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December 2008 Blog Posts (4)

The "Copycats"

As I gather K-12 plagiarism sources and begin interviewing students, my own kids wanted in on the action. I'm not planning to put them in my "real" research, so we worked on this video just for fun. Enjoy! Continue

Added by Cornelia Pokrzywa on December 19, 2008 at 7:48pm — No Comments

Plagiarism Video

I gathered student interviews on the topic of plagiarism and found that many students can easily define the basic concepts, but still have difficulty understanding that definitions can shift depending on context. For example, the definition of common knowledge varies widely between handbooks, electronic resources, and instructors. It's not unusual for a student to be told that common knowledge is anything you "already know" -- without realizing that this writer-oriented definition may leave the… Continue

Added by Cornelia Pokrzywa on December 15, 2008 at 12:40pm — 1 Comment

Blogging, ninging, twittering, facebooking, GoogleTalking . . .

...this isn't writing, is it? Continue

Added by Cornelia Pokrzywa on December 11, 2008 at 7:27pm — 3 Comments

Side by Side Ideas

I am asking for people to commit to Side by Side ASAP. The date is May 2nd and it is at MISD. We are looking for breakout sessions that will be approximately 45 minutes. If we can get your workshop titles and catchy summaries soon I think we could expand our horizons. Also let's look into the SBCEU dealio and try to make that happen. Hot, HOt, HOT (I don't care how "funky" it is I love this song!) (<<a href="http://www.youtube.com… Continue

Added by Laura on December 6, 2008 at 10:00pm — 10 Comments