Friday, September 21, 2012

Thoughts on Citations

Last semester I completed a term paper on plagiarism, copyright, and fair use. Many of my journal resources  claimed that teachers don't know the variations of these three laws. One of the articles I came across discussed how teachers neglect to cite resources on PowerPoint presentations mainly because MLA and APA have no standard for citing sources on this type of presentation. As educators we have to practice what we preach. I believe we have to prepare our students to be responsible digital citizens. We need to teach students to give credit were credit is do and cite your sources.
Here are some of the helpful resources I came across during my research. I also posted my paper on my blog.


U.S. Copyright Office (2012, June). U.S. Copyright Office. Retrieved August 12, 2012, from http://www.copyright.gov/fls/fl102.html
United States Patent and Trademark Office (2006, August 21). What is Intellectual Property.United States Patent and Trademark Office. Retrieved August 12, 2012, from http://http://www.uspto.gov/web/offices/ac/ahrpa/opa/museum/1intell.htm
Huffman, S. (2010). The Missing Link: The lack of citations and copyright notices in multimedia presentations. TechTrends, 54(3), 38-44.
Veltsos, J. R., & Veltsos, C. (2010). Teaching Responsibly with Technology-Mediated Communication. Business Communication Quarterly:Focus on Teaching, 463. doi:10.1177/1080569910385397
Zmuda, A., & Harada, V. (2008). Looking to the Future: Providing Resources to Support 21st century learning. In Librarians as learning specialist:meeting the learning imperative for the 21st century. (1st ed.). (p. 107). West Port, CT/USA: Libraries Unlimited.
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  1. ValSeptember 22, 2012 at 6:03 PM

    I would agree with your journal resources about the lack of knowledge, even by teachers, at citing resources. Technology is constantly evolving and the copyright and fair use laws are not always quick enough to adjust to the changes. Add in the need to cite Web 2.0 resources and the water becomes even murkier. I am constantly referring to http://owl.english.purdue.edu/ to try and insure I am citing resources properly. As with most things in technology, this is a constantly evolving process. What we know now is likely to change as the tools themselves change. I agree with the need to teach students to give credit where credit is due. Even an incorrectly cited resource shows evidence of a student's recognition of the need to avoid plagiarism.

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  2. UnknownSeptember 22, 2012 at 11:07 PM

    Val, I love your statement, "Even an incorrectly cited resource shows evidence of a student's recognition of the need to avoid plagiarism." Students have to be taught the resources to be respectful learners. Their effort in giving credit to source owners is valuable, even if it isn't perfect.

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