Plagiarism Tutorial

Here's a great tutorial on plagiarism from the University Libraries of The University of Southern Mississippi

http://www.lib.usm.edu/legacy/plag/plagiarismtutorial.php

Table of Contents

The following tutorial was adapted from Robert A. Harris's book The Plagiarism Handbook : Strategies for Preventing, Detecting, and Dealing with Plagiarism, Los Angeles, CA : Pyrczak Publishing, 2001:

1. Pre-Test Your Knowledge of Plagiarism
2. What is Plagiarism?
3. Citing Quotations
4. Acceptable Use or Plagiarism? Quiz #1
5. Paraphrasing and Summarizing
6. Acceptable Use or Plagiarism? Quiz #2
7. Post-Test Your Knowledge
8. Final Suggestions and Useful Links

Summarizing

It seems that "summarizing" has been dying a slow death since the introduction of "copy/paste". In my Library this morning, a student asked if he could use his ipad to take notes.

He read from the teacher's website and pecked some key points into his ipad. I thought it was a great way for him to read for importance, evaluate the information and then summarize in his own words. This could have been done faster with pen and paper - but this generation seems to lose paper easily and gadget love is a strong motivator.

I asked him about his research process and he said that he wants to put everything into his own words because it's embarrassing to be in front of the class during a presentation and not understand something that he put into his powerpoint. They don't explicitly practice "summarizing", but his teacher often calls them out on the meaning of words and concepts they have put into their projects. If they don't know; it's obvious that they just "cut/paste" the information.

Why Teacher PD may not be working

Food Education - Forks over Knives

What has happened to us? Despite the most advanced medical technology in the world, we are sicker than ever by nearly every measure.

Two out of every three of us are overweight. Cases of diabetes are exploding, especially amongst our younger population. About half of us are taking at least one prescription drug. Major medical operations have become routine, helping to drive health care costs to astronomical levels. Heart disease, cancer and stroke are the country’s three leading causes of death, even though billions are spent each year to “battle” these very conditions. Millions suffer from a host of other degenerative diseases.

Could it be there’s a single solution to all of these problems? A solution so comprehensive, but so straightforward, that it’s mind-boggling that more of us haven’t taken it seriously?

FORKS OVER KNIVES examines the profound claim that most, if not all, of the degenerative diseases that afflict us can be controlled, or even reversed, by rejecting our present menu of animal-based and processed foods. The major storyline in the film traces the personal journeys of a pair of pioneering yet under-appreciated researchers, Dr. T. Colin Campbell and Dr. Caldwell Esselstyn.

Dr. Campbell, a nutritional scientist at Cornell University, was concerned in the late 1960’s with producing “high quality” animal protein to bring to the poor and malnourished areas of the third world. While in the Philippines, he made a life-changing discovery: the country’s wealthier children, who were consuming relatively high amounts of animal-based foods, were much more likely to get liver cancer. Dr. Esselstyn, a top surgeon and head of the Breast Cancer Task Force at the world-renowned Cleveland Clinic, found that many of the diseases he routinely treated were virtually unknown in parts of the world where animal-based foods were rarely consumed.

These discoveries inspired Campbell and Esselstyn, who didn’t know each other yet, to conduct several groundbreaking studies. One of them took place in China and is still among the most comprehensive health-related investigations ever undertaken. Their research led them to a startling conclusion: degenerative diseases like heart disease, type 2 diabetes, and even several forms of cancer, could almost always be prevented—and in many cases reversed—by adopting a whole-foods, plant-based diet. Despite the profound implications of their findings, their work has remained relatively unknown to the public.

The filmmakers travel with Drs. Campbell and Esselstyn on their separate but similar paths, from their childhood farms where they both produced “nature’s perfect food”; to China and Cleveland, where they explored ideas that challenged the established thinking and shook their own core beliefs.

The idea of food as medicine is put to the test. Throughout the film, cameras follow “reality patients” who have chronic conditions from heart disease to diabetes. Doctors teach these patients how to adopt a whole-foods plant-based diet as the primary approach to treat their ailments—while the challenges and triumphs of their journeys are revealed.

FORKS OVER KNIVES utilizes state of the art 3-D graphics and rare archival footage. The film features leading experts on health, examines the question “why we don’t know”, and tackles the issue of diet and disease in a way that will have people talking for years.

FORKS OVER KNIVES was filmed all over the United States, and in Canada and China.

Related articles

• Forks Over Knives
• Dr. Caldwell B. Esselstyn, Jr.

BrainPop!

We have BrainPop again at our school. I absolutely LOVE this resource for quick lessons on most concepts. I've added BrainPop Jr, ESL and Spanish to the subscription this time. Let the games (and movies) begin!

Contact me by email if you are member of our ISB community for the username and password.

Your Next Read

This is a great tool if you are looking for inspiration for your next book. YOUR NEXT READ takes crowd sourced information from Amazon and creates a map around a book you liked. The suggestions are other books purchased at the same time as your book was. 

Compare the differences between Amazon UK and Amazon US when I searched for "The Catcher in the Rye".

Amazon UK

Amazon US

Schools in the Cloud - how to videos

English: Cloud Computing Image (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Schools are changing the way we access, share, and store our stuff.

In any given day, students and teachers will create documents, take photos of student work, start a photo album, build a presentation, bookmark sites for further research, look for books, tag a video to watch later, email a link, read professional journals and blogs, make a map, chat, book an event, take notes, reflection video or blog, post lessons and homework, meeting minutes, curriculum mapping, agendas, pre-reading and pre-viewing lesson material, mobile alerts, etc.

Most schools use a blend of "in house" servers and "cloud" computing. Cloud computing is simply using applications and memory that is stored outside your workplace. Gmail is one such application that has up to 10 GB of storage available. 

For teachers and students, this means you are not restricted to using one laptop or one desktop. All your information, emails, bookmarks, web browsing history, usernames and passwords can be accessed and shared from anywhere on any device. I can access all my files, links, photos, and history from any screen.

CLOUD COMPUTING?

• The history of sharing information
• Cloud explained simply
• The evolution of the Cloud model

GOOGLE APPS?
These are all the great tools that stem from your gmail account. At this time, there is no other company doing a better job than Google. Schools can greatly benefit from these tools.

• Google Apps explained

What happened to the area called DOCS? 
Docs has been renamed "DRIVE" but many people still refer to these files as "Google Docs". This is the online storage area for all your files - documents (like word), spreadsheets, forms, drawings, and presentations (like powerpoint). This area is being improved every month.

• Google Docs
• Google Forms
• Organizing all your files
• How to create a Google Calendar
• How to start a blog on Blogger  and  part 2

Reading Levels -comparison chart

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36 ways to use Google Docs in the Classroom

36 interesting ways_to_use_google_docs_in_the_ from GrahamAttwell