Summary:
This video interviews several students and teacher to find out what their opinoin is on student plagiarism. It also gives a percentage of a poll on how many students cheat in school. Some of the anwsers were that one student thinks that its impossiable to get through school without cheating, as where one student says that cheating gets you nowhere.
Assess:
I think this video is very helpful and I think every student should view this video or another video on student plagiarism. I think Its's a good video for teachers to show the students, so they can see how important it is in school not to cheat.
Works Cited (Article/Web Pages):
http://www.edutopia.org/cite-it-right-online-citation-tools-and-formal-citations
http://plagiarism.org/plag_article_what_is_plagiarism.html
http:/www.edutopia.org/blog/plagiarism-internet-or-assignment-audrey-watters
Summary:
My topic is on Student Plagiarism in schools using online sources. Many students use online resources for many subjects in school to write papers and essays. Online resources are a great tool to use in the twenty-first-century, If it’s used correctly. Many people use pieces of texts, images, or multimedia clips when doing research on papers. Where the problem comes in is when students don’t give credit where credit is due. If students properly cite materials, it is not plagiarism. Internet is blamed a lot for plagiarism.
According to www.plagiarism.com: What is plagiarism? Many people think of plagiarism as copying another’s work, or borrowing someone else’s original ideas, but terms like “coping” and “borrowing” can disguise the seriousness of the of offence:
Also, according to the Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, to "plagiarize" means
- to steal and pass off (the ideas or words of another) as one's own
- to use (another's production) without crediting the source
- to commit literary theft
- to present as new and original an idea or product derived from an existing source.
In other words, plagiarism is an act of fraud. It involves both stealing someone else's work and lying about it afterward. (http://plagiarism.org/plag_article_what_is_plagiarism.html)
All of the following are considered plagiarism:
•turning in someone else's work as your own
•copying words or ideas from someone else without giving credit
•failing to put a quotation in quotation marks
•giving incorrect information about the source of a quotation
•changing words but copying the sentence structure of a source without giving credit
•copying so many words or ideas from a source that it makes up the majority of your work, whether you give credit or not (see our section on "fair use" rules) (http://plagiarism.org/plag_article_what_is_plagiarism.html)
Assess:
Audrey Watters, a technology journalist specializing in education technology says her findings from a survey that most college presidents believe plagiarism has increased over the past decade, with 89% to blame on the internet. Turnitin.com also blamed the internet, pointing more to the ‘’social networking and content-sharing sites” as the originators of the highest proportion of content it tied to plagiarized materials.
The article was written to show to others how plagiarism has become a major issue in schools today. Students need to be tough how to properly cite their papers correctly and how to cite them when needed.
Reflection: Video. . .
This topic on student plagiarism in schools is a very good one because not only did it give me great information, but it is a great way for students to learn how to properly cite their articles. Many students don’t know how to properly cite their papers and they don’t want to ask their teacher for help. I agree with what the authors of the articles that blame the internet because some students may not know which websites to go to for help; they randomly pick a website and believe it to be correct.
Michael
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