[Foundation-l] Charity Navigator rates WMF

Ray Saintonge saintonge at telus.net
Sat Oct 10 22:41:37 UTC 2009


Marc Riddell wrote:
> on 10/10/09 11:32 AM, geni at wrote:
>   
>> Depends on the school. By being anti-wikipedia you make a statement
>> that you insist on a certain quality in your sources. You could view
>> it as a form of snobbery "Wikipedia may seem okey to the peons but we
>> know better".
>>     
> A goal of a good teacher is to introduce their students to scholarship. And
> a one-stop visit to Wikipedia does not accomplish that.
>   

As long as the emphasis is on "introduce" it's probably OK, and a step 
above relying solely on the official textbook.After the introduction you 
can start to demand more.

Ec




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