Banning Wikipedia at school: good idea or missed opportunity?
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Saved by 12 people (2 private), first by anonymouse user on 2007-11-29
- Angelastockman on 2008-09-03 - Tags wikipedia
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- Eadoin on 2008-01-06 - Tags 2.0 , reference
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Have you ever tried to burn a server? Not very exciting.
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Not all of them. Earlier this month, Pennsylvania's Express-Times reported on a local school librarian who put up her own "Just Say No to Wikipedia" signs in the computer lab. The entire Warren Hills Regional School District in New Jersey has also blocked access from all school computers. The basic problem, according to officials, is that Wikipedia's unverified accuracy and ease of use are making it too tempting for students to use as a primary source.
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Britannica isn't a viable source for most high school or collegiate work, either; should we ban it for students' own good? And what about textbooks? They offer an introduction to new ideas but are rarely appropriate sources for academic papers; indeed, their best use in such cases is as a jumping-off point.
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Banning Wikipedia also gives it the sweet scent of forbidden fruit as well, and it invites the same sort of circumvention techniques that students have used to get around MySpace blocks.
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