Assignment task: Watch the video chapter "A Revolution in Classrooms" in the Frontline video Growing Up Online, then answer these questions. (You can select the chapter by looking for this symbol at the bottom right of the video window.) If you are so inclined, go ahead and watch the whole video.
1. In the video, one student claims that he "never reads books" but relies on summaries and annotated notes he finds on Web sites. He confesses that he feels guilty about this, stating, "I feel like I kind of cheated it." What does he say his reason is for not reading books? Do you think this is cheating? Why or why not?
2. The video presents two distinct views from teachers about students' use of online sources what are these views?
3. What do you think? Can "cheating" be defined in the same ways as it was a generation or two ago?