[LINK] Use of internet in school exams

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Phone a friend in exams, SMH
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Anna Patty, Education Editor, August 20, 2008

"A SYDNEY girls' school is redefining the concept 
of cheating by allowing students to "phone a friend" 
and use the internet and i-Pods during exams."

"Presbyterian Ladies' College at Croydon is giving 
the assessment method a trial run with year 9 English 
students and plans to expand it to all subjects by 
the end of the year."

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"PLC's headmaster, William McKeith, was inspired to 
stretch the open-book exam to new technological 
heights after hearing the views of an international 
education consultant, Marc Prensky."

"Mr Prensky threw out the following challenge to 
educators in a British Educational Communications 
and Technology Agency publication: "What if we allowed 
the use of mobile phones and instant messaging to 
collect information during exams, redefining such 
activity from 'cheating' to 'using our tools and 
including the world in our knowledge base'?"

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more at:

http://www.smh.com.au/news/national/phone-a-friend-in-exams/2008/08/19/1218911717490.html
 or
http://tinyurl.com/669bh5


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