The official Don’t Ever Cheat or Plagiarize Presentation

1. Why you should use your brain and NOT cheat…or plagiarize…or lie…or steal…or break rules…ever! The official Don’t Ever Cheat or Plagiarize Presentation

2. Quick Survey • Have you ever cheated or plagiarized? • Have you ever seen anyone else cheat or knew that they plagiarized a paper? • Have you ever used your cell phone to cheat? • Have you ever seen anyone else use their cell phone to cheat? • Do you think that copying someone else’s homework is cheating?

3. Quick Survey 6. Would you help a boyfriend or girlfriend to cheat or plagiarize if they asked you? 7. Would you tell someone test questions from a test you have already taken? 8. Is telling someone test questions from a test you have already taken cheating? 9. Have you ever used Sparknotes or Cliffsnotes instead of reading a book? 10. Is reading Sparknotes or Cliffsnotes without reading the book cheating?

4. Quick Survey Results 2010

5. Facts about Cheating and Plagiarism • 50% of students admit to using the Internet to cheat on papers • 4 out of 5 students admit that they cheated at some point in their high school career to improve grades • 15-20% of students have downloaded papers from sites where you can buy papers • 30% of students admit to using their cell phone to cheat

6. The perception of cheating • Nearly one in four students think that acts like accessing notes, texting friends with answers during a test, and using their cell to search the Internet for answers during a test aren’t cheating. • 76% of parents are sure that students at their child’s school cheat using cell phones, but only 3% of parents think their child would be guilty of cheating with their cell phone.

7. Works Cited • http://www.usnews.com/blogs/on-education/2009/06/23/one-third-of-teens-use-cellphones-to-cheat-in-school.html • http://www.commonsensemedia.org/hi-tech-cheating