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11 useful Android apps for time management and productivity - 2 views

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android apps productivity

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  • karleighray on 03 Oct 13
     
    This is a slideshow of productivity apps for Android systems. It shows a few cloud storage and file sharing programs. It also has many note and list creation apps.
Samantha Tengs

How Schools Are Hurting the Fight Against Plagiarism - Plagiarism Today - 0 views

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plagiarism students cheating preventative

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  • While these policies are well-intended, they actually do more to create a climate of fear
  • desire to try and defeat the systems that check for plagiarism.
  • educators have accidentally created a plagiarism war
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  • earn on their own how to better get away
  • want to know about how to detect it more effectively, not how to prevent it
  • ant to know about how to beat the tools that detect it (often through very sneaky questioning), not how to actually cite sources.
  • ware of the detection methods
  • source under the radar
  • students who want to plagiarize can do so with little fear of getting caught
  • ocus on actually teaching about plagiarism
  • how to cite sources, paraphrase correctly and be a good researcher
  • rafting assignments that are resistant to plagiarism
  • Strict plagiarism enforcement without solid plagiarism education doesn’t make better students, it makes better cheaters.
  • current path only makes cheaters more resistant to the methods that are used to catch them and creates a climate of fear that is both counter-productive for learning and can actually encourage cheating,
  • igh level of disrespect for intellectual property
  • For the sake of academia and the creative world at large, it is crucial that school shift the way they deal with plagiarism and find a more product approach to the problem.
  • Samantha Tengs on 03 Oct 13
     
    This source offers a different perspective on plagiarism detection methods, arguing that they cause more harm than good. Students become better at cheating by finding ways around these barrier. In addition to this, there is an atmosphere of fear in classroom, even for those who haven't plagiarized. Instead, teachers should focus on teaching preventative measures, like how to properly cite and research.
Lily Varner

Tech Tools & Apps for Kindergarten Teachers - EdTechReview™ (ETR) - 0 views

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kindergarten apps tools

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  • Lily Varner on 08 Oct 13
     
    Article gives apps and tools to sue with kindergarteners and has pictures of the apps!
Sarah Downie

Promethean - 0 views

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Whiteboard Teaching Elementary Education Interactive Promethean

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  • Sarah Downie on 01 Oct 13
     
    The Promethean website promotes its interactive whiteboards and their positive effects on classroom performance.
Jessica Hill

Writing Roadmap Assessment - CTB/McGraw-Hill - 0 views

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assessment writing education technology

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  • Jessica Hill on 10 Oct 13
     
    description of the "Writing Roadmap" program in which students write essays online and the program "grades" their writing
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