I thought it was really cool that teachers can put whole paragraphs into Google and search for plagiarism. This is a really cool tool to use when you suspect your student has written much better than their typical writing, or above their writing abilities. I think it is really important to go over what is acceptable and what is not, and how to cite your information in the very beginning of the year. Teachers need to make sure their students understand what the cannot do, and that cut and pasting is not okay. The rules need to be clear.
We also talked about teachers personal, and professional lives, such as teachers using facebook. I do not see facebook as a huge problem for teachers as long as they are smart about it. They should make their pages private so that their students cannot see anything, and they should not accept students as friends until they have at least graduated. If you follow these rules students cannot see your page and so you should be fine, just to be safe you should always monitor your pictures and what you have on your page incase someone somehow gets through!
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