everybody's doing it?
Interesting article on Ars Technica: Internet plagiarism—everybody's doing it:
Anyone have any anecdotes about this issue?
The cut-and-paste nature of the Internet and its massive store of content have made plagiarism an increasing temptation, especially for students at the high school and university level.My daughter tells me that her teachers have not made any mention of this -- no warnings about plagiarizing and no busts of kids plagiarizing. But you have to think that it is happening all the time.
Anyone have any anecdotes about this issue?
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my students at sf state are commonly doing it. i now have them submit many research and writing assignments electronically to make it easier for me to track down the cheaters.
I recently heard an interesting report on NPR about online services that teachers can use to run through suspect papers and quickly check for plagiarized material. I can't remember the name of the service but it might be available in the NPR archives.
Found it: http://www.turnitin.com it is a fee-based service and individual schools or school systems (secondary or university level) must buy a site license.
thanks for the tip. i used to use something like that a few years ago but stopped.
I wonder if it would be possible to use such a service in out high schools. Can a teacher demand that papers be submitted electronicly? Is every student that wired? If only the e-copies of papers were scanned, cheaters would quickly learn to submit paper copies.
Just off the top of my head, I know two homeless high school kids whose access to a computer depends on where they're staying at the time, or how able and motivated they are to get to a library. I don't think it's feasible to demand that all papers be submitted electronically.
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