A PowerPoint used to explain academic integrity to 9th grade students.

1. Plagiarism Pigsty Don’t get stuck in the mud! Linda McSweeney Spaulding High School Last updated 9/23/2008 http://flickr.com/photos/garrulus/808181205/in/photostream/

3. It’s not a black & white issue. Plagiarism can get a bit muddy…. Purdue University Online Writing Lab, http://owl.English.purdue.edu/handouts/research/r_plagiar.html

4. Clearly Plagiarism Cutting and pasting (without citing) someone else’s work is plagiarism! It turns your paper into garbage!

5. So, what’s the BIG deal?

6. Honesty matters @ Spaulding

16. Sloping couches? Hmmm…

17. http://flickr.com/photos/michaelloudon/337638145 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.0/deed.en

18. So WHEN do you have to give credit to someone else? (cite your source)

19. words

20. ideas

21. graphics http://flickr.com/photos/paws_and_toes/539491001/ http://flickr.com/photos/paws_and_toes/539491001/

25. Don’t drown in the details of what is or is not plagiarism…. If you aren’t sure about it, just be safe and cite it. http://flickr.com/photos/haller/1225898901/

37. The End!

38. All clip art, photos, animations, and sound files are from copyright free or creative commons licensed sources