1. List three areas of study that you consider yourself to be strong in,
I feel that the three areas that I am good at in my study skills are;
· Research
· Time keeping
· Note taking
2. Explain, using one example, why you are good in this area
· Research, I am good in this area because I am quite resourceful and know where to get information, e.g. on my History GCSE coursework I found many sites to use a reference to my arguments.
· Time keeping, I am good at this because I always hand work in on time, for example none of my GCSE coursework was handed in late, all on time/before the set date.
· Note taking, I can make coherent notes which allow me to follow what the lecturer is saying while understanding it too.
3. List three areas of study that you consider yourself to be not so good at,
I feel that the three areas I am not so good at in my study skills are;
· Essay writing
· Presentations
· Grammar
4. Explain, using one example, what you might be able to do to help yourself in this area;
· Essay writing, I will practice in writing structured essays that keep to the point until I can write them to an excellent level.
· Presentations, This is simply a case of being a bit shy in front of a room of people, all I have to do is get over my fear.
· Grammar, Read more often and this can coincide with my essay writing.
5. List 5 strategies you will use to help you to do well on this course;
· I will practice my essay skills
· I will do individual research on relevant topics to this course
· I will relearn my grammar
· I will practice and perform presentations
· I will
Tuesday, 18 September 2007
Notes on Plaigerism
What is plagiarism? – Plagiarism is the act of presenting words, ideas, imaged, sounds or the creative expression of others as your own.
There are two types of plagiarism.
Intentional
Unintentional
Intentional
Copy friend’s work
Buy/borrow papers
Cut and paste others work into yours
Borrowing media content without documenting
Copy web publishing without permission
Unintentional
Use careless paraphrasing- use too much of the original
Poor documentation – didn’t do it properly
Excessive quotes – virtually the same with too much of the origional
Fail to use your own thoughts and words – not questioning original author
Excuses for plagiarism
Parents want too much
Need grades for university
Too busy / football, clubs, etc
The assignment was boring – some like some don’t
Everyone does it! NO
My tutors expect too much – strict guidelines for teachers
Remember! When you copy …
You copy, your cheating yourself , not learning
Consequences are dire
Not giving credit to the original author
Cite your work, give decent reverencing to author
Consequences of plagiarism
Work will be failed, maybe the whole course
Notification to parents
Referral to program managers
Suspension or exclusion
On your student record
Loss of reputation
Imagine an:
Architect who cheated his way through maths class – could get measurements wrong, highly dangerous
A lawyer who paid for his exam – might get a client wrongly accused
School bus driver paid someone to take his test – dangerous, involves children
When should I reference
· When writing an essay. And you need to use a reference to the original text
· When you directly quote another author’s words, or tables, charts etc
· Restate in your own words another author’s idea, theories.
· When you quote from, interpret, paraphrase in a book, but is not that author’s work
· When you summarise a section of a paragraph or line from another author
Referencing methods
2 systems,
Harvard system
numeric system
How to reference
To use speech marks when another author’s text is being used at the start and finish
Your words and the authors words are acknowledged and then told at the end of line, paragraph
For example
- As Senn (1990) suggests, blah blah blah blah author’s text blah blah.
[1] This 1 symbolises where the footnote goes
Internet
When referencing info from the internet, number of points you must take
the URL is the address to find the source when including it in the reference
the address is correct
You don’t need to document when;
Discussing your own experiences
Compiling results of original research
using common knowledge
Strategies
Quoting – more interesting then what you think
Paraphrasing – in my own words, proves you understand it
Summarizing – making the original summarized in two three lines.
Quoting – exact words “these must be cited”
Use them when you want to Disagree, support, highlight, compare/contrast, and important text to your personal research.
Paraphrasing – rephrasing it, other’s idea
Summarizing – using their idea but condensing it.
Be honest when writing assignments ,
“cheating never pays”
Example -
Proof that flash memory has its flaws is a quote from “Verma 1988 Reliability performance of ETOX based flash memories”, “Flash memory also may only be rewritten a limited number of times before wearing out, making it less useful for heavy random access usage.” Meaning blah blah blah.
[1] This is a footnote, can be used to Put reference to another’s work
There are two types of plagiarism.
Intentional
Unintentional
Intentional
Copy friend’s work
Buy/borrow papers
Cut and paste others work into yours
Borrowing media content without documenting
Copy web publishing without permission
Unintentional
Use careless paraphrasing- use too much of the original
Poor documentation – didn’t do it properly
Excessive quotes – virtually the same with too much of the origional
Fail to use your own thoughts and words – not questioning original author
Excuses for plagiarism
Parents want too much
Need grades for university
Too busy / football, clubs, etc
The assignment was boring – some like some don’t
Everyone does it! NO
My tutors expect too much – strict guidelines for teachers
Remember! When you copy …
You copy, your cheating yourself , not learning
Consequences are dire
Not giving credit to the original author
Cite your work, give decent reverencing to author
Consequences of plagiarism
Work will be failed, maybe the whole course
Notification to parents
Referral to program managers
Suspension or exclusion
On your student record
Loss of reputation
Imagine an:
Architect who cheated his way through maths class – could get measurements wrong, highly dangerous
A lawyer who paid for his exam – might get a client wrongly accused
School bus driver paid someone to take his test – dangerous, involves children
When should I reference
· When writing an essay. And you need to use a reference to the original text
· When you directly quote another author’s words, or tables, charts etc
· Restate in your own words another author’s idea, theories.
· When you quote from, interpret, paraphrase in a book, but is not that author’s work
· When you summarise a section of a paragraph or line from another author
Referencing methods
2 systems,
Harvard system
numeric system
How to reference
To use speech marks when another author’s text is being used at the start and finish
Your words and the authors words are acknowledged and then told at the end of line, paragraph
For example
- As Senn (1990) suggests, blah blah blah blah author’s text blah blah.
[1] This 1 symbolises where the footnote goes
Internet
When referencing info from the internet, number of points you must take
the URL is the address to find the source when including it in the reference
the address is correct
You don’t need to document when;
Discussing your own experiences
Compiling results of original research
using common knowledge
Strategies
Quoting – more interesting then what you think
Paraphrasing – in my own words, proves you understand it
Summarizing – making the original summarized in two three lines.
Quoting – exact words “these must be cited”
Use them when you want to Disagree, support, highlight, compare/contrast, and important text to your personal research.
Paraphrasing – rephrasing it, other’s idea
Summarizing – using their idea but condensing it.
Be honest when writing assignments ,
“cheating never pays”
Example -
Proof that flash memory has its flaws is a quote from “Verma 1988 Reliability performance of ETOX based flash memories”, “Flash memory also may only be rewritten a limited number of times before wearing out, making it less useful for heavy random access usage.” Meaning blah blah blah.
[1] This is a footnote, can be used to Put reference to another’s work
Introduction
Well my name is Lewis Clark, i'm a student at Carshalton college doing a national diploma in IT system support/networking. This blog will be used to update how my learning is going.
As a person I am quite friendly once you get to know me, normally you can find me at home tinkering on my pc or out with mates. I play WoW, CS and War3 online with mates, i used the accronyms because if you don't know what they are, i am sure you won't be interested :).
As a person I am quite friendly once you get to know me, normally you can find me at home tinkering on my pc or out with mates. I play WoW, CS and War3 online with mates, i used the accronyms because if you don't know what they are, i am sure you won't be interested :).
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