Turn It In!

The assignment this week was dealing with plagiarism. In class, we learned or reviewed what plagiarism is and how badly one can be punished for plagiarizing. For our assignment, we were instructed to plagiarize for the first half and then try to reword and rewrite for our second half. The first part was obviously very easy. I’m guessing that is why so many people choose to plagiarize rather than write things in their own words. The second part would not have been hard answering the questions. The hard part was trying to state the answers in my very own words and getting less than 15% when submitting it to turn it in. I really didn’t mind doing this assignment. It was over all pretty easy. I learned a little more about turnitin.com, but I have used it several times before so there wasn’t much else for me to learn.

I think that if I taught high school or college, Turnitin.com would be especially helpful. I’m sure, for teachers, having 100 or more students write an essay or a research paper, it gets hard knowing who actually wrote their papers and who copied it. Turnitin will point out grammar mistakes or misspellings before the teacher even has to look at it. It also can tell if the information in a paper was stolen and if so, it can show exactly where it came from. Overall, turnitin is a very helpful tool that could be used in the classroom on a regular basis.  

Since this assignment was dealing with Turnitin, which deals with digital citizenship and responsibility, it falls under NETS-T Standard 4.

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My Very Own Website

          

Creating your very own website sounds really cool, however actually doing it is not all that fun. For this assignment, we used Google’s Sites function to create a personal website for a hypothetical classroom. We are required to have a home page and 3 other pages with blurbs about your self, the projected class and course info, and links to other websites for extra activities. Each page requires a lot of elements and details. This assignment seemed like fun to begin with, but it is my least favorite one yet. I really don’t know what I am doing even with the class instruction. I am just really confused. I am having a hard time learning how to add buttons and different types of visually appealing banners. The part that has given me the most trouble is the calendar gadget. I found out how to add it, but I want to add things to specific days to make it look like a classroom schedule. I have tried all that I know to do and I can’t get it to work.

            I think that the website itself could be a great way to keep parents informed and updated on what is going on in the classroom. I think that older students will also find it resourceful. Teachers could post an assignment list or links to websites that students could easily access anywhere. As far as using the website for an assignment like we did as a class, it would be geared more towards high school students. This assignment is a little bit hard and would be challenging for younger students to complete.

            This assignment, as well as almost all of the previous ones, meets the NETS-T Standard # 1. This assignment allows students to be creative while navigating and using a new and unfamiliar computer program.


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Google Functions

 

         

For this particular assignment, we learned how to use and utilize several Google functions. We worked specifically with Google Drive and Google Groups. I really enjoyed learning about the functions of Google. I was really shocked at all of the free space available to anyone who has a Google email account (Gmail account). I really like knowing that I have 15 gigs of memory online that I can access from anywhere with an Internet connection. I like how on both Google Drive and Google Groups, you can share what you are working on or post discussion questions for a set group of people to see. I also think it is awesome that you have the option for people to view, comment or edit on anything you create in Google Drive. I also like how once you share something, you can see exactly when someone is editing, commenting or viewing whatever it is you are working on in Google Drive.

            I think that all of the functions could be used in a classroom for teachers or for students. I have had teachers who asked me to buy a jump drive specifically for one class. With Google, all you would have to do is create a Gmail account and you could save everything there. That would also be easier because people wouldn’t need to keep up with anything physically because you can access documents saved on Google anywhere with an Internet connection. I think this assignment meets the NETS-T standard perfectly. With Google functions, the teacher can communicate effectively to the students with technology.

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***INTERSTING WEEK IN THE LIFE OF A TEACHER***
This story was written by:
Rebecca Caraway
Maleah Anderson
Cheyanne Carter
Melissa Cherry
Allyne Cawthon

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