Abbreviations and acronyms dictionary Educational Technology and Mobile Learning: copyright resources August 12, 2014 Now that the new school year is about to start, it would be great to devote a session with your students where you can talk to them about issues related to copyright and proper use of digital artifacts from the net. This will definitely help them make better and informed decisions as to the kind of materials they are allowed to use in their work and provide them with practice on the different ways they can appropriately credit sources. This resourceful page embeds a wide variety of materials to use in this regard, browse through the items featured there and bookmark the ones you plan to use with your students. I am also sharing with you this wonderful graphic that debunks 5 myths about copyright infringement.
People Have a Lot of Feelings About Melania Trump’s New Cyberbullying Initiative First Lady Melania Trump has finally unveiled her formal plan with a new slogan: “Be Best.” The program targets three areas — well-being, combating opioid addiction, and fighting cyberbullying by pushing for positivity across social media platforms — she said at Monday’s Rose Garden event. “As a mother and as first lady, it concerns me that in today’s fast-paced and ever-connected world, children can be less prepared to express or manage their emotions and oftentimes turn to forms of destructive or addictive behavior such as bullying, drug addiction or even suicide,” she said. The plan was ambitious, but some observers online felt it wasn’t entirely hers. For one thing, the slogan “Be Best,” sounded a little too much like Michelle Obama’s “Be Better” answer to Oprah Winfrey’s question at the White House Summit on the United State of Women in 2016. That wasn’t the only aspect of the comprehensive plan that critics felt they’d seen before. The White House has yet to respond to criticism.
Fighting Plagiarism This article will focus on the importance of structuring research projects so they require original thought. The student will not just find an answer. The student will build an answer. It is a bit like cooking a spaghetti sauce from scratch. To help students understand the concept of creating an idea, it helps to employ several metaphors. If students start to think of ideas like buildings, they will view research differently. Picturing an Idea Formulating an Idea - Clarifying Assignments The teacher reduces the chances of plagiarism by creating research tasks that require the formulation of an idea. Here are several ways to require original thinking as the product of student research: Make a choice — When students have to take a stand, they will be operating at the top of Bloom's Taxonomy — the skill of Evaluation. Formulating an Idea - Observing the Process One of the best strategies to reduce plagiarism involves vigilance. They may change colors while note-taking to signify and separate.
Learning 2.0 : 23 things you can do to become web 2.0 savvy Copyright Law, Intellectual Property, & Trademark Law Haruko Obokata Haruko Obokata (小保方 晴子, Obokata Haruko, born 1983) is a former stem-cell biologist and research unit leader at Japan's Laboratory for Cellular Reprogramming, Riken Center for Developmental Biology.[3][4] She claimed to have developed a radical and remarkably easy way to make stimulus-triggered acquisition of pluripotency (STAP) cells that could be grown into tissue for use anywhere in the body.[5] Riken, however, eventually launched an investigation in response to allegations of irregularities in images appearing in several articles she authored, including the paper announcing the discovery of STAP cells.[6][7][8] The ensuing scandal over STAP cells has since become one of the world's best-known scientific frauds alongside the Schön scandal and Hwang Woo-suk's cloning experiments.[9][10][11][12][13] Early life and education[edit] Obokata was born in Matsudo, Chiba, Japan, in 1983. Career[edit] Controversy[edit] Obokata announced her resignation from Riken in December 2014.[30][31]
Other Side of Plagiarism Most of my Head for the Edge columns, updated and edited, can be found in my latest book. Buy it and I might be able to afford a nicer nursing home one day. Thank you. The Other Side of Plagiarism Head for the Edge, Library Media Connection, September 2004 Here I am! Student plagiarism is an oft discussed topic in our profession. Clete is right, of course. Perhaps I am too sympathetic with the Lil’ Debbies of the world. As educators, this is our ethical failing if our assignments do not help student learn necessary academic skills and necessary life-long skills. Part of our professional mission should be to help classroom teachers improve the quality of their research assignments (whether they want to or not). My dad used to say, “A thing not worth doing is not worth doing well.”
Voice of the Shuttle Copyright-CopyWrong The Educators' Lean and Mean No FAT Guide to Fair Use By Hall Davidson You can't afford to ignore the law, but neither can you afford to overlook the needs of your students. The good news for educators heading into a new millennium is that abiding by--and helping to shape--fair use copyright principles and guidelines is really not that difficult. Is it legal for students to use copyrighted clips from videos, CDs, or the Internet to create multimedia reports? These are the sorts of questions that abound in technology-rich schools today. In those gray or controversial areas in which legal precedents have not yet been set, common sense and a willingness to blaze new and ethical trails may be your best guides. Those of you using technology for instruction may be pleasantly surprised at what is legal and ethical. The Digital Millennium Copyright Act signed into law in October of 1998 updated aspects of copyright law. So what is the bottom line? Here's how it goes. Setting Precedents
Why do students cheat? Listen to this dean's words Editor’s note: Since the publication of this article, the University of Florida terminated Chris Loschiavo’s employment when it learned he used his UF work computer account to purchase pornography. Cheating in college has been with us since the inception of higher education. In recent months, cases of cheating, including large-scale cheating at elite colleges, have led to considerable turmoil. Many of these behaviors could well start to take shape right at the level of high school. A survey conducted by renowned academic integrity researcher Don McCabe shows how widespread the problem is in high schools. Large-scale cheating In a survey of 24,000 students at 70 high schools, McCabe found “64% of students admitted to cheating on a test, 58% admitted to plagiarism and 95% said they participated in some form of cheating, whether it was on a test, plagiarism or copying homework.” Statistics for cheating for college students are much the same. So, what could possibly lead to such behaviors?
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Free To Use and Share: Resources To Help Teach Kids (and Adults!) About Copyright and Creative Commons I've gotten a few requests lately for resources on how to teach kids (and adults!) about copyright. I've written before about how I don't think any lesson on copyright can be effective without an emphasis on creative commons and helping students choose licenses for their own work. Still, there are plenty of good resources out there to help start these conversations or that can serve as reminders as you help create a culture of creativity and attribution at your school. And even though there already exists in my mind a resource titled "A Zombie Librarian's Guide to Copyright," as of this moment, that resource is yet to exist anywhere else, so... To that end, I've also written before about how much love Edcanvas - a tool which recently changed its name to Blendspace. Enjoy! Direct link to this blendspace.