- Or - Plagiarism and Copyright How I gave up “copy and paste” and learned to cite responsibly!

To help you understand Plagiarism To help you understand Plagiarism To show you how to keep from plagiarizing when you do your school projects To show you how to keep from plagiarizing when you do your school projects Two reasons for this PowerPoint

What, exactly, is Tell me what you think

Plagiarism is claiming another person’s work as your own is claiming another person’s work as your own MLA Style (Gibaldi 66)

Is plagiarism Cheating?

What can be plagiarized? Words Videos, too - - Can be plagiarized...

So...What Else? There’s music, and Lyrics

It even includes... Really any creation can be plagiarized You might be surprised to learn Ideas that have been expressed in a tangible form

So...what’s a person supposed to do? Hmmmmm mm!!?!! First, think about the information you’re using when you do a project...

Did you already know the information... or If you didn’t know it before - Did you learn it doing this project? Hmmmmm mm!!?!!

“Is it my responsibility to give credit?” Ask yourself: does someone else deserve credit?!? AND

If you are using materials that belong to somebody else... then, you must give them credit!

“OK, so it’s my responsibility to give credit... but “OK, so it’s my responsibility to give credit... but How in the world do I do that??” Do You Remember seeing the next slide before?

Plagiarism is claiming another person’s work as your own is claiming another person’s work as your own MLA Style (Gibaldi 66)

This statement was paraphrased from a book. I didn’t want to plagiarize, so I’m going to give credit. You can use MLA style to give credit.

MLA Style (Gibaldi 66) Notice that this information was placed directly with the paraphrased information Not just at the end of the project in the Works Cited page.

This is Part I of how we give credit! Giving credit with the information -- within the project It is called “ In Text Citation” MLA Style (Gibaldi 66)

Part II of giving credit involves using a Works Cited page. A Works Cited page is required if you are:  Writing a paper,  Making a poster,  Doing a PowerPoint  Making a video  Basically completing any assignment  Here’s an example...

Works Cited “ About Rick Riordan.” Rick Riordan. n.d. 15 February ttp:// “BOINGG.WAV.” Free Sounds Files Archive. n.d. TNS Group, Inc. 25 February Gibaldi, Joseph. MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers. 6 th ed. New York: The Modern Language Association of America, 2003.

But... For now, we’re just mentioning giving credit. Don’t worry, you’ll learn more about how to give credit in another lesson!

Let’ talk about a relative of plagiarism... Copyright laws “protect the financial interests of the creators, producers, and distributors of original works.” (Smaldino et al. 11)

When most people create something – a book, music - whatever Guess what?! Guess what?! They hope to make money and support themselves!! They hope to make money and support themselves!!

But, if people use those materials and not pay for them, They are robbing the artists, authors, and others of their livelihood! Not only that, they are breaking copyright laws!

Breaking copyright laws is called Copyright Infringement If caught, a person could face tremendous fines, at the least!

You could be guilty of Copyright Infringement Even if you are careful to not plagiarize, you can still break copyright laws! Even if you are careful to not plagiarize, you can still break copyright laws!

Let’s say you want to use several pictures of an artist’s work that you found on Google images

All you need to do is copy and paste. It’s so easy! You can only use those picture if the web site tell you it is OK! If no permission – then NO USE You decide it’s OK as long as you give credit. You think – “that way I won’t plagiarize!” ( Gibaldi 74) 1 ( 1 ” BOINNG.WAV” Free Sound File Archives. n.d. TNS Group, Inc. 25 February

(Gibaldi 74)

Meet Texas Author, Rick Riordan Written permission obtained to use material from Permission “Rick Riordan is the multi-award-winning author of the Tres Navarre mystery series for adults and the Percy Jackson and the Olympians series for children.... His adult fiction has won the top three national awards in the mystery genre” (About www. rickriordan.com).

What’s the big deal?? Is it really so important?

Well, let’s think... Would it matter to you if someone stole from you or cheated you?

Plus, as for knowing...

There is no pride in work that isn’t your own!!

It’s your decision. On which side of the line will you land?

Works Cited “About Rick Riordan.” Rick Riordan. n.d. 15 February 2006 February ttp:// “BOINGG.WAV.” Free Sounds Files Archive. n.d. TNS Group, Inc. 25 February /c-beeps/ /c-beeps/

Works Cited Gibaldi, Joseph. MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers. 6 th ed. New York: The Modern Language Association of America, “Plagiarism.” Oxford English Dictionary Online Oxford University Press. University of North Texas Electronic Resources, Denton, TX. 20 February

Works Cited Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association. 5 th ed. Washington D.C.: American Psychological Association, Smaldino, Sharon E., et al. Instructional Technology and Media for Learning. 8 th ed. Upper Saddle River, New Jersey: Pearson Prentice Hall, 2005.

Works Cited Tyre, Terrian. “Their Cheating Hearts.” District Administration. Oct 2001: Academic Search Premier. EBSCOhost. University of North Texas Electronic Resources, Denton, TX. 20 February