Week 4 - Credit Where Credit Is Due

Plagiarism is not a concern I just developed. I've battled with students copying ever since I started assigning research (and that's before the Internet was available to them). Creating a conscience in students about plagiarism is the same as any morality. Teachers need to fight the good fight and be good role models. I see an excellent opportunity for my students to embrace technology and be reminded of copyright regulations. Penn State has an excellent web site devoted to topic called Copyright Perspectives. As well having a comprehensive set of links for reference, there are also three videos for students to watch. Covering the topics of plagiarism, remixing media, and the use of others' music, the videos each present a student's future self admonishing their past self about copyright infringement. I want my students to create their own videos on the topic. The Penn State videos are reminiscent of Benjamin Zander's "give the A" letter-writing exercise. I've included the plagiarism video here as a preview...enjoy!



Penn State University. (2008). Copyright Perspectives. Retrieved February 27, 2009, from http://copyright.psu.edu/