Academic Integrity

NoodleTools Prevention & Thinking tool

Peter NerzakFaculty Inservice 2008

Academic Integrity

• The Research is flat• There is this transparency of technology• Patience is very low. • The students (and we) want things now. • There is not the idea of the quality of it.

Academic Integrity

NoodleTools may help:

• Assist to teach the debate where does this information come from?

• Encourage students to slow down and reflect.• Engage the student to consider: why am I using it?• Consider the ethics of copy and paste, and the

avoidance of plagiarism.

Academic Integrity

• NoodleTools is an online application, accessible anywhere .

• Assists with research: step by step citation process in MLA or APA (Turabian/Chicago coming Sep 1).

• Includes note taking application that prompts content analysis, paraphrasing of sentences and encourages thinking of new ideas.

Academic Integrity

• To create NoodleTools account:– http://lib.pstcc.edu/tabs– Click on “Find Articles” Tab– locate Noodle Tools link in A-Z list at left

• To login thereafter:– http://www.noodletools.com/

Academic Integrity

– Create an account– Create a list

– Write Citations – Analyze mix of resources– Create Note cards

– Sharing lists with instructor– Create Works Cited page @ click of link