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Digital Citizenship

Being online is just part of life today, but that doesn't mean we don't have to think about what we do and how we act when we use the internet and social networks.  This is especially important for us this year with our iPads.  What we post DOES matter.  Giving credit for information we found is the right thing-- and the legal thing-- to do.  Protecting our identities and our reputation is just as important online as it is in person.   There is so much available at our fingertips-- it's the kind of power that makes even the Library Queen a bit dizzy!  It takes a lot of responsibility to make the most of the internet.  Remember to use your power for good, not evil!  Check out this great Prezi and excellent poster about digital citizenship.  

Prezi licensed for reuse by Heidi Moos on 2/4/13

What is Plagiarism ?  

 

Using someone's work (ideas, writing, images, videos, any digital creation) without giving proper credit.  

 

Plagiarism=stealing 

Cut Copy Paste=Cut Copy Cheat  

 

  • Copying and pasting text from anywhere, including online media and websites.

  • Copying or rewriting text

  • Changing a few words

  • Using photographs, video or audio without permission

    •  you CAN use it in a paper or presentation if you include the source in your Works Cited and do not profit from it.

 

Quote, paraphrase, and summarize! ALWAYS cite your sources!

 

Based on information from Humble (TX) Independent School District.  http://www.humbleisd.net/Page/803

 

LESSON PLANS TO HELP STUDENTS AVOID PLAGIARISM

image from stopcyberbullyingday.org via Wikimedia Commons.  Licensed for reuse under Creative Commons.

image from Pixaby and included in Public Domain/Creative Commons.

Poster licensed for reuse under Creative Commons.  It appeared in the Te@ch Thought blog in a post by Terry Heick "The Definition of Digital Citizenship" on 5/2/13. 

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