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Plagiarism - Youtube

Plagiarism is a high-profile issue for schools; particularly issues relating to the internet. For some students negotiating plagiarism is like negotiating a mine field. Most cases of plagiarism are accidental, and could have been avoided if students become more aware of their own research practices.

We have a whole generation of students who have grown up with information that just seems to be hanging around in cyberspace and does not seem to have an author and some students believe this information is just there for anyone to use. The internet makes copying and pasting easy, of course. There are students from primary school to tertiary level who do not understand the concept of authorship, intellectual property, copyright and originality. Many students simply do not understand that using words they did not write is a serious offence.
 My thoughts are early education for students on cheating/plagiarism may lead to fewer problems in the future. Students or school libraries could have a blog to post comments or ask questions about the subject such as “can I copy this?” or what “common knowledge” is.

Simplek 12 Team, 2011. Plagiarism Don't Do It - Help Avoid Plagiarism - Internet Safety, Teacher Professional Development Series - Internet Safety, YouTube, viewed 15 May 2012.

Plagiarism Don't Do It - Help Children Avoid Plagiarism - Internet Safety

Mr Bean in the Library

Mr Bean - Library - YouTube:
Sorry, but I couldn't go past this video. Mr Bean in the library - classic! 

Book Review

Tim Winton

Cloudstreet

ISBN 0140273980

Winton, T. 1991, Cloudstreet, Penguin Books, Vic. Aust.

A friend lent this book to me and it turned out to be a very good/funny story. I don’t read many Australian novels or family sagas but I would recommend this one, a great read.This book was made into a mini series.

The time line is between 1943 - 1963 where the ne’er-do-well Pickles family inherits the dilapidated, unhappily haunted house at Number One Cloud Street in Perth. To make ends meet, they rent half of the house to the industrious, God-fearing Lambs, but sparks immediately fly. The families also have to contend with a sad and angry ghost, one of the “Stolen Generation” of Aboriginal children. With an odd blend of gritty detail and magical realism, Tim Winton writes with such compassion that you can’t help but love his characters as they squabble, love, and learn to get along over two decades of Australian history.

Podcast

David Huron: Music and the Brain

David Huron: Music and the Brain (Podcasts) (Library of Congress):


This Podcast may appear to be a bizarre choice, but when I think of music it does evoke emotion. How does music succeed in prompting emotions within us? And why are these emotions often so powerful? The simple answer is that no one knows.....yet. Music affects us all.It seems that the healing power of music, over body and spirit, is only just starting to be understood, even though music therapy is not new.

David Huron, professor of music, joined the School of Music faculty and the OSU Centre for Cognitive Science in 1998. Although he was trained in performance, Huron has an international reputation for his research in music perception and cognition. This research includes such areas as music and human emotion, and the perception of harmony, voice-leading, and melody. Since graduating in 1989 from the University of Nottingham (England) with a Ph.D. in musicology, Huron has published over 80 scholarly articles.

Professor Huron is currently teaching and researching the field of music cognition at the Ohio State University. He wants to know why people fall in love with music and understand why music is so enjoyable. What makes sound appealing (or unappealing)? Why do people have different musical tastes? How does culture shape our musical experience?


I had a look at the following Podcasts:

http://www.nytimes.com/pages/podcasts/index.html

http://entertainment.howstuffworks.com/hsw-shows/hsw-podcast.htm

http://www.nla.gov.au/podcasts/events.html