(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.)<br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 8/24/07, <b class="gmail_sendername">
Luke Hutchison</b> <<a href="mailto:luke.hutch@gmail.com">luke.hutch@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
Plagiarism of homework assignments could also be a problem.</blockquote><div><br>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.
<br></div><br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">The UI would just have to make it very clear that there is a way to make stuff private.
</blockquote><br>Hear, hear.<br><br></div>-- <br>Michael Burns * Intern<br> One Laptop Per Child