Re: [LM_NET] Should students use Wikipedia as a source?

[Mary Ann Bell <drmaryannbell@GMAIL.COM>]

For some reason I feel like going public on threads here. And yes, I like to
oversimplify. BUT regarding Wikipedia, every user should evaluate it just as
they evaluate any other source for accuracy. And by the way, I think a large
percentage of the problem is administrators and teachers who need to be
trained about this, not just the kids. Curmudgeonly yours, mabell

On 5/31/07, Ken Umbach <ken@umbachconsulting.com> wrote:
>
> >From:    Shonda Brisco . . .
> >Subject: Re: Should students use Wikipedia as a source?
> >. . .
> >Re-training our students in the appropriate use of quality materials
> >is what we need to do in order to move them forward toward academic
> >research---the type of instruction / research that this librarian
> >wants to see from those students entering college.
>
> On a tangentially related point, has anyone found my Knowledge Quest
> column
> on "Policy and Data Resources on the Web" (intermittent since 2004) of any
> interest or use? I am thinking of expanding on that subject, to book
> length. Such a project only makes sense if there is an actual audience for
> such information. Curiously enough, some recent discussion on an American
> Political Science Association list (Information Technology and Politics,
> ITP) suggests another audience besides school librarians -- IF the latter
> really is an interested audience.
>
> For an example of the column, see
>
> 
>http://www.ala.org/ala/aasl/aaslpubsandjournals/kqweb/kqarchives/v33/33n2_umbach.pdf
>
> Comments (pro and . . . sigh . . . con) invited. Please send to
> ken@umbachconsulting.com.  Thanks.
>
> Regards,
>
> Ken Umbach
>
>
>
> 
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> Policy Analyst, California Research Bureau, California State Library
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