WIKINDX Resources
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BibTeX citation key: carvin.487
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Carvin Andy (2005). « Turning Wikipedia into an Asset for Schools ». Andy Carvin's Waste of Bandwidth. En ligne : <http://www.andycarvin.c ... 07/turning_wikiped.html> (consulté le 6 mai 2008).
Added by: Laure Endrizzi 2006-03-16 18:52:04 Last edited by: Laure Endrizzi 2008-05-10 09:12:25
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Abstract
Art Wolinsky and I went to dinner tonight just outside of Atlantic City, where I'll be leading a two-day workshop on documentary making for a group of elementary school teachers. During dinner, Art and I talked about what I'll be presenting tomorrow morning, as well as fun Internet topics such as video blogging, podcasting and Wikipedia.
On Wikipedia in particular, we talked about the hostility that many educators have towards the website, particularly their concerns that it can't be considered a reliable source. It's the classic dilemma of a wiki website - because wikis allow any site visitor to edit or add content, you raise the risk of getting content that isn't up to snuff. And the fact that young and old alike often go to Wikipedia and see that its name ends in -pedia, they assume it's just like any other encyclopedia and they should take its content as vetted, accurate information, which ain't always the case.
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Added by: Laure Endrizzi Last edited by: Laure Endrizzi
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