This week our 8th grade students had their major research paper due for their language arts class.

As usual there were a few students who try to take the easy way out…

Unfortunately, plagiarism and cheating has become much easier with the technology that students have access to these days. All too often teachers have students hand in papers that are copied and pasted directly from websites. These are fairly easy to catch as all you have to do is type in a few lines into Google and the paper usually pops right up.

However, some are more difficult for teachers to catch than others. Here is a website with links to various anti-plagiarism resources that will hopefully make it easier for teachers to determine whether or not the student’s work is his own:
http://hargrave.drh.net/academics/teaching/antiplag.html

Hope you find it helpful.

–Adam

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