The problem with looking at plagiarism as theft or lying, is that it doesn’t gauge whether the student is truly learning the information, or regurgitating the materials. I have found that I learn something better by stretching its capacities until it loses its meaning, thus I can remix material I find online — bits and pieces — and then completely create a new context out of that material.

The millions of blogs out there are constantly copy & pasting materials from other sources, in order to maintain conversations and uphold new interpretations.

The whole concept of conservation is against the notion of growth and adaptation. There is a larger picture being painted here…

The problem with looking at plagiarism as theft or lying, is that it doesn't gauge whether the student is truly learning the information, or regurgitating the materials. I have found that I learn something better by stretching its capacities until it loses its meaning, thus I can remix material I find online — bits and pieces — and then completely create a new context out of that material.

The millions of blogs out there are constantly copy & pasting materials from other sources, in order to maintain conversations and uphold new interpretations.

The whole concept of conservation is against the notion of growth and adaptation. There is a larger picture being painted here…