On Thu, Mar 26, 2009 at 12:13 AM, Thomas Dalton thomas.dalton@gmail.comwrote:
2009/3/26 Al Tally majorly.wiki@googlemail.com:
At school today I was busy admiring some of the work on the wall. The
kids
(year 2) had been working on important buildings, and one particular one
on
Buckingham Palace caught my eye. It went something like "Buckingham
Palace
is the official London residence of the British monarch.[1] Located in
the
City of Westminster, the palace is a setting for state occasions and
royal
hospitality, and a major tourist attraction." (With the bolded text, and blue linked words, and the little 1 in superscript). Is blatant
plagiarism
really the sort of thing that should be displayed as "best" work on a primary classroom wall? Wikipedia is a great resource I think - as long
as
you know how to use it properly. If Wikipedia is to become a part of
primary
school life, those using it ought to be trained to use it properly.
While I wouldn't expect teachers to recognise the Wikipedia house style as easily as we can, they should have been made suspicious by the formatting! However, are you sure it was displayed as "best work"? In primary school they generally put everyone's work on display.
Hopefully not!