Hi folks,
In response to Jacquie's message, I would like to offer an unsolicited
recommendation for Nancy Willard's fine book Computer Ethics, Etiquette
& Safety for the 21st Century Student published by ISTE. In it she
offers rationalizations students use for unethical behaviors, activities
that help students realize why certain actions are inappropriate, and
explains some intellectual property issues in terms kids can understand.
I think it would be very helpful in Jacquie's situation. Her Responsible
Netizen's website is also very good <http://netizen.uoregon.edu/>
I would also recommend Margaret Lincoln's article Internet plagiarism:
an agenda for staff inservice and student awareness from MultiMedia
Schools, January/February 2002 <http://www.infotoday.com/
MMSchools/jan02/Lincoln.htm> Great student handout and outline for
developing awareness of plagiarism issue for the teaching staff.
I have been trying to compile an online resource list for materials
related to ethical technology use by students at
<http://www.doug-johnson.com/ethics/index.html>. If any LM-Netters have
suggestions for resources that I could add to this list, I love to hear
about them.
All the best,
Doug
************
Doug Johnson
Director of Media and Technology
I.S.D. 77, Mankato Public Schools
Box 8713, Mankato MN 56002-8713
Voice: 507-387-7698, Fax: 507-387-2496
E-mail: dougj@doug-johnson.com
Web: www.doug-johnson.com
Do not meddle in the affairs of dragons, because you are crunchy and
taste good with ketchup.
-----Original Message-----
From: School Library Media & Network Communications
[mailto:LM_NET@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU] On Behalf Of Jacquie Henry
Sent: Tuesday, April 02, 2002 11:13 AM
To: LM_NET@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU
Subject: reasons for NOT plagiarizing
I have made teaching citation techniques and avoiding plagiarism my
mission in life. One of the teachers I am working with does not think
either of us is making any headway with the basic underlying attitdudes
that our kids have about it. They just do not seem to feel that there
is anything unethical about it. We are working with 11th graders on a
long term project. Their works cited lists are in. They have done a
good job with that because a good chunk of their grade depended on it -
and I was grading it, so they knew someone who knows their way around
the internet would be grading them not only for format, but to make sure
the sites were reputable. However - they were very resistant to the
whole presentation we made, insisting that no college professor was ever
going to be checking their
sources in any great detail. No one cares about the quality of the
sources
used. As long as they used a lot of sources and put together a lot of
support for their thesis from a lot of different sources, no one would
ever catch them anyway. Etc. etc. etc. Their papers have not been
turned in yet - so checking for possible plagiarism is still ahead of
us.
Does anyone know of magazine articles or websites explaining the ethical
reasons for creating one's own work, rather than cobbling together the
work of others? Something that students can relate to?
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
All that is gold does not glitter
Not all those that wander are lost
~~J. R. R. Tolkien~~
Jacquie Henry, Librarian
Gananda Middle-High School
1500 Dayspring Ridge
Walworth, New York 14568
315-986-3521 x121
jhenry@wfmail.gananda.org
http://www.gananda.org/library/mshslibrary/indexgcl.htm
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