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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Hello,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>we had the same speaker - or at least the same
example. It did get alot of the staff thinking about the
possibilities.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>If anything, I always ask my students to use a
variety of resources when completing any kind of project. They are encouraged to
remember that although Wikipedia is a great source of information, they should
cross reference with other reliable sources too.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>No problems here.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Litsa </FONT><FONT size=2
face=Arial>:-)</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
<DIV
style="FONT: 10pt arial; BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=pearse.steven.s@edumail.vic.gov.au
href="mailto:pearse.steven.s@edumail.vic.gov.au">Pearse, Steven S</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=itapps@edulists.com.au
href="mailto:itapps@edulists.com.au">itapps@edulists.com.au</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, April 17, 2012 6:20
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> [Year 12 IT Apps] Accuracy of
Wikipedia</DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal>We had the cyber-safety lecture today (from the government)
regarding things that we are(or should be) aware of, so I won’t bring it up
here. What did bring my attention was a story that was told that I found
amusing, possible but unlikely. It goes as follows.<O:P></O:P></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal>A teacher asked her students to complete a research
assignment on something historical on a Monday and asked the students to hand
it in on Friday. In that particular class there was a student that was
very diligent, completed work on time etc etc. He finished the assignment by
C+P (or using it for research) the wiki page and handing it in on the Tuesday.
The student then proceeded to change the wiki page and a large amount of the
students used this information to create their assignments and handed in work
with bogus content. This information stayed on there until the teacher looked
on Friday and the student confessed to what he had done.<O:P></O:P></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="COLOR: #f79646"><O:P></O:P></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal>All the teachers in our staffroom laughed quite rightly,
but then I started thinking – where did she hear that story from? I didn’t
stop to ask, but I have my doubts about the accuracy. I also have heard my
students being told by other teachers not to use Wikipedia at all as its
information is not reliable. I did some snooping around (albeit briefly) and
found that it has been likened to Encyclopædia Britannica in terms of
accuracy. Most bogus things are found and deleted very quickly.<BR>Personally
I have found it to be very accurate when I cross check it with other sources,
and think that is it getting a lot of bad press. <O:P></O:P></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><O:P></O:P></P>
<P class=MsoNormal>I would welcome other people’s thoughts on this matter.. Do
you instruct your students to avoid Wikipedia?<O:P></O:P></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><O:P></O:P></P>
<P class=MsoNormal>(Also – the “Wikipedia is a starting point was my
advice”)<O:P></O:P></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><O:P></O:P></P>
<P class=MsoNormal>(FYI – although I understand the irony of adding a wiki
reliability page that is a Wikipedia page <SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Wingdings">J</SPAN> )<O:P></O:P></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><A
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reliability_of_Wikipedia">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reliability_of_Wikipedia</A><O:P></O:P></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal><O:P></O:P></P>
<P class=MsoNormal>Steve Pearse<O:P></O:P></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><O:P></O:P></P>
<P class=MsoNormal>Narre Warren P-12<O:P></O:P></P></DIV>
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