Plagiarism Resources:
Thinkfinity Lessons and Interactive for teaching plagiarism- in the lessons at this site you will find necessary information for teaching the key components and concepts of plagiarism and intellectual property, so that students can develop a position paper detailing the consequences of violating other’s property rights.
http://www.thinkfinity.org/search?txtKeyWord=plagiarism&chkGrade%5B%5D=grades%3A6%7Cgrades%3A7%7Cgrades%3A8
http://interactives.mped.org/view_interactive.aspx?id=758&title=
"Literacy 2.0- Reading and Writing in the 21st Century" (see attachment)
Frey, Nancy, Douglas Fisher, and Alex Gonzalez. Literacy 2.0: Reading and Writing in 21st Century Classrooms. Bloomington, IN: Solution Tree, 2010. Print.
In this book there are four lessons that depict decision making and appropriate use of online resources to avoid plagiarism. I went through the resources listed in the text and made sure the links worked and were accessible to the teacher.
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Turnitin: Website to help students and teachers improve writing and avoid plagiarism
http://turnitin.com/static/index.html
Lesson 1: What is Plagiarism? Why is it a problem?
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"Plagiarism." Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia. Web. 05 Dec. 2011. <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plagiarism>.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plagiarism
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Average Difficulty- “Circleville Valedictorian Steps Down After Admitting He Plagiarized Commencement Speech” (Nowark, 2008)
http://www.dispatch.com/content/stories/local/2008/06/05/plagiarism.html
More Difficult- “An Education in the Dangers of Online Research” (Kinzie, 2008)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/08/09/AR2008080901453.html
Less Difficult- “Naperville H.S. Principal Fired for Plagiarism” (Puffinelli, 2008)
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Alternate article- “Washington Post Admits Plagiarism by Reporter” (Vega, 2011)
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/17/business/media/17paper.html?_r=1&ref=plagiarism
Lesson 2: How does Plagiarism Apply to My School Work?
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“Before He Cheats- A Teacher’s Parody” (McKenzie, 2007)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5NvA4hCOfjU
Lesson 3: Mastering When and How to Cite
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DidYouKnow: Trivia and "factoid" website
http://didyouknow.org
Direct link to article- ‘Diamond facts”
http://didyouknow.org/diamonds/
MLA Works Cited Format: Quick reference for works cited lists in the Modern Languages Association format
http://www.studyguide.org/MLAdocumentation.htm
Lessons 4: Using resources to Write Works Cited Entries
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MLA Works Cited Format: Quick reference for works cited lists in the Modern Languages Association format
http://www.studyguide.org/MLAdocumentation.htm
Additional Resources:
Plagiarism dot Org
http://www.plagiarism.org/
EasyBib
http://www.easybib.com/
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