infodigilit:

Creative work: Your own original work.

Fair Use: Ability to use a certain amount of someone else’s work without permission.

Copyright: A law giving credit and security to your own work.

Creative Commons: Organization that issues licenses or copyrights your own original work.

Public Domain: Something you can use because it no longer has a copyright. If the creator of the work that you want to use and has died over 70 years ago, their work is now open to the public. However, you still have to cite it.

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I think that having a DigiLit Wikipedia page is a great idea. It gives the incoming freshmen class a way to learn about DigiLit and know what to expect from the class. I believe the most effective way would be to have each class work on a portion of the article.Then, if you felt you had something to add to a different portion of the article, you could add in your thoughts.

5. While the Sears Tower is arguably the greatest achievement in skyscraper engineering so far, it’s unlikely that architects and engineers have abandoned the quest for the world’s tallest building. The question is: Just how high can a building go? Structural engineer William LeMessurier has designed a skyscraper nearly one-half mile high, twice as tall as the Sears Tower. And architect Robert Sobel claims that existing technology could produce a 500-story building. From Ron Bachman, “Reaching for the Sky.” Dial (May 1990): 15.

Paraphrased: According to Ron Bachman, in his article “Reaching for the Sky.”, the Sears Tower is known as the greatest achievement in skyscraper engineering history, it being the tallest skyscraper made. As architects and engineers are still attempting to create a taller skyscraper, they question, “Just how high can a building go?”. Engineer William LeMessurier is trying to answer this question with his skyscraper he designed, reaching nearly one-half mile, double the Sears Tower. Also attempting to beat this is architect Robert Sobel. He is convinced that with today’s technology, they could make a 500-story building.

infodigilit:

To the best of your ability, please define the terms below:

Quote: to take a part of another persons work and put it into your own but giving them credit

Paraphrase: to take someone elses work and rephrase it into your own

Summarize: to take something you read and shortening it into a simpler form

Plagiarism: to copy ones own work without giving credit

Now, please complete the “K” and “W’ of a KWL based on these the terms above:

K: I know the basic information of each topic

W: I would like to learn further about the topics and how they are important in my writing

L: I now know that common knowledge is not considered plagiarism if not cited. For example, famous proverbs. I also learned that even with a citation, if you don’t quote a similar idea from another persons piece of work, it is still plagiarism.

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