Through this assignment, I learned how to
efficiently use Turnitin. Turnitin is a website that teachers can use to
prevent their students from plagiarizing other people’s work. I submitted a draft
that I copied and pasted to experience how the website worked. Turnitin found
that the copied draft was 98% similar and showed what websites the information
came from. Then, I revised the copied draft, summarized it into my own words, and
then submitted a revised draft. The results of the revised draft showed that
there was 0% plagiarism in the paper. Through exploring Turnitin.com, I did not
have any trouble using the website. It was very self-explanatory and easy to
use.
I
am very excited about being able to use this plagiarism detection software in
my future classroom. I believe it is very important to teach students that
plagiarism is wrong because it is a form of cheating since it is stealing someone
else’s work. First, I will teach my student’s how to summarize, synthesize,
paraphrase, etc. Once my students have a
clear understanding of how to create a synopsis of what they read, I will use
Turnitin as a way to prevent plagiarism in the classroom. This will also help
students to use their own creative thinking to write a paper rather than using
the easy way out and copying someone else’s work.
This
assignment met the NETS-T standard IV that indicates teachers should promote
and model digital citizenship and responsibility. This assignment met this
standard because Turnitin is a site that helps prevent plagiarism. This
standard demonstrates that teachers should teach safe, legal, and ethical use
of digital information and technology, including respect for copyright,
intellectual property, and the appropriate documentation of sources.
