using someone's work as your own without credit

giving credit to sources used in your work, to show where your information came from

Research and planning a blog

Computing

During this unit, pupils develop their understanding of information technology and digital literacy skills. They will use the skills learnt across the unit to create a blog post about a real-world cause that they would like to gain support for.

Using media to gain support for a cause

indicates where the information was found

Match the factors to their purposes in Harvard referencing.

sharing someone else's work with permission

to give credit to sources used in your work

Rewrite the content in your own words without referencing.

What should you do if you use someone else's ideas in your work?

If you change a few words from a website and use it as your own work, is it plagiarism?

What does 'source' mean in the context of digital content?

to determine how entertaining the content is

to understand the writing style of the author

to assess how trustworthy or reliable the information is

What is the purpose of evaluating the credibility of a source?

Which of the following is **not** a factor in evaluating the credibility of a source?

the author, source, purpose, date and facts used

What should you check to evaluate the credibility of an online source?

Check the author and their qualifications.

Count the number of paragraphs in the content.

What is one way to verify the credibility of a source?

Which of these is an example of a credible source?

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