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Instead of focusing our concerns on technology as an aid to plagiarizers, we should focus on its ability to foster creativity and collaboration, says Jen Carey. 
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Beth Dichter's insight:
Turnitin has released a report that details the "plagiarism spectrum" and also provides examples of each. This post links to an infographic that provides the 10 types of "unoriginal work" (with examples), the frequency of each type of work, how problamatic each is, and then lists them from the highest to the lowest based in the scores (frequency and problematic) as well as including the original work and the work submitted. Students often struggle with understanding what plagiarism is. This infographic provides a great tool to use with your students to help them identify how easy it is to plagiarize. We then need to teach them what they need to do!
Paula King, Ph.D.'s curator insight,
July 18, 2013 10:33 PM
Good for coaching learners on what not to do. 
Sherry Weaver's curator insight,
July 22, 2013 6:04 PM
Plagiarism is often difficult for students to understand beyond the 'Cloning' stage. This infographic may help demonstrate the slippery slope.
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"At EasyBib we are intimately aware of the issues that plague students surrounding information literacy. Plagiarism, source attribution and critical thinking are among some of the real problems that our educators and students face. We put together this infographic to shed light on the matter, to underscore why librarians are needed more than ever, and to show what EasyBib is doing about it."
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A guide to more than 15 free tools to help detect plagiarized work. Free download from Educational Technology and Mobile Learning.
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An infographic that looks "into the web resources and writing practices of secondary and higher education students in the US...bsed on analysis of 128 million content matches from 33 million papers..."
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"Vaughn Memorial Library at Acadia University hosts four free animated tutorials designed to teach lessons on web research strategies. The four tutorials are Credible Sources Count, Research It Right, Searching With Success, and You Quote It, You Note It."
Beth Dichter's insight:
Are you looking for some assistance in teaching students about web research strategies. If you are, and if you teach upper elementary or middle school, consider checking out these four interactive tutorials to help students understand: * how to determine credibility of a website; * the process of research, from forming a question through steps taken; * search functions, including some advanced searching techniques; * plagiarism, what it is and how to avoid it Each of the tutorials will take about 10 minutes. If this is a new area for your students this provide a basic understanding.
Maryalice Leister's curator insight,
September 20, 2013 8:43 PM
Research/web searches don't come naturally to young learners and these tutorials form a foundation on which teachers can build. excellent and worth checking out. 
Dean Mantz's curator insight,
September 22, 2013 8:29 PM
This is a helpful share from Richard Byrne's site Free Tech 4 Teachers. I encourage all educators to add this resource site to aid in the development/strenthening of student searching skills. 
Sue Alexander's curator insight,
September 23, 2013 9:28 AM
just can't have too many tools in our 1:1 toolbox. These are aimed at intermediate and middle grades. Thanks Beth for another helpful Scoop!
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Converge has published a special report that “examines…education transformation in all its facets: from curriculum acquisition to best practices for a successful transition to key governmental policies.” The report discusses a wide range of subjects. After an Introduction and The Big Idea (as in textbook reformation) the sections are So You Want to go Digital – Now What? (with 7 articles); Policy and Legislation: Where Has It Been and What’s Coming?; Barriers to Success – And How To Hurdle Them (3 articles); What The Future Holds; and The Reformation in Action. Technology concerns, plagiarism and copyright, professional development tips, digital content by the numbers and much more is covered.
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Developing information literacy skills is perhaps the most important issue in 21st Century Learning and yet the struggle to do so is an uphill battle. We asked our friends in the library world what...
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The consequences of cheating used to instill fear into many a student. But it seems these days, kids just don’t care about academic honesty anymore. Many students can’t even distinguish between what constitutes plagiarism and what doesn’t. According to recent research, 71% do NOT believe copying from the Web is “serious cheating.” Check out this infographic for more information.
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As teachers we know how easy it is for students to plagiarize today. We are asked to have students work collaboratively and use tools where students may see others thoughts. How to we deal with these issues, the need for collaboration and using tools which promote this and the issue of students plagiarizing? And when it comes to assessment how do we ask students to collaborate yet also demand that they not plagiarize?
This post explores these issues and discusses how to "transform cheating into collaboration"? There is also a question that each of us might ask ourselves (and I suspect many of us have): If you can Google an answer is it a good question for an assessment?