Harry S Truman High School Bronx, New York Myrna Cortes Library Media Specialist Because its easier to get my work done Why do you copy and paste off the internet ?

How did it make you feel?  Nervous  Anxious  conscious  Paranoid

 How did it make you feel?  Crying  Angry  Hateful  Vindictive  Afraid  Violated

 Worksheet: Gathering Evidence of the Problem How can we determine that our students are plagiarizing? List the ways, forms and your own observation on how students plagiarize. Use worksheet to write down ideas.

 Plagiarism is the “reproduction of someone else’s words, ideas or findings and presenting them as one’s own without proper acknowledgement” (Undergraduate Course Handbook: 2008, p.24)  Using another person words or ideas.  Using exact literature without citation.  Not giving credit to the original creator/ not citing

 Need to Pass a class/ Doesn’t want to fail  No true understanding of the subject  No interest in the subject area/ lack of interest  Struggling academically  Illiterate  peer pressure  Ignorance about plagiarism  Do not know or understand how to cite information  Not aware of laws and consequences  Article: Survey: Many students say cheating's OK

 Copy and paste  Switch words  Remix  Recycle  Re-tweet  Copying lyric and music

 Study on High School Character and AdultStudy on High School Character and Adult  Pew Research Center found that 55 percent of university presidents surveyed thought plagiarism has increased over the past 10 years Pew Research Center found that 55 percent of university presidents surveyed thought plagiarism has increased over the past 10 years  The Six Pillars of Character The Six Pillars of Character

 Evaluate your web resources. Evaluate your web resources  Evaluation wizard Evaluation wizard  Chose domains with reliable sources such as edu., gov. and org. Be aware of your URL/unified resource locator.edu., gov. and org  Citing your work / Online citationCiting your work

 Give credit to creator(s)  To give a positive view to ones character and the institute of study.  Intellectual property and copyright.  Breaking the laws.

 Develop a plagiarism public policy for the entire school and add to library policy. Identifying Benefits worksheet  Take a information literacy course in the 9 th grade that incorporates plagiarism.  Develop a curriculum for all teachers to teach plagiarism.  Purchase a detecting plagiarism software for students and teachers use.

1. What is plagiarism? 2. What evidence did we find students plagiarize? 3. Why do you think students plagiarize? 4. Name a type of plagiarism? 5. How can you avoid plagiarism? 6. What have we decided to change in our school about plagiarism? 7. Why should student’s use the internet ethically?

 Carroll, James. "Public Policy Analysis: Defining the Social Problem." Public Policy Analysis: Defining the Social Problem. Syracuse University, n.d. Web. 28 Feb  Josephson, Micheal. "Our Centers for Ethics:." Josephson Institute of Ethics: The Six Pillars of Character: Trustworthiness, Respect, Responsibility, Fairness, Caring, Citizenship. Josephson Institute, n.d. Web. 28 Feb  Rich, Jarc. "Our Centers for Ethics:." Josephson Institute Surveys: Integrity Report. Josephson Institute, 29 Oct Web. 28 Feb  Simpson, Kevin. "Rise in Student Plagiarism Cases Attributed to Blurred Lines of Digital World." - The Denver Post. Denverpost.com, 7 Feb Web. 28 Feb  Slobogin, Kathy. "Survey: Many Students Say Cheating's OK." CNN.com. CCN Student News, 05 Apr Web. 28 Feb