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Jimmy Wales Videos
Vision: Wikipedia and the Future of Free Culture
http://fora.tv/2006/04/14/Jimmy_Wales_on_Wikipedia
From The Colbert Report
TEDTalks: Jimmy Wales (2005)
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Create Your Own Wiki
HOP Survey
Contact Us
Brian Housand
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http://wikipedia.org/
Thank you to those who attended this session at the 2007 NAGC Conference in Minneapolis.
I would be grateful if you would be willing to complete a brief, 10 question survey.
CLICK HERE!
Wiki NAGC.pdf
NAGC - Minneapolis, MN
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CLICK HERE!
Wiki NAGC.pdf
NAGC - Minneapolis, MN
November 9, 2007
Presentation from CECA / CEMA
Hartford, CT
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Please Be Sure To CompleteThank you to those who attended this session at the Brief Survey Regarding This Online Presentation 2007 NAGC Conference in Minneapolis.
I would be grateful if you would be willing to complete a brief, 10 question survey.
CLICK HERE!
Presentation from CECA / CEMA
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informed?
non-inclusivenon-inclusive?
biased?
What do you think about the arguments?
How do arguments shape the entry?
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How could we make this a higher level lesson?
Look at the Discussion thread on a wikipedia entry and categorize the arguments
What kind of argument is this?
passionate?
reasoned?
informed?
non-inclusive
What do you think about the arguments?
How do arguments shape the entry?
Why are people making these arguments?
What is not included in this argument?
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http://zapatopi.net/treeoctopus/
Bluff The Internet Searcher Game
As a tribute to one of my favorite radio shows, NPR's "Wait, Wait, Don't Tell Me..." I present "Bluff the Internet Searcher!"
Here are some of my favorite Internet Hoaxes and one that is just plain funny.
Which is the most "reliable?"
Save the Pacific Northwest Tree Octopus
http://zapatopi.net/treeoctopus/
RYT Hospital
www.rythospital.com
Dog Island
www.thedogisland.com
Where to Hide from Mother Nature
Storrs, CT - The safest place to live in America
www.slate.com/id/2126321/
Like those? Here is a whole site of Internet Hoaxes
www.museumofhoaxes.com/hoaxsites.html
Teaching Truth in Triangulation
We need to teach our students how to be critical consumers and responsible producers.
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Wikipedia vs. Citizendium
WikipediaVision
REMEMBER: Blogs are for opinions, and Wikis are for facts!
Wikipedia Media
Wikipedia and 'Notability
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=7620868
Wikipedia Tracks Changes to Encyclopedia
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=15835057&ft=1&f=1019
From Wired:
Why the Wikipedia Sucks on Science
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Please Be Sure To Complete the Brief Survey Regarding This Online Presentation
CLICK HERE!
Presentation from CECA / CEMA
Hartford, CT
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Using the Wikipedia to Teach Critical Thinking Skills
Workshop presented by Brian Housand and Kristina Ayers Paul
http://wikipedia.org/
Hartford, CT
October 23, 2007
using the Wikipedia?
The information may or may not be accurate.
You don't know where the information is coming from.
Wikipedia content criteria
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:About#Wikipedia_content_criteria
When Reading a Wikipedia Entry Always....
Be critical of what you read
View the contents of the Discussion tab
Examine the article's History tab
Compare the contents with what you know and what other sources say
Why we need the Wikipedia
Principles of New LIteracies
Teaching Truth in Triangulation
We need to teach our students how to be critical consumers and responsible producers.
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Hartford, CT
October 23, 2007
Why are teachers concerned about students using the Wikipedia?
The information may or may not be accurate.
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Why are teachers concerned about students using the Wikipedia?
may be not be accurate.
You don't know where the information is coming from.
To what extent is it reliable.
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Critical Thinking Lessons PPTWikiCriticalThink.ppt
Hold a mock trial with Wikipedia as the defendant.
Determine the "crime" first by having the group generate a list of reasons why Wikipedia might be on trial.
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Critical Thinking Lessons PPT
Hold a mock trial with Wikipedia as the defendant.
Determine the "crime" first by having the group generate a list of reasons why Wikipedia might be on trial.
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Each small group/individual student creates a preliminary tool, then come together as a whole team to merge the best ideas together to create one ideal tool that can be used by the class/group for the rest of the year.
the candidate's candidates' pages.
How often do the pages change?
Do the changes reflect current events?
What hidden purposes might there be for putting information in Wikipedia? Are they ethical?
Determine if categories of knowledge are complete.
but often then the subordinate categories are lacking or include miniscule or items which should belong to a lower level of hierarchy.
Tools to help organize thinking:
Text book table of contents
Encyclopedia Propedia Propaedia
Example:
Geography
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