Political commentator Juan Williams was recently caught in a plagiarism scandal. Williams has since blamed the whole thing on his researcher, who apparently was less than clear on what was a summary and what was a near direct quote from another article. Regardless, comparisons of the text provide a prime example for students to understand that plagiarism is plagiarism even if you change a few words.
This is an official statement to let you know that it is okay to work ahead. Go ahead. Read that chapter, write that paper, and even write that message board post.
When reading a book, any student can benefit from summarizing chapters after reading them.
Everyone has some horrific computer story where they accidentally deleted a file. We have all been there. Dropbox can help with this.
One of the many beauties of Dropbox is it saves a version of a file upon every sync. Meaning, as you hit the Save button on your Word document, Dropbox saves its own a copy.
Every student will experience that sinking feeling while reading a syllabus that appears too overwhelming. Whether it requires loads of reading, writing, or both, the feeling is dreadful at the beginning of a new course.
Instead of marking up your book for class, preserve it by using sticky tabs.
Consider all of the information and many helpful resources available before you decide to drop courses.
Make turning in assignments a natural process by creating a fluid calendar for your school work.
If you’re always behind on classwork then stop and evaluate where all your time is going.