Cheating??

I just wanted to get a hand count or your ideas/philosophy on the subject of cheating on tests. What do you believe to be a fair and equal punishment/consequence for all students who you catch cheating in any and all circumstances? Do you believe there should be different consequences for different types of cheating? If so, what do you think they should be based upon? I am just looking for your opinion and your experiences with students cheating :)

Blogging Again :)

It's been a while since I last blogged...haven't made the time and am going to now try to blog again on a regular basis. So far lately I have been changing up my Geometry class quite a bit. I have been calling on students (making sure each student gets called on to do this) every morning (beginning of class) on their warm ups. Each student is responsible for teaching the class and explaining why they did what they did to get the answer of their problem. This has really opened up discussion to where the mistakes are taking place as well as giving students confidence in their problem solving processes. After each student demonstates their thinking I pose the question to the class "What do you think about this answer and their process". This has fostered many discussions about how there are different ways to approach a math problem and come to the same conclusion/answer. Although my students were very hesitant to do this at the beginning they are starting (I believe) to comfortably share their responses with the class and it is okay to be wrong. So far so good :)