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Thoughts on Plagiarism
As you can imagine, teenagers often look for the best way to maximize results, while minimizing time and effort. This is no surprise because it’s what we all do. However, when it comes to academic integrity, the “easy way” can … Continue reading
Edublog Award Nominations 2010
This is the first year that I have decided to weigh in on the nominations for the Edublog Awards. If you are not familiar with the awards, they are designed to recognize the contributions and achievements of edubloggers, twitterers, podcasters, … Continue reading
Using a Voice Recorder for Answering Emails
This past weekend I was at a wedding when I received this email from a student: Hey Mr. Whisen Okay so for my presentation of the roller coasters i was researching the difference between clothoid loops and the circular loops that occurred in rollar coasters before. … Continue reading
If You’re Going to Give Them Garbage
This is a short post to share with you all a quote I just read for the first time today: “Far less interesting to me than whether a student has learned what he was supposed to is the question, ‘Has … Continue reading