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Plagiarism
What is Plagiarism?
http://wak.infobaselearning.com/homework-help/videos.aspx?cid=46595
Examples
Exploring examples of Plagiarism
http://www.readwritethink.org/files/resources/lesson_images/lesson1062/plagiarismexamples.pdf
Why is it important?
*See bottom of Page 3
“Plagiarizing is prohibited. Plagiarism means to steal and pass off the ideas or words of another as one's own. Users cannot use another's ideas or words without crediting the author.”
VIDEOS
Check for Plagiarism
https://www.paperrater.com
https://papersowl.com/free-plagiarism-checker
https://edubirdie.com/plagiarism-checker
https://www.easybib.com/grammar-and-plagiarism/
From The Purdue Online Writing Lab
Is It Plagiarism Yet? (source)
Summary:
There are few intellectual offenses more serious than plagiarism in academic and professional contexts. This resource offers advice on how to avoid plagiarism in your work.
There are some actions that can almost unquestionably be labeled plagiarism. Some of these include buying, stealing, or borrowing a paper (including copying an entire paper or article from the Web); hiring someone to write your paper for you; and copying large sections of text from a source without quotation marks or proper citation.
But then there are actions that are usually in more of a gray area. Some of these include using the words of a source too closely when paraphrasing (where quotation marks should have been used) or building on someone's ideas without citing their spoken or written work. Sometimes teachers suspecting students of plagiarism will consider the students' intent, and whether it appeared the student was deliberately trying to make ideas of others appear to be their own.
However, other teachers and administrators may not distinguish between deliberate and accidental plagiarism. So let's look at some strategies for avoiding even suspicion of plagiarism in the first place.
When do we give credit?
The key to avoiding plagiarism is to make sure you give credit where it is due. This may be credit for something somebody said, wrote, emailed, drew, or implied. Many professional organizations, including the Modern Language Association (MLA) and the American Psychological Association (APA), have lengthy guidelines for citing sources. However, students are often so busy trying to learn the rules of MLA format and style or APA format and style that they sometimes forget exactly what needs to be credited. Here is a brief list of what needs to be credited or documented:
There are certain things that do not need documentation or credit, including:
Generally speaking, you can regard something as common knowledge if you find the same information undocumented in at least five credible sources. Additionally, it might be common knowledge if you think the information you're presenting is something your readers will already know, or something that a person could easily find in general reference sources. But when in doubt, cite; if the citation turns out to be unnecessary, your teacher or editor will tell you.
“Plagiarizing is prohibited. Plagiarism means to steal and pass off the ideas or words of another as one's own. Users cannot use another's ideas or words without crediting the author.”
Assessment/ Interactive Game
Kahoot it – Plagiarism
https://play.kahoot.it/#/k/9b5adcf3-0430-46c4-974b-19d4a1813350
Citation Creators
Citation Machine
http://www.citationmachine.net/mla/cite-a-website
EasyBib.com
http://www.easybib.com/style/mla8/website-citation
What is Plagiarism?
http://wak.infobaselearning.com/homework-help/videos.aspx?cid=46595
Examples
- Michelle Obama & Melania Trump Video
Exploring examples of Plagiarism
http://www.readwritethink.org/files/resources/lesson_images/lesson1062/plagiarismexamples.pdf
Why is it important?
- SCS – Code of Conduct
*See bottom of Page 3
“Plagiarizing is prohibited. Plagiarism means to steal and pass off the ideas or words of another as one's own. Users cannot use another's ideas or words without crediting the author.”
VIDEOS
- Plagiarism Video for Schools
- Plagiarism Shmoop
- EasyBib.com – Citation for Beginners Video
- How to avoid Plagiarism
Check for Plagiarism
https://www.paperrater.com
https://papersowl.com/free-plagiarism-checker
https://edubirdie.com/plagiarism-checker
https://www.easybib.com/grammar-and-plagiarism/
From The Purdue Online Writing Lab
Is It Plagiarism Yet? (source)
Summary:
There are few intellectual offenses more serious than plagiarism in academic and professional contexts. This resource offers advice on how to avoid plagiarism in your work.
There are some actions that can almost unquestionably be labeled plagiarism. Some of these include buying, stealing, or borrowing a paper (including copying an entire paper or article from the Web); hiring someone to write your paper for you; and copying large sections of text from a source without quotation marks or proper citation.
But then there are actions that are usually in more of a gray area. Some of these include using the words of a source too closely when paraphrasing (where quotation marks should have been used) or building on someone's ideas without citing their spoken or written work. Sometimes teachers suspecting students of plagiarism will consider the students' intent, and whether it appeared the student was deliberately trying to make ideas of others appear to be their own.
However, other teachers and administrators may not distinguish between deliberate and accidental plagiarism. So let's look at some strategies for avoiding even suspicion of plagiarism in the first place.
When do we give credit?
The key to avoiding plagiarism is to make sure you give credit where it is due. This may be credit for something somebody said, wrote, emailed, drew, or implied. Many professional organizations, including the Modern Language Association (MLA) and the American Psychological Association (APA), have lengthy guidelines for citing sources. However, students are often so busy trying to learn the rules of MLA format and style or APA format and style that they sometimes forget exactly what needs to be credited. Here is a brief list of what needs to be credited or documented:
- Words or ideas presented in a magazine, book, newspaper, song, TV program, movie, website, computer program, letter, advertisement, or any other medium
- Information you gain through interviewing or conversing with another person, face to face, over the phone, or in writing
- When you copy the exact words or a unique phrase
- When you reprint any diagrams, illustrations, charts, pictures, or other visual materials
- When you reuse or repost any digital media, including images, audio, video, or other media
There are certain things that do not need documentation or credit, including:
- Writing your own lived experiences, your own observations and insights, your own thoughts, and your own conclusions about a subject
- When you are writing up your own results obtained through lab or field experiments
- When you use your own artwork, digital photographs, video, audio, etc.
- When you are using "common knowledge," things like folklore, common sense observations, myths, urban legends, and historical events (but not historical documents)
- When you are using generally-accepted facts (e.g., pollution is bad for the environment) including facts that are accepted within particular discourse communities (e.g., in the field of composition studies, "writing is a process" is a generally-accepted fact).
Generally speaking, you can regard something as common knowledge if you find the same information undocumented in at least five credible sources. Additionally, it might be common knowledge if you think the information you're presenting is something your readers will already know, or something that a person could easily find in general reference sources. But when in doubt, cite; if the citation turns out to be unnecessary, your teacher or editor will tell you.
“Plagiarizing is prohibited. Plagiarism means to steal and pass off the ideas or words of another as one's own. Users cannot use another's ideas or words without crediting the author.”
Assessment/ Interactive Game
Kahoot it – Plagiarism
https://play.kahoot.it/#/k/9b5adcf3-0430-46c4-974b-19d4a1813350
Citation Creators
Citation Machine
http://www.citationmachine.net/mla/cite-a-website
EasyBib.com
http://www.easybib.com/style/mla8/website-citation
Cite Your Sources!
~ Creating a Bibliography ~
How do I cite a website? A book? A video? An online library subscription?
Click here for an easy to use bibliography template MLA Format
What's the Domain??
Who was responsible for gathering the information you see online?
Check the URL (Uniform Resource Locator aka Web Address) for clues!
.com=commercial (this site may try to sell something)
.edu=education (this site is connected to a school or university)
.k12=elementary (made for or by a school district)
.org=organization (this may try to inform you of agroup's information)
.gov=government (this is connected to agovernment site)
Evaluate your Site!
Who found the information? How do they know about the information? Is that person/company reliable? Where was the information gathered? When was the information put together? When was it updated? Why does this information help? Is this good informmation?
What is the author's purpose? It's as easy as PIES!
Persuade
I nform
E ntertain
Sell
~ Creating a Bibliography ~
How do I cite a website? A book? A video? An online library subscription?
Click here for an easy to use bibliography template MLA Format
- Citation Maker: Elementary
...an easy-to-use citation maker for younger students based on the MLA standards which also includes a citation worksheet to print out - Bibliographic Citation for grades 1-6
- WWW.EASYBIB.COM
What's the Domain??
Who was responsible for gathering the information you see online?
Check the URL (Uniform Resource Locator aka Web Address) for clues!
.com=commercial (this site may try to sell something)
.edu=education (this site is connected to a school or university)
.k12=elementary (made for or by a school district)
.org=organization (this may try to inform you of agroup's information)
.gov=government (this is connected to agovernment site)
Evaluate your Site!
Who found the information? How do they know about the information? Is that person/company reliable? Where was the information gathered? When was the information put together? When was it updated? Why does this information help? Is this good informmation?
What is the author's purpose? It's as easy as PIES!
Persuade
I nform
E ntertain
Sell