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Richard Byrne provides links to 8 resources for teaching students what plagiarism is, how to avoid it, and how to detect it. 

Tool to check text & URLs for plagiarism. It flat out works!

Clear, simple tutorial for students on plagiarism and how to avoid it.

A humorous, short quick guide to different types of plagiarism that students need to be aware of. Good for students. A SEA DEVIL TV production

Richard Byrne: Free Technology for Teachers

By correctly citing other people's works and ideas, a student has also agreed to engage in the kind of scholarly communication that is part of academic life. Citing another person's words is a way of giving credit to that person, and of acknowledging the importance of that person's work to one's own ideas. After all, you wouldn't want someone quoting your words or using your ideas without giving you credit, would you?

A great explanation of all areas of Fair Use laws.

Helpful links and handouts for copyright presentations.

To promote the digital literacy executive order that California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger enacted last year, the state's Office of Information Technology has released a series of YouTube videos featuring California's technology leaders answering questions about the importance and impact of residents being digitally literate.

Creative Commons is a not-for-profit organization, founded in 2001, that promotes the creative re-use of intellectual and artistic works, whether owned or in the public domain. Through its free copyright licenses, Creative Commons offers authors, artists, scientists, and educators the choice of a flexible range of protections and freedoms that build upon the "all rights reserved" concept of traditional copyright to enable a voluntary "some rights reserved" approach.

This tutorial is designed so that you can learn how to use the tools of web 2.0 for your classes or for fun.

A straightforward checklist to use in determining Fair Use

Goes along with a series of 12 excellent video tutorials by Bob Baker, Librarian. Includes transcripts of the videos and list of sources & links referred to in the videos.