This is why I dont weight homework very much. My "weighted"
grades are all in class deliverables.
There are programs that scan essays and papers for plagiarism,
but they are more trouble than they are worth. Parents will
just complain, and get the grade changed anyway.
On 10/08/14, 1administrator wrote:
> Isn't this what we teach our students? We give an
> assignment of doing a report. The student just Google the
> subject, steals someone's work, and makes a report. We
> give them an A for the stolen report. What we teach is
> what we get. However, if a student tries to do his/her own
> report, we give a C for incomplete work. That's where
> we/you are!
>
> 10/08/14, Credit to the former... wrote:
>> On 10/06/14, I know what you mean wrote:
>>> This is what the new progressive government schools look
>>> like. It is mass mediocrity. If you have creativity and
>>> innovative teaching, you are expected to give it away
>>> "for the good of all." It is socialism at its finest.
>>> Throw in the thought police roaming the halls called
>>> PLC's and you have the real picture. You're not supposed
>>> to achieve excellence. You, the individual, don't have
>>> any rights, not even to your own talent. I didn't vote
>>> for Obummer and his head smurf, Arne Duncan. But now, we
>>> are all stuck with the stench of socialism. The old form
>>> of competition that leads to greatness is dying.
>>>
>> George W. Bush -No Child Left Behind? Give "credit" where
>> "credit" is due...
>>>
>>> On 10/06/14, EasTexSteve wrote:
>>>> On 10/03/14, Frustrated wrote:
>>>>>>>>>..My problem is that I work with a team of
>>>>> teachers who pull my materials off my website and then
>>>>> use them as their own. I would be fine with it if they
>>>>> ever had anything to share, but they don't. I feel
>>>>> like I am doing all the work for them.
>>>>
>>>> Now you know why parents and students complain about
>>>> the "group project" and "group learning" crapola that
>>>> teachers love to push.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> Please don't tell me to not post lessons because I do
>>>>> that for my students and I have no way to restrict
>>>>> teacher access when I do that.
>>>>
>>>> Sure you do. Password protect the documents online.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> They also copy my lesson plans off of Eduphoria (we
>>>>> are required by admin. to share these in our teams)
>>>>> and then lie about changing them up to make them their
>>>>> own. I've looked at them and they are exact copies.
>>>>
>>>> So, don't upload your best stuff there. Do the minimum.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> I am new to this district and feel like I am being
>>>>> used.
>>>>
>>>> You are.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> Does anyone have any advice for me? I don't want to
>>>>> appear like a tattle tale with admin, yet I am getting
>>>>> very resentful. I've tried talking to them and things
>>>>> got tense.
>>>>
>>>> Things usually do get tense when dealing with slackers.
>>>> Don't let it bother you. You have 1st Amendment rights.
>>>> Use them.
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