There was a great article in the Times last week about plagiarism in the digital age. I will be reading the article with my students in September before we write our first major paper.
It is funny, but at the same time as I want to bring in aspects of their experience outside of school to make the day, lessons, months enjoyable, we also need to put up a wall around academics, tradition, excellence, and the students ownership over their work.
Here is the article and the Learning Networks open thread for students 13 and over:
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/02/education/02cheat.html?scp=1&sq=plagiarism&st=cse
http://learning.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/08/03/are-you-part-of-generation-plagiarism/?scp=2&sq=plagiarism&st=cse
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