Writing

Avoiding Plagiarism
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/research/r_plagiar.html
The OWL at Purdue does an excellent job of outlining what plagiarism is with resources to illustrate what to document when using someone else's work. The OWL is also an excellent source for other writing concerns and exercises.

Center for Technology & Teacher Education
http://www.teacherlink.org/content/
Prepares instructors on how to integrate technology into English, Math, Science, and Social Studies.

Characteristics of Constructive Feedback
http://cte.udel.edu/insthandouts.htm
Simple instruction on how to give constructive feedback, whether it is for students' work, student behavior, or developing team work within your staff.

Citation Game
http://depts.washington.edu/etriouw/gameindex.htm
A fun and interactive game to help students learn how to cite sources using MLA or APA. Professors of graduate classes have had their students play the game!

Code of Academic Integrity and Acknowledging the Work of Others
http://web.cornell.edu/UniversityFaculty/docs/AI.Acknow.pdf
Although this is an academic document written for Cornell students to know what is expected in their writing, it would be an excellent resource to show to high school students to know, especially the penalties for violation.

Copyright and Fair Use in the Classroom, on the Internet, and the World Wide Web
http://www.umuc.edu/library/copy.html
The University of Maryland University College provides a comprehensive look at copyright and plagiarism, including definition of terms and specifics on what can and cannot be copied without permission, and guidelines. They also provided sample letters to illustrate how to ask for permission to copy and/or use a document.

Copyright Website
http://www.benedict.com/
Excellent web site on copyright laws and includes examples of audio and visual copyright violations.

Education Place
http://www.eduplace.com/
K-8 resources for teachers, students, and parents: Reading/Language Arts, Math, Science, Social Studies, Intervention, Professional Development, activities, games, and textbook support.

Skills Tutor
http://www.skillstutor.com/
Based on research, this site provides online modules for all levels of learners in all content areas, plus more. Nominal cost. Used and liked by other TRIO programs.

ThinkQuest
http://www.thinkquest.org/
"ThinkQuest is an international website-building competition, sponsored by the Oracle Education Foundation. Teams of students and teachers are challenged to build web sites on educational topics. These web sites are published in the popular ThinkQuest Library and top-scoring teams win valuable prizes." For middle school and high school students.

Turnitin Research Resources
http://www.turnitin.com/research_site/e_home.html
A simple guide for students to learn how to avoid plagiarism and use correct citations.

A Visit to Copyright Bay
http://www.stfrancis.edu/cid/copyrightbay/
This is a fun way to learn about copyright and fair use for students and adults. It is game-like in presentation with "Fair Use Harbor", "Infringement Reef", and "Murky Waters". The Bibliography/Webliography is a great place to find additional resources. Created by graduate students in the Educational Technology Leadership program at George Washington University.

What is Copyright Protection?
http://www.whatiscopyright.org/
This non-profit site allows anyone to reproduce all or parts of this site for educational and non-profit reasons. It is a good site for the basics: what is copyright, when does it begin, what is required, when does it expire, as well as fonts, royalty-free images, sound-clips, and public domain.

What is Plagiarism?
http://gervaseprograms.georgetown.edu/hc/plagiarism.html
Written for students with topics like: They said it so much better, shouldn't I use their words?; and, My friends get stuff from the internet. It explains paraphrasing and gives examples of plagiarism.

Writer's Reference
http://www.dianahacker.com/writersref/index.html
Interactive writing resource that offers online exercises in writing, grammar, research and more. Favorite source to send students for supplemental writing help!