EDUC W200 Week 13

PLAGIARISM

EDUC W200 Week 13

WHAT YOU THINK ABOUT PLAGIARISM?

• Do you ever “cut and paste without attribution”?

• Do you consider such copying to be plagiarism and a “serious violation,” or not?

EDUC W200 Week 13

ACADEMIC DISHONESTY

• Plagiarismo to steal and pass (off the ideas or words of another)

as one's owno to use (another's production) without crediting the

sourceo to commit literary thefto to present as new and original an idea or product

derived from an existing source.

• Essays and research papers for sale (cheatsites)• Copying and pasting from online websites• www.Plagiarism.org

EDUC W200 Week 13

HOW TO CHEAT IN A TEST

Using a Coke bottle (video) Using Band-aids(video)

EDUC W200 Week 13

PLAGIARISM

• More than 80%of “high-achieving” high school students admitted to cheating

• 51% did not believe it was wrong• 95% were not caught• 35% cheating with cell phone• 52% copied sentences from websites

without citing• Why students Plagiarize (webcast)

EDUC W200 Week 13

EDUC W200 Week 13

EXAMPLES OF DIGITAL CHEATING

• Texting kids in other classes about test questions• Taking photos of exam and passing it on• Look up answers via internet• Notes on cell/calculator• Text friends for answers• Recording vocabulary on iPods, phones or other devices• Teachers providing and changing answers

What can you do about???

EDUC W200 Week 13

WHERE DO STUDENTS GET PAPERS?

EDUC W200 Week 13

TURNITIN ACTIVITY

• Please find a paper/essay for the assigned topic in your subject area from the Internet.

• Essay Examples• Copy and paste the contents to a Word

document.• Submit it to oncourse->Assignments-

>Plagiarism activity• Let’s see the result together.

EDUC W200 Week 13

HOW TO PREVENT CHEATING

• Taking evaluations in the classroom• Electronics be-gone• No bathroom breaks• Hands where I can see them• Other solutions?

• For more information: Academic Cheating in the Age of Google

EDUC W200 Week 13

ACCEPTABLE USAGE POLICY (AUP)

• Policy ensuring use of technology in a manner that protects students from inappropriate behaviors and information when using technology

• Explain expectations for technology use• Codes of ethics for computer use

• For more information: o http://www.education-world.com/a_curr/curr093.shtml