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Copyright and Fair Use (Christina B.)

Copyright and Fair Use (Christina B.)

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RACE Writing Strategy Response Poster (Jill) ***Check out this product that includes MORE posters, bookmarks, and a writing response sheet for both RACE and RACES - only $2.00 more!***RACE and RACES BUNDLE This poster is a useful tool for students learning the RACE acronym for writing constructed responses and short answers. Why use RACE? Understanding (and memorizing!) this acronym prepares students for writing responses on standardized tests. Home You can do BIG things with Big6 Skills! Big6 is a six-stage model to help anyone solve problems or make decisions by using information. Some call it information literacy, information communication, or ICT skills, or a process, but we call it the Big6. Using the Big6 information literacy process, you will identify information research goals, seek, use, and assemble relevant, credible information, then to reflect— is the final product effective and was my process efficient. The Big6 information literacy process is completely transferable to any grade level, subject area, or workplace. Big6, state and national instructional standards, and your curriculum all work together hand-in-hand.

Plagiarism Scavenger Hunt Examples: I would be plagiarizing if I were to write an essay about the walrus and said: The walrus' other characteristic features are equally useful. As their favorite meals, particularly shellfish, are found near the dark ocean floor, walruses use their extremely sensitive whiskers, called mustacial vibrissae, as detection devices. As their favorite meals, particularly shellfish, are found near the dark ocean floor, walruses use their extremely sensitive whiskers, called mustacial vibrissae, as detection devices. The walrus' other characteristic features are equally useful.

Plagiarism Checker - Free Online Software by EduBirdie Plagiarism is one’s deliberate copying of a content completed by another person and either presenting it as one’s own novel idea or simply not mentioning the name of its original author. Plagiarism may be intentional or unintentional when a person does not know that he or she uses someone else’s idea. What Is Plagiarised Content & Its Consequences? Students often think that some little paraphrasing will help them avoid this major issue if they do acknowledge a source. However, it is still unacceptable and those who complete papers in such a way are at the high risk of expulsion from their educational institutions just like students who create fake references or even invent non-existent sources. All these cases should be avoided at all costs by adopting a balance between using adequate referencing, proper quoting or substantial paraphrasing, summarizing, and personal analysis.

Copyright in General (FAQ) What is copyright? Copyright is a form of protection grounded in the U.S. Constitution and granted by law for original works of authorship fixed in a tangible medium of expression. Copyright covers both published and unpublished works. edutopia (Christina Williams) Begin With Guided Inquiry Teacher-guided inquiry can build background knowledge of the topic before letting students take the reins in developing their own inquiry. With guided inquiry: Teachers start with an overall guiding question. Teachers know what they want their students to understand beforehand.

Big6 Skills One- CRLS Research Guide /** * Simple encryption to hide email addresses from crawlers in webpages. * This code is Free Software provided under an MIT License. * Written by Diego Doval: bnaeQ0bvPXOnZQYgaZqp1ZQO * */ CRLS Research Guide Big6 Skills™ Step One Task Definition Ask these questions: Paraphrase Exercises Summary: This resource discusses how to paraphrase correctly and accurately. Contributors:Purdue OWLLast Edited: 2016-06-30 09:41:14 Learn to borrow from a source without plagiarizing. For more information on paraphrasing, as well as other ways to integrate sources into your paper, see the Purdue OWL handout Quoting Paraphrasing, and Summarizing. Taking the Mystery Out of Copyright skip navigation Library of Congress Teachers Reading. Writing. Thinking. Sharing. (From Karen) How are you doing with teaching non-fiction, informational texts? Do you feel you have a good grasp on expository text structures? With the Common Core ELA standards, students are expected to be proficient in reading complex informational texts. State assessments are also becoming more non-fiction focused, to evaluate student abilities in navigating these complex texts. So what can we do to help our students meet these standards? The purpose of this post is to provide a few resources for teaching non-fiction, in preparation for the higher levels of achievement students are expected to reach!

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