Plagiarism

You have something in common with the smartest people in the world. You see, everyone has ideas. We use our minds to create something original, whether it’s a poem, a drawing, a song, or a scientific paper. Some of the most important ideas are published and make it into books, journals, newspapers and trustworthy websites that become the building blocks for things we all learn. But ideas are also very personal, and we need dependable ways to keep track of the people behind the ideas we use because they deserve credit for their contribution, just as you do if someone uses your idea. Meet Cassie, a university student. She’s not the kind of person who would plagiarize by turning in someone else’s work, but she is aware that plagiarism can happen accidentally, so she follows some basic rules: First, when she quotes an author directly, she uses quotations marks around the words to show that they are not hers, alongside a mention of the author’s name.

Moglue: Create interactive ebooks and release as apps! Featured Post What it is: I never learned HTML, sure I know a few basics but nothing that will build me a good looking, functional website. Wix has long been my secret weapon. I use it often. In fact, it was how I built the Anastasis Academy website. The one drawback: Wix creates flash sites. Writing "Original” Papers § Harvard Guide to Using Sources Some writing assignments you receive at Harvard will explicitly ask you to present an "original" thesis, claim, or idea. But even when the word "original" isn't mentioned, you should assume that your professor expects you to develop a thesis that is the product of your own thinking and not something drawn directly from a source and planted in your paper. Occasionally an assignment will require only a summary of your reading, particularly if the instructor wants to make sure you have understood a particularly complex concept; however, some assignments may be worded in a way that leaves expectations ambiguous (you may be asked, for example, to "discuss" or "consider" a source), and you may think you are only expected to summarize when, in fact, you are expected to make an argument. The expectation that you will say something original in every college paper may seem daunting. Writing situation #1: Short non-research papers Writing Situation #2: Short research papers and term papers

iPadsELA - home How To Make Students Better Online Researchers I recently came across an article in Wired Magazine called “ Why Kids Can’t Search “. I’m always interested in this particular topic, because it’s something I struggle with in my middle and high school classes constantly, and I know I’m not alone in my frustrations. Getting kids to really focus on what exactly they are searching for, and then be able to further distill idea into a few key specific search terms is a skill that we must teach students, and we have to do it over and over again. In the past, we spent a lot of time in schools teaching kids how to do library research, and how to use a variety reference materials like dictionaries, encyclopedias, microfiche, card catalogs, public records, anthologies, and other sources too numerous to recall. However, when we made this switch to internet-based resources, we somehow left a gap in education and made no real focus on teaching kids how to find valid, credible, useful resources online. The real answer? 1. 2. 3. 4.

Beyond the Book Report: Ways to Respond to Literature Using New York Times Models Victor J. Blue for The New York TimesWord, a bookstore in Greenpoint, Brooklyn, provides guidance to browsers with irreverent “shelf talkers,” like this one for “The Book of Night Women,” by Marlon James.Go to related article » | Go to related slide show » Below, we present some alternatives to that classic classroom assignment, the book report. All of our ideas are inspired by The New York Times in some way, either because we’ve adapted an interesting format, or because we were inspired by an article, review, essay, interview or multimedia feature. Do you assign book reports, in any format, to your students? What do they look like? A Times-Style Book Review Read The Times’s Books section to scan several current book reviews of novels, story collections and poetry, and to use the search feature to find reviews of older books. Next, write your own Times-style review of a book, incorporating many of these elements. Book Talk, With You as Host Judging the Book by Its Cover Shot on Location

Plagiarism detection in PowerPoint presentations Googling the phrase "bullets imply no significant order" yields many jackpot matches with the Harvard-Florida work. These slides listed below may have, however, made an appropriate attribution of the original source, something that can be verified by examining the relevant slides. [PDF] Guidelines for Effective Visuals File Format: PDF/Adobe Acrobat - View as HTML Bullets imply no significant order. *. [PDF] Dear , File Format: PDF/Adobe Acrobat - View as HTML Bullets imply no significant order. *. UT System Office of Public Affairs Bullets imply no significant order and are preferred to numbers. [PDF] PowerPoint Presentation and Style Guidelines for Presentations to ... [PPT] Guidelines for Preparing Slides File Format: Microsoft Powerpoint - View as HTML Bullets imply no significant order; Use numbers to show rank or sequence. [DOC] THE GLOBAL HEALTH COUNCIL File Format: Microsoft Word - View as HTML Bullets imply no significant order. -- Edward Tufte

Days Like This… | alytapp Today, my students reviewed their first graded essays. I tried out a new way of assessing student work — screencasting. Instead of collecting printed papers, I asked students to write in Google Docs and then share their papers with me so I would also be able to view them online. Instead of scribbling marks in the margins of printed papers, I opened each student’s paper in Google Docs, highlighted text and inserted comments to clarify my thoughts, and then turned on the screen recorder (Jing) to record my voice as I scrolled through the paper and pointed to items with my mouse. Right after recording, I uploaded the finished recording to Jing’s companion hosting site, and then I simply copied and pasted the link to the recording directly into the Google Doc. It was slick like butter. I waited while they listened to the feedback today. They were engaged, and I was impressed with their dedication to the task. Using screencasting for assessment has been one of my grand experiments.

How to make presentations: techniques, handouts, display technologies Terry Teachout, who long ago reviewed my Visual Display of Quantitative Information for the National Review (!), and who is more famous for his arts reviews and his always interesting weblog has some good advice about making presentations (for authors on bookstore tours, and others as well): "A speech—and this includes a reading—is a performance. To that end, here's how I do my readings, step by step: (1) Don't read too much. (2) Write your speech out word for word. Which brings us to (3) Time the speech exactly. (4) Never speak for as long as you're asked. (5) Choose a fairly self-contained excerpt from the book. (6) Don't read from a printed copy of the book. (7) Rehearse, rehearse, rehearse! (8) Strive for vocal emphasis and variety. (9) When you can, look at the audience. (10) After you've read the speech out loud, change it. (11) Start with something funny. (15) Arrive early enough for a soundcheck. One last thing: -- Edward Tufte

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Copyright and Creative Commons Julia’s dream is to make a living as a photographer. In this dream, she takes amazing photos, people buy them, and their purchases fund her future work. But it’s not that simple. Julia wants to publish some of her photos to help spread the word, but she’s concerned because photos are easy to copy. So she does some research and learns that in the U.S., as with other countries, we have laws that give creators of materials like books, images, movies, artwork and music a way to own and protect their creations. And she’s surprised to find that when she creates photos, she owns the copyright to them automatically, without taking any other action. She likes being covered by copyright law, but it limits her exposure, because her permission is required for sharing a photo. Her research leads her to Creative Commons, which is a set of licenses that she can use to make her copyrighted photos free for sharing. Across the country, Kelly needs a travel photo for his magazine article.