[sugar] Privately-owned data on XOs?

Michael Burns maburns
Fri Aug 24 03:07:54 EDT 2007


(Note that the 'Michael' that cosigned with SJ is not me, rather, Michael
Stone... To tell Michael 1 and Michael 2 apart: Michael 1 has a longer
beard.)

On 8/24/07, Luke Hutchison <luke.hutch at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Plagiarism of homework assignments could also be a problem.


The social problem of a teacher realizing one of her students turned in a
very similar paper is as another student exists now, and a computer makes it
easier to both cheat and detect. Homework in collaborative settings can be
(arguably, is) far more beneficial than individual work turned in
separately.

The UI would just have to make it very clear that there is a way to make
> stuff private.


Hear, hear.

-- 
Michael Burns * Intern
One Laptop Per Child
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