[WikiEN-l] Wikipedia isn't just a good idea - it's compulsory

[Durova]

Durova's evil guide to plagiarism:

"Don't copy from the live version of the article.  Copy a historic version
from a year ago.  Your teacher doesn't understand how Wikipedia page
histories work and won't find the text on a Google search.  The older
version will appear more primitive and more believably yours.  You'll get a
safe B instead of a fingernail-biting A or an F for plagiarism.  So go stay
out late at that party, relax, and cheat smarter not harder."

(cackles, flees)

On Fri, Mar 27, 2009 at 2:31 AM, Sam Korn <smoddy at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Fri, Mar 27, 2009 at 9:00 AM, Michael Bimmler <mbimmler at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > On Fri, Mar 27, 2009 at 9:53 AM, Sam Korn <smoddy at gmail.com> wrote:
> >> On Fri, Mar 27, 2009 at 5:55 AM, Thomas Larsen
> >> <larsen.thomas.h at gmail.com> wrote:
> >>> Admittedly, I haven't perused the entire article very thoroughly.
> >>> However, I am /very/ skeptical about teaching primary school pupils
> >>> how to blog at all, and I am strongly opposed to Wikipedia and Twitter
> >>> taking the place of history in primary schools.
> >>
> >> To take a contrary view, teaching proper use of Wikipedia has the
> >> potential to *improve* history in primary schools.
> >
> > How so?
>
> Primarily in teaching how *not* to use it!
>
> Naturally primary (and early secondary) education should include
> teaching how to use the Internet in learning.  Given Wikipedia's
> prominence, it would of course be correct for such teaching to include
> the proper use of Wikipedia.  Students might be encouraged not to
> regurgitate whole paragraphs from Wikipedia.
>
> Furthermore, there is the potential that teaching students to question
> Wikipedia could lead to their being more disposed to question other
> sources, which is obviously very useful in the study of any subject
> (and supremely history).
>
> Sam
>
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