http://www.teachthought.com/technology/100-search-engines-for-academic-research/
Questions:
What can be fairly used?
Do you have to ask permission if you cite?
What is the proper format for citing?
Is there any media that does not need citing?
What do you need to know about publicly displaying images that are not your own? Answer this question using at least three sources and three images. Be sure to correctly cite text and visual sources.
Possible areas of investigation:
How do you get permission to post someone else's work?
What is Public Domain?
What is the Creative Commons?
What is the proper format for citing the ownwership of visual information?
Using Creative Commons- a New Media Rights screencast
Assignment Commercial Break exercise Completed
We want to practice good research skills when writing the infomercials for your interview show. Each infomercial created for your show will be based on at least three sources. You want to use parenthetical citation within your script, and provide a bibliography of sources.
Complete the commercial break exercise as a way to practice the process you will use to script the infomercials for your show.
Directions:
The topic of the practice commercial break is the importance of citing sources.
Find three sources regarding this topic. You may use the two sources provided for you (see source material below).
Paraphrase the information into a relevant passage of text.
Use Parenthetical citation.
Include a bibliography.
Copy and paste your commercial break exercise into Copyright section of your blog.
See example below.
Rubric
A- follows guidlines
B- bibliography or citations are not formatted correctly; does not meet time requirement
C- missing parenthetical citations, missing a source
D- missing bibliography; information is not relevant within a specified context
E- nothing, plagarizes; not based on text based information.
A- follows guidlines
B- bibliography or citations are not formatted correctly; does not meet time requirement
C- missing parenthetical citations, missing a source
D- missing bibliography; information is not relevant within a specified context
E- nothing, plagarizes; not based on text based information.
Commercial Break Exercise
example by Rebecca
When writing an informational paper, it is important to cite sources. Why? First of all, it is vital that you don’t plagiarize. Plagiarizing is when you use information from a source, but you don’t give recognition to the place that you got it from. You want to acknowledge where you got the source from (The Perils of Plagiarism). Also, it is professional courtesy to give credit to someone, if it is their work (Murray
Bibliography:
Murray, Quinlan. “The Importance of Citing Sources.” Ezine @rticles. N.p., 17 Oct. 2008. Web. 23 Nov. 2010. <http://ezinearticles.com/?The-Importance-of-Citing-Source&id=1592898>.
“The Perils of Plagiarism.” The Importance of Citing Refrences. Technology, Inc., 2007. Web. 23 Nov. 2010. <http://www.teach-nology.com/tutorials/teaching/citing/print.htm>.
“Why Is Citation Important.” Rutgers Department of Sociology, Anthropology, and Criminal Justice. Rutgers , 2 Aug. 2010. Web. 23 Nov. 2010. http://sociology.camden.rutgers.edu/%E2%80%8Ccurriculum/%E2%80%8Ccitation.htm.
Source Material
Source Material
Include the link and the quote from the source. This is word for word the information found within a
source that you think is useful to you. Because these are not your own words you will have to
paraphrase the information as you write your script.
ideas and opinions of others in forming your own, your work is not only comprehensive but convincing as
well.
Furthermore, it is extremely important to cite your sources correctly. When sources are cited correctly,
others can easily locate the materials you used for your research. Additionally, if sources are not cited
correctly you can be accused of plagiarism
source that you think is useful to you. Because these are not your own words you will have to
paraphrase the information as you write your script.
Source Material
Source-1
Plagiarism is a serious offense! It comes in many forms, from direct quotes to summaries or paraphrases that do not cite authorship or reference to sources used to get the information that is cited. It ca
Source-2
Citing sources is a form of professional courtesy and responsibility. One must give credit when credit is due.
Thus, when using another person's words or ideas, citing that person is imperative. Plagiarism is a serious
offense and can result in severe punishments for students and scholars alike. For students, punishments for
plagiarism can vary from a bad grade to getting expelled from a learning institution. For scholars, punishments
for plagiarism include losing one's integrity and being banished from one's profession.
It is also important to cite sources because it strengthens the credibility of your work. By considering the ideas and opinions of others in forming your own, your work is not only comprehensive but convincing as
well.
Furthermore, it is extremely important to cite your sources correctly. When sources are cited correctly,
others can easily locate the materials you used for your research. Additionally, if sources are not cited
correctly you can be accused of plagiarism
Source-3
Find your own source.
