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Last year the faculty got an "urgent" email from our school librarian warning of us of the dangers of wikipedia. Curious, I asked what her objections were. She had never seen wikipedia, but had read an entry on the SCHOOLS@hslc.org listserv, to wit: wikipedia articles do not have proper credentials and are therefore not to be trusted. I asked another librarian colleague, she, too had seen the entry on SCHOOLS@hslc.org and was left with the impression that wikipedia was a site to be avoided. I asked around: most colleagues had never seen wikipedia, never intended to go there, and some had already warned their students that they were not to use wikipedia for class projects, purely on the advice of the first librarian's email. >From: Andy Carvin <acarvin@edc.org> >Are Educators Hostile to Wikipedia? Gary W. Ankney Computer Teacher Greencastle-Antrim High School Greencastle, PA 17228 --- Edtech Archives, posting guidelines and other information are at: http://www.h-net.msu.edu/~edweb Please include your name, email address, and school or professional affiliation in each posting. To unsubscribe send the following command to: LISTSERV@H-NET.MSU.EDU SIGNOFF EDTECH
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