Wednesday, July 25, 2007

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Plagiarism is defined as using ideas, plots, text and other intellectual property developed by someone else while claiming it is your original work. There are numerous essay writing services and free student term papers available on the Internet. Teachers concerns about plagiarism are much more visible today than they were a few years ago.
Turnitin.com is a web-based tool that allows teachers to compare their students work with other papers in the turnitin database. This tool will specify the originality of each students paper with other works and it will link papers if they are found to be questionable.

http://www.turnitin.com/static/home.html

Technology can enhance student engagement and productivity. More specifically, technology increases the complexity of the tasks that students can perform successfully, raises student motivation, and leads to changes in classroom roles and organization. There is no specific tool that I would like to learn because there are so many. I am open to continue to explore way to better integrate technology into the classroom.

Students with behavior problems overwhelmingly prefer the individual and immediate reinforcement that computers provide, rather than being taught by traditional methods. When i finish school I will become a school psychologist and I will be forced to deal with behavior problem students. Using computers in the classroom will help our students realize three objectives: Significant improvement in academic achievement; Improvement in behavior to a marked degree; and A reduction in interpersonal deficits.

8 comments:

d said...

Congratulations on your last post! Thanks for the link.

Anonymous said...

Is the red font used bc its ur last post? Anywho I wish you luck

Kay said...

The old Turnitin.com..... I have had to submit things this way in so many classes

KA-47 said...

school psychology was also a field of interest for me, i wish you the best of luck

Christina Nowacki said...

I agree, turnitin is a great way to prevent plagarism!! Good luck in the future!

Jane said...

I think that turnitin.com is a great idea for teachers, but i also think that students will always find a way to cheat if they have that mind set.

Dixie said...

thanks for the link. i hate plagiarism! :]

Jordan said...

turnitin.com is definately useful. especially for high school history and english teachers.