Combating Plagiarism with Technology

Nancy CollinsPensacola Catholic High School

Technology is the Problem???• Using technology to get

away with not reading the material

• Using technology to get away with not writing the paper

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Technology is the Solution!!!•Enforce policies with services such as Turnitin.com or Google(Deterrents not Incentives)

•Engage the students in the process of writing

•Empower the students with the written text

Projects that Engage and

Empower

Wetpaint wiki: MyChaucer

•Students assigned sections of Canterbury Tales Prologue to read and translate

•Students demonstrated understanding by creating a “ChaucerSpace” page for their pilgrim

•Threaded discussions gave peer feedback and followup

ComicLife: World’s End

•Students assigned several apocalyptic stories to read

•Students summarized their own “World’s End” story using photographs from Pensacola

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MANKIND

iMovie: Poetry Readings

•Students selected poetry from anthology

• Students created video interpretations based on their understanding

•Students presented their videos and interpretations to the class

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The Waking Theodore Roethke

The Way Is OneOriginal Tao Verse by Chris Frasse

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GoogleDocs and Google Earth: Candide LitTrip

• Students read Voltaire’s Candide

• Student pairs were assigned a location and chapters from the book to summarize and analyze

• Students wrote a summary in Google Docs and will create place marks in Google Earth

Closing Thoughts

Technology engages students in a way

that traditional writing activities do

not.

Technology creates a collaborative

environment rather than a “top-down”

hierarchy.

Technology facilitates anytime/anywhere learning between

students and teacher.