1. Miss Walker did a good job reviewing the proper way to summarize or paraphrase but I feel she should have told her students that copying and pasting is not the correct way to write a research assignment. The students may have not known what plagiarizing was, so Miss Walker should have told her students what was wrong with it. She could have also taught them how to cite correctly, so that if they needed to cite they could, without plagiarizing.
2. I think students should at least be in middle school to be ready to use Wiki's. They need to know how to use computers accurately along with navigating websites. Also they should be able to type well enough and fast enough to produce a lot of information on their paper without taking an excessive amount of time. Students younger than middle school may not know how to use Word Processor, let alone a website.
3. Each student could be assigned a certain amount of questions they have to answer. So every student has to do their part by answering their questions assigned to them.
4. I think if Miss Walker didn't explain plagiarism before the students started their assignment she should have allowed her students to edit their work. But if she explained in advance then they should receive a zero for plagiarizing.
5. Some groups students are in may get distracted or end up missing details in their research because of certain students in their group slacking off while other groups might not have that issue. Students should also apply more than other internet sources to write their Wikis. So there is not a lot of repeat information. A main issue is plagiarism, even if it is explained what and why it is unacceptable, that will always big a problem teachers need to work with.
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