News and views from the Throwing out the baby
Scott sent me a link to this article about school officials, teachers, and librarians banning Wikipedia. One librarian even posted a "Just Say No to Wikipedia" sign above the computers in the school library. Sigh. Is No really the only answer? How about It depends? How will the information be used? Can it be corroborated in other sources? Lots of folks have spoken quite eloquently (or at least passionately) on this topic, including Doug and Stephen (who says that banning Wikipedia is "moronic"). Banning Wikipedia outright, without teaching about its innards and acknowledging its impact, seems like a real lost opportunity.
Okay, on a lighter note, here's one for all the fans of the television show 24 -- the unaired 1994 pilot, in which Jack Bauer saves the world with AOL 3.0. Thanks to my colleague Mr. Smith for the tip.
Okay, on a lighter note, here's one for all the fans of the television show 24 -- the unaired 1994 pilot, in which Jack Bauer saves the world with AOL 3.0. Thanks to my colleague Mr. Smith for the tip.
2 Comments:
As part of my info lit classes, my 7th & 8th graders are writing a Wikipedia entry for our school. They're very excited about it. It's a great way to teach how Wikipedia works. I don't know why more schools don't do it. I was just blogging about the same thing:
http://lib.surruralist.net/2007/11/21/wikipedia-not-evil-not-easy-to-ignore/
This is an awesome lesson. I want to do it TOMORROW.
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