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Honors Biology 2011-2012
Welcome to this wikispace. I am hoping to make this a more accessible location on the web to share information and files. I will need to take a survey of my students whether or not you prefer to communicate via: 1. Blogspot 2. HAC 3. Wikispace This is a service and tool that I want to provide my students because I expect you to do a large amount of work on your own and with your own research, done mostly by computer/internet. I want you to understand the importance of the Northview High School Honor Code when given the freedom and responsibilities of working on the internet. Write what is your words, and cite those words that belong to others.

**NORTHVIEW HS HONOR CODE**
Cheating has been defined as giving or receiving, in any form, information relating to a gradable experience including the use of sources of information other than those specifically approved by the teacher, either during or outside of class. Examples of cheating include, but are not limited to, visual exchanges (cheat sheets, copying, open books or notes, writing on hands, shoes, or desks, calculators, etc.), and verbal, electronic or coded exchanges. Other examples include, but are not limited to, plagiarism, discussing tests with students who have not taken the test, copying homework assignments, not citing sources, etc. When a student is found to be cheating, the teacher //must //issue a grade of  //zero  //for the assignment. This assignment //may not  //be made up nor will the student be eligible for recovery. It is the responsibility of each classroom teacher to adhere to this policy. The teacher will complete an //Honor Code Violation  // form, have the student sign, and follow-up with a phone call to a parent/guardian. The office will mail a copy to the parent/guardian and place a copy in the student’s disciplinary file. Honor Code violations will be reviewed when considering students for awards and recommendations. It is felt that every teacher should ensure that the work being graded is in fact the work of the student receiving the grade; otherwise, the purpose of teaching and evaluation has been defeated. //__<span style="font-family: Verdana,Verdana;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,Verdana;">Plagiarism __// <span style="font-family: Verdana,Verdana;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,Verdana;">is the borrowing or restating of another’s words or ideas and claiming them as one’s own. The following are guidelines set by __The Hartford Courant__ for the Scholastic Writing Contest: "Plagiarism is a serious offense punishable by law. Before submitting a manuscript, the entrant should ask himself: 1. Have I copied, word for word, all or part of another writer’s work without giving specific credit to the other writer and using quotation marks? 2. Have I copied the work of another writer, making changes here and there, but retaining the main thought and structure? 3. In the case of fiction, have I used a plot invented by another writer, even though telling the story in my own words? If the answer is ‘yes’ to any of the above, the manuscript is plagiarized." The above should serve as a guideline for all papers, homework, and quizzes. In addition, the student who gives his/her original work to copy – in whole or in part to turn in as an original assignment is guilty of a very serious wrong. Such action constitutes willful participation in a deliberate deception; the student supplying the work should expect to be dealt with accordingly. The use of a plagiarism prevention website has become standard in many colleges and universities in order to reward honest endeavors and deter less honest work when the Internet is used for research. Turnitin.com is a leader in providing this service to schools in an effort to "minimize [the internet’s] potentially negative impact on the development of quality reading, writing, and research skills, and encourage exploration of the new educational possibilities it offers…" (turnitin.com). The Internet allows students to become more efficient in research but also to find "quick-fix solutions" for last minute assignments, i.e. copying and pasting information from the Internet into student papers without proper citation which constitutes plagiarism. The use of turnitin.com allows students to "take more responsibility for learning" and allows teachers to "focus on teaching" (turnitin.com). Upon teacher request, students may be required to submit essays, research papers, or other written work to turnitin.com. The website checks the submission for plagiarism, provides a receipt for the student to give to the teacher, and reports to the teacher that the student’s work was not copied from any source. Students will be trained on the use of turnitin.com in the first week of school. Students who do not have email access at home may use the computers in the media center.