Plagiarism/Copyright/Fair Use
Discussion of copyright laws, paper mills, plagiarism, software piracy and lesson plans from Indiana University.
Mr. Donn’s pages are well known for lesson plans for all grade levels. This section links to several sites of legislation study and lessons about plagiarism, copyright and fair use.
Community Learning Network Plagiarism Theme page
Community Learning Network has compiled several links to information on plagiarism and copyright including how a teacher can check for plagiarized work.
This site provides information on teaching how to reduce plagiarism, includes web activities for students to reinforce their knowledge, and a list of links to resources.
Illinois Math and Science Academy
Among many topics on this
page is a link to an in-service titled
”Understanding and Preventing Online Plagiarism – A Workshop for Teachers.”
In addition to the lesson plan is a bibliography linking to journal
articles.
2learn.ca Plagiarism Sleuth (Alberta, Canada)This site explains the significance of plagiarism for the K-12 classroom in general terms and to encourage discussion. Further in the site are excellent classroom resources and lessons for teaching research including a student self-checklist for accountability.
On the Educational Technology Journal site is this article by Jaime McKenzie, “The New Plagiarism: Seven Antidotes to Prevent Highway Robbery in an Electronic Age.” One of the solutions encourages teachers to analyze the types of research problems students are assigned. Perhaps a better assignment will solve some of the problem.
Robert Harris discusses why students cheat, how to learn more and teach about plagiarism, enforcing penalties for plagiarize work, and lists sites to use to check student papers. The primary audience is higher education educators, but is applicable for secondary level educators.
Although it is the advertising site for Turnitin.com, a commercial site for detecting plagiarism, the link to statistical information about plagiarism is interesting.
This site has many links to information about copyright, ensuring research integrity, classroom resources and more
Naperville, Illinois’s, Central High School media specialist has complied a comprehensive list of plagiarism information. A links list leads to tips about plagiarism, free and fee-based detection sites, and papermills.
Doggerel – “poetry” about plagiarism
Doggerel this is; student composed poetry about plagiarism. The poetry isn’t good, but the idea is great for teaching the frustration of someone else using your work or the consequences. Through form poetry students can identify with someone who worked hard on a website, artwork, etc. and is not getting credit or demonstrate what they have learned from a lesson about fair use.
The Nuts and Bolts of College Writing
On this site are actual occurrences of plagiarism that ruined careers. Other examples give much to think about because they show that the fine line between what is plagiarism and what is not. This entire site has excellent information for writing papers.
Educational Technology Journal
This journal article lists seven antidotes to prevent plagiarism.
The following is a list of commercial sites that sell essays and term papers. Elementary and secondary students may not be a large market due to costs, but teachers need to be aware of them.
http://www.superior-termpapers.com
http://www.paperwriters.com/intro.htm
http://www.termpapers-on-file.com
http://www.research-assistance.com/
http://www.12000papers.com/faq.htm
The following is a list of commercial sites for detection. Each will do
searches to verify plagiarism. There is a fee or software can be
purchased. Some sites have editions that are free.
http://www.turnitin.com (This company keeps a copy of the submitted document)
http://www.wordchecksystems.com
http://www.copernic.com (the basic program is free)
Plagiarism lawsuits
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