Plagiarism in our schools today

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Plagiarism in our schools today

• By Zulma Whiteford
• Technology Coordinator
• Our Lady of Perpetual Help School

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Plagiarism

• Definition
• Examples of plagiarism today
• The Internets Impact
• Student excuses
• Consequences
• Detection tools
• Student education
• Resources

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Definitions

• Plagiarism- an idea, expression, plot, or the
  like, taken from another and used as ones own.
  (World Book Encyclopedia)

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Plagiarism today

• Bindu Ganga- Fired from Argosy University
• Kaavya Viswanathan Harvard student lost
  publishing contract for Opal Mehta series.
• JK Rowlings and Dan Brown were accused of
  plagiarism.

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The Internets Impact

• Availability of information
• Accessibility of information
• Copy and Paste feature

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Student excuses

• Lack of knowledge or education
• Lack of time
• Compromised values
• Pressure to perform

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Consequences

• High Schools (suspension, Honor Board, academic
  probation, expulsion)
• College (academic probation, course failure,
  expulsion)

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Detection tools

• Search engines like Google
• Services like Turnitin.com
• Teacher experience

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Student education

• Academic perspective (Web quests, paraphrasing
  exercises, articles, proper ways of composing a
  bibliography, citing.)
• Ethical and moral approach in our Catholic
  Schools

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Webquests

• Collierville High School Webquest
• East Lebanon High School
• Middle School Webquest
• Elementary Lesson plan and worksheets

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Works Cited

• Holahan, Catherine. "Teen Looses Book Deal."
  North Jersey Media Group. 3 May 2006. 8 May 2006
  ltwww.bergen.comgt.
• "Intellectual Property." World Book Dictionary. 8
  May 2006 ltwww.worldbookonline.comgt.
• Newbart, Dave. "University Fires Official
  Accussed of Plagiarism." Sun Times. 6 Mar. 2006.
  8 May 2006 ltwww.suntimes.comgt.
• "Plagiarism." World Book Dictionary. 8 May 2006
  ltwww.worldbookonline.comgt.