Re: [LM_NET] LM_NET Digest - 2 Feb 2009 - Special issue (#2009-184)

[Jeri Hurd <JHurd@KLHT.ORG>]

I'd like to stand up for wikipedia, also.  I can understand the reticence
for younger students, but I think MS and HS students are perfectly capable
of using wikipedia as an initial source.  We don't allow them to cite it
(or ANY general encyclopedia), but it's fine for general background or
instant information.  Students should be taught to verify ANY information
found online, and we risk becoming irrelevant and sounding curmudgeonly
when we go off on wiki-rants.  As long as students are taught the problems
inherent with the source, I don't see a problem.




Jeri Hurd
Library Media and Technology Specialist
King 
1450 Newfield Avenue
Stamford, CT  06905
203-322-3496 ext. 332
jhurd@klht.org

TechBlog:  http://www.bib20.blogspot.com

"You see, I don't believe that libraries should be drab places where people
sit in silence, and that's been the main reason for our policy of
employing 
wild animals as librarians...."   (Monty Python)


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