It was neat to find out the actual source of the "Wikipedia-hate"
that has flooded American universities. In Vermont one teacher found such a
problem with the use of online encyclopedias that the most popular of its kind
has been dismissed. In our "participatory culture" the fact that we
as students can come together with low barriers and high support from our peers
and (some) of our educators means that the new century of learning is coming
and is here to stay. Not only is our information available faster but to the
surprise of the educators it is becoming more and more accurate especially on
Wikipedia with the help of people chosen by Wikipedia to manage the content. However I
for one believe that Wikipedia should be used for what it was made for and that
is to display current information to the public not to be cited.
1. Jenkins , H. (2007). What wikipedia can teach us about the new media literacies (part one). Confessions of Aca-Fan: The Offical Blog of Henry Jenkins, Retrieved from http://henryjenkins.org/2007/06/what_wikipedia_can_teach_us_ab.html
Outstanding understanding of how Wikipedida works and how it can be used as a resource for research!
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