1. information sharing in the 21st century
you, your kids &
Plagiarism
Glenn Wiebe
glennw@essdack.org
www.edutopia.org/images/graphics/plagiarism.jpg

2. sticky ideas?

3. plagiarism
is happening
at your school

4. you can detect
it

5. working to prevent
it makes you a
better teacher

6. “Today’s students
are no longer the
people our
educational system
was designed to
teach.”
Marc Prensky

10. Jerry Scott & Jim Borgman 2007

13. Stand and find two
other people

14. assuming kids are different,
how might that impact how you
teach?
does plagiarism really
happen?

15. any good war
stories?

16. HS cheating jumped from 58% to
97% from 1969 to 1989
80% of college-bound admit to
cheating / 95% don’t get caught
38% of HS and college students
report using Web to cheat
Center for Academic Integrity

17. Turnitin.com ©2004

18. Turnitin.com ©2004

19. Helen Keller
1892
Alex Haley
1976
Kansas City Piper HS
2001
Stephen Ambrose
2002

20. Colin Powell
2003
Jayson Blair
2003
Wichita KS pastor
2004
Kaavya Viswanathan
2006

21. Paper due on Monday!?

22. online paper mills

23. questions for discussion

24. problem?

25. is it?
what
problem?

26. “I’m not really sure but I
know it when I see it!”

27. share your
definition
with one new
friend

28. “When students submit work purporting to be
their own, but which in any way borrows
ideas, organization, wording or anything
else from another source without
appropriate acknowledgement of the fact,
the students are guilty of plagiarism.”
University of Kentucky 1998

29. different types?

30. fraud
willfully submitting work done by
someone else

31. patchwriting
phrases from a source text
patched together into new
sentences

32. failure to cite
not acknowledging sources

33. failure to quote
no quotation marks for direct
quotation
Rebecca Moore Howard
University of Maryland

34. cryptomnesia
remembering without being
aware of it
Richard Marsh
University of Georgia

35. but why?

37. lazy
it’s easier to copy!

38. lazy
it’s easier to copy!
lack of time
work outside school, class load, home
situation

39. lazy
it’s easier to copy!
lack of time
work outside school, class load, home
situation
fear of failure
“my skills aren’t good enough, so only
way to pass the class”

41. competition / grades
scholarships, college admissions,
parental pressure

42. competition / grades
scholarships, college admissions,
parental pressure
lack of knowledge
we shouldn’t assume

43. competition / grades
scholarships, college admissions,
parental pressure
lack of knowledge
we shouldn’t assume
lack of enforcement
unclear & inconsistent policies, fear

45. Mark Pett ©2000

46. signs of plagiarism?

47. back to “war stories”
suggestions to prevent
reoccurrence?

49. don’t assume

50. don’t assume
ensure district policy is clear &
available
avoid the “death penalty”
provide clear examples

51. “Breaking the Academic Honesty policy
is defined as any act in which a student
obtains or provides help on an
assignment that is to be completed
solely by the student. This can be
done in such ways as plagiarizing,
copying, using unauthorized devices or
any other act that is deemed to be
dishonest.”

53. practice citation with students

54. practice citation with students
assign age appropriate work

55. practice citation with students
assign age appropriate work
don’t take it personally

57. go to “paper mills” with your
students

58. go to “paper mills” with your
students
focus on the process of learning

59. go to “paper mills” with your
students
focus on the process of learning
educate parents

60. so be both . . .

61. idealistic
discuss ethics & character
mashups are good
realistic
enforcement
quality assignments

63. the “perfect” plagiarism
proof assignment looks
like?

64. “Build beautiful
cathedrals.”
Doug Johnson

65. assignment characteristics:
specific
personal
choice
collaborative
cross-content

66. student-designed graphic
organizer
4 page newspaper
resumes
comic strip & cartoons

67. student-designed graphic
organizer - Inspiration
4 page newspaper - Pages
or Wordpress blog
resumes - Word
comic strip & cartoons -
Comic Life

68. illustrated children’s book & cover
problem-based learning
movie script & ads

69. illustrated children’s book & cover
- Google Earth
problem-based learning -
Historical Scene
Investigation
movie script & ads -
PhotoStory3

70. community service projects
document-based questions
video games

71. community service projects -
Teachertube
document-based questions -
Footnote
video games - Wii

72. whadda’ you got?

73. final advice?

75. review your district policy

76. review your district policy
rethink & revise the work you
design

77. review your district policy
rethink & revise the work you
design
be a role model

78. reflection
• one piece of bad news
• two pieces of good news
• three next steps

79. “Genius borrows nobly.”
Ralph Waldo Emerson

80. www.socialstudiescentral.com

81. have more questions?
contact:
Glenn Wiebe
glennw@essdack.org
socialstudiescentral.com
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