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**OUR MISSION STATEMENT:**

The main purpose of the Digital Cheating Wiki is to spread awareness to students, parents, and (especially) educators alike as to what constitutes digital cheating. Our hope is that with increased awareness of technological means of cheating, honest-minded learners can at least dwindle the occurrences of digital cheating if not outright prevent it. This site serves as a compendium of information in regards to digital cheating, and with your help, can become a major resource for this troubling issue of 21st Century Education.

WHAT DIGITAL CHEATING IS:
Students using any methods (digital or traditional) of cheating and plagiarism is an issue concerning all honest educators. Traditional cheating methods are as old as the concept of examinations and research papers and have been dramatized in numerous movies and shows, the most obvious method being answers/information written on concealed parts of the body (arms and legs). More obvious methods include peripheral glances at a neighbor's paper or answer sheet and using copy and paste techniques to use the thoughts and ideas of work published on the Internet as one's own. But as students have increasingly become more technologically savvy, so have their methods of cheating in order to make the grade.

Educators can no longer afford to be ignorant of digital-age strategies employed by those they teach. The same tactics used discreetly by students can also empower educators to help enforce academic honesty. But, first, educators must be made aware. Most educators are probably clueless of the hundreds of Youtube videos designed to instruct students on how to be successful cheaters. Most educators cannot fathom the lengths students are willing to go to successfully make the grade without truly earning it. More and more schools are allowing use of cell phones by students. Electronic devices such as cell phones, calculators, and Ipods are the primary means of cheating in the digital age. Educators must be willing to become familiar with their functions in order to understand how they can easily assist students in their dishonest endeavors. Almost all students engage in some sort of cheating, whether it is intentional, highly developed means or unintentional plaigerism.

Our Digital Cheating Pages: **__ Reasons Students Cheat __****__ Methods of Cheating __****__ Hall of Shame...Where do they get these ideas? __****__ What can Educators & Parents do to prevent digital cheating? __** __**Bibliography**__ Click on this link to view videos, articles, and more...educate yourself about digital cheating! [|Click on this link to visit our discussion forum...help spread digital cheating awareness]

The Digital Cheating Wiki was designed by students of Millersville University's Fall 2010 EDFN 330/530 course