Internet Plagarism

In the article Brook Sadler presents ten reasons to punish internet plagiarism. The reasons he presents are fairly run of the mill: encourages work ethic, teaches pride in the student etc. I think the strongest point he makes is that the student does not struggle with the work himself. I have seen this in myself and have only come to be able to write by struggling through the exercises.  Russell Hunt presents four reasons to embrace internet plagiarism. The main points being that the current academic models are outdated and useless in a work environment, and that since internet plagiarism is here to stay we should teach students how to properly use it to increase the quality of their education. He seems to believe that this is an opportunity to fix a problem that’s been broken for some time and his case is compelling, as the process of teaching students to use secondary sources well has certainly been lost on me until very recently. But I couldn’t help but feel this was a bit of a red herring, as he attacks the current model of academic writing more than actual plagiarism. I think he is making a strong case for including in college education proper use of secondary sources, which I think would be advantageous.