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Group B    WeekFour Re-Submittal of Resource Synthesis Questions and synthesis for the corresponding resources: //Questions // //Resources // Why doesplagiarism occur? From this site to gather reasons for cheating: [] Why the increase inplagiarism: [] Combating plagiarism—aHistorical Perspective: [] What is plagiarism andways to combat it: [] Digital Plagiarism: TheRole of Society and Technology: [] From University ofAlberta, Canada, a condensed overall view on plagiarism: [] Technology and academicvirtue: Student plagiarism through the looking glass: [] New Study confirms thatInternet Plagiarism is Prevalent: [] Understanding InternetPlagiarism: [] Pages 36 & 37outline Walden’s policy on plagiarism: [] Pages 27 through 41discuss various components to plagiarism: [] <span style="color: #000000; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16px;">Anti-PlagiarismStrategies for Research Papers: [] <span style="color: #000000; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16px;">20 anti-plagiasm tools: [|http://www.blogherald.com/2007/06/25/the-20-best-free-anti-plagiarism-tools]
 * 1) <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16px;">What is thedefinition of plagiarism, why does it occur?
 * 2) <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16px;">How istechnology an enabler to plagiarism?
 * 3) <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16px;">Can technologybe used to stop or limit plagiarism and how can it be used to preventaccidental plagiarism?

//__<span style="color: #000000; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16px;">Synthesis Comments: __// <span style="color: #000000; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16px;">These two sitesdefine the term plagiarism. However, thesecond site listing takes the definition further with “internet plagiarism”meaning “expanded access” or more availability of resources to use forplagiarism. Not only are there moreprinted material, but there are online companies that sell written papers forstudent’s to use. [] []

perhaps a method for disallowing copying of the material would be in order.
<span style="color: #000000; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16px;">In looking at the resources there seemsto be a lackadaisical effort on some students and professors. Students just wantto get the work done and some professors don’t think it is their job to be theplagiarism police. <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16px;">Several sites describes what plagiarism is, thecauses of plagiarism and who is responsible for plagiarism, I especially likethe list of what causes students to plagiarize on [] <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16px;">This sitesalso talk about the attitudes people have on plagiarism, and is it in factstealing.

Using the concept approach to synthesizing the resources, it seems that
== the following resources define it: [] and []. The following resources attempt to expound on ways to combat it: [], []. ==

with techniques such as requiring the student to read his/her paper out loud.
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16px;">In comparison of the following sites, [] <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16px;">and [|http://www.blogherald.com/2007/06/25/the-20-best-free-anti-plagiarism-tools] <span style="color: #000000; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16px;"> they both admit there is availabletechnology in many sources that will help combat plagiarism. However, they also indicate that not allteachers and universities jump to use them. They can be frustrating to the student who is not plagiarizing and hinderingtheir paper progress. In addition, theycreate legal copyright issues when teachers download the papers and make themavailable for all anti-plagiarism sites.

the following sites:
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<span style="color: #000000; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16px;">These sites encouragemore interaction and guidance from the teachers. They feel that if the students understoodclearly the action so plagiarism, it would eliminate some of the accidental aswell as the intentional. Both sites donot promote the technological prevention, rather the responsibility lies withthe teachers and the students. Inaddition, they indicate that use of the technological sites increases thedistrust between the student and the teacher. The first site even goes as far as to say that the increase ofplagiarism is due to the increase of the anti-plagiarism sites.