Copyright, Plagiarism, Stealing…how do I avoid

Information Theft? A WebQuest for High School Students

Designed by

Joy Oldfield

joldfield@linnmar.k12.ia.

 

Introduction | Task | Process | Evaluation | Conclusion | Credits | Teacher Page

 Introduction

The internet is a great resource that makes it easy for us to find and gather information quickly. Unfortunately, the internet also makes it easy for us to "copy and paste" other people's words and use them as our own.

Plagiarism is using the work of others as your own. The consequences of plagiarizing at Linn-Mar High School are severe! By giving credit to the people whose work you are borrowing, you can avoid problems.

The internet provides us with tools like Citation Machine to help us put our citations into the correct format!

We will look a three resources that will answer important questions about plagiarism and how to properly "cite" (give credit to) your sources. Then we will use Citation

Machine to create a citation.

The Task

1. Use three resources to research the ethical, appropriate use of information.

2. Write a one paragraph definition essay about the word “plagiarism”

2. Use Citation Machine to properly cite one of the resources.

The Process

1. First you will follow the links and learn about plagiarism, copyright and ethical use of information

2. After you have gathered information, in your own words write a one paragraph definition for the word “plagiarism”

3. Go to “Citation Machine” create and print a citation

for one of the sources you have used in your essay.

Step one

Go to the following websites, read, watch and learn information about plagiarism.

Resource # 1.

http://www.aea10.k12.ia.us/media/electronic.html

Use your bookmark and follow the instructions to Iowa AEA online go to Ebsco Host. Select the database “MAS Ultra School Edition” REMEMBER TO CHECK FULL TEXT use the keyword “Plagiarism” Select and read one article.

Resource # 2.

Go to “teachertube” and watch a video, take some notes on the information and have some fun, it just might be a trip down memory lane!

http://www1.teachertube.com/viewVideo.php?title=Disney_Copyright_Law&video_id=11350

Resource # 3 .

Go to “The Purdue online writing lab” (OWL) click on the link “Is it plagiarism” read the page and take some notes

http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/589/01/

Step two

Write a short one paragraph definition essay about the word “plagiarism” (if you are inspired please feel free to write two paragraphs) type and print your essay, don’t forget to put your name and class section on the paper.

Read Watch Think Write Type Print A short 1 or 2 paragraph definition

essay about the word “plagiarism”

Step three

Go to Citation Machine http://citationmachine.net/ Read and follow the directions to create an “MLA”

citation for one of the electronic resources you have used in this assignment. Using Citation Machine create a citation for one of the web resources you used to gather information for your plagiarism definition essay.

Print out the citation and attach it to your definition essay.

Evaluation

You will receive an individual grade for this assignment. It will be a part of your total grade for the Symposium Writing project this quarter. This assignment is worth 30 points on your final grade for the symposium project.

Beginning

1 pt.

Developing

5 pts.

Accomplished

8 pts.

Exemplary

10 pts.

Score

 Followed all three web links and referenced information in descriptive essay

 

Referenced one site or

less in descriptive essay. Did not include adequate

information.

Referenced two sites or

less in descriptive essay. But

included little information in the essay.

Referenced two or more sites and included

adequate information in

the essay.

Referenced three sites

and included extensive

analysis of information in the essay.

Completed/Wrote one written paragraph for descriptive essay

Wrote a sentence but

not a complete

paragraph. Did not

adequately complete writing

segment.

Wrote a couple of

sentences but did not make

adequate connections

with the information.

Wrote a full paragraph and

included adequate

information in the writing segment.

Wrote 2 or more

paragraphs and included

complete information

making connections

with all information

sources.Created, completed and printed citation

Turned in a citation but

included little

Turned in citation and

included most of the

Turned in accurate citation.

Turned in accurate

citations for 2 or more

information in citation

information in the citation sites.

ConclusionThank you for discovering and processing information about copyright, plagiarism and authentic academic work. It is important that you learn to hear your own voice and present written information that represents you and your research. Many more guides and information about this topic are available in the Media Center if you have any questions or concerns about your own authentic work or if you have questions about how to include information in your paper please stop by the Media Center and we will look your paper over together.

Credits & References

Access to AP Images, iClipart of Schools, Ebsco Host provided by

Iowa AEA Online, a service of Grant Wood AEA, Cedar Rapids, Iowa

OWL is the online writing lab a resource provided by Purdue University, Lafayette, Indiana

Citation Machine is service of The Landmark Project.

Teacher InformationThis project was designed to be included in the curriculum for the 9th grade, English 9, research unit at Linn-Mar High School, Marion, Iowa. This is one of 5 lessons used to introduce the project and online resources to the students.

The lesson could be extended to other classes and it will be linked to the Media Center website for student self study.

Last updated on August 15, 1999. Based on a template from The WebQuest Page