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Oct 23 2009

Sources

Bibliography

When you write your bibliography or sources, you must write them in the correct way. Your teacher will tell you which method to use.

A  Encyclopedia

"Title of article". Name of encyclopedia. Date of publication.

"Animal Ecology." Encyclopedia Britannica. 1990 ed.

B  Book

Author (last name, first name). Title. Place of publication: Publisher, Date.

Commoner, Bernard. Science and Survival. New York: Viking Press, 1966.

C  Book with Joint Authors

Authors (last name, first name, and first name, initial, last name. Title. Place: Publisher. Date.

Lewis, Theodore, and Lawrence R. Taylor. Introduction to Experimental Ecology. New York: Academic Press, 1967.

D   Sources from Internet

Author’s last name, initials. Year. Full title of work (specific web page). Title of complete work. Full URL. Specify date you accessed the site.

Brown, G. Living in the 21st Century. 2002 Http://www.thethirdway. (June 2003).

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May 05 2009

Are You a Plagiarist?

 

Plagiarism is theft or stealing someone else’s work. Plagiarists can lose their jobs, fail their courses, or be kicked out of universities. The person who is being plagiarized may sue the plagiarist in a civil court. If you answer “yes” to some or all of the questions, then you are guilty of academic dishonesty, cheating, theft, plagiarism, and copying without the other person’s permission.

 

1  Do you submit a piece of writing and pretend that it is your own work?

 

2  Do you submit photos and pretend they are yours?

 

3  Do you cut and paste articles from another website into your website?

 

4  Do you present someone else’s ideas and pretend that they are yours?

 

5  Do you write ”copyright” at the end of your work when it is someone else’s work?

 

6  Does your work follow the arrangement or organization of someone else’s work?

 

7  Do you fail to add sources at the end of your work when you have taken the ideas from someone else?

 

8  Do you make a PowerPoint presentation by cutting and pasting work from someone else’s website?

 

 

Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plagiarism

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Mar 05 2009

Blogs by 161 and 162 Students

Published by Dot MacKenzie under 162, Blogging

 

 

 

Blogs by students in 161 and 162 in the English Language Unit in the Faculty of Science, Kuwait University.

 

Mohamed Aied

 

Khaled Al Rabea

 

Salem Abdulsalam

 

Omar

 

Ashban Mazeal

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Feb 26 2009

Interesting Blogs from around the World

Published by Dot MacKenzie under Blogging, Sister Classes

Interesting blogs from around the world are displayed in this pageflake.

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Feb 26 2008

An Introduction to Blogging

A  Instructions

 

Go to the Blogger website, and follow the instructions on the screen.  Make sure your blog is in English.

 

2  Click on start now.

 

3  To create an account, type user name, first name, email address, and new password, and retype password. Remember to write down your password and the name of the blog, otherwise you will never find it again. (If you have an account, sign in).

 

4  Click on create a new blog in your blogs on the right side of the screen.

 

5  Type an introduction about yourself into your blog.

 

6  Save the blog.

 

7  Exit blogger.com.

 

8  Type your blogger address http:// (?????.blogspot.com) in the search box to make sure that you can access it again.

 

9  Give your teacher the address of your blogspot so he/she can print out your blog and correct it.

 

B  Uses of Blogs

 

1 Keeping a diary

 

2 Sending news to your friends and family

 

3 Informing people about events, e.g. news about a club

 

4 Keeping a class informed about class work, quizzes, exams etc

 

5 Keeping a record of your homework or original work.

 

6 Displaying school messages and news.

 

7 Storing photos online, so that all your friends and family can see them. You will have to download Picassa.

 

8 Storing audio and video blogs.

 

9  Publishing Your Work

 

10 Working on projects with students from around the world, e.g. Argentina, Brazil, Hungary and the U.S.A..

 

11 Advertising a company, e.g.  an online IELTS course.

 

12  Storing information about the history of your family, with stories about each family member, photos, qualifications, video clips, a family tree and other other interesting information.

 

13  You can blog in many languages apart from English.

C   Blogging Your 162 Work

For the rest of the semester, you will be busy writing paragraphs, reflections on making your presentation, writing a research essay, and completing your presentation, before handing it in in book form.

Once you have finished your work and it has been corrected, you will be able to post it in your own blog, the international student showcase blog, and this one. 

D  Using Windows Live Writer

If you are using an edublogs blog, you can download Windows Live Writer into your laptop or computer, type your work, and then post tables, photos, videos, maps and documents into your blog.

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