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          In recent reports, cheating spreads from elementary school all the way up to graduate and professional school students. Cheating seems to be a natural thing to do for most high school students. There's no doubt that many students cheat. 

            According to the Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, to "plagiarize" means to steal and pass off as one's own, to use without crediting the source, to commit literary theft, to present as new and original an idea or product derived from an existing source. In other words, plagiarism is an act of cheating.

            Digital technology makes cheating easier whether it's texting exam answers to friends, sharing homework online, or downloading ready-made term papers from the Internet. But it may also be redefining how students, who are used to music file-sharing and Wikipedia, understand the concepts of authorship and plagiarism. It is quite impossible to think of a life without technologies and gadgets. Technology can be defined as a process with the help of which human beings modify nature in order to meet their growing needs. Technology advances show people a more efficient way to do things, and these processes get results. The more advanced society becomes technologically, the more people begin to depend on computers and other forms of technology for everyday existence.

            Copying and pasting from the internet is just like copying from a book. But too many students either don't know that it's cheating or they just don't care. It’s very easy for everyone with just a few mouse clicks. 

           Plagiarism is not just about words, but it can also refer to copying images, graphs, tables, ideas and many more. It also includes oral presentations, computer assignments and artistic works. In other words; don’t copy, rephrase or explain anything from someplace without saying from where it came from and don't forget to use quotation marks for references.


http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/plagiarize
http://www.concordia.ca/students/academic-integrity/plagiarism.html