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Cheating by way of Technology

At the University of Central Florida the business students now take tests on "cheat-resistant" computers in their new facility.  

By using YouTube the students can get a step by step tutorial on how to cheat.  For example they are taught how to scan a coke label and on the back of the label where the nutrition information is supposed to be they put the test material in it's place.  Cell phones are used to have notes down loaded to them.  Students are also hiding powerful calculators inside the old calculators that are allowed during the exam.

New software is being created to assist the professors in helping to catch the cheaters.  For example "Turnitin.com", and "SafeAssign" are a couple of the new software packages available.  There is also anticheating hardware being put into place.  To make sure John Doe is taking the GMAT they are taking the palm print of the individual to compare with the one taking the test.

Source US News & World Report October 13-October 20

Moodle

Our county has finally implemented moodle.  At the school I worked at they started using it for their vocational ed meetings.  All of the county vocational teachers scheduled a time to log in and they had a live chat.  This was very beneficial for the staff members.  Not only did it save them time at the end of their day, it also saved them gas because they didn't have to travel to this meeting.

Dinner with Educators

Last week I had the privilege to have dinner with a few educator friends.  We discussed one of our schools in our district that had a potential tort issue.  Buses, car riders, and disabled children were all using the same entrance to pick up and drop off their kindegartner's.  A bus had pulled into the lot and let the middle school children off.  The bus could not move forward because cars for the carpool riders were in the way.  So the bus driver blew it's horn and backed up.  A big no-no.  No one was hurt this time around.

Questions for Technology Standards

1. Yes, they should parallel the new techer standards because we are also modeling to the teachers.  Just ass the children need to have models, so do the teachers.  We should promote and model digital work and learning.  We, as administrators, should also promote and model digital citizenship and responsibility.  Many administrator's today do not see why administrator's should be in the lop.  Many administrator's feel that it is just the teacher's job to keep up with technology.  I know many administrator's that do not know how to set up a "Group" address in their own emails.  For example sending an email to specific departments such as the EC Dept., House chairs, etc.  This sends a strong message to the administrator's staff.

2. I would make sure standards 3 and 4 are included in the new standards.  As I stated in the previous response, we as administrator's need to go a step further with technology so the teacher's will follow our lead.

3. For the standards to be from 2002, and given the rate technology has grown, the standards have held up to the test of time pretty well.

Questions: Technology for Administrators, Teachers, and Students