Comments on: Exhilarating Drudgery http://www.coreknowledge.org/blog/2008/08/21/exhilirating-drudgery/ Closing the Achievement Gap: Teaching Content Wed, 07 Jan 2009 23:49:26 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: Robert Pondiscio http://www.coreknowledge.org/blog/2008/08/21/exhilirating-drudgery/#comment-4479 Robert Pondiscio Thu, 21 Aug 2008 20:00:19 +0000 http://www.coreknowledge.org/blog/?p=862#comment-4479 Thanks for the catch. Sweetheart, get me rewrite! Thanks for the catch. Sweetheart, get me rewrite!

]]> By: mickey http://www.coreknowledge.org/blog/2008/08/21/exhilirating-drudgery/#comment-4478 mickey Thu, 21 Aug 2008 19:48:11 +0000 http://www.coreknowledge.org/blog/?p=862#comment-4478 Did you mean "<a href="http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/Exhilirating" rel="nofollow">Exhilarating</a>"? Did you mean “Exhilarating“?

]]> By: Claus http://www.coreknowledge.org/blog/2008/08/21/exhilirating-drudgery/#comment-4477 Claus Thu, 21 Aug 2008 16:56:00 +0000 http://www.coreknowledge.org/blog/?p=862#comment-4477 You're right--Isaac does paint his arguments with a very broad brush. What he describes is plagiarism. The internet has no doubt made this sort of plagiarism much easier, but it has also made it easier to detect plagiarism, as my teacher/wife can attest. Still, the larger point--that critical thinking requires sustained and sometimes solitary engagement with challenging content--stands. Our most exciting projects often require some drudgery, and we do students a disservice if we train them to abandon any effort that doesn't offer immediate rewards. Responsible advocates for technology in education know that. When it does not lead students to plagiarize, internet research can require a great deal of reading, analysis, synthesis, etc. Rather than turning away from technology--an impossible task these days, schools must help students use it responsibly.... You’re right–Isaac does paint his arguments with a very broad brush. What he describes is plagiarism. The internet has no doubt made this sort of plagiarism much easier, but it has also made it easier to detect plagiarism, as my teacher/wife can attest.

Still, the larger point–that critical thinking requires sustained and sometimes solitary engagement with challenging content–stands. Our most exciting projects often require some drudgery, and we do students a disservice if we train them to abandon any effort that doesn’t offer immediate rewards. Responsible advocates for technology in education know that.

When it does not lead students to plagiarize, internet research can require a great deal of reading, analysis, synthesis, etc. Rather than turning away from technology–an impossible task these days, schools must help students use it responsibly….

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