Emerging Technology Trends And Ethical Practices For The School Principal

Academic dishonesty has been an issue for many years and has continued to increase since the beginnings of technology. Technology, while showing to be helpful in the classroom, has also caused an increase of academic dishonesty among students. This is more frequent for students of the high school and college level. Cheating by using technology, such as computers and cellphones is proven to be only a temporary solution and will continue to harmfully affect students throughout their academic careers. Some students have turned to cheating as a last resort on a few assignments where other students are cheating simply because their peers are doing it. The internet is constantly in front of students faces and it is almost impossible to avoid as a source of information. In the article,“Emerging Technology Trends and Ethical Practices for the School Principal”, author Virginia Garland writes, “Globally, the Internet has become more readily accessible and teachers are integrating associated technologies, such as wireless laptops, smartphones, and iPods, in their instructional practices.” (Garland 39). Because of this, students are given the resources to cheat everyday; it is

While high expectations can be good for a student; too many or too high of expectations can cause poor results if a student is not prepared properly. Author of, “Ethics In Educational Technology”, J. Michael Spector argues, “ Ethical decision making in any aspect of life is quite challenging and complex. Ethical decision making should be introduced early and often in the development of a child.” (Spector 1010). Without these ethical decision making skills early on in life, a student may be more likely to cheat in order to meet parental expectations. With the pressure from family to meet expectations, a student’s grade point average becomes highly prioritized with keeping it as high as