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Give me a freaking break- should we allow kids to not pay attention and just send text messages the whole time they're in school just because that's what idiots on cell phones do in the real world?

Why even bother with the Internet? Just have kids get a copy of the test early, so they can write out in their notebook all the answers.

This will further promote humans not actually being smart but just relying on tech too much. Eventually this could get to the point where most people are so dumb (although they could look up anything) they no longer innovate, because they have no ideas of they're own. And god forbid the automatic give me food machines break down, we'll all starve because no one actually knows how to fix it- you can't learn EVERYTHING from the Internet- some things require actually getting off your ass.

This completes my rant for today, scheduled programming will return in 5,4,3..]]>May 15th 2009 10:45AMhttp://www.switched.com/2009/05/15/denmark-to-allow-internet-use-during-exams/http://www.switched.com/2009/05/15/denmark-to-allow-internet-use-during-exams/May 15th 2009 1:32PMhttp://www.switched.com/2009/05/15/denmark-to-allow-internet-use-during-exams/http://www.switched.com/2009/05/15/denmark-to-allow-internet-use-during-exams/As a grade 11 highschool student in Canada, I feel that it's absolutely necessary to start incorporating technology into our classrooms. The reality is that our society is becoming more and more technology-oriented, and the students of today need to be taught to embrace it and to utilize all the amazing possibilities that come with it.
Of course, cheating and relying on it too much are always possibilities, but I think this is a problem that is always going to happen, no matter what resources are available. The students who want to cheat and be lazy will do it no matter what, and those of us who are willing to work hard and embrace technology and use it to better our educations and future will do that, and benefit from it.]]>May 16th 2009 3:44PMhttp://www.switched.com/2009/05/15/denmark-to-allow-internet-use-during-exams/http://www.switched.com/2009/05/15/denmark-to-allow-internet-use-during-exams/
1. The professors / teachers can ask the students to answer the questions that cannot be found on the internet. I'm currently a university student studying English and I can honestly say, whether or not I had the opportunity to use the internet or my textbook, my professor had intelligently challenged us with essay answer demanding questions that couldn't be obtained online.

2. The subject of the question may not necessarily require the students to use online materials. For a physics exam, for example, a student cannot possibly find out how to do particular tasks if he / she were not taught it. And it is nearly impossible to fathom all the necessary information to properly solve a question in the given time.

Besides, the professors / teachers will know who the tardy and brilliant minds are in the classrooms. It's not like cheating hasn't occurred in the past before. This doesn't have to open up a gateway to plagiarism as long as it is implemented correctly so the students cannot use it as a method to violate any school rules. ]]>May 17th 2009 12:28AMhttp://www.switched.com/2009/05/15/denmark-to-allow-internet-use-during-exams/http://www.switched.com/2009/05/15/denmark-to-allow-internet-use-during-exams/May 17th 2009 4:56PM