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The IB Academic Honesty Policy that YOU signed at the beginning of the year states that you agree NOT to plagiarize. As you get older, this becomes very important and potentially costly in school and in life (failure, fines, removal of your posted video or other creations, etc) Journalists have been fired for plaigiarizing. People have lost their jobs for it. People have had to pay millions of dollars for it. You want to avoid it!  Here's how:

What is plaigiarism?
Plagiarism includes:

• copying word for word
• paraphrasing (changing a few words)
• cutting and pasting an image without credit
• using media (image, music, video, etc) not approved for reuse
• Including any Information from your research in your final product without crediting where you learned it.

How can I avoid accidentally plagiarizing?

• Take notes in google drive-tools-explore-
• Put quotes around all your notes that you copy word for word.
• write down all sources you consult even if you're not sure you're intending to use their info  yet.

Do I have to cite something  if it's common knowledge?
No. For example, you don't have to cite the dictionary if you  look up how to spell a word but you DO have to cite the dictionary you use if you look up a word's definition as those can differ slightly.  but when in doubt, cite it anyway!

Which resources should I use and cite when researching for school?
See credible sources lessons or
just use pre-Vetted academically trustworthy sources found at NcWise Owl (on the student portal) 

Which images are free to use? ( you must still cite them!!)

• Creative commons image
• images found in NCWiseowl sources
• google image search - tools - usage rights - approved for reuse

What is the best method for citing when I want to credit a source?
Follow your teacher's instructions on the required way to credit sources used for your product.  How you give credit depends on the product. (reserach paper, video, etc) Different ways to cite sources include:

• make a works cited page, resources consulted list, or bibliography. 
• copy the citation or link at the bottom of each slide if making a slide show
• Can use footnotes at the end of a page if wrting a paper (google docs - tools- explore does this automatically)
• Include link or citation in your YouTube description credits for music, images, video used, etc.

How do I find the necessary information about a source to include when writing up credit for a citation?
You'll first  want to ask your teacher if you should to use APA, MLA or other then use:

• citation makers online 
• citation makers within NCWiseOwl
• google docs- tools - explore - info is auto- cited as a footnote

If no method is specified, you can give the web address of the source or use the auto citiation. 

Step 1. Go to NCWISEOWL.org or click the button you see at the Student Portal below

Step 2: Select Middle School (you are welcome to check out the other grades as well or sort by subject)

Step 3: Select the tool you want to use (Start with Brittanica School if you aren't sure where to start but it's worth clicking around one day when you're not in a hurry. Lots of good stuff)

Step 4: Enter the topic you are researching. Put quotes around your search terms to focus your results. Then click if you want images, articles, videos, magazines, web sites etc.

Step 5: Read the results and REPEAT as necessary until you find information and results you are satisifed with.(Go up or down a level (1,2,3 in photo above)if you aren't happy, change the lexile at bottom right, move from middle to elementary or high back at Step 2, etc) When you find something you want to use, click on it as below.

Click the check box marked "cite"

Related Posts:
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How to find Credible Sources on the web
http://piedmontpd.weebly.com/lesson-ideas/credible-sources-lesson

Plagiarism videos used in this lesson
youtu.be/gs4WPlh6MZI
https://youtu.be/Ly_AeHl4t5M
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Earn the DIY Stitcher Patch by learning how to sew at home, by hand, or at school on our sewing machine in the new Media Center Maker Space:
https://diy.org/skills/stitcher

You modern kids are NO JOKE!  I just learned a ton from a 12 year old who is a specialized front-end developer already so here are his recommendations if you want to know about coding. 



basics of coding - Computer Programming readiness:
Code Academy- a fun way to learn how to code and you can do it with your friends! http://www.codecademy.com/#!/exercises/0

• Games to learn coding:
  • Apps On our iPads
    • Haikitzu
    • Daisy the Dinosaur
    • CargoBot
  • Or tryMove the Turtle for 2.99 or Codera is advanced for 9.99
    
    
  • Coding Web-based Games-use any machine with a browser
  • www.code.org
  • www.diy.org/skills (start with n00b) or codeacademy.com
  • Teach Yourself how to code-
    http://lifehacker.com/5401954/programmer-101-teach-yourself-…
  • Kodable
  • Hopscotch
  • Scratch- http://scratch.mit.edu/
  • Tynker http://www.tynker.com/experience/
  • Light Bot http://armorgames.com/play/2205/light-bot

Learn to Make Video Games

• http://gamesalad.com/

Learn to make Apps

• http://www.ibuildapp.com easy, free, and works great. Choose the "web" app that way you do not have to go through apple or the play market place
• http://appinventor.mit.edu/ since there are some wonderful lessons already created for it. There is drag-and-drop coding, though, which is pretty simple compared to typing it.

TOP 10 Computer Science Recommendation from QUORA.
Muhamed Halilovic, Developer -

1. GitHub - thousands of projects with their code, examples, etc. - invaluable for your projects, school, work or life as a software/CS engineer.

2. Stack Overflow - answers to thousands of questions on all kinds of topics related to programming, work, math, software, etc. (You can also answer, and it has Careers 2.0 (invitation only after you answer and gain points) similar to LinkedIn which you can leverage to find software/cs jobs).

3. Khan Academy - math, statistics, economics - everything you missed out on in college and high-school and wanted to re-learn, re-visit, etc.

4. tutorialspoint.com - has easy-to-follow tutorials on major topics in programming and cs concepts, which you can cover in hours and literally be an expert in amongst your peers.

5. TopCoder - MONEY, recommendations, algorithms, experience (I wish I knew about TopCoder while in College). There is rarely a website that can do so much for you as TopCoder can.

6. Hacker News - The only place you need to follow when it comes to latest news on technology, whats hot, whats cooking, etc. Thats the place where all other hackers come to get and post the news.

7. No Excuse List - This lists out all the major places on the web for courses, materials, and other stuff CS people need and basically empowers you to learn anything and everything you ever needed/wanted. You simply have no excuse anymore as to why you didn't know or learn something.

8. http://www.businessballs.com/ - Place to learn economics/buisness/job/work terminology and about starting your business, organizing your time, people skills, people management and utilizing your knowledge to finally start making money out of it. All sorts of tools and general knowledge which you will need at some point in your life. Everything you should know about business, management and stuff that no one teaches you at college, but you find out you really need to know later on in life when you want to create your own startup/business or as such.

9. Memory Improvement Tips - How to Improve Your Memory - website you need to learn about your brain and how to improve your focus, memory, etc - website I would use in combination with this book: Your Memory : How It Works and How to Improve It: Kenneth L. Higbee Ph.D.: 9781569246290: Amazon.com: Books - it teaches you how to memorize, what affects your memory, focus, etc. I wish I knew about these things in college. If you follow what is taught in this - you could probably become sort of an "Einstein" in your college/school as well later on when you start working.

10. http://www.quora.com/ - The place where you find out about answers like this one :).  


Your fellow Piedmont Student Duncan says the best way to code is to sit down one on one with a coder and begin coding with word doc and made a website by typing in code and being amazed that something else will pop up on the other side. Sites he uses:

• codeacademy.org
  
• dash.generalassemb.ly
  
• stackoverflow
  
• htmldog.com
  
• pancake.iohttp://jsfiddle.net/
  
• codeanywhere.net
  
• coffeecup software ($60 lets you code html , css , javascript)
  
• notepadplusplus.com (free software)
  

KNOW YOUR STRENGTHS Test Links:

• http://www.humanmetrics.com/cgi-win/JTypes2.asp
• If you liked that test, this link (scroll past the ads to "Finding Free tests") has a few more tests to takehttp://jobs.lovetoknow.com/Free_Career_Aptitude_Test
• Multiple intelligences test: http://literacyworks.org/mi/assessment/findyourstrengths.html

Career Info

• When you take the ACT they'll tell you where you fall on this career wheel

http://www.act.org/wwm/student.html

• I like the way they put careers into categories

http://www.act.org/wwm/overview.html

There are lots of kinds of leaders.

Some young people are born leaders. You probably already know if that is you. People tend to listen to you, to do what you say. YOu are probably good in a crisis.
Some people lead with bravery. They 
These skills can be developed if you don't have them but I want to share with you my advice for leadership if you don't have it already.

I use a backward method of leadership that is based on my own knowledge of what is my greatest gift and strength in myself and committment to what I am passionate about. I am who I am and in being me I inspire others to be the best in themselves and to stop hiding.

I used to do that with my students. I would recognize, name and develop their strengths as a way to minimize their weaknesses.

Now I will try to give it to you via this post. Here's what to do:

Ask yourself:

• What are your unique strengths that set you apart and let you shine?  Compare your strengths to Animals. Instead of beating yourself up about what you can't do, think about what you can do. Would we ask a tiger to swim all day when his gift is running? Would we ask a duck to climb a tree when he can fly instead? How are you getting to the top of that tree? Are you sure getting to the tree top is even a goal for  you? Maybe you should be an ocean diver instead.
  
• What issues/causes/problems do you care about? What injustices burn you most? How can you lead

• ( or be a first follower http://youtu.be/hO8MwBZl-Vc to help that cause ? 

Now act on those answers. Be awake and aware looking for ways to help others because the best way to know yourself is to forget yourself and act.

Servant Leadership is this new buzzword. You have to know what you are good at in order to serve.

Do not fear failure. Part of being a leader is being willing to fail and knowing that all great leaders have failed many times before success even at their greatest strengths:

The links below help you LEARN what you are interested in and REMEMBER more efficiently so you can
The limbic system inside your brain controls your emotions and your long term memory. Every time you study, you connect more neurons and get smarter and better!
study efficiently
think critically
and communicate your thoughts academically.

• See the DESIGN CYCLE STUDIO if you are looking to CREATE with that knowledge
• See the Weblinks for links to Virtual Classroom Sites

Study Skills and Learning help:
Sites to Annotate and highlight from the web or ebook-makes study later and writing research papers easier:

• Google Drive will annotate and cite your sources for you now! Try it!
• diigo has a web highlighter and web sticky notes so you can take notes as you go.

These sites edit pdfs and online textbooks within the browser:

• https://pdfzen.com/
• https://activetextbook.com/
• http://www.gobstopper.com You can import text from websites or use ebooks and do annotations, as well as embed questions or quizzes

Other Study Help:

• How To StudyInfographic
• http://www.schoolhacks.org/
• Soshiku-
  • Designed especially for students, this free web app helps them budget their time and stick to schedules. Soshiku can also send notifications about assignment due dates.
• Proofreading:
  • Alleyoop--this site will grade your essays for you before you hand them in. It also has live homework help[http://preview.alleyoop.com/pages/index-c.html'
• Improve your memory in general
  • http://neave.com/simon/
• Know your Brain
  • http://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/Top-Ten-Myths-About-the-Brain.html

Flashcard Sites -basic study and memorization tools(with and without games)

• www.quizlet.com favorite site for making flashcards in HS and college. you can invite your friends to study them with you.
• BrainFlips to create your own flashcards with text, images, video, and sound.http://www.brainflips.com/home.html
• www.studystack.comhas games to play with each stack of cards
• This site uses a proven spaced repeitition method to keep the info in your brain:
  • http://flashcarddb.com/
• http://www.funnelbrain.com/searchResults.php?searchTxt=AP%20Psych&decks=true
• http://www.flashcardmachine.com
• ProProfs- ProProfs makes test prep easy and fun. The site allows students to make free quizzes and tests (complete with colors and images) that can be taken online.
• Flashcard Exchange - Students who use Flashcard Exchange can create, study, print and share web-based flashcards on any topic. More than 400,000 students have benefited already.