DIGITAL PLAGIARISM in the primary school setting

First the teachers, then the students: Digital Plagiarism

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Overview

•Digital Plagiarism- what is it? What does it look and sound like?

•What do students, parents and teachers need to know? What are the key issues?

•Ways to explicitly address and teach students

•Questions and recommended readings

•Plagiarism is when...

•Copyright

•Copyright protection extends to: artistic works, literary works, musical works, dramatic works, film and moving images, sound recordings and broadcasts (pay and free to air TV and radio)

What is plagiarism?

What’s in the bag and what can you access from your phone?

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What do YOU need to know?

•Why do students plagiarise using digital means?

•What constitutes copyright and plagiarism?

Copyright: Smartcopy 2013

What do STUDENTS need to know?•Students need to know how to be

responsible and ethical users of information

•Need to be aware of digital information

•As they get older, schools and further education settings may use computer software to check their work for plagiarism

What should our school community do?•Engage students in discussion and

develop their skills in digital citizenship

•Build a teaching and learning environment that values and rewards ethical digital citizenship skills

•Work with parents and carers to be alerted to and help build their child’s ethical model

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How can students avoid digital plagiarism?What to do What not to do

• Monitor their own progress with assistance from teachers

• Learn note taking and drafting strategies

• Learn about what plagiarism is

• Use teaching resources and online materials to learn more

• Copy and paste

• Only use one source of information

What resources are available to assist students and teachers?•Sites2See

© State of NSW, Department of Education and Communities, 2012

Copyright: MCEETYA

•Creative CommonsCopyright: Creative Commons

How to help studentsClassroom Teachers Teacher Librarian

• By the end of Year 6 curriculum expectations as per ACARA ICT General Capabilities

• Negotiate and set tasks that will engage students, rather than tasks they are not interested in

• Work with classroom teachers to develop appropriate skills in line with our ICT scope and sequence

• Explicitly teach students the information skills process

• Ensure they work closely with CRT and have same expectations

COPYRIGHT: State of NSW through NSW DET 2007

Working together- home and school

At school- teachers can At home- parents can

• Promote digital citizenship through the school newsletter and stage newsletters

• Set homework tasks that encourage parents to work with students where possible

• Provide workshops for parents and carers to increase their knowledge and understanding of digital citizenship

• Ensure they know what their children are accessing via monitoring usage

• Participate in school events to learn more

• Encourage their children to follow digital citizenship guidelines and work with the school

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In conclusion...

•What are your professional responsibilities?

•How confident are you in teaching these skills to our students?

•What will you do now to prepare yourself ?

Recommended ReadingsFor further information For teaching and learning

• Smartcopyinghttp://www.smartcopying.edu.au/scw/go

• Creative Commonshttp://creativecommons.org/

• Rethinking Plagiarism in the Digital Age

Evering & Moorman (2012)

• All Right to Copy?http://

www.smartcopying.edu.au/scw/all-right-to-copy/artc/index.htm

• Sites2Seehttp://lrrpublic.cli.det.nsw.edu.au/lrrSecure/Sites/LRRView/8587/

ReferencesAustralian and New Zealand Institute for Information Literacy (ANZIIL)and Council of

Australian University Librarians (CAUL) 2004: Literacy Framework- principles, practice and standards: Adelaide

Australian Curriculum and Reporting Authority (ACARA) (2013) ICT General Capabilities, Retrieved from: http://www.australiancurriculum.edu.au/GeneralCapabilities/Information-and-Communication-Technology-capability/Organising-elements/Organising-elements on 18/4/13

Banerjee, G. (2010) teaching Students Personal and Social Responsibility. An “Engaged Pedagogy” with Instructional technologies. In D.Gibson & B. Dodge (Eds), Proceedings of Society for Information Technology and Teacher Education, International Conference , pp. 2156- 2161: Chesapeale: VA: AACE. Retrieved from http://www.editlid.org/p/33682 on 11/4/13.

Ercegovac , Z. (2009) Plagiarism of Print and Electronic Resources. In Encyclopedia of Library and Information Sciences, Third Edition. Taylor and Francis: New York, Published online: 09 Dec 2009; 4206-4215.

Everingham, L.C. & Moorman, G. (2012) Rethinking Plagiarism in the Digital Age. Journal of Adolescent and Adult Literacy; 56 (1), pp. 35-41.

References continuedFarmer, L. (2011) Teaching Digital Citizenship, In Proceedings of Global Time, pp.

291-296: AACE. Retrieved from http://www.editlib.org/p/37093 on 11/4/13

Johnson, D. (2009) Creative Commons and Why It Should Be More Commonly Understood: Library Media Connection; May/June, pp. 56-57

Kutz, E., Rhodes, W., Sutherland, S., & Zamel, V. (2011) Addressing Plagiarism in A Digital Age. Human Architecture: Journal Of The Sociology of Self-Knowledge, 9(3), pp. 15-35

Ma, H., Wan, G. & Lu, E. (2008) Digital Cheating and Plagiarism in Schools, Theory Into Practice, 47:3, pp. 197-203 Retrieved from: http://www.tandfonline.com.ezproxy.csu.edu.au/doi/full/10.1080/00405840802153809 on 17/4/13

Smartcopying (2013) Retrieved from http://www.smartcopying.edu.au/scw/go

on 12/4/13

References

State of New South Wales, Department of Education and Communities (2012) Sites2See: NSW Curriculum and Learning Innovation Centre: Strathfield

State of NSW through the NSW Department of Education and Training (2007), The Information Skills Process: Retrieved from :http://www.curriculumsupport.education.nsw.gov.au/schoollibraries/teachingideas/isp/index.htm. Accessed on 4/4/13

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Zafron, M. (2012): Good Intentions: Providing Students with Skills to Avoid Accidental Plagiarism, Medical Reference Services Quarterly, 31:2, 225-229