Original Source Material

The technological tools available today for creating computer-based learning materials are incredibly more powerful than those introduced just a few years ago. We can make our own movies with camcorders in our homes; we can publish our own books. Soon teachers and students will be able to use computer-video technology to produce their own learning materials. All it takes is time, know-how, and some funds.

Student Version

Frick (1991) claimed that computers would become so powerful that K-12 educators and students would able to produce their own multimedia and Web-based learning materials. He further predicted that they would just need to take the time required to learn to use the authoring tools and related technologies such as digital cameras and camcorders.

Which of the following is true for the Student Version above?a. Word-for-Word plagiarismb. Paraphrasing plagiarismc. This is not plagiarism

In research, the term plagiarism refers to the act of taking someone else's work or words and writing as if they belonged to one own's. In other words, it refers to pretend that some discoveries or thoughts are one's own when they are really from someone else's.

In this example, the student mentioned that Frick (1991) said that computers would become so powerful that they educators and students would be able to produce their own multimedia learning materials. We can see that this student is not pretending that these thoughts or discoveries are his but he is actually citing Frick as the author of this. Therefore, c. This is not plagiarism.

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Answer: THIS IS NOT PLAGIARISM

Explanation: Plagiarism can be said to bee an act of copying another individual idea, text, or other creative work and presenting it as one's own especially without permission or referencing.

Clearly in the student version above, the student explicitly referenced, Frick (1991), this quality illustrates that the student is not trying to claim the work as their own. This is enough to deduced that the student version is not plagiarism or any form of plagiarism as stated by the options.