Blog # 5

As a future high school teacher, a future English teacher, I more than expect students to use the Internet for research support. I imagine Internet databases and websites being applied to research papers, essays requiring external sources.
Sparknotes, Newsbank, even online dictionaries, are all great support for student work. Sparknotes should never be used as a replacement to student reading, but it's great as a guide to understanding characters, symbols and themes.
A concern as a teacher, probably a 12Th grade teacher, is that student may abuse resources such as using plagiarism. Some students can get caught in the trap of copying Internet sources, rather that using them responsibly as helpful aid to thought and the like. I also worry about students choosing bad sources in their research, leading to faulty information in their own work.