Today's technology makes it easier than ever to copy and paste someone's work into a paper or web site and call it your own. As educators, we struggle to teach our students about plagiarism.
Because of the recent rise in plagiarism, online software programs are being created to allow schools to upload student papers, comparing and cross-referencing those papers to billions of other sources. Within minutes, these programs can create a report showing what is plagiarized and where it was plagiarized from. Many colleges today are using these plagiarism detection programs to make students understand the seriousness of being intellectually honest. Students must learn how to cite sources or face consequences of intellectual dishonesty.
The Citation Game, created by me and my colleague, Erin, and was meant to help students learn how to cite sources through an interactive game. I originally started the game as cut-out pieces of paper that students fit together but recently collaborated with Erin to create a game that can be played online.
Reports are that our students love the game (as much as any of us can love citation) and wish they had been taught how to cite with an interactive game from the beginning. I have had Professors approach me wishing their Graduate students had such a game. Of course, we are happy to share.
Since we have used the Citation Game within our TTQ competition, correct citation of sources within a Reference page or Bibliography has increased beyond the results of traditional methods of teaching citation. We are currently looking at updating the game with more examples and with a different program.
Please feel free to share the Citation Game with your students.
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Click on the "Happy Citation Guy" above.
Once you are linked to the Citation Game, click on "Review Sheet", and print it out in order to use it as you play.
Follow the directions listed on the Citation Game Introduction page.
Happy Citations! |
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