On Thu, Mar 26, 2009 at 4:07 PM, doc <doc.wikipedia(a)ntlworld.com> wrote:
Wikipedia in the school curriculum?
For me, the idea simply proves that Jimmy Wales was, as usual,
far-sighted in his vision and judgement. I think I shall now follow his
lead.
Time to home-school the kids.
:-)
When I was in the sixth form a couple of years ago, we had a piece of
research on some aspect of seventeenth century English history for
prep. All 12 members of the class used Wikipedia, including myself.
Being intimately familiar with Wikipedia's inherent unreliability, I
also checked the source of the WP article and was saved from an
embarrassing error that the other 11 members of the class regurgitated
intact.
If the lesson is "don't trust Wikipedia" or "use Wikipedia with
_extreme_ caution", then it is a worthwhile lesson.
--
Sam
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