Year 7 - Computing
Research and planning a blog
Using media to gain support for a cause
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Unit Summary
During this unit, pupils develop their understanding of information technology and digital literacy skills. They will use the skills learnt across the unit to create a blog post about a real-world cause that they would like to gain support for.
Lesson Summary
You will learn to research and use content ethically to avoid plagiarism.
Key Notes
- Plagiarism is using someone else's work or ideas without giving them proper credit.
- Referencing techniques are used to credit sources and avoid plagiarism
- Harvard referencing system is widely used for academic writing.
Vocabulary To Learn
- plagiarism: using someone's work as your own without credit
- reference: giving credit to sources used in your work, to show where your information came from
Common Mistakes To Avoid
- If I change a few words from a website and use it as my own work it's not plagiarism.
3 Quick Questions (With Answers)
1. Describe the system or process from this lesson in clear steps.
Plagiarism is using someone else's work or ideas without giving them proper credit. Referencing techniques are used to credit sources and avoid plagiarism.
2. Define this computing term and give one practical example. 'plagiarism'
using someone's work as your own without credit. Add one real device or system example to prove understanding.
3. Correct this common computing misconception.
Mistake: If I change a few words from a website and use it as my own work it's not plagiarism. Correction: Changing a few words isn't enough. Plagiarism is using someone's ideas without credit. Even if you rephrase, you must reference the original source.
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