Eclectic Technology

At times many of us feel like knocking our heads against the wall when a student hands in work that is plagiarized. This post includes eight GoAnimate videos that discuss plagiarism, from the view of the teacher and the students. Sharing them with staff at your school, or with the students, would promote discussion.

Joyce Valenza has embedded the videos into her post, and also provides a link to a Google presentation as well as a link to a video (on YouTube) which is the actual presentation.

The school year may be winding down, but plagiarism is here to stay. Take some time to review these and consider how you might share them next year.

In this post Jackie Gerstein states that ethical decision-making is a skill needed today. Technology is advancing at a speed that is often beyond our comprehension and our understanding of how this technology may impact our future may not yet be known. After looking at why it is important to integrate ethical decision-making into the education of young people she shares a resource that "can be used as a source for ethical dilemma discussions in middle school and high school classes."

Some of the ideas suggested include:

* The Right to Privacy versus the Right to Know

* Internet Access as a Human Right

* Neuro-enhancements

She also shares some recent court cases related to online behavior that students might be interested in analyzing.

Teaching ethical decision-making helps students use critical thinking skills, focuses on Bloom's higher order levels, and provides additional skills discussed in the post. As always she provides additional resources.