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Graphic for reducing plagiarism in lectures
There are multiple reasons why students plagiarize more these days, but one cause that is never discussed is that students spend all day watching their teachers do it. So, if you happen to be in...
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Update on The Consortium for Plant Biotechnology Research plagiarism charge
Hundreds of people have been asking, so I wanted to give a quick update on the plagiarism charge brought against me by The Consortium for Plant Biotechnology (CBPR). But first, in the likely event...
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Wish list for The Consortium for Plant Biotechnology Research
So I just paid my first legal bill for smacking down CPBR’s insane claim that I violated their copyright. I had naively hoped CPBR would offer a sincere apology and pay my legal fees (because they...
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Petition to Dorin Schumacher at CPBR
Thanks for visiting my website. I’d be grateful if you could fill in the form below so that an email is sent to Dr Dorin Schumacher, the CEO of The Consortium for Plant Biotechnology Research. CPBR...
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Kids learn to plagiarize from their public school teachers
This is a made-up quote inspired by a public school teacher who plagiarized me (twice). Please use this slide in your presentations to teachers-in-training. This post is for public school principals...
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Citing text in Powerpoint presentations
I created the PDF below because many students who post their talks on the internet seem to think it’s OK to plagiarize when using Powerpoint, Keynote, Prezi, etc. It’s just six slides because the...
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Happy anniversary Dr Dorin Schumacher!
Photograph of Dorin Schumacher from Cambridge Who’s Who. She was Professional of the Year for Non-Profits Management in 2011. One of the mildly entertaining things about having a blog is seeing what...
View ArticleDMCA NOCI RE CPBR PDF
This post is for people tracking the bizarre ethical slide of The Consortium for Plant Biotechnology Research, Inc. (CPBR). As you probably know from my earlier posts, CPBR sends out a yearly...
View ArticleAdding photo credits to Powerpoint shows
UPDATE: please see this page for updated slides and additional tips. Here are tips for educators on how to attribute images in a Powerpoint slide deck (hit pause button to assert manual control of the...
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Consortium for Plant Biotechnology Research has finally stopped plagiarizing me
I’m delighted to report that The Consortium for Plant Biotechnology Research (CPBR) has finally decided to stop plagiarizing me. Details below. But first, the back story in case you missed it, which is...
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Encouraging image credit on Twitter
“The image or video is uncredited” is not currently an option on Twitter app. It should be. Wouldn’t it be nice if there was a way to nudge a user to credit the person who made a photograph or video?...
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I was informed last night by a blog follower, Cherish Bauer-Reich, that one of my photographs appears, without credit, in an online video about keeping a laboratory notebook. …if you care, the...
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Tumblr tips for photographers
Photographers tend to loathe tumblr and related sites because they operate by using other people’s copyrighted material, gathered into collections to compete for Likes and Reblogs. So I decided to...
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Adding image credits to lecture and research talk slides
I made this page because, if you’re a typical scientist, you don’t think crediting photographers is necessary, just like teenagers don’t worry about sharing music and movie files with each other. But...
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Tumblr tips for photographers
Photographers tend to loathe tumblr and related sites because they operate by using other people’s copyrighted material, gathered into collections to compete for Likes and Reblogs. So I decided to...
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Adding image credits to lecture and research talk slides
Here’s an annotated example of how to include photograph title, copyright status, photographer’s name, and URL on a slide. The most critical parts are the photographer’s name and the URL. You can...
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