Transcript Ethics & Information

Ethics & Information
• How to find reliable
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information
How to use it legally
How to use it wisely
Avoiding failure = not
plagiarizing
Presented by: Mrs. Mod
Why bother?
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Law
Weight
Authority
Integrity
Plagiarism
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World English Dictionary:
1. copying what somebody
else has written or taking
somebody’s else’s idea and
trying to pass it off as
original
2. something copied from
somebody else’s work, or
somebody else’s idea that
somebody presents as his or
her own
• “Encarta ® World English
Dictionary ©1999 Microsoft
Corporation. All rights
reserved. Developed for
Microsoft by Bloomsbury
Publishing Plc.” (Brilliant!
This software on my computer
encouraged me to cite my
source by providing the
citation when I copied &
pasted this definition! You
students have it SO easy!)
How?
• Library Services on
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DISD page
Copyright through the
Teacher Resources
MidLink Magazine
APA style
• Warlick, D. (2009). APA: web page.
Retrieved September 7, 2009, from Son of
citation machine Web site:
http://citationmachine.net/index2.php?reqst
yleid=2&reqsrcid=39&mode=form&more=&
source_title=Web%20Page&source_mod=
&stylename=APA
(Courtesy of Son of Citation Machine)
MLA / APA style
Aaron, Jane E. The Little Brown Compact
Handbook. 5th. New York: Pearson
Longman, 2004. Print.
(Aaron, p.112)
Aaron, J. E. (2004). The Little, Brown
compact handbook. New York, NY:
Pearson Longman.
(Aaron, 2004, p. 112)
Reliability of Websites
• How valid is this
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resource?
Expert?
Factual?
Does it list IT’S
resources?
Updated?
Bias?
Reliability links
Check for reliability
• Reliability checklist
• Widener University
 Lists for news
pages,
informational
pages, personal
pages, etc.
Again, why bother?
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Law
Weight
Authority
Integrity
Think of your
teachers and the
shame they
experience - Do the
RIGHT thing!
Resources
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