It is Sunday evening. I have my tasks accomplished and it is not yet midnight. I am learning so much in this class. My computer skills are getting better and I have more confidence when using the computer. I am slow and I have to redo many times,however, I have not thrown the mouse or banged the keyboard since I started. I am learning study systems that are very helpful and other techniques that I have not been introduced to before. My youngest daughter has advised me that these did not exist when I was in school before. It has been a few years. I am also benefiting from conversing with other people in this class. I like to read their comments and I'm beginning to feel like I know them.
This week I am going to try and do some of my reading at school/work. I may not be able to do much but I think it will help if I can start. I am taking my Van Blerkom book tomorrow.
Sunday, March 31, 2013
On my honor as a, I pledge
that I have neither given nor received any unauthorized aid on this
assignment.”
March 29th,2013
Brenda Keith
Plagiarism Lines Blur for
Students in Digital Age
By: Trip Gabriel
New York
Times
August 1st,
2010
I. Many students do not understand
that using information from the internet, without listing the source
is plagiarism.
A. A Rhode Island
College freshman cut & pasted information from the internet
regarding
homelessness and did not give credit because no author was listed.
B. A student at
DePaul University lifted several pages from the web without
giving
credit.
- A student at the University of Maryland did not give credit for information he
used from
Wikipedia regarding the Great Depression because he felt the
information was deemed as common knowledge.
II. Opinions from some educators
regarding why students are less able to distinguish
what plagiarism is.
A. Writing tutors
and officials at the three schools mentioned suggest that many
students do
not understand that the use of someone else’s words is plagiarism.
- It is felt that there is a disconnect with the concept of intellectual property,
copyright and
originality and is being dismissed because of the growing use of
information that is exchanged on the internet.
- Recent surveys reflect that the number of students who believe that copying
from the web is the same as cheating is declining.
III. Individuality and originality are
increasingly less important to the upcoming
generation.
Opinions from some educators regarding
why students are less able to distinguish what Plagiarism is.
A. Sara Brookover,
a senior at the Rutgers campus in Camden, New Jersey said
many of her
classmates blithely cut and paste without attribution.
B. Susan D. Blum,
a University of Notre Dame anthropologist, has researched
this phenomenon and contends “undergraduates are less interested in
cultivating a unique and authentic identity – as their 1960
counterparts were –
than in trying on many different personas, which the web enables with
social
networking.”
C. Helene Hegeman,
a German teenager, wrote a best-selling novel with included
passages
lifted from others. She defended her actions saying “there’s no
such
thing as
originality anyway, just authenticity.”
IV. Plagiarism – lack of
understanding or lack of incentive
A. Sara Wilensky,
a senior at Indiana University contends that “Plagiarism has
nothing to do
with trendy academic theories. The main reason it occurs is
because
students leave high school unprepared for the intellectual rigors of
college
writing.”
B. David J.
Dudley, who oversees the discipline office at the University Of
California,
Davis, was referencing 196 episodes of plagiarism the year before,
when he said
“many times it was students who intentionally copied – knowing
it was wrong
– who were unwilling to engage the writing process.”
C. Another case
that came through Mr. Dudley’s office had nothing to do with a
younger
generation’s view of authorship. The father of a student accused
of
plagiarism
admitted that he was the one responsible for the plagiarism.
"On my honor as a, I pledge
that I have neither given nor received any unauthorized aid on this
assignment.”
March 29th,2013
Brenda Keith
Advantages of using the
S-RUN-R Read/Study System
I
like the concept of the S-RUN-R read/study system because you are
using five concise steps to enhance your learning and comprehension
abilities.
When
you survey a chapter, it allows you to get an idea of concepts you
will explore while working in that chapter. If you pay attention to
headings, and subjects that are highlighted you are preparing
yourself to receive that information before you get to it. Rather
than wondering what comes next, it gives you a sense of anticipation
of knowing what will come next. I have begun to apply this to my
course of study. If I quickly go through and check headings and
subheadings, the summary and review questions, that information
stands out to me as I begin to read.
As I
read I am finding that I am paying more attention to the topic being
discussed if I do write the headings down in my notes It makes me
think about what I am reading and the information conveyed. I have a
better understanding of what I am reading. Learning these different
approaches has made me wish that I had been introduced to them years
ago. I was taught different learning approaches, though nothing as
concise as what I am learning now.
Underlining or highlighting the important information in each
paragraph just reinforces my retention. My preference is
highlighting in yellow.
Once
I have completed the above steps I go back and write my notes. Since
I have highlighted I am immediately drawn back to the important
information.
The
last step the S-RUN-R System incorporates is to review. It is
helping me become much better with reviewing the material. I am also
taking advantage of the review material at the end of the chapter.
“On my honor, I pledge
that I have neither given nor received any unauthorized aid on this
assignment.”
March 24th, 2013
page 1
Brenda Keith
The 9 Habits of Successful
Online Learning
- Get an Early Start
- Organize
- Plan
- No Procrastination: Stick To Your Plan
- Stay In Touch and Ask For Help
- Communicate Clearly
- Keep Good Records: Keep A Copy of All Assignments and Keep Track of Assignment and Participation Grades
- Know Your Program of Study and Faculty/Staff Involved in Your Program
- Believe in Yourself
Plagiarism
Plagiarism is the act of
using the work of someone else as though it is your own. Although
there is much information that is considered common knowledge, proper
credit must be given when the subject requires research and
information used came from sources other than yourself.
The
9 Habits of Successful Online Learning
- Get an Early Start
- Organize
- Plan
- No Procrastination: Stick To Your Plan
- Stay In Touch and Ask For Help
- Communicate Clearly
- Keep Good Records: Keep A Copy of All Assignments and Keep Track of Assignment and Participation Grades
- Know Your Program of Study and Faculty/Staff Involved in Your Program
- Believe in Yourself
Plagiarism
Plagiarism is the act of
using the work of someone else as though it is your own. Although
there is much information that is considered common knowledge, proper
credit must be given when the subject requires research and
information used came from sources other than yourself.
Tuesday, March 26, 2013
My experiences with CIS1200
I like the experience of online learning. I am especially happy with my improvement in the use of my computer and learning how to use the functions available. I have learned what type of learner that I am predominately. This is allowing me to learn more effectively. The habits that I have adopted are also helping immensely.
Saturday, March 23, 2013
This is my first introduction to blogs, but I personally am not interested in expanding my knowledge of and experience with blogging beyond what is required for this course as I cannot envision my ever using the medium except in any course requirement. Due to personal circumstances I am very security conscious and do not even maintain a presence in any of the social media sites.
After setting this blog up, I took a few minutes and browsed several blogs, however, unless you have a business or other type of product presence needing some sort of inexpensive web presence, personal blogs seem to just be electronic versions of diaries/journals.
After setting this blog up, I took a few minutes and browsed several blogs, however, unless you have a business or other type of product presence needing some sort of inexpensive web presence, personal blogs seem to just be electronic versions of diaries/journals.
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