I agree. Privacy is and has always been something of a theoretical concept never actually extant in practice. 'Back in the day' privacy didn't exists because everyone lived in small towns or villages and everyone knew eachother and everyone knew what everyone else did.
It's remarkable but we actually have more privacy today than we did then despite or because of the advent of technology. We might be able to spy on other people's homes from pictures taken months back but that's not really spying...that's historical record of location.
I've played with Cuil a bit and i don't like it at all. First off, it's too dark and doesn't appear to offer any services beyond search. The results pages are horrendous, i don't care how many of them there are. I welcome a competitor to Google always but i'm not giving up my Google-lifestyle for this new search engine, that's for certain.
you're absolutely right, and really what difference does it make? students who feel the need to cheat will be found out eventually like when they try out for a job that requires some level of competence.
students who don't cheat (the vast majority) should not be penalized for the inadequacies of the few.
Well ok but it depends on what you mean by learning and by 'qualified'. The purpose of education to my mind is to teach students how to be lifelong learners and how to help themselves find information when no teacher is around to help. That plus critical thinking skills and presentation skills will enable a student to be a truly effective citizen. Training students just to fit various job roles is a disservice to the student and to our country.
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Good. Citizens should use new technologies to keep watch on big brother, it's the only way to go.
I agree. Privacy is and has always been something of a theoretical concept never actually extant in practice. 'Back in the day' privacy didn't exists because everyone lived in small towns or villages and everyone knew eachother and everyone knew what everyone else did. It's remarkable but we actually have more privacy today than we did then despite or because of the advent of technology. We might be able to spy on other people's homes from pictures taken months back but that's not really spying...that's historical record of location.
I've played with Cuil a bit and i don't like it at all. First off, it's too dark and doesn't appear to offer any services beyond search. The results pages are horrendous, i don't care how many of them there are. I welcome a competitor to Google always but i'm not giving up my Google-lifestyle for this new search engine, that's for certain.
you're absolutely right, and really what difference does it make? students who feel the need to cheat will be found out eventually like when they try out for a job that requires some level of competence. students who don't cheat (the vast majority) should not be penalized for the inadequacies of the few.
Well ok but it depends on what you mean by learning and by 'qualified'. The purpose of education to my mind is to teach students how to be lifelong learners and how to help themselves find information when no teacher is around to help. That plus critical thinking skills and presentation skills will enable a student to be a truly effective citizen. Training students just to fit various job roles is a disservice to the student and to our country.
mmm yep that sounds about right.