4. COPYCATS
A person who does the same
thing as someone else
A person who adopts the
behavior, style etc. of
someone else
This term is also known as
Plagiarism:
To use someone else’s work
without permission or giving
credit
5. VIEWS ABOUT COPYCATS
Not all the thieves lurk in dark alleys and parks. Some
sit with their faces lit by the glow of their computer
monitors, copying, pasting and printing
7. Conti…
An old educational joke says that if a student
consults one book for an assignment. That’s
plagiarism but if it’s two books, that’s research
8. Is Internet producing copycats
Do you agree?
On behalf of my
personal
experience, I admit
that I’m the
copycat, do you?
9. TYPES OF COPYCATS
We have categorized copycats in two types
Foolish copycats
Smart copycats
10. ROLE OF INTERNET
Copying has always been around, like in past people
copy text from a book laboriously but rise of
computers and access of internet have made
plagiarism so easy.
Pre-papered essays, assignments are available on
internet students not even read that. They just copy it.
11. Conti…
Another case is that students
take picture of someone else’s
work and share them with
each other using social media
like on FB, what’s app ,twiter
and many more
12. Conti…
Internet is growing in leaps and bounds and its means content is too
being generated in large volume.
But hang on, is content being generated or is it being reproduced?
13. Survey
• 160 students surveyed in Pennsylvania schools during
2004-2005 school year:
35% ” directly copied and pasted material into an
assignments, without citation “
46% of those “ considered it plagiarism or cheating”
14. Disadvantages of plagiarism
It kills innovation and
creativity.
Students loose their
confidence.
They remain unaware of
their skills.
15. Conti..
They become dependent on internet.
If teacher assign them a difficult topic, they
don’t think about it, discuss it with friends and
don’t understand it deeply.
16. Reasons for rise in plagiarism
Pressure to succeed.
Lack of training since school of creative writing.
Ignorance by parents and teachers.
Lack of skill of time management.
Solved assignments available on net and free of cost.
Desire to have idealistic body shape, dresses, hairstyles,
jewelry etc. like celebrities.
17. How to control it.?
Develop a good academic
work plan.
To use internet as an option
not instead of your brain.
Guide them without
collaborating.
Teacher should be able to
detect copied contents.
18. Conti…
• Parental involvement:
Help students at early age to organize and plan their
work, as to be panic at last minute can cause
problems.
Tell importance of self writing
19. Conti…
Anti-plagiarism or detection software should be launched in
institutions like
Copy Catch Gold from copycatchgold.com
Eve2 from canexus
Tutuion being used in oxford and more than 100 institutions of
HE.
It’s the first step for students to submit their own work not to
label them as plagiarist
20. CONCLUSION
Copying is not always bad
It raises awareness on a global level
Being a copy cat is good to some extent if it is just for
seeking information or raising your knowledge but it
can also spoil your creative abilities.
21. Conti…
Being a computer science student here I explain you how it is
advantageous for you and how it is harmful.
If you are coping an app’s coding to register this app with your
own name having same features. It is not coping, I’ll give it
the name of stealing in a sense.
But if you copied the code for just making batter app then that
or adding advanced features, or whatever you did for making it
more attractive then this type of coping is good.