Editing Wikipedia It seems like every other day, I'm witness to or participant in a conversation about Wikipedia and its value or lack of value. I still find it interesting that people constantly dismiss it. Yes, it might not be the best source for academic level research, but it definitely has value. We use it all the time at home at the middle school level. When I was in middle school, I had to go to the public library and use World Book.

At any rate, at least one faculty member has decided to take matters into her own hands and have her students edit the Wikipedia as an assignment. She's using the assignment to help students learn the content of her course, but more importantly, she wants them to learn "first hand how knowledge is produced." She's also having them create their own articles.

My response to people who mention specific errors in Wikipedia has been just that: fix it yourself. You can't do that with the print versions very easily!


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¶ 2:45 PM, posted by Laura