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Cheating Tech

By alex | Published: 2/12/2006
The first class I taught at UB shocked me in a number of ways, not least of which was the size of the class or the amazing rudeness of some of the students. But I was most surprised by the flagrant plagiarism and cheating on exams. I was shocked because, in my naive mind, these […]
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Overheard: MySpace

By alex | Published: 2/7/2006
I was on the train in Connecticut today, early in the morning, and four girls in private school uniforms (looked to be about 14 or 15) were sitting next to me. Girl 1. Yeah, after the TV show [Dateline special on child sexual predators] everyone’s parents just went crazy: “Do you have a Myspace? Do […]
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Blogging Scholarship

By alex | Published: 2/2/2006
Progressive U is again offering $1,000 & $300 scholarships for those who help to publicize events and issues important to the site. It’s an interesting way to promote contributions, though I would be more interested if they allowed students to blog from their own choice of blogs. (Thanks to Reema & Kevin for the tip.)
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Digital Universe and long odds

By alex | Published: 2/2/2006
MSNBS is running a story on the Digital Universe. In the middle of last year, I posted about these issues, remaining quiet on the whole Digital Universe thing, since Larry Sanger requested that those he contacted stayed quiet. But now it seems the cat is out of the bag, and so I can say: I’m […]
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