I noticed that with online tools such as Animoto with the combination of copyright-friendly images it can create not only educational pieces but more personal shows (be sure to properly reference each image!). Animoto is another online slideshow/movie generator so it is perfect for students creating presentations since they can access their project from any computer, an excellent PLE due to its portability. Students can work stress free knowing that their presentation is saved through the web and will not have to worry about where their USB key went. However, I would not use this tool for Collaborative work, unlike GoogleSlides or Evernote you cannot invite a partner via email to assist in the completion of the show. A group account would have to be created and there would be no history of who changed any content. By creating an image-based presentation I was able to practice citing images properly. I have always been a strong supporter of referencing other peoples work, especially images (since it is not something that is commonly done). Image based 2.0 websites such as Tumblr lack proper imagery citation, now that I know how to reference accurately this will be something that I always do - and hopefully other users will pick up the habit.
I came across an article on my Feedly titled Do Students Understand Plagiarism. At first I was shocked with the amount of students that were caught plagiarizing, but then it had me wondering out of the sum of students cheating, how many of them truly just did not know how to cite accurately. The article did not say, but I am aware of how often citation formats (APA, MLA) change, it makes me wonder if in some cases just a couple of students genuinely made an error. Let me know what you think :)
Dombers, Christopher. (9 June, 2011). The battle of copyright. [image]. http://commons.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:THE_BATTLE_OF_COPYRIGHT.jpg
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