Sunday, November 16, 2008

* Hi Tech Cheating

In a news article in the "Boston Globe" entitled, Teachers Fight Hi Tech Cheaters, reads:

"When a private Connecticut school's students began taking English and history tests on computers last year, temptations for cheating loomed just keystrokes away. As an anticheating measure, Greens Farms Academy spent two days clearing every computer's hard drive before the exams and disabling the connection to the Internet. ''It was a tedious, time-consuming exercise", said Justine Fellows (Berdick, 2005). link to article

Thoughts?
As a MTT teacher, strategies/techniques for preventing misuse of technology is just as important as engaging the learner. Any thoughts about anticheating measures other than clearing hard drives and disabiling the Internet ? (evidently the test wasn't online).

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