[WikiEN-l] Schools and Wikipedia

[Ray Saintonge]

K P wrote:

>Yesterday while editing a Wikipedia article and babysitting my nieces, they
>came up to see what I was doing.  They both were impressed that I was
>editing an article (theyr'e 10 and 12, and highly web supervised), and
>wanted to see how it worked, and wanted to know how I knew what to write.
>The older girl told me that they get to use Wikipedia at school but if they
>"vandal" it they'll get in trouble.
>
The school deserves credit for allowing the kids to use Wikipedia.  I 
hope the message gets back to them.

Ec