1. Ethical Use of the Internet for Students and Teachers
Plagiarism
Evaluation of Websites
Copyright and Fair Use
Great Web Resources

2. Students Today
More than 50% of high school students admit to downloading a paper or copying information from a website without proper citation.
High school students are more blasé about cheating than college students.
In 1988, 70% of Who’s Who students admitted to cheating.
In 1998, 80% admitted to cheating.

3. Why? Students’ Attitudes
The teacher is unfriendly, the subject boring, etc.
Cheating is faster and easier.
Everyone’s doing it!
Apathy

5. Why? Teachers’ Attitudes
Too hard to catch.
Low on priority list.
Don’t have time.

6. Why? Ease of Cheating
Everything is available and accessible at the fingertips.
Students view teachers as not being tech savvy.
Websites offer enticing ways to get out of work.
The anonymous nature of the Internet makes plagiarism a faceless crime.

8. Why? Lack of Understanding
Students don’t know how to evaluate or cite sources.
Confusion for both students and teachers as to what is and is not acceptable.

9. Why? Pressures to Achieve
Family pressures
Societal pressures
Pressures to make the grade, get into the right college, etc.

10. So….What Can We Do About It?
Prevention through Education
Prevention through Detection

11. Education Explain to students the ethical and legal issues.
Create assignments that require higher order thinking.
Be very clear as to what constitutes plagiarism and its consequences.
Set a good example.

12. Teach students how to evaluate and cite sources.
Discuss real and hypothetical gray areas.
Teach students 4 main principles: ownership, right to privacy, social responsibility, and self-respect.

14. Detection Establish and follow through with appropriate consequences.
Think like a student: use keyword searches in various search engines.
Plagiarism prevention software, websites, etc.
Check reference lists.
Look for odd layouts, spacing, fonts, or evidence on hyperlinks.

16. Evaluation of Web Sites
Students need to understand that all information on the web is not valid or reliable.
Even the founder of Wikipedia says not to use it for research. “The site is a wonderful starting point for research. But it’s only a starting point because there’s always a chance that there’s something wrong, and you should check your sources if you are writing a paper.” (Time Magazine, April 2, 2007, pg. 6)

20. Copyright and Fair Use
Copyright covers: literary works; musical works; dramatic works; pantomined and choreographed works; pictorial, graphics, and scupltural works; motion pictures and audiovisual works; and sound recordings.
Copyright DOES NOT extend to facts and ideas.

21. When Copyrighted Materials Can Be Used
Public domain
With permission
Legal exception
Fair use

22. What exactly is Fair Use?!?

23. Fair Use for Educational Purposes
Purpose of use
Nature of the work
Proportion/extent of material used
The effect on marketability

24. Questions about Copyright or Fair Use?
Center of Intellectual Property

25. Be a Role Model
Be sure to model ethical behavior in your classroom by citing your sources and following copyright and fair use guidelines.
Remember - students are watching! :-)

26. Great Web Resources!! Georgia Public Broadcasting

27. Public Broadcasting System
Webquests
Homemade PowerPoint Games

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Minkel, W. (2002). Web of deceit. School library journal, 48(4),
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Newsome, C. (1997). A teacher’s guide to fair use and
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Wales, J. (2007). Ten questions. Time. April 2, 2007, pg. 6.