60-Using+Wikipedia+in+the+Classroom

Susan Tomlinson Teacher Librarian Humboldt High School ** **stomlinson@humboldt.k12.ia.us**
 * Wikipedia in the Classroom
 * 1) Setting the Scene
 * 2) Imagine if you will . ..
 * 3) My story
 * 4) Sound Familiar??
 * 5) Student impression?
 * 6) Is it unavoidable?
 * 7) Pew Research Center
 * 8) The Internet and American Life Project
 * 9) 74% of American Adults use the internet Dec. 2009
 * 10) 88% of those use a search engine to find information Dec. 2009
 * 11) 47% of internet users look to Wikipedia for information Dec. 2008
 * 12) A Brief Wikipedia History
 * 13) Jimmy Wales and Larry Sanger
 * 14) 2000 Nupedia
 * 15) Online
 * 16) Traditional Development
 * 17) Written by experts
 * 18) Peer Edited
 * 19) Wiki?
 * 20) 2001
 * 21) January 15
 * 22) May
 * 23) Some Statistics
 * 24) All statistics reflect June 7, 2010
 * 25) English Language Articles – 3,316,014
 * 26) Other Languages
 * 27) German – 1,077,729
 * 28) Spanish – 605,405
 * 29) French – 955,990
 * 30) 94 Languages have over 10,000 articles
 * 31) 191 Languages have over 1,000
 * 32) Registered Users (English) – 12,487,267
 * 33) Active Users (English) – 150,969
 * 34) Images (English) – 847,351
 * 35) Yeah but can I trust it?
 * 36) Problems are big news
 * 37) John Seigenthaler
 * 38) Maurice Jarre
 * 39) Nature Magazine Study
 * 40) Wikipedia vs. Encyclopedia Britannica Online
 * 41) 50 scientific entries sent out (42 returned)
 * 42) Results 4 to 3
 * 43) Endorsements
 * 44) Yeah but can I use it?
 * 45) Personal Decision
 * 46) No Way No How
 * 47) Link to other areas
 * 48) Narrow or broaden a topic
 * 49) Background information
 * 50) Use it Cite it
 * 51) Critique the information that is provided
 * 52) Add to it
 * 53) Role in student research
 * 54) No Way No How
 * 55) Explain why
 * 56) Why would someone put false information on Wikipedia?
 * 57) Joke
 * 58) Prove a point
 * 59) Media Attention
 * 60) What should I use instead?
 * 61) Ebsco and SIRs – half the work is done for you
 * 62) Link to other areas
 * 63) External links at the bottom
 * 64) Citations
 * 65) Websites
 * 66) Articles
 * 67) Books
 * 68) World Cat
 * 69) Des Moines Public Library
 * 70) Google Books
 * 71) Narrow or broaden a topic
 * 72) Internal links
 * 73) External links
 * 74) Background information
 * 75) Explanation of portions that are not understood
 * 76) Biography of Darwin read the article on the theory of Evolution
 * 77) Find the relationship to other areas
 * 78) Use the internal links to explore related topics
 * 79) Use it, Cite it
 * 80) Use it among a wide range of other sources
 * 81) Treat it as any other encyclopedia
 * 82) Critique the information that is provided
 * 83) Once the students have completed their assignment compare the information they found in other sources.
 * 84) Discuss any inconsistencies
 * 85) Discuss the need to confirm information
 * 86) Have the students determine if the cite is reliable
 * 87) Add to it
 * 88) Add a page for your school or town
 * 89) Add a page for something they are interested in
 * 90) Is it worthy of the site?
 * 91) Just because it is important to you does not mean the whole world cares.
 * 92) My own comparison
 * 93) WorldBook Online Vs Wikipedia
 * 94) Bibliography
 * 95) Achterman, Doug. “Information Literacy: Surviving Wikipedia: Improving Student Search Habits Through Information Literacy and Teacher Collaboration.” Knowledge Quest. 33 no. 5 May/June 2005. . Library Literature and Information Science Full Text University of Iowa. 2 pages. July 18, 2008. http://vnweb.hwwilsonweb.com.proxy.lib.uiowa.edu/hww/results/external_link_maincontentframe.jhtml?_DARGS=/hww/results/results_common.jhtml.30
 * 96) Aycock, John, and Alan Aycock. "Why I Love/Hate Wikipedia: Reflections upon (Not Quite) Subjugated Knowledges." Journal of the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning 8.2 (2008): 92-101. ERIC. EBSCO. Web. 7 Mar. 2010.
 * 97) Bates, Mary Ellen. “Truth and Fiction on the Web.” Online (Weston, Conn.). 30 no. 2. Library Literature and Information Science Full Text University of Iowa. 1 page. July 30, 2008. 
 * 98) Berinstein, Paula. “Wikipedia and Britannica: The Kid’s All Right (And So’s the Old Man)” Searcher. 14 no.3 March 2006. Library Literature and Information Science Full Text University of Iowa. 11 pages. July 18, 2008. < http://vnweb.hwwilsonweb.com.proxy.lib.uiowa.edu/hww/results/external_link_maincontentframe.jhtml?_DARGS=/hww/results/results_common.jhtml.30>
 * 99) Bush, Gail. "Thinking around the Corner: The Power of Information Literacy." Phi Delta Kappan 90.6 (2009): 446-447. ERIC. EBSCO. Web. 7 Mar. 2010.
 * 100) “Fatally Flawed: Refuting the recent study on encyclopedic accuracy by the journal Nature” Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc. March 2006. July 20, 2008. http://corporate.britannica.com/britannica_nature_response.pdf
 * 101) Giles, Jim. "Internet encyclopaedias go head to head." Nature 438.7070 (2005): 900-901. Library, Information Science & Technology Abstracts. EBSCO. Web. 7 Mar. 2010.
 * 102) Harris, Chris. “Can We Make Peace With Wikipedia?” School Library Journal. 53 no. 6. June 2007. Library Literature and Information Science Full Text University of Iowa. 1 page. July 18,2008 http://vnweb.hwwilsonweb.com.proxy.lib.uiowa.edu/hww/results/external_link_maincontentframe.jhtml?_DARGS=/hww/results/results_common.jhtml.30
 * 103) “History of Wikipedia:” Wikipedia.org. July 20, 2008 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Wikipedia
 * 104) “Internet Activities” July 22, 2008. July 25,2008. http://www.pewinternet.org/trends/Internet_Activities_7.22.08.htm
 * 105) Johnson, Doug. “Evaluating Collectively Created Information.” Library Media Connection 25 no.4. January 2007. Library Literature and Information Science Full Text University of Iowa. 1 page. July 18, 2008. http://vnweb.hwwilsonweb.com.proxy.lib.uiowa.edu/hww/results/external_link_maincontentframe.jhtml?_DARGS=/hww/results/results_common.jhtml.30
 * 106) "List of Wikipedias - Meta." Meta, a Wikimedia Project Coordination Wiki. 6 Jan. 2010. Web. 14 Mar. 2010. .
 * 107) Loncarek, Karmen. "Surfing, Diving, and Epistemological Pleasure." Croatian Medical Journal 50.4 (2009): 416-418. Academic Search Elite. EBSCO. Web. 7 Mar. 2010.
 * 108) Maehre, Jeff. "What It Means to Ban Wikipedia: An Exploration of the Pedagogical Principles at Stake." College Teaching 57.4 (2009): 229-236. ERIC. EBSCO. Web. 7 Mar. 2010.
 * 109) Miller, Barry. “I Want My Wikipedia!” Library Journal (1976). 131 no. 6. April 1 2006. . Library Literature and Information Science Full Text University of Iowa. 2 pages. July 18, 2008. http://vnweb.hwwilsonweb.com.proxy.lib.uiowa.edu/hww/results/external_link_maincontentframe.jhtml?_DARGS=/hww/results/results_common.jhtml.30
 * 110) “Nature responses to Encyclopaedia Britannica”. Nature.com. March 30, 2006. July 20, 2008. http://www.nature.com.proxy.lib.uiowa.edu/nature/britannica/index.html
 * 111) "Online Activities, Total | Pew Research Center's Internet & American Life Project." Pew Research Center's Internet & American Life Project. 4 Dec. 2009. Web. 14 Mar. 2010. .
 * 112) Plosker, George. “Where are We Now with Content and Technology” Online. 30 no.3. May/June 2006. Library Literature and Information Science Full Text University of Iowa. 3 pages. July 18, 2008.< http://vnweb.hwwilsonweb.com.proxy.lib.uiowa.edu/hww/results/external_link_maincontentframe.jhtml?_DARGS=/hww/results/results_common.jhtml.30>
 * 113) Pollard, Elizabeth Ann. "Raising the Stakes: Writing about Witchcraft on Wikipedia." History Teacher 42.1 (2008): 9-24. ERIC. EBSCO. Web. 7 Mar. 2010.
 * 114) Waters, Neil L. "Why You Can't Cite Wikipedia in My Class." Communications of the ACM 50.9 (2007): 15-17. Academic Search Elite. EBSCO. Web. 7 Mar. 2010.
 * 115) "Who's Online - Internet Demographics | Pew Research Center's Internet & American Life Project." Pew Research Center's Internet & American Life Project. 6 Jan. 2010. Web. 14 Mar. 2010. .
 * 116) “Wikipedia: About” Wikipedia.org. Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia. 13 Mar. 2010. Web. 13 Mar. 2010. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:About
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