PLAGIARISM & COPYRIGHT

What’s the big deal?

A power point created by Rachel Paper & Anna Modrow. Feb.2, 2014

Objectives:

Content Objective: Students will be able to identify examples

and non-examples of copyright infringement and plagiarism.

Language Objective: Students will be able to explain why they

must cite other people’s work.

Plagiarism!

If you do not cite or give credit to your resources, it is called:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wNg94ebLGzY

http://www.plagiarism.org/plagiarism-101/types-of-plagiarism/From: www.plagiarism.org

Plagiarism! Definition: “The act of using another

person's words or ideas without giving credit to that person.”

Merriam-Webster Dictionary : http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/plagiarism?show=0&t=1390508024

Plagiarism is stealing!

News Survey of online plagiarism http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3DTZzvV9KTY

Using resources responsibly:

-Use “quotation marks” when using the “exact words of the author”

-Paraphrase or change the author’s words to your own words. Do you still have to cite them??

-Cite or give credit to sources used that you did not create. (Includes words, photos, pictures, videos and music!)

Examples of citations:

Parenthetical

Works Cited

Consequences for Plagiarism:

Middle School or High School: an F or even failing the class!

College: Failing a class or even being expelled from the college. (List what plagiarizing can cost you.)

Loss of Job – or limited opportunities to GET a job.

True/false quiz – Is it Plagiarism?

1. Plagiarism is using all or part of someone’s work/creation,

and claiming it as your own. Right or Wrong thing to do?

2. It is OK to use a small part of someone’s work IF you cite

him or her properly.

3. If you are able to copy and paste a picture/photo from the

Internet, it is OK to use it.

4. Plagiarizing is no big deal, because everyone does it.

5. There are serious consequences to plagiarizing. Yes or no?

6. Plagiarism is hard to prove. Yes or no?

7. Plagiarism is stealing. Yes or no?

8. I paraphrased someone’s words/ideas. So I

don’t have to put a citation of where I found it.

Right or Wrong thing to do?

9. Quoting someone’s exact words AND citing

your source correctly in your paper – Right or

Wrong thing to do?

10. Right or Wrong thing to do? Using a paper you

already wrote and handing it in for a different

teacher/assignment.

Zig & Zag

This Power Point was created by Bonnie McCormick & used with her permission.

What needs to be done to make this situation fair for Zig & Zag?

Copyright Infringement: “Another form of stealing”

Photos/Clip Art/Music/Videos:

Always assume it IS copyrighted Options: Creative Commons & Public Domain

See your librarian/teachers for sources that are

LEGAL to use and how to cite them properly. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=InzDjH1-9Ns –YouTube’s

instructional video 4:40

http://www.lycoming.edu/library/instruction/tutorials/plagiarismGame

.aspx

Works CitedMcCormick, Bonnie. “The Fair Use Fable of Zig and Zag “ 2010

Krashen, Stephen D. The Power of Reading: Insights from the Research. Westport, CT: Libraries Unlimited, 2004. Print.

"Online Plagiarism out of Control." YouTube. YouTube, 18 Jan. 2008. Web. 03 Feb. 2014. <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3DTZzvV9KTY>.

"Plagiarism." Merriam-Webster. Merriam-Webster, n.d. Web. 03 Feb. 2014.

"Plagiarism Game - Lycoming College." Plagiarism Game - Lycoming College. N.p., n.d. Web. 05 Feb. 2014.

TEKS: Texas Essential Knowledge & Skills, See TEA Website: http://ritter.tea.state.tx.us/rules/tac/chapter110/ch110b.html(D)  identify the source of notes (e.g., author, title, page number) and record bibliographic information concerning those sources according to a standard format; and (E)  differentiate between paraphrasing and plagiarism and identify the importance of citing valid and reliable sources.

Tulsaccprof. "What Is Plagiarism?" YouTube. YouTube, 06 Jan. 2012. Web. 05 Feb. 2014

“Types of Plagiarism." Plagiarism.org. N.p., n.d. Web. 02 Feb. 2014.

"YouTube Copyright School." YouTube. YouTube, 24 Mar. 2011. Web. 03 Feb. 2014. <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=InzDjH1-9Ns>.