09 August 2009

plagiarism discussion/unit

I am going to be doing a"unit" on plagiarism. This post from Lisa Gold's blog always gives me the right words:
http://lisagoldresearch.wordpress.com/2009/06/26/laziness-is-not-an-excuse-for-plagiarism/

http://lisagoldresearch.wordpress.com/2009/07/21/editors-and-fact-checkers-fix-sarah-palins-resignation-speech/
hahahaha. I wish I could use this in class, but it is not POLITICALLY correct.........I'll have to find a speech of my own to mutilate!

http://lisagoldresearch.wordpress.com/2009/08/03/never-assume-anything-tips-for-greater-accuracy/

http://www.boingboing.net/2009/06/01/what-plagiarism-look.html

http://search.creativecommons.org/
Vicki Davis has done it again: this Guitar Hero will be a great example for the students when I approach this topic:
http://coolcatteacher.blogspot.com/2009/09/i-see-dead-people-kurt-cobain-and.html
http://socialmediagovernance.com/policies.php?f=6
since I can't see the kurt cobain video anymore--this might help: http://news.aol.com/article/the-most-scandalous-misuses-of-dead/784210?icid=sphere_tmzcom_inline

9/21 idea from Dale: start with a prequiz testing what they know about intellectual property, their digital dossier, what is legal and what isn't..........i Movie as a product