Re: Tiny URLs

[Joni Rathbun <jrathbun@OREDNET.ORG>]

On Wed, 24 Mar 2004, Barbara Braxton wrote:

> As the devil's advocate, isn't there room for some flexibility here?
> Sometimes I think we get altogether too serious about the side play of the
> bibliography and forget about the main game which is the assignment.
>
> Look at your students - is every one of them going to go to university which
> is one of the few places in real life where bibliographies are commonly
> used?  If so, maybe you do need to dot the i's and cross the t's but if they
> are your average run-of-the-mill kids with a million destinations to visit,
> why not accept the fact that at least they demonstrating that they know
> about plagiarism through acknowledging the source of their information, and
> if a tiny URL is it, then that's cool.

Is it that sort of issue? My original response was ohhh... Have
you seen the url for some of these websites? It would not be such a big
deal to copy and paste the url into a citation and go on with life. That
would be EASIER for the student to do than to create a Tiny Url.

I see the Tiny Url as a convenience for the TEACHER who may wish to
follow/check some of the links. IT's extra work for the student.


>
> Think about the lifelong learning here - in five years time what do you
> want/ expect students to know about bibliographies? That is what should
> guide your teaching, and while it is right that they need to follow one form
> or another for standardisation purposes, don't tear your hair out over
> issues that don't matter in the big scheme of things..
>
>


J. Rathbun, Librarian
Mojave High School
Clark County School District
Las Vegas, Nevada
Email: jrathbun@orednet.org
http://ccsd.net/schools/mojave/library

Leave it to Beaver was not a documentary.

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