Beginning Problem/ Solution

Hand in your papers.

Did you find out how the word "plagiarism" got chosen? How does it relate to intellectual property?

Here's a definition of plagiarism. Here is intellectual property.

First of all, plagiarism stories: Viswanathan

1. Why did the publisher cancel her contract and destroy her books? Do you think this was appropriate?

Helene

2. Why was this outcome SO DIFFERENT?

Herr Guttenberg

3. Was this the right outcome for a politician, for Germany?

Beyond "plagiarism" to "intellectual property":

Book covers?

4. Was this a case of theft? Who decides?

If the courts are in charge...

5. Do you agree with the Australian Supreme Court ruling?

If there's time....better news, for some: music... TV iTunes

6. Whom do you think the law says that TV news footage "belongs" to? What do you think? Have you heard of "fair use"?

All the questions above are answered in the daybook.

Homework:

1. Fill at least a half page in your daybook with brainstorming about possible problems you could write the next paper about. For help, see the video links on last Friday's blog. Think about situations that concern you, and that you would like to know more about.

2. TWFTD: patent in OED.

Final Improvements

Open your Summary/ Eval/ Response paper in Turnitin (in Moodle). NOW you can click on the middle button and see comments I have made, and see some proofreading by the software.

Use EasyBib to create a Works Cited page.

For your daybook today, find one sentence using coordination and one using subordination from your own paper, and copy them down.

Check your daybook list of errors for the paper returned to you. What should you look for in THIS paper?

Last ten minutes:  The next paper you write is called the Problem/ Solution paper. This weekend, as you finish up your Summary/ Eval/ Response paper, be thinking about a problem that you'd like to think more deeply about solving.

Here are a selection of sources that point to problems. You could use one of these, or come up with your own. Note: I prohibit gun-control related papers.

"Humans Need Not Apply" video by CGP Grey.

"Injustice in Ferguson, Long Before Michael Brown" from Bloomberg's Business Week.

"The Net Neutrality Debate in 3 Minutes" by Hank G.

"Incarceration Nation" By CNN

"The Skills Gap" by Siemens

"Alcohol is Still the Deadliest Drug in the United States, and It’s Not Even Close" The Washington Post

Daybooks are due.

Homework:

1. Final Version of your Summary/ Eval/ Response due Monday with ALL tan sheets.

2. Look through the problem examples and be thinking about your next paper.

3. TWFTD:  none

Draft #2 Summary/ Evaluation/ Response Due Today

Today you read and comment on two drafts. Some of you will read drafts by the same person so that you are reading about the same article that you wrote about.

Before class tomorrow, upload this draft into our class in Moodle using the Turnitin link.

Homework:

1. Upload Draft 2 in Moodle.

2. Have your daybook ready to turn in.

3. TWFTD:  plagiarism in OED ( can you figure out the original meaning in Latin?)