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Bryan Lee

The ecstasy of influence: A plagiarism, By Jonathan Lethem (Harper's Magazine) - 3 views

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    Cool article on our culture's ability to plagiarize, and the tendency of artists to do just that.
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    An article that discusses the cultural ramifications of our new ability to borrow material.
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    loved the bit on "the beauty of second use"
Bryan Lee

TheTechEducator - 2 views

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    This is the Bishop Kenny Professional Learning Network that Tim Yocum mentioned in the Faculty meeting today.
Bryan Lee

Amazon.com: Reading Like a Writer: A Guide for People Who Love Books and for Those Who ... - 1 views

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    Use some excerpts of this next year.
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    these types of guides make me want to be an English major again...
Bryan Lee

What is Plagiarism - 1 views

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    This gives a definition of plagiarism and some of the problems with it.
Bryan Lee

PlagiarismDetect.com | Free Online Plagiarism Detection System, Plagiarism checker - 1 views

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    Free plagiarism detector, containing a film on its use.
Bryan Lee

SCVNGR - 1 views

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    Found it at on Hall Davidson's site.
Bryan Lee

Anti-Plagiarism Strategies - 1 views

  • Students are natural economizers
  • Remind students that the purpose of the course is to learn and develop skills and not just "get through."
  • Many students have poor time management and planning skills
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  • Some students fear that their writing ability is inadequate
  • A few students like the thrill of rule breaking
  • Do not assume that students know what plagiarism is, even if they nod their heads when you ask them. Provide an explicit definition for them.
  • you should discuss with your students the difference between appropriate, referenced use of ideas or quotations and inappropriate use. You might show them an example of a permissible paraphrase (with its citation) and an impermissible paraphrase (containing some paraphrasing and some copying), and discuss the difference.
  • Clarifying for them that plagiarism is a combination of stealing (another's words) and lying (claiming implicitly that the words are the student's own) should be mentioned at some point
  • Perhaps the most effective discussion will ask the students to think about who is really being cheated when someone plagiarizes.  Copying papers or even parts of papers short circuits a number of learning experiences and opportunities for the development of skills: actually doing the work of the research paper rather than counterfeiting it gives the student not only knowledge of the subject and insights into the world of information and controversy, but improves research skills, thinking and analyzing, organizing, writing, planning and time management, and even meticulousness (those picky citation styles actually help improve one's attention to detail).  All this is missed when the paper is faked, and it is these missed skills which will be of high value in the working world.  A degree will help students get a first job, but performance--using the skills developed by doing just such assignments as research papers--will be required for promotion.
  • Using sources shows that the student in engaged in "the great conversation," the world of ideas, and that the student is aware of other thinkers' positions on the topic. By quoting (and citing) writers who support the student's position, the student adds strength to the position. By responding reasonably to those who oppose the position, the student shows that there are valid counter arguments
  • The rough draft serves several functions.  A quick glance will reveal whether whole sections are appearing without citations. At the draft stage, you have the opportunity to educate the student further and discuss how proper citation works. You can also mark places and ask for more research material to be incorporated. If you are suspicious of the paper at this point, ask for the incorporation of some specific material that you name, such as a particular book or article.  Keep the drafts and let students know that you expect major revisions and improvements between drafts. (This is actually a great way to improve students' writing, quite apart from the other goal of preventing plagairism.)
  • The annotation should include a brief summary of the source, where it was located (including call number for books or complete Web URL), and an evaluation about the usefulness of the source. (Optionally, as a lesson in information quality, ask them to comment on why they thought the source credible.)  The normal process of research makes completing this task easy, but it creates headaches for students who have copied a paper from someone else since few papers include annotated bibliographies like this. Another benefit of this assignment is that students must reflect on the reliability and quality of their sources.
  • On the day you collect the papers, have students write an in-class essay about what they learned from the assignment. What problems did they face and how did they overcome them? What research strategy did they follow?  Where did they locate most of their sources? What is the most important thing they learned from investigating this subject?  For most students, who actually did the research paper, this assignment will help them think about their own learning. It also provides you with information about the students' knowledge of their papers and it gives you a writing sample to compare with the papers. If a student's knowledge of the paper and its process seems modest or if the in-class essay quality diverges strikingly from the writing ability shown in the paper, further investigation is probably warranted.
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    Strategies for teachers, not students.
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    These are strategies written for teachers, not students.
Bryan Lee

A.nnotate - online document annotation - 1 views

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    Here is a link to a page I annotated for my kids. This is a cool service.
Bryan Lee

Henry Louis Gates Jr. Arrested - 1 views

  • The disorderly conduct charges
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      The disorder doesn't correspond well with the meek picture to the right of the caption, nor does it correspond with that of the passive victim depicted below.
  • the Alphonse Fletcher University Professor of Harvard University
  • was driven
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      Here the author chooses the PASSIVE VOICE to downplay any aggression of Gates, and intensify his victim status.
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  • filming his new PBS documentary
  • attempted
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      Much less threatening than "Gates entered the house." Shows he might not have been successful. He may have been doing this as an academic exercise.
  • again attempted
  • With the help of his driver
  • He made this request several times
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      Emphasizes Gates' patience.
  • Professor Gates opened
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      Emphasizes his cordiality
  • observed
  • University identification and his valid Massachusetts driver’s license
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      ETHOS of officiality
  • Professor Gates then asked the police officer if he would give him his name and his badge number
  • requested
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      so polite, huh.
  • He was handcuffed on his own front porch.
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      Reiterates the absurdity/irony. Unfortunately, people are arrested in their own homes daily. This hardly would be a surprising tidbit, but for the preceding characterization of the author of Gates' situation.
  • Professor Gates’ home without ever acknowledging who he was or if there were charges against Professor Gates.
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    This is used when teaching Brent Staples's essay "Black Men and Public Space"
Bryan Lee

English Composition 1: The HyperTextBook: English composition, writing, and rhetoric re... - 0 views

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    This is the most amazing online student resource that I have seen yet.
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    This is the most amazing online student resource that I have seen yet.
Bryan Lee

Education Week Leadership Forum: Chris Dede on Vimeo - 0 views

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    A video archive of educational leaders speaking on the changes in educational technology trends.
Bryan Lee

Educational Leadership:Teaching for the 21st Century:What Would Socrates Say? - 0 views

  • Socrates believed that we learn best by asking essential questions and testing tentative answers against reason and fact in a continual and virtuous circle of honest debate.
  • sea of trivia
  • This argument rests on the premise that we learn best through data collection without the burdens of judgment and discernment.
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  • incessant communication is really a complex manifestation of miscommunication that does not lead to intellectual growth
  • unearned celebrity
  • creating a new learning and intellectual environment consistent with the cognitive and expressive demands of the 21st century.
  • the European Enlightenment and the Industrial Revolution, both of which convinced us that we can make a better world through creating knowledge and applying it to human needs
  • fragments of thought.
  • Human beings already are prone to think in magical terms
  • manufactured culture
  • The celebrity cult replaces real heroes with made-up ones, much to the detriment of children's mental health
  • it glosses over human rights and skirts the issue of responsibility. Without critical reflection, we will continually fall victim to such notions
  • Critical Reflection
  • A second element of the 21st century mind that we must cultivate is the willingness to abandon supernatural explanations for naturally occurring events
  • please the gods or fate to survive
  • problem solving.
  • Thinking empirically is a form of social responsibility
  • Yale Divinity School
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    Some of the down side of technological integration
Bryan Lee

EduHound Site Sets :: Project-based Learning - 0 views

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    Check out the last link. It has a PBL checklist generator. SWEET!
Bryan Lee

The HyperTextBooks: English grammar, linguistics, composition, writing, essay, punctuat... - 0 views

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    This is BRILLIANT!!
Bryan Lee

Project Based Learning Checklists - 0 views

  • To help you start using PBL, we've created age-appropriate, customizable project checklists for written reports, multimedia projects, oral presentations, and science projects.
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    PBL checklists for teachers wanting to start planning PBL lessons.
Bryan Lee

Debate: Is Cheerleading a Sport? - 0 views

  • Debate: Is Cheerleading a Sport?
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      I suppose any content would work here.
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    Project-based lesson plan on Higher Technology and Debate. I suppose it could be fitted to just about any issue or content.
Bryan Lee

How Media Shapes Perception - 0 views

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    Project-based lesson plan on Journalism and Media literacy about how the media can craft perception.
Bryan Lee

Hotseat at Purdue University - 0 views

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    Check out the link at the bottom under "Hotseat News Articles". Look for the "Teaching with Twitter: not for the faint of heart" article.
Bryan Lee

Exploring "Heroism" - 0 views

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    A lesson plan for a project based lesson.
Bryan Lee

Project-Based Learning for The21st Century - 0 views

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    steps for creating projects
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