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puppetmakerI may have to shelve one of my big ideas for DragonCon. Peter was asked to participate in something which will make Sunday Evening difficult especially if we are doing our usual get together which has been tradition for a couple of years now. I know I could do it and do a good job but I am second guessing myself on everything right now. So today I either go for it or table it forever. Caroline’s feelings do come into this.
I haven’t seen the Blind Banker yet. I am hoping for later today but maybe not.
I bet the Diamondbacks would love to play the Mets the rest of the season. That was a painful game to watch right before they go on a road trip against Atlanta and the Phillies.
Good day for Camp for Caroline. Temperature is very nice. She is still wigged out about the goose poop but they were going to clear the field this morning before the kids got there.
Everyone seems to be getting up early this morning. I can hear Ariel lurking around from upstairs and now she is downstairs. It is amazing how leftover sushi can get your teenager out of bed.
There is an interesting article in the New York Times today about students, the Internet, and plagiarism. The way that people see the information on the internet and how it can be used and what constitutes plagiarism is changing and the question is whether we lets these students slip down this slope or do we stop them and point out what they are doing is not right when they can’t wrap their brains around the concept. There is a mindset that if it is on the Internet then it is free for the taking and reuse that is rather disturbing to me both personally and professionally. I have to agree with the sentiments of Ms. Brookover that part of it maybe that the Internet is more ethereal. When you go into a library and pull a physical book, then you tend to site the source because you have a physical representation of the information you are using. I also agree that we need to teach the proper way to write papers in High School not the first year of college. It is sad how much has to be taught in the first year of college that was just expected of the student when they enter college.
Ok the coffee has kicked in so I am going to end this and work on something else.
I am grateful for my high school English teachers who made sure I could write a decent paper BEFORE I went to college.
I haven’t seen the Blind Banker yet. I am hoping for later today but maybe not.
I bet the Diamondbacks would love to play the Mets the rest of the season. That was a painful game to watch right before they go on a road trip against Atlanta and the Phillies.
Good day for Camp for Caroline. Temperature is very nice. She is still wigged out about the goose poop but they were going to clear the field this morning before the kids got there.
Everyone seems to be getting up early this morning. I can hear Ariel lurking around from upstairs and now she is downstairs. It is amazing how leftover sushi can get your teenager out of bed.
There is an interesting article in the New York Times today about students, the Internet, and plagiarism. The way that people see the information on the internet and how it can be used and what constitutes plagiarism is changing and the question is whether we lets these students slip down this slope or do we stop them and point out what they are doing is not right when they can’t wrap their brains around the concept. There is a mindset that if it is on the Internet then it is free for the taking and reuse that is rather disturbing to me both personally and professionally. I have to agree with the sentiments of Ms. Brookover that part of it maybe that the Internet is more ethereal. When you go into a library and pull a physical book, then you tend to site the source because you have a physical representation of the information you are using. I also agree that we need to teach the proper way to write papers in High School not the first year of college. It is sad how much has to be taught in the first year of college that was just expected of the student when they enter college.
Ok the coffee has kicked in so I am going to end this and work on something else.
I am grateful for my high school English teachers who made sure I could write a decent paper BEFORE I went to college.
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Date: 2010-08-02 08:46 pm (UTC)My biggest issue with people turning to the internet as the first resort is that so much information on it is appalling. Most of the time it's not referenced so you have no means of knowing whether it's legitimate and a lot of it is simply inaccurate. Sure, there are some great sites out there, but I'm trying to teach my children to go to books FIRST because once you get to university, it's books that tutors are really looking for, not site pages.
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Date: 2010-08-02 10:22 pm (UTC)no subject
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Date: 2010-08-02 10:21 pm (UTC)Part of the problem is that there are so many "artists" who will copy another's work for cheap and don't see anything wrong with it because they are doing the artist a favor by allowing others to see their work.