Re: [LM_NET] Wikipedia

[Thomas Kaun <tomkaun@GMAIL.COM>]

Amen, amen, amen!
When are we going to stop discussing this issue and get on with the task of
providing good counsel to students and staff about how to evaluate
allresources, print and online, for authority, objectivity, currency,
quality
and relevance? Let's get off this constant back and forth about Wikipedia.
There is no absolute answer because there is no end of Wikipedia. And
frankly I'm tired of deleting so many messages about it. ;>)

Tom Kaun

On 6/6/07, David Triche <David-Triche.SITE-PO2.SCUSD@sac-city.k12.ca.us>
wrote:
>
> I think asking if students should use Wilipedia is the wrong
> question.  Rather, ask should students be able to evaluate sources and cite
> them properly.  As has been pointed out Wikipedia is ten times as
> comprehensive as Britannica.  In addition, clearly those who add entries
> have some knowledge and it is reviewed by many.
>
>
>
> David Neuville Triche, LMT
> Luther Burbank High School
> 3500 Florin Rd.
> Sacramento, CA 95823
> (916)433-5100  Ext. 2000
> David-Triche@sac-city.k12.ca.us
>
>
> "One of the great things about books is sometimes there are some fantastic
> pictures."
> George W. Bush, President of the United States
> Graduate of Yale and Harvard
>
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Thomas T. Kaun
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