How Much Do You Understand about Plagiarism

About plagiarism (take the self-test to determine how much you understand about plagiarism)

http://library.csus.edu/content2.asp?pageID=378

Scholarly vs. Non-Scholarly

"How can you tell if the book, magazine/journal article, or web site would be considered a scholarly source? Here are some clues to help you decide. "

http://www.stchas.edu/library/scholar.shtml

APA Style Guides

Webster University's library has a list of resource guides for using APA (American Psychological Association) style, including the latest Manual of Style, and updated links.
See: http://library.webster.edu/guides/citation.html#apa

APA style guide changes

Below is a link to the latest APA style changes. This document is titled: "APA Style Guide to Electronic References" and accompanies the 5th edition APA manual.

One of the major changes is that the retrieval date is no longer needed regarding published online journals and periodicals because these types contain content that will not change.


http://www.apastyle.org/elecmedia.html

Warschauer (2004)

Warschauer, M. (2004) Technology and Social Inclusion: Rethinking the Digital Divide. Cambridge, Mass.: M.I.T. Press

Comments by thinkglobalnow:

"Instead of focusing on the "digital divide" (i.e. the discussion of the "haves" and "have-nots" in technology), the author advocates an inclusive global perspective. In today's interconnected world, it is essential that everyone (young and old, rich and poor, etc.) can access, adapt, and create knowledge using the new technologies. The presence of computers and the Internet is less important than people's ability make use of the technologies for meaningful personal and social endeavors."

Crismond, Jonassen and Howland (2007)

Crismond, D., Jonassen, D., and Howland, J. (2007) Meaningful Learning With Technology, Prentice-Hall.

Comments by thinkglobalnow:

"The 2008 NETS•T discards the emphasis on integrating technology into the curriculum. Instead it now emphasizes using technologies to support learning processes. This book explains how technologies may be structured to support learning processes, such as student research and investigation, writing, concept model building, community building, communications, visualizing, and assessing learning."

Duffy and Jonassen (1992)

Duffy, T.M. and Jonassen, D.H. (1992) Constructivism and the Technology of Instruction: A Conversation, Lawrence Erlbaum Associates
[Paperback - 221 pages - ISBN 0805812725]

Comments by thinkglobalnow:

"The "conversation" in this book is between a learning theorist and an instructional designer. The instructional designer (who could also be a teacher) creates lesson activities based on his/her beliefs about how people learn. These beliefs may be based on a variety of learning theories. Constructivist approaches challenge educators to understand that knowledge is invented anew by the learner, and not transmitted to them by teachers, textbooks or technologies. "

Introduction

"Constructivism and Technology" is the title of a Webster University (St. Louis, Missouri USA) graduate level education course. In this course, students learn about constructivism by experiencing constructivist instructional processes and technologies . Each student in the course maintains a personal "Learning and Reflections Journal Blog" pertinent to this course. The authors of this blog [http://constructivismtechnology.blogspot.com ] are the Spring 2009 course instructors whose handles are: THINKGLOBALNOW and PONOTOC2.

The purpose of this instructor course blog is parallel to each student's blog. It aims (1) to keep a running log of resources (books, articles, web sites, videos, news articles, etc.) on reference materials, news and resources pertinent to this course, and (2) to post reflections and interpretations about our insights, discoveries, and learning as we progress through the course.

The news and resources blog postings may include:

• academic resources (e.g. books, journal articles, professional conference proceedings)
• international news media (newspapers, magazine articles, television and radio programs, Internet based news media)
• cinema, videos, and documentaries (streaming videos, DVDs, video blogs (YouTube, Google Videos, etc.)
• web sites and documents from schools and other educational organizations.
• other blogs (other than those in this class) pertinent to "Constructivism and Technology "

Blog postings may include reflections, questions, and learnings as we work with the resources (above) and with other class members we progress through the course.

• Reactions may be brief observations, comments, or reactions you had to a reading, video or news report.
• Questions may be points made in an article that you did not fully understand, or for which you do not see particular application.
• Learnings may be insights, discoveries, links between two ideas, synthesis/integration of ideas or concepts, and/or recommendations you have for yourself or others.

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