Annotated Bibliography- Plagiarizing in School - Sonal Dhiman

Student plagiarism in schools using online sources

Bowman, Vibiana. The Plagiarism Plague: A Resource Guide and CD-ROM tutorial for Educators and Librarians. New York: Neal Schuman Publishers, 2004. Print.

In this book, Bowman and several authors describe the challenges of maintaining originality in a technologically advanced world. The essays on citing sources and describing their usefulness are especially useful for educators looking to teach their students lessons in proper annotation and the usefulness of an appropriately acknowledged resource. The book helps guide students towards becoming better researchers and becoming more resourceful – a practice that will help them in college as well as in their own academic pursuits.

Snyder, Tamar. “Cheating Goes Digital: New Tools, New Sites, Make Classroom Dishonesty Harder to Squash.” Edutopia. N.p., 13 April 2014. Web. 29 September 2014.

This article by Tamar Snyder describes the difficulties of catching instances or sources of cheating in school in the digital age. It helps educators get familiar with modern technologies that can help prevent instances of cheating and even help them guide students towards the proper use of technological tools. The article highlights sources like technopolis.org that help awaken teachers towards the ways in which students have been cheating just under their noses. With familiarity comes the power to change the trend, which is the central aim of this article.

"Plagiarism and Citing Sources." Teacher Tube. Teachertube.com, 18 Feb. 2014. Web. 29 Sept. 2014.

This video uses a 7^th grade student to help explain to other students what is the meaning of plagiarism and how it is often done by students without even knowing that they are doing it. The highlight of the video is the use of examples, the very first being using twitter as an example of plagiarizing. That puts the point across very clearly that when a tweet by someone is not retweeted or quoted but simply inserted in someone else’s status as if it were their own, that is the occurrence of plagiarism. This helps students relate to the topic, instead of distancing from it because it is very academically oriented and out of their league.