Today the 7th and 8th grade students visited the media center for a serious discussion about academic integrity and the importance of avoiding plagiarism. Everyone was clear about the facts: "Plagiarism is stealing another person's ideas, thoughts, or work and passing it off as their own." This was the most common answer to the the question: "What is plagiarism?" Why not to plagiarize? According to our students: "It's stealing, it's wrong, and It will disappoint God."
We discussed how many of us can fall into the pits of plagiarism; usually because we have procrastinated, or perhaps we don't think our teachers will notice (but they always notice). The best way is to give plenty of time, create good research habits and to ask for help. We also discussed many different scenarios; sometimes people inadvertently plagiarize. We discussed how to avoid these situations too.
Below you will find the presentation from today's class if you would like to discuss this further in your home, or refer back to it.
Most of the resources came from Plagiarism.org. There you can find out more about writecheck and turnitin.com which are two different sources for checking your papers for plagiarism.
Thank you for a fantastic first week of school!
We discussed how many of us can fall into the pits of plagiarism; usually because we have procrastinated, or perhaps we don't think our teachers will notice (but they always notice). The best way is to give plenty of time, create good research habits and to ask for help. We also discussed many different scenarios; sometimes people inadvertently plagiarize. We discussed how to avoid these situations too.
Below you will find the presentation from today's class if you would like to discuss this further in your home, or refer back to it.
Most of the resources came from Plagiarism.org. There you can find out more about writecheck and turnitin.com which are two different sources for checking your papers for plagiarism.
Thank you for a fantastic first week of school!
plagiarism_presentation_7th8th_grade.pdf |