Dover Tech:                                             A Parent's Guide

Welcome to the Parent Guide for Dover Tech. This website provides you with all of the resources, links, and information you need to help your child be successful this year. 

What is Blended Learning?

In a normal school year, blended learning is the combination of traditional classroom techinques with iPad activites added in. Blended learning is not solely using the iPad for all instruction.

A Note on Academic Honesty... 

Academic Honesty in the Online Environment

Academic honesty has always been a very important aspect of the face to face classroom. The same is true for the online environment. Academic honesty means only submitting work only YOUR STUDENT has produced. Any words, ideas, images, answers, or help that comes from someone or somewhere else, whether in print, person, or electronic form MUST be acknowledged and/or cited in an appropriate manner.  **This academic honesty policy was adapted from Illinois Virtual School and Anthony Middle School, Minneapolis, MN.**

Violations of academic honesty in the classroom and online environment include both plagiarism and cheating:

Plagiarism is the taking of work that is not your own and presenting it as your own. Plagiarism includes, but is not limited to:

• copying work from another student;

• copying work from an outside source when individual work is required, even with citation;

• purchasing a pre-written paper;

• letting someone else complete an assignment for you;

• paying someone else to complete an assignment for you;

• using information from online information services without proper citation;

• presenting a paper or other work that is made up entirely, or almost entirely, of another’s work, even if appropriately cited;

• using an image found online without a proper citation.

Cheating is work that does not reflect your own understanding and effort. Cheating includes, but is not limited to:

• having a tutor, friend, parent or any other individual, complete any portion of a student’s assignment;

• using a service or app that does the critical work for a student, including use of translation services in world language classes or sites to help in math problem solutions not expressly endorsed by your teacher;

• posting work on social media for others to use;

• using work posted on social media;

• looking at other people’s work;

• sharing advance knowledge of tests or quizzes;

• copying someone else’s work answer for answer;

• using someone else’s work by rearranging the words;

• allowing someone to copy your work.

• working as a group on an assignment that is meant to be individual.

• telling other students about the questions and answers on a test they have yet to take. 

Consequences for Plagiarism and Cheating

Please check your school's handbook for information on the consequences for plagiarism and cheating.