Monday, October 17, 2011

Plagiarism, It's Not Just From Adults.

I looked up this website: http://www.plagiarism.org/ and it relates to chapter six's TF/TL standard 6. It is a very professional looking site and has a lot of teachable material over plagiarism. The first thing that is seen on the sight is a document checker. If you click on it, it sends you to this site, https://www.writecheck.com/static/home.html, and you have to sign up, but it does a lot for you like checking your work against other works along with other student's work and spelling and grammar usage. It also has educational tips on plagiarism which says why students plagiarize, what intentional plagiarism looks like verses unintentional plagiarism, and what the cultural perspectives on plagiarism are. This particular site also gives lots of information on how to site information and even what a citation is. I believe this could be used to introduce plagiarism and put it in proper perspective while giving options on how to use these works properly. I know that sometimes citations can be confusing and that it can be tempting to just put it in without giving proper credit, but this site explains everything in easy to understand terms while giving the proper solutions to citation issues.

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