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Home American Democracy Anthropology 104 AP Psychology History 101 History 102 Political Science 101 Sociology	Contact Information: Gene Brian Bisson Social Sciences Carpinteria High School 4810 Foothill Road Carpinteria, CA 93013 Phone: (805) 684-4107 ext. 251 Fax: (805) 566-5952 email: gbisson@cusd.net	Need Homework Help? Got a library card? The Santa Barbara Public Library System can help! Click here
Remember that there is no tolerance for cheating in any of my classes. Some examples of cheating are: Copying another student's work Allowing your work to be copied plagiarism use of cell phones during class (especially texting) interacting during tests or quizzes etc. For more information on plagiarism, click on the link above. Some more interesting articles regarding the consequences of plagiarism. Reporter Fired Plagiarist Booted; Others Wait Rutgers University Plagiarism Policy How Kaavya Got Packaged and Got Into Trouble Why Stephen Ambrose is a vampire. Three final words: Don't do it!!	A Cheating Crisis in America's Schools A Crisis in America's Schools - How It's Done and Why It's Happening ABC News April 29 - Angelo Angelis, a professor at Hunter College in New York City, was recently grading some student papers on the story of Paul Revere when he noticed something strange. A certain passage kept appearing in his students' work, he said. It went like this, Angelis told Primetime's Charles Gibson: "Paul Revere would never have said, 'The British are coming, the British are coming,' he was in fact himself British, he would have said something like, 'the Red Coats are coming.' " Angelis typed the words into Google, and found the passage on one Web site by a fifth-grade class. Half a dozen of his college students had copied their work from a bunch of elementary school kids, he thought. The Web site was very well done, Angelis said. For fifth graders, he would give them an "A." But his college students deserved an "F". Lifting papers off the Internet is one of the newer trends in plagiarism - and technology is giving students even more ways to cheat nowadays. For complete story click on the URL below: http://abcnews.go.com/Primetime/print?id=132376 Please read your syllabus. There is ZERO tolerance for cheating in all of my classes. Mr. Bisson	Site under construction. All information may not be up to date.
Updated: 18 Feb 2012	Kids' TV time linked to school woes, bad habits By Amanda Gardner, Health.com · TV watching is associated with bullying and lowered overall math achievement · Negative effects of TV could be symptoms of broader family and household dynamics · Another theory is that the act of watching television can harm developing brains · The best way for young children to watch TV is with a parent (Health.com) -- Young children who watch a lot of TV aren't just missing out on more stimulating activities. They may also be destined for problems at school and unhealthier habits later in life, new research suggests. Each additional hour of TV that toddlers watch per week translates into poorer classroom behavior, lower math scores, less physical activity, and more snacking at age 10, according to a new study in the Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine. "Kids should be doing things that are intellectually enriching: playing with board games, playing with dice, playing with things that will improve their motor skills, reading," says the lead author of the study, Linda Pagani, Ph.D., a professor in the School of Psychoeducation at the University of Montreal, in Quebec. "All that is replaced by sitting on the couch." Pagani and her colleagues followed more than 1,300 children for over seven years. Using parent surveys, the researchers measured the amount of TV the kids watched at age two-and-a-half, and again at age four-and-a-half. Then, when the children were in fourth grade, the researchers asked the kids' schoolteachers to rate their academic performance, how well they got along with peers, and how well they listened and followed instructions. They also asked parents about the child's diet and level of physical activity. Each additional hour spent in front of the TV per week at age two-and-a-half corresponded to a 7 percent decrease in classroom engagement, a 6 percent decrease in overall math achievement, and a 10 percent increase in being bullied by peers. (Interestingly, TV time was not associated with reading skills.) For complete story click on the URL below: http://www.cnn.com/2010/HEALTH/05/03/kids.tv.school/index.html Copyright Health Magazine 2010

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Contact Information:

Gene Brian Bisson

Social Sciences

Carpinteria High School

4810 Foothill Road

Carpinteria, CA 93013

Phone: (805) 684-4107 ext. 251 Fax: (805) 566-5952

email: gbisson@cusd.net

Need Homework Help?

Got a library card?

The Santa Barbara Public Library System can help! Click here

Remember that there is no tolerance for cheating in any of my classes.

Some examples of cheating are:

Copying another student's work
Allowing your work to be copied
plagiarism
use of cell phones during class (especially texting)
interacting during tests or quizzes
etc.

For more information on plagiarism, click on the link above.

Some more interesting articles regarding the consequences of plagiarism.

Three final words:

Don't do it!!

A Cheating Crisis in America's Schools

A Crisis in America's Schools - How It's Done and Why It's Happening

ABC News

April 29 - Angelo Angelis, a professor at Hunter College in New York City, was recently grading some student papers on the story of Paul Revere when he noticed something strange.

A certain passage kept appearing in his students' work, he said.

It went like this, Angelis told Primetime's Charles Gibson: "Paul Revere would never have said, 'The British are coming, the British are coming,' he was in fact himself British, he would have said something like, 'the Red Coats are coming.' "

Angelis typed the words into Google, and found the passage on one Web site by a fifth-grade class. Half a dozen of his college students had copied their work from a bunch of elementary school kids, he thought.

The Web site was very well done, Angelis said. For fifth graders, he would give them an "A." But his college students deserved an "F".

Lifting papers off the Internet is one of the newer trends in plagiarism - and technology is giving students even more ways to cheat nowadays.

For complete story click on the URL below:

http://abcnews.go.com/Primetime/print?id=132376

Please read your syllabus. There is ZERO tolerance for cheating in all of my classes.

Mr. Bisson

Updated: 18 Feb 2012

Kids' TV time linked to school woes, bad habits

By Amanda Gardner, Health.com

· TV watching is associated with bullying and lowered overall math achievement

· Negative effects of TV could be symptoms of broader family and household dynamics

· Another theory is that the act of watching television can harm developing brains

· The best way for young children to watch TV is with a parent

(Health.com) -- Young children who watch a lot of TV aren't just missing out on more stimulating activities. They may also be destined for problems at school and unhealthier habits later in life, new research suggests.

Each additional hour of TV that toddlers watch per week translates into poorer classroom behavior, lower math scores, less physical activity, and more snacking at age 10, according to a new study in the Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine.

"Kids should be doing things that are intellectually enriching: playing with board games, playing with dice, playing with things that will improve their motor skills, reading," says the lead author of the study, Linda Pagani, Ph.D., a professor in the School of Psychoeducation at the University of Montreal, in Quebec. "All that is replaced by sitting on the couch."

Pagani and her colleagues followed more than 1,300 children for over seven years. Using parent surveys, the researchers measured the amount of TV the kids watched at age two-and-a-half, and again at age four-and-a-half.

Then, when the children were in fourth grade, the researchers asked the kids' schoolteachers to rate their academic performance, how well they got along with peers, and how well they listened and followed instructions. They also asked parents about the child's diet and level of physical activity.

Each additional hour spent in front of the TV per week at age two-and-a-half corresponded to a 7 percent decrease in classroom engagement, a 6 percent decrease in overall math achievement, and a 10 percent increase in being bullied by peers. (Interestingly, TV time was not associated with reading skills.)

For complete story click on the URL below:

http://www.cnn.com/2010/HEALTH/05/03/kids.tv.school/index.html