This website has links to tons of information about plagiarism. Topics include avoiding plagiarism, detecting plagiarism, internet copyright, web literacy, and many more.
Davis Joint Unified School District:
http://www.djusd.k12.ca.us/harper/jboston/PlagiarismResources.htm
Middle School Technology Support
Tuesday, June 5, 2012
Guidelines for parents
This website provides handouts that can be distributed to parents about plagiarism. It also has videos, discussion guides, and links to additional articles for parents.
Common Sense Media:
http://www.commonsensemedia.org/educators/parent-media-education/educate-parents-about-digital-creation-plagiarism-and-piracy
This website gives information about plagiarism for parents:
NC DPI:
http://www.ncwiseowl.org/blog/plagiarism/parents.htm
Common Sense Media:
http://www.commonsensemedia.org/educators/parent-media-education/educate-parents-about-digital-creation-plagiarism-and-piracy
This website gives information about plagiarism for parents:
NC DPI:
http://www.ncwiseowl.org/blog/plagiarism/parents.htm
Information for students
This website gives information about plagiarism for students. It also gives a quick chart for how to avoid plagiarism.
Purdue OWL:
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/589/01
This website is an article for students about plagiarism. It includes topics such as what happens if you plagiarize and how to avoid plagiarism. It also has a simple "anti-plagiarism checklist" that students can use to make sure they have done the right thing in their work.
Kids Health:
http://kidshealth.org/kid/feeling/school/plagiarism.html#
Purdue OWL:
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/589/01
This website is an article for students about plagiarism. It includes topics such as what happens if you plagiarize and how to avoid plagiarism. It also has a simple "anti-plagiarism checklist" that students can use to make sure they have done the right thing in their work.
Kids Health:
http://kidshealth.org/kid/feeling/school/plagiarism.html#
Monday, June 4, 2012
Websites for students to build citations
Here are some websites that students can use to help them build citations:
Citation Machine
http://citationmachine.net/index2.php?start=#
Easy Bib
http://www.easybib.com/
Oregon School Library System Citation Maker
http://cm.oslis.org/MLACitations/elementary/
Citation Machine
http://citationmachine.net/index2.php?start=#
Easy Bib
http://www.easybib.com/
Oregon School Library System Citation Maker
http://cm.oslis.org/MLACitations/elementary/
Sample lesson plan for teaching citations
Sample lesson plan for
introducing/practicing citations
Grades 6-8
Materials: SMARTBoard, laptops
Time Needed: Can be one 60 minute
class, or can take several class sessions depending on how familiar students
are with citations.
(Some students may have had
practice with citing information, and others may be beginners. Use the beginning discussion and final
evaluation to get a feel for how much practice students have had or may still need.
)
Discussion:
Start by discussing plagiarism
and citations. Ask students to describe
plagiarism in their own words, and explain why plagiarizing is a problem. Ask if they know what to do to avoid
plagiarizing someone’s work. Clear up
any confusion that the students may have about the definition of plagiarism
(copying someone else’s work without giving them credit). Also remind students how to avoid plagiarism
(not copying directly, citing resources, etc.)
Focus heavily on the fact that websites and internet information must be
cited as well as print information, since students have 1:1 laptops and use
these frequently for research and often don’t feel a need to cite the
information they find online.
Group activity- “we do”
On the SMARTBoard, show students how
to use Citation Machine (http://citationmachine.net/index2.php)
to build a citation for a particular website.
Point out what information is needed for citing a website (author,
title, date published, date retrieved, URL, etc.) Look at a website tied to your curriculum and
fill out the citation machine form as a class, having the students help you
find the information needed for the citation.
Have students fill in the information on their laptops as you fill out
the form on the SMARTBoard. Have a
discussion throughout this to clear up confusion. Repeat this part of the lesson as many times
as needed.
Partner activity- “you do”
Tell students that they will be
working with partners to answer two questions.
Explain that one point will be given for each correct answer, and one
point will be given for each correct citation.
Tell the students they will need to use Citation Machine to create their
citations. Give students two questions
that are related to your curriculum that they can research on the
internet. Have students type their
answers and the citations into a Word document.
Then have students print the document or email it to you for
evaluation. You can give a reward or
recognition for highest scoring groups.
However, use this activity as a formative assessment to see if students
get the idea or need more practice.
Evaluation: look at the students work
to see if they can build a citation with citation machine. Also observe partners to see if students are
having difficulty or if one partner is doing all the work.
Note: The activity can be
repeated to practice using other resources as well (print or nonprint.)
Finding the Information and Technology Standards
To find the Information and Technology Standards:
Start here at the ACRE website: http://www.ncpublicschools.org/acre/
Click on the tab (along the left) that says "Common Core State and NC Essential Standards"
Click on the tab that says "Essential Standards"
Scroll down until you see the Information and Technology Standards
OR watch this screencast to help you find the standards. This brief video will give you step-by-step reminders of what to click to find the standards. http://www.screencast.com/t/s7PDuYyU3aj5
Start here at the ACRE website: http://www.ncpublicschools.org/acre/
Click on the tab (along the left) that says "Common Core State and NC Essential Standards"
Click on the tab that says "Essential Standards"
Scroll down until you see the Information and Technology Standards
OR watch this screencast to help you find the standards. This brief video will give you step-by-step reminders of what to click to find the standards. http://www.screencast.com/t/s7PDuYyU3aj5
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