February 26, 2007
NCTE’s Inbox flagged this one for me. And here’s another subject in the changing landscape of school in the 21st century that I’m ambivalent about. I fear what will be lost in a push for online classrooms, I’ll admit it. But other educators urged caution, noting that teacher-student interaction is irreplaceable. Yet, I also think [...]
February 20, 2007
It seems as though Middlebury College isn’t the only one. I wonder if this is a sign of things to come, with more professors making it clear that they will not accept Wikipedia as a cited source. It certainly appears to be a growing trend of bloggers and “journalists” opening with misleading headlines. The Cornell [...]
February 12, 2007
I’ve been quite interested in the latest flap over Wikipedia and the recent ban by the history faculty of Middlebury College in Vermont. At issue is the citing of the community-edited online encyclopedia in academic work. This is a polarizing issue among educators, as are most technological innovations. Time is often the best judge of [...]
