DRAFT MYP Personal Project Boot Camp Two one- hour long workshops Session two October 13, 2015 Using information ethically. 1. Station 1 Copyright and paraphrasing (Casey) 20 minutes 2. Station 2 (MLA formatting guidelines when to cite flow chart information handouts only) Activity is actually writing in- text citations students will struggle 20 minutes 3. Station 3 Using the OSLIS offers many types of citations, requires that students type the information themselves, sorts the information (ABC order), saves the information in the correct format double spaced, handing indents, Works Cited centered on the page. 20 minutes.
Personal Project Boot Camp Day 2 Using Information Ethically Station 1 Copyright what does it mean for you? Plus How to Paraphrase When you create something, you own it. Others cannot legally take it or use it without your permission. Copyright, trademark and patent laws protect intellectual property. These laws are sometimes country- specific and sometimes international. The UN has a treaty concerning copyright. While laws may vary, no country allows unlimited use of another s work. Note this: According to a recent news article, in the long run paying for music, movies and books will become common among Chinese consumers ( Apple Music ). NOTE: There was no author listed; therefore the title was used in the in- text citation. "Apple Music Launches in China." Xinhua News Agency. 30 Sep. 2015. NewsBank. Web. 8 Oct. 2015. Fair Use allows people to use a limited amount of copyrighted information for a limited number of purposes without getting permission from the creator. These purposes include: Scholarly purposes (like the Personal Project; teacher use for instruction) Commentary and criticism (for example, writing a review of a new book) Parody (imitating a work in a comedic way a parody is a new creation but depends on an understanding of what is being parodied for its humor) Some fair use limitations under U.S. copyright law. While crediting you may use without permission: } Up to 1000 words, but not more than 10% of a book or article } Up to 250 words of a poem or the entire poem if less than 250 words } Up to 5 graphics or photos from the same person } Up to 3 minutes of a video but no more than 10% of an entire video } Up to 30 seconds of a song but no more than 10% of the song REMEMBER: Information used under Fair Use guidelines still requires that the user credit the original source. You should credit your sources for reasons other than that the law requires it. 1. FOR THE CREATOR: Giving credit to the creator is the right thing to do. 2. FOR OTHERS: It allows others to check your work or to more deeply research your topic if they wish. 3. FOR YOURSELF: Crediting your sources gives weight to your own research. It shows that you have thoroughly investigated and thought through your ideas and not just made things up. Some notes on using sources are on the back of this page.
Avoid plagiarism: NEVER copy and paste sentences or paragraphs directly into your own paper even if you mean to paraphrase them later. Take notes. For a number of reasons it is a good idea to print information you wish to use and work offline. Taking notes. If you need a note- taking system, there are many, many, many note- taking strategies available on the Free Web. As you take notes... collect bibliographic information on the author, title, and publication record the type of note you are taking: a quote, a paraphrase, a summary. This is easily done by putting Q, P, or S on your notes. Coding the Text. After you print out your source you might code the text as you read. Coding the text, is a visual representation of your thinking while reading. Everyone develops his/her own system for coding the text but here is a possible beginning. Within the text, underline and/or highlight important points or things you want to remember. Use these symbols along with written thoughts in the margins. Symbol X Meaning Confirms what you already thought. Contradicts what you thought.? Raises a question write the question in the margin.??? Confuses you reread and take a closer look at the idea. Seems important or answers a question you had.! A new, interesting, or surprising fact. Circle words or phrases you want to call attention to for various reasons: the word is unknown, the word is repeated often, the word seems to be a key word or contain a key idea. Note: When reading a work that you cannot mark, use sticky notes with much of the same types of information.
Personal Project Boot Camp Day 2 Using Information Ethically Station 2 In- text Citations: When are they needed? How are they done? There are two types of citations: 1. In- text Citations. These appear in the text immediately after you have used someone else s ideas/words. The reader can follow the citation to the Works Cited page and find more information about where the information comes from. 2. Citations on a Works Cited page. This page comes at the end of a research paper. It includes only those sources that you cited in your paper with an in- text citation. It does not include works that you read but did not use. Examples of in- text citations: Citing at the end of the sentence: Medieval Europe was not only violent, but also bustling with commerce (Townsend 10). Citing in the lead in to the sentence: According to Townsend, Medieval Europe was not only violent, but also bustling with commerce (10). Citing if the author is not known: According to a recent news article, in the long run paying for music, movies and books will become common among Chinese consumers ( Apple Music ). NOTE: There was no author so a shortened form of the title was used in the in- text citation. The full title is Apple Music Launches in China, Since the title appears in quotes in the full citation, it appears in quotes here as well. Citing an indirect source when you don t have the original source but it was quoted in (qtd in) a source that you do have: Ravitch argues that high schools are pressured to act as "social service centers, and they don't do that well" (qtd. in Weisman). NOTE: Every attempt should be made to find the original source and not use this form of citation. However, if it cannot be found, indicate that it is not the original source in this way. For in- text citations, the citation appears inside of (parentheses) BEFORE the period: When quoting: End quote - space parenthesis source parenthesis period Example: He laughed (Jones). When paraphrasing or summarizing: End paraphrase space parenthesis source parenthesis period Example: Then he lost his job (Smith 31). Citations are not needed for information deemed general knowledge. What is considered general knowledge differs with the audience. When in doubt, cite the source!
MLA Format General Guidelines Type your paper on a computer and print it out on standard, white 8.5 x 11- inch paper. (A4) Double- space the text of your paper, and use a legible font (e.g. Times New Roman). Whatever font you choose, MLA recommends that the regular and italics type styles contrast enough that they are recognizable one from another. The font size should be 12 pt. Leave only one space after periods or other punctuation marks (unless otherwise instructed by your instructor). Set the margins of your document to 1 inch on all sides. Indent the first line of paragraphs one half- inch from the left margin. MLA recommends that you use the Tab key as opposed to pushing the Space Bar five times. Create a header that numbers all pages consecutively in the upper right- hand corner, one- half inch from the top and flush with the right margin. (Note: Your instructor may ask that you omit the number on your first page. Always follow your instructor's guidelines.) Use italics throughout your essay for the titles of longer works and, only when absolutely necessary, providing emphasis. If you have any endnotes, include them on a separate page before your Works Cited page. Entitle the section Notes (centered, unformatted). Formatting the First Page of the Paper Do not make a title page for your paper unless specifically requested. In the upper left- hand corner of the first page, list your name, your instructor's name, the course, and the date. Again, be sure to use double- spaced text. Double space again and center the title. Do not underline, italicize, or place your title in quotation marks; write the title in Title Case (standard capitalization), not in all capital letters. Use quotation marks and/or italics when referring to other works in your title, just as you would in your text: Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas as Morality Play; Human Weariness in "After Apple Picking" Double space between the title and the first line of the text. Create a header in the upper right- hand corner that includes your last name, followed by a space with a page number; number all pages consecutively with Arabic numerals (1, 2, 3, 4, etc.), one- half inch from the top and flush with the right margin. (Note: Your instructor or other readers may ask that you omit last name/page number header on your first page. Always follow instructor guidelines.) Information on general guidelines comes from OWL Purdue and is used with permission.
Flow chart for when to cite a source. In the sentence I am writing, am I giving just my own idea or using something I found in one of my sources? Something I found in a source: either evidence or analysis Just my own ideas. Am I copying the exact words out of a source? No citation needed. Yes No Put the copied words inside of quotation marks. Cite the source at the end of the sentence. Paraphrasing. I put the information into my own words. Is the information common knowledge? (Did I find it in more than three sources?) Don t use quotation marks. Cite the source at the end of the sentence. No citation needed. Created by: Charles Hanson, Ph.D. Chair, Dept. of History Menlo School Atherton, CA 94027 Used with Permission
Writing in- text citations Takes Practice! Write a sentence as you would in a research paper using the information below. Each set of information is a direct quote. In your sentence, you may quote, summarize, or paraphrase any of the information you choose. REMEMBER: use the first words of the citation in your lead in or in parentheses at the end of the sentence. So, if there is no author, then use the title within quotation marks or italicized, depending on whether or not the citation on the Works Cited page uses quotation marks or italics. Make choices for in- text citations: Refer to the source in the lead in to the sentence. Example: According to Townsend, Medieval Europe was not only violent, but also bustling with commerce (10). Refer to the source at the end of the sentence. Example: According to a recent news article, in the long run paying for music, movies and books will become common among Chinese consumers ( Apple Music ). Go ahead and write!!!!! The explosion of a nuclear weapon produces a blast equivalent to the detonation of thousands of tons of chemical explosives in addition to thermal and nuclear radiation unique to nuclear explosions. Detonation of many nuclear weapons may cause long- lasting environmental effects. Howes, Ruth H. "Effects Of Nuclear Weapons." Salem Press Encyclopedia Of Science (2015): Topic Overviews 6-12. Web. 8 Oct. 2015. [Howes reports] or (blah, blah, blah... (Howes).] Technology is fundamental to the successful operation of any modern airport. That's why airport IT spending has grown consistently at about 12 percent since 2010. Airports spend $6 billion a year on IT infrastructure now. Torr, Jeremy. "Gate Change." Aviation Week & Space Technology 176.13 (2014): 39. Advanced Placement Source. Web. 8 Oct. 2015.
In 2011, the Australian Crime Commission (ACC) highlighted threats to the integrity of professional sport and concluded that there was potential for organised crime to infiltrate sport in Australia, as has occurred overseas. "Organised Crime And Drugs In Sports, Australian Crime Commission, Canberra, 2013." Trends In Organized Crime 18.3 (2015): 261. Advanced Placement Source. Web. 8 Oct. 2015. Will GMOs (genetically modified organisms) help wipe out malnutrition? Advocates say it would be utopian to wait for a better world while existing technology can help solve the problem here and now. Some argue that lack of food is simply a problem of unequal distribution. If poor people were not poor, they could buy the food they need. Demenet, Philippe. "Can Genetically Modified Organisms Feed the World?" The Unesco Courier 09 2001: 10-2. ProQuest. Web. 9 Oct. 2015. Texas is one of just six states in the U.S. to not have at least a statewide ban on texting behind the wheel. (Texas bans younger drivers from any cellphone use while driving, along with barring all drivers from texting or handheld cellphone use in school zones.) Benning, Tom. "Does Banning Cellphone Use While Driving Reduce Accidents?." Dallas Morning News. 22 Jul. 2015: n.p. SIRS Issues Researcher. Web. 09 Oct. 2015. The ancient Egyptians are famous for building vast pyramids, but there was a big drawback to these huge above- ground tombs. Every robber in the land could see exactly where the dead person s mummy and its treasures were buried. Gaff, Jackie. All about Tombs. London: Kingfisher Publications, 2003. Print.
Station 3 Using an online citation maker. Personal Project Boot Camp Day 2 Using Information Ethically Create a citation page with at least four different citations. Create the information as needed such as the title etc., but choose a theme for your work as if you were writing an actual paper. There is a link to an online citation maker on the SSIS library page under MLA Format. This is a superior citation maker it directs you as to what to type and what to do if you are missing information after you create your citations it allows you to sort them into the correct order finally, it allows you to open the entire list in a word document with Works Cited at the top of the page and double-spaced. Allowing you to open it in Word means that you will not lose any formatting from cutting and pasting. Directions (I recommend you skip the directions and just play with the citation maker): 1. Click on the resource you want to cite from the yellow Source Type box. If a template does not appear, you might need to allow pop-ups from your browser. 2. Complete the template form with information from your source. Only fill in the boxes that apply with information that is available to you. (you re making this up anyway) 3. When you are done filling out the form, click Create Citation Below. Your citations will appear below the template in the dotted box. 4. Continue this process for each of your sources. You may enter multiple citations without losing the previous ones. 5. When you have entered all of your citations, sort them into the required alphabetical order by clicking on Sort All. If a citation begins with quotation marks, manually move that citation from the beginning of the list to its proper alphabetical spot. 6. After sorting, click Save as Word or Pages Doc. 7. Once you paste your list into your own document, correct these things as necessary: Formatting a Works Cited page: Citations are on their own page Type Works Cited centered at the top of the page without the quotation marks Double-space the list, both between citations and within them. When a citation has more than one line, use a hanging indent. To do this, indent the second line and every line thereafter, to the right five spaces. Alphabetize the entire list by the first word of each citation. This may be the author s last name or the first word in a title. If first words are the same, go to the second word, third, etc. Capitalize titles as follows: Capitalize the first word and all words in the title with the exception of the, at, to, in, a, etc. An example of a Works Cited page using the theme of winter is on the back of this page. It has such wonderful authors as Frozen Treat, Abominable Snowman, Homer T. Squirrel, and Warmer Gloves. Once you know how to use the citation maker, you might consider creating Works Cited pages for birthdays of friends using events from their lives or create them for other important occasions. It is definitely a unique way to celebrate the occasions.
Works Cited Gloves, Warmer. Knitting Hats, Scarfs, and Other Items. Yarn, IN: Home Crafters Inc., 2006. Academic OneFile. Web. 16 Mar. 2014. Lewis, Merriweather, and Stormy Cloud. Our Travels in Winter. 1st. Portland, OR: Cross Country Press, 1803. Print. Snowman, Abominable. "I Am a Nice Guy." Exploring Our Fears 9 June 2001: n. pag. Student Resources in Context. Web. 29 Feb. 2014. Snowman, Frosty. "My Time as a Snowflake." A Brief History of a Snowman. Ed. Jack Frost. Windy Falls, VT: Icycle Press, 2004. 18-27. Print. Squirrel, Homer T. ""Preparing for the Cold." All about Squirrels 7 Aug. 2014: 6-9. Print. Treat, Frozen. How to Make Snow Cones. N,p., 16 Dec. 2004. Web. 20 Sept. 2014. "Winter." Encyclopedia of Calendar Events. Association of Meteorologists, 2008. Web. 6 Apr. 2014. Winters, Carol. Personal interview. 16 Jan. 2014. Created using MLA Citation Maker on www.oslis.org. 1. ebook from a subscription database 2. Print book 3. Magazine from a subscription database 4. Chapter from a print book 5. Print magazine 6. Website from the free web 7. Encyclopedia on the free web 8. Personal interview Theme: Winter Cold