Academic year 2010-2011 has started. We’ve been talking about how technology by way of gadgets could and would help schooling so much easier. Decades back owning a scientific calculator was already the bomb much less having a Sony Walkman.
Education department in the Philippines embraced technological advancements to improve the learning outcomes of the students. But while there’s a huge advantage to new technology, I can’t discount the fact that unfortunately, as technology in the classrooms evolves, so does the ability and even greater opportunity for students to cheat.
Gone are the days where students would write notes on their forearms or a leaflet of paper to gain an unfair advantage during tests. These days cheating has become much more sophisticated as students use text messaging devices, camera phones and even MP3 players to help them pass exams. Cheaters have become more creative!
Students also have many options available to them outside the classroom when it comes to cheating, thanks to the internet. Websites such as Masterpapers.com employs teams of educated individuals who will write thesis papers and even doctoral dissertations for the right price.
So, why do students cheat? It’s something that’s quite complicated to answer as most students have different interests and reasons.
Technology keeps advancing at a rapid pace and will boost the life of any student willing to embrace it. As I always say, it should be used responsibly. In the end, the students end up not cheating the school system but themselves. Our educational system has gone far enough rather than going back to the basics to the old “pen and paper only” in classrooms. School authorities may develop and implement policies as to the use of gadgets at school.
“It is, in fact, nothing short of a miracle that the modern methods of instruction have not entirely strangled the holy curiosity of inquiry.” Albert Einstein
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