Lately it seems that my students are pushing back on
plagiarism. By that I mean that although
I have taught my students to avoid plagiarism, they are still trying to get
away with it especially since they have other teachers who are not so diligent
about preventing and detecting plagiarism.
An article by Richard Byrne on his site Free Technology for Teachers
caught my eye, 7 Good Resources for Avoiding, Preventing and Detecting Plagiarism. While educating students is the best prevention,
Richard Byrne also lists several sites with tools to detect plagiarism. Here are a few of his updated resources:
- Purdue’s OWL website – to refer students about plagiarism as well as any part of the writing process.
- An infographic by Kate Hart called A Magical Guide toAvoiding Plagiarism.
- Google or Google Scholar – great for checking a student’s work for plagiarism by putting a suspected phrase in quotes and searching.
- Plagiarism Checker – enter text in the search box and the Plagiarism Checker will tell you if and where it was plagiarized from.
Byrne, Richard. "Free Technology for Teachers: 7 Good Resources for Avoiding, Preventing, and Detecting Plagiarism." Free Technology for Teachers: 7 Good Resources for Avoiding, Preventing, and Detecting Plagiarism. N.p., 28 Nov. 2014. Web. 29 Nov. 2014.
I enjoyed reading your article link. The audacious manner in which some students attempt to recycle cited information baffles me. I do have fun, however, calling them out on using terms like prolific author and literary canon!
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