Archive for August, 2007
Thoughts on getting information off the NET
Posted by lou in Internet Education on August 27th, 2007
The Sacramento Bee runs a series of articles on Fridays for and by teens called sidetracks (www.myspace.com/sacbeesidetracks). In April, three teens commented on plagiarism and how much easier and more prevalent it has become with the Internet. The focus was on writing assignments where something was due and the student either copied information verbatim from someplace or did not quote or provide a reference that the writing (ideas) were influenced by an external source. I have a couple of reactions to the things said in the article.
A Parent’s Opinion
Posted by lou in Parent's Opinions on August 27th, 2007
Some of us who walk the earth are parents. A large percentage of this group have experienced the ups and downs of having children attend public school in the United States. A lot has changed over the years, but some things that should have changed have not yet done so. This series of postings will present a parent’s view of the state of K-12 education.
Schedule Pickup Day – Can’t there be a better way?
Posted by lou in Parent's Opinions on August 14th, 2007
It is interesting to me as a parent the lengths to which schools are forced to go to “get a parents attention”. For example, consider the carrot and stick approach used to get a parent in to school to pay the back to school fees. The main event for the school is the paying of the fees and the imparting of information on the new school year. For the parent and the student, it is about getting the schedule of classes. The school withholds the schedule in order to get the parent or students in the door to make sure that they get the information that the school wants them to have.