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Monday, September 04, 2006
The same technology that enables cheaters also helps nab them - Albert Raboteau, Roanoke.Com
Years ago, students who wanted to plagiarize would at least have to consult a book. Cheating on a test required smuggling notes. Nowadays, all it takes is Googling a few words to cut and paste together a term paper. With more tests being taken on a screen instead of in blue books, the temptation to look up answers on the Web can be strong. But while technology has opened up new frontiers for cheaters, it has also given teachers new tools to stymie them. "It's a little bit like a proliferation in arms races: Once things come up on one side, the kind of detection and awareness on the other side has to be elevated," said Ron Daniel, Virginia Tech's associate provost for undergraduate education.
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