Artifact #7:Professors Use Technology to Fight Student Cheating

In this article the author writes about all of the ways that students are cheating, and what schools are beginning to use to stop it. Although all of the scenarios that they discussed related to the steps that schools are taking did not sound to me like they would be good enough to stop someone who really wants to cheat.  The problems I had with this article is that many of the things discussed were a little far fetched. For instance the whole palm reader thing that the GMAT is going to begin testing just seams over the top and like a waste of money. Along with the palm reader, i feel like it is a little ridiculous that some colleges are encouraging the installation of a $150 program and webcam on the computers of people taking online classes so they can view what is going on in the room as they take the exam. I do like the idea that teachers are setting up phony websites with the wrong answers provided so that they can catch students if they are using the internet to complete assignments or tests. The only problem i find with that idea is the teachers are way to worried about what is going on as far as cheating and could be spending way to much time on the internet making these sites when there are other things in the classroom that they could be putting time into.