[etni] Fwd: re: Can't believe what I'm reading here.
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From: Margie Cohen-Jackel <margiecj@xxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: Can't believe what I'm reading here.
How can that teacher sleep at night. knowing the kids' work is not their own?!
And do you know how many kids are surprised when I tell them that Wikipedia
is not 100% dependable and that they must always back it up with info
from another site?!
Laurie wrote:
> Although this op-ed relates to social studies, I'm flabbergasted and
> can't disconnect our project work from what is written here. We have
> been teaching, or trying to teach our pupils, not to just copy text
> off the Internet but process it, write a summary and paraphrase. Of
> course, quotes, with proper credit to the authors is allowed too. But
> here, copy and paste and listing the source is being encouraged in
> order to get 100%. True that's not plagiarism but where is the
> creative thinking and thinking process here? Have I missed anything?
>
> http://www.haaretz.com/print-edition/opinion/go-copy-1.392892
>
> Or maybe this is "trick or treat" for Halloween. You copy and paste
> and I give you a great grade?!
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Margie Cohen-Jackel
M.S.S.A, MAJEd.
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