[LM_NET] Google for Schools

[Josephine Dervan <dervan@OPTONLINE.NET>]

I saw this today in the NEA magazine.
 
Welcome to this Wikipedia Selection. This 2008/9 Wikipedia DVD Selection is a free, 
hand-checked, non-commercial selection from Wikipedia, targeted around the UK 
National Curriculum and useful for much of the English speaking world. It has about 
5500 articles (as much as can be fitted on a DVD with good size images) and is 
about the size of a twenty volume encyclopaedia (34,000 images and 20 million 
words). 
Wikipedia is the free encyclopaedia anyone can edit, and develops accurate content 
but suffers vandalism. Wikipedia is not necessarily a childsafe environment and has 
"adult" content. This selection of topics have been carefully chosen, tidied up, 
and checked for vandalism and suitability (by SOS Children volunteers, whom we 
gratefully acknowledge). We also gratefully acknowledge the Wikimedia Foundation 
for their support and their agreement to our use of the Wikipedia logo, and tens of 
thousands of contributors to Wikipedia who have written and researched the content 
in the first place, including this year adding content where gaps in the school 
curriculum were not covered. 
The content is available for free 
download from the SOS Children websiteor as a 3.5GB free DVD. The content includes 
a shortened copy of the SOS Children website with details of projects in 123 
countries. This selection is also browsable online at http://schools-wikipedia.org/ 
. The content is covered by various disclaimers and licences. 
http://schools-wikipedia.org/
http://www.soschildrensvillages.org.uk/charity-news/2008-wikipedia-for-schools.htm

Josephine 
Dervan, MLS -Adjunct Instructor 
School of Communication and  Information 
Rutgers University 
dervan at optonline.net 


He who has a library and a garden, wants for nothing- Cicero 

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