[Teaching_Composition] What drafts can tell us about infromation literacy

[Norgaard Rolf]

Russ and all,

Thank you for mentioning your four reasons piece (see below).  One of my
favorites, and it's one that I use in the classroom and that students
respond to quite well.

The upside of internet plagiarism is that we might begin questioning our
assumptions and practices.

Best, Rolf

Dr. Rolf Norgaard                   Environmental Design Bldg., Rm. 1B64
Program for Writing and Rhetoric    Campus Box 317
University of Colorado at Boulder   VOX: 303-492-3605  FAX: 303-492-7877
Boulder, CO 80309-0317              rolf.norgaard@colorado.edu

On Wed, 15 Nov 2006, Russ Hunt wrote:

> I have way too much to say on this and no time to say it, but I
> really want to offer an "amen" to Rolf's reference to "the
> *positive* uses of citation." The hysteria over plagiarism being
> whipped up by turnitin.com and a compliant media -- and the
> virtually unanimous tone of universities' "statements" on
> "academic integrity" -- make it pretty much impossible for a
> student to think of quoting or citing as anything other than a
> frantic defense against being accused of theft. This is
> absolutely right:
>
> > Far from merely being a device to cover one's behind or
> > forestall questions of plagiarism, citation can frame
> > questions, establish currency and credibility, advertise
> > allegiances, and explore disagreements and open questions.
>
> And this is even better:
>
> > What are you seeing in those drafts that speak to the need to
> > rethink our treatment of information literacy and of digital
> > technologies?  (I for one am very interested in rhetoricizing
> > our approach-that is, linking information literacy more
> > closely to rhetorical issues and writing processes.)
>
> I need to take time to reread the previous postings here; this
> is a subject I feel pretty passionately about. A few years ago I
> wrote a paper and gave a couple of conference keynotes outlining
> some reasons we should welcome the ease with which technology
> affords plagiarism, because it challenges the conventional
> practices of writing instruction at their base.
>
> If you're interested, you can read the reasonably short version,
> "Four Reasons to be Happy about Internet Plagiarism," here:
>
> http://www.stu.ca/~hunt/4reasons.htm
>
> -- Russ
>
> St. Thomas University
> http://www.stu.ca/~hunt/
>
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