving so fast, teachers are hard pressed to keep up with students who want to abuse it.