Cheating With Technology
...information and communicating. With these advancements come the good and the bad. In the academic environment, students have used technology as a productive way to study, read, and communicate, but have also implemented it in unethical ways such as cheating and getting by
without doing the work that is necessary to learn. The introduction of technology as a potential use for cheating and the instructors' needs for change are causing many issues to surround these problematic circumstances.
Effects of Introducing Technology into the Classroom
In recent years, there have been technical advancements in nearly every aspect of our day to day lives. With that in mind, it stands to reason that technology has made its way into our classrooms, arming our children with the skills they need to work with the new technology, as well as assisting teachers in the education process. The article, Customized Learning, A. Ellisor (2006), discusses how the use of an online search tool helps teachers, as well as students, locate "educational resources for various reading levels". This tool helps teachers to tailor assignments for the diverse learning levels of the children in their classrooms. Further, in survey results published in CIO Insights (2006) on Classroom Tech, 54% of teachers say technology has changed the way they teach and 37% of teachers use technology, daily, in their instruction.
With all the positive advancements in classrooms as a result of adding technology, one would expect that there would be some negative issues, as well. Children growing up with technology at their fingertips are beginning to realize that they can use this technology to make their lives easier, in every aspect. No longer is it necessary to go to the library to use an encyclopedia when students have the world wide web available to them 24 hours a day, and no longer is it...
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