In our discussion of Digital Content, students are introduced to the definition of plagiarism.  To prevent plagiarism, students are taught to R-O-W the site. The R stands for read, the O stands for off (turn off the monitor, close the lid of the laptop, or look away from the screen.)  The W stands for write – write what you have read in your own words.

To practice ROWing their site, students access the website Facts4Me. They are assigned a category and topic. (4th grade teachers chose the category Frontier Life, 5th grade teachers chose the category Colonial Life, and each 3rd grade class has a topic chosen by their individual teacher).  Students open Keynote and create one slide by screen capturing one picture from the topic on Facts4Me and dragging it to the slide. They summarize the article and write it in their own words. They also site their source. Next week, each class will upload their individual slide to a share presentation in Google Docs. The slideshow will be uploaded to the internet so they can embed it on their individual blogs.