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How Do You Stop Cheating Students? (Hint: Tech Isn’t the Only Answer)

How Do You Stop Cheating Students? (Hint: Tech Isn’t the Only Answer)

MindShift Podcast

July 19, 202229m 52s

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Show Notes

During remote learning, students had to use virtual proctoring tools to take their tests online. These apps and software can be as extreme as using artificial intelligence to track a students eye movements and keystrokes or as simple as a lockdown browser that prevents students from accessing other pages during the test. Students and caregivers have raised concerns about school pressures, racial bias, privacy and mental health. The rise of these tools and their defects brings up some bigger questions too: Where does trusting students come in? Is it time to change the way schools test altogether?

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