I agree with the other comments about Wikipedia not being reliable. I really like
the clothes analogy...I might have to use that in the future.
To add another perspective of why not to use wikipedia...the info might not be age
appropriate. For example, I teach in a middle school. Earlier this year the
computer teacher was doing a lesson where the students have to gather simple facts
on Jackie Robinson, and she used wikipedia. Included in the article was a quote by
his manager referring to him as a "f***ing zebra." (It's under the 1947 - Breaking
the Color Barrier heading.) Not exactly what you want 6th graders to be reading.
We have filters on our computers, but that still got through. Just another point
you might want to through out when discouraging use of wikipedia as a legit
research tool.
*~*~*~*~ Have a wonderful day! ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
Julie Duvall, MLIS
Highland Middle School
402 Shenango Road
Beaver Falls, PA 15010
duvallj@bsd.k12.pa.us<mailto:duvallj@bsd.k12.pa.us>
"Information is the currency of democracy. " ~ Thomas Jefferson
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