Comments on: Butt-saving web tools http://www.joannejacobs.com/2009/01/butt-saving-web-tools/ Thinking and Linking by Joanne Jacobs Fri, 10 Feb 2012 04:51:22 +0000 hourly 1 By: » OLDaily por Stephen Downes, Enero 2, 2009 El Blog Boyacense: El sitio de referencia de tod@s l@s boyacenses http://www.joannejacobs.com/2009/01/butt-saving-web-tools/#comment-42604 » OLDaily por Stephen Downes, Enero 2, 2009 El Blog Boyacense: El sitio de referencia de tod@s l@s boyacenses Tue, 20 Jan 2009 21:42:21 +0000 http://joannejacobs.com/?p=6873#comment-42604 [...] que te interese, otro es la lista de tareas pendientes, otro és para compartir fichas de maerias. Joanne Jacobs, por supuesto, sólo se fija en lo negativo, y se centra en detectores de plagio y en generadores [...] [...] que te interese, otro es la lista de tareas pendientes, otro és para compartir fichas de maerias. Joanne Jacobs, por supuesto, sólo se fija en lo negativo, y se centra en detectores de plagio y en generadores [...]

]]> By: dustbury.com » In lieu of actual work http://www.joannejacobs.com/2009/01/butt-saving-web-tools/#comment-42603 dustbury.com » In lieu of actual work Thu, 08 Jan 2009 18:22:15 +0000 http://joannejacobs.com/?p=6873#comment-42603 [...] (Via Joanne Jacobs.) [...] [...] (Via Joanne Jacobs.) [...]

]]> By: anon http://www.joannejacobs.com/2009/01/butt-saving-web-tools/#comment-42602 anon Sat, 03 Jan 2009 16:41:33 +0000 http://joannejacobs.com/?p=6873#comment-42602 These types of "useful aids" are why I use nothing but quizzes and exams for assigning grades. It has become much too easy to cheat and I am not going to waste my time monitoring students' ethics. Laura's example is priceless. Her example helps one to understand better why Charles Murray says most people shouldn't go to college and why increasing numbers of college degrees are worthless. And, should I even mention grade inflation....? These types of “useful aids” are why I use nothing but quizzes and exams for assigning grades. It has become much too easy to cheat and I am not going to waste my time monitoring students’ ethics.

Laura’s example is priceless. Her example helps one to understand better why Charles Murray says most people shouldn’t go to college and why increasing numbers of college degrees are worthless. And, should I even mention grade inflation….?

]]> By: Laura Anderson http://www.joannejacobs.com/2009/01/butt-saving-web-tools/#comment-42601 Laura Anderson Sat, 03 Jan 2009 06:18:51 +0000 http://joannejacobs.com/?p=6873#comment-42601 I had a project that was due 10am, and it was 7am. We were given half a semester to complete this and it was group project. I had nothing. All the responsibility had fallen on me and I stayed up all night and produced nothing. So class starts, some other groups go and not it is our turn and we had nothing. Fortunately, our power point file did not open, no matter what we tried. Half way through the class period, I figure out why the file isn't opening, though I keep it to myself, after all we had nothing. So class period ends and I act like I feel really, really bad; the instructor having seen what seemed like "we were hard workers" on these project, acknowledges out "computer glitch" we get a 95 for doing nothing. http://www.childhoodphonics.com I had a project that was due 10am, and it was 7am. We were given half a semester to complete this and it was group project. I had nothing. All the responsibility had fallen on me and I stayed up all night and produced nothing.

So class starts, some other groups go and not it is our turn and we had nothing. Fortunately, our power point file did not open, no matter what we tried. Half way through the class period, I figure out why the file isn’t opening, though I keep it to myself, after all we had nothing. So class period ends and I act like I feel really, really bad; the instructor having seen what seemed like “we were hard workers” on these project, acknowledges out “computer glitch” we get a 95 for doing nothing.

http://www.childhoodphonics.com

]]> By: xyz http://www.joannejacobs.com/2009/01/butt-saving-web-tools/#comment-42600 xyz Fri, 02 Jan 2009 21:44:37 +0000 http://joannejacobs.com/?p=6873#comment-42600 A bit off topic...a few weeks ago I had to explain to a 16yoa and the kid's mom what plagiarism was and how to avoid it. It was a court-ordered paper so we solved the problem by a quick, very informal cite but I still wanted to cry. I honestly don't think the kid was trying to pull one over since neither had heard of it or seemed to understand why it was a not-so-good thing. A bit off topic…a few weeks ago I had to explain to a 16yoa and the kid’s mom what plagiarism was and how to avoid it. It was a court-ordered paper so we solved the problem by a quick, very informal cite but I still wanted to cry. I honestly don’t think the kid was trying to pull one over since neither had heard of it or seemed to understand why it was a not-so-good thing.

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