Educators have long noted that one of the best ways to learn something is to teach it to someone else
Start by translating the information into your own words. This process alone helps solidify new knowledge in your brain
students who studied and were then tested had better long-term recall of the materials, even on information that was not covered by the tests. Students who had extra time to study but were not tested had significantly lower recall of the materials.
The speed with one can get information from the Internet also makes people feel that this information is there to be "taken" (literally).Plagiarism is a very important aspect that needs to be addressed by us, teachers. This year I had a student that to write "her" composition she first copied THE WHOLE TEXT IN PORTUGUESE from the Internet and then she used a google translator. The theme? Festa Junina. Unbelievable!