This Is Your Education On Wikipedia, Working Drafts Toward A Paper ??? Options

[Jon Awbrey]

I'm going to use this thread to collect previous posts on educational philosophy and educational practice that seem worth preserving, and perhaps even rewriting for wider distribution.

Jon Awbrey

[Jon Awbrey]

Re: Lynda Frank, “Should Wikipedia Be Accepted for High School Research?”, El Cerrito Patch, 29 Jan 2011

Parents, Teachers,

You would not let masked and anonymous strangers with unchecked credentials come into your schools to teach your children on a daily basis. But that is precisely what you are doing when you encourage the use of Wikipedia. I hope you will think very seriously about that and exercise the full duty of care that you would exercise in a similar situation. Those of us who know the realities of Wikipedia know that you need to learn a lot more about it, more than is contained in the rehashed press release from the Wikimedia Foundation that is the uncredited source of the above article.

Sincerely yours,

Jon Awbrey
30 Jan 2011 @ 4:38 am