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[–] 20174039? ago 

While I don't use them myself, I find Google's teaching tools to be well thought-out and quite useful. Microsoft tried implementing the same kind of thing but failed miserably as they always do.

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[–] cdglow ago 

Regarding Google's initiative, beyond the nefarious aspects of it, I think society probably needs to look slightly differently at the concept of plagiarism in CURRENT_YEAR when technology enables nearly the sum total of human knowledge to be available instantly. This is nothing new: technology has brought forth a lot of changes in education.

  • Aren't math courses taught differently in CURRENT_YEAR than they were 100 years ago before pocket calculators were commonplace?
  • Aren't "penmanship" classes essentially obsolete with the written word no longer nearly as important?
  • Aren't typing classes basically obsolete now that everybody grows up typing?

For example, aren't there already maybe 100,000,000 High School papers about Abraham Lincoln written in the last century? Does it make sense to use technology to ensure that the #100,000,001 paper on him is unique? It seems like a waste of effort as there's only so many ways you can reword the same basic facts over and over again.

I'm not sure that I have an actual answer here, but this feels like a waste of technology, and I'd suspect that part of the real reason is the dumbing down towards the least common denominator. Many niggers and spics probably copy shit verbatim (when they bother to do an assignment at all) so every part of society has to change to accommodate their presence.

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[–] Leatherwood123 1 point 0 points (+1|-1) ago 

Joe Biden wouldn't even have been able to graduate high school under this scenario.

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[–] summerstormAK 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

So... here's my dilemma. As a small business owner, what do I use to replace Google (and Facebook, for that matter)? They seem to have a pretty good lock on the market.

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[–] ALIENS2222 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

Homeschool. Or. Die. There is no other road.

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[–] summerstormAK ago 

Even homeschoolers use Google, often on homeschool-supplied computers.

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[–] Judgejewdy 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

and then what about when you get to university? they all use it. all papers. all journal articles. probably all books. google started off being the handy locator of information. so it could be censored when necessary. we're living in 1984 if you didn't know that by now. we're no better than china.

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[–] vastrightwing 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

Stopping plagiarism is racist. How will blacks be able to pass?

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[–] derram 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

https://archive.ph/ANsNZ :

2019-08-14 | Google’s new ‘Assignments’ software for teachers helps catch plagiarism – TechCrunch

'The updated Google Assignments program does more than help catch cheaters, however. '

'With the plagiarism checker — the feature called “Originality Reports” — teachers can check for missed citations and other issues. '

'Just in time for the new school year, Google’s educational arm, Google for Education, today announced the launch of new tools aimed at helping teachers fight plagiarism. '

'The company this morning is unveiling Assignments, an updated version of the software previously known as CourseKit, which will ship with new features that help instructors check students’ work to ensure it’s properly cited — not stolen from another source. '

'This gives students the chance to catch and fix any errors, while also saving the teacher time in grading, the company says. '


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[–] lsdflkoi 0 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago 

I'm embattled w/my child's school at this very moment. Every student is getting a "Chromebook"... The school has been put on notice that it will not be allowed to connect to my home network since Google is currently under investigation for treason.

The purpose behind these is allow kids greater, unfettered access to the internet behind their parents back IMO.

School thinks they're going win this. What they don't realize, I'm familiar w/home schooling & not afraid to pull my child out of his garbage school.

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[–] Balthsgirl 0 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago 

Our school has had Chromebooks for several years now. I'm kinda with you. I pulled my oldest out halfway through freshman year for BS at the school.I'm not above doing it with my youngest. So far I have kept a close eye on the homework and class work and haven't had to call them on any liberal BS. The google having so much access to so much of my son's education DOES bother me though.

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[–] Tsilent_Tsunami ago 

google having so much

Influence over.

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[–] lsdflkoi 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

They know everything they type... It's like placing a key logger on their life to use against them later.

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