[DDN] Wikipedia Blocks School's Editing Privileges Due to Vandalism
Hi everyone, There's been so much talk among educators on whether Wikipedia should be banned from school, that it may come as a surprise to some that a school has actually been banned from Wikipedia. Since November 2002, an anonymous Wikipedia user had been vandalizing dozens of Wikipedia pages. Because of these vandalisms, the user's IP address has been blocked repeatedly as a way of preventing them for wreaking further havoc. It turns out that the vandalism was from a school computer, so now all users of that computer are unable to make edits to Wikipedia. This raises many questions about Wikipedia in the classroom and the need for engaging students to think critically about it. Here's a snippet from my blog, where I documented the incident: It's quite understandable for Wikipedians to want to block this IP address to prevent any more vandalism on the site. But it makes me wonder just what, if anything, about Wikipedia was being taught in the school where all of this took place. Since I didn't find any constructive edits made by the IP address in question, my guess is that there was no curricular activity in which students were encouraged to examine Wikipedia critically. In many ways, this incident should serve as a teachable moment for this school and others. Wikipedia is far from perfect, but that's what makes it such an interesting tool when it comes to teaching media literacy. By democratizing the role of editor, Wikipedia raises important questions regarding credibility, the wisdom of crowds vs the sovereignty of experts, trust and anonymity, among other topics. Students and teachers should debate Wikipedia and even contribute to it; remember, it's a work-in-progress, not a finished body of work. But all too often, the debate over Wikipedia's merits is left among the educators only, with students left out of the conversation and operating on a simple directive: don't use it. By ignoring Wikipedia rather than teaching critical, responsible uses of it, schools are practically inviting students to edit Wikipedia at their own peril. We should be preparing students for constructive participation in the Read/Write Web; otherwise it might as well be the Read/Vandalize Web. More here: http://www.andycarvin.com/ permalink: http://www.andycarvin.com/archives/2006/03/wikipedia_blocks_sch.html -- -- Andy Carvin acarvin (at) edc . org andycarvin (at) yahoo . com http://www.digitaldivide.net http://www.andycarvin.com -- ___ DIGITALDIVIDE mailing list DIGITALDIVIDE@mailman.edc.org http://mailman.edc.org/mailman/listinfo/digitaldivide To unsubscribe, send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the body of the message.
[DDN] Seeking youth organizations also engaged with youth development research
Can anyone please recommend to me any youth organizations, who work directly with youth around some form of digital media, who also have a strong youth development research side (e.g. they like to write and publish)? I am involved with a fantastic opportunity for such organizations and am in a position to recommend them for consideration. It is both paid and prestigious. I am making my recommendation in about a week. If anyone has any recommendations, it will be much appreciated. Barry [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- ___ Barry Joseph Director Online Leadership Program Global Kids http://www.globalkids.org/olp http://www.NewzCrew.org Sign-up for the Global Kids' Newsletter: Send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ DIGITALDIVIDE mailing list DIGITALDIVIDE@mailman.edc.org http://mailman.edc.org/mailman/listinfo/digitaldivide To unsubscribe, send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the body of the message.
Re: [DDN] new Wikipedia category: Digital Divide activists
Deborah Elizabeth Finn wrote: On 3/27/06, Andy Carvin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi everyone, Taran Rampersad recently posted a message to his blog, www.knowprose.com, about the fact that he's recently been added to Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taran_Rampersad Dear Andy, Very cool! And I love that photo of Taran. How does one get to be immortalized with a Wikipedia entry? There was one of me for a day or two, but then it was fastracked for deletion. :-( Otherwise, I would have wanted to be in the digital divide activists category. Warm regards from Deborah Well, as Andy and I were discussing on our talk pages, it can be a strange honor. I got mentioned mainly because of the BBC article related to the SMS disaster system I was involved with after the tsunami... I was apparently fast tracked for deletion, but whoever started the article substantiated it with the BBC article. I found it by googling myself, trying to find something I wrote some years ago (and that's become increasingly difficult). I really do feel strange about the whole thing. It comes with caveats. To be a respectable page, Andy and I both agree that we shouldn't really edit our own pages... mainly because it's in poor taste, I think. It's weird having other people describe you in the third person as if you weren't in the 'room'. I keep wanting to scream, but I'm not dead yet!... :-) Still, I suggest things on entries. I'm still trying to figure out what the salary requirements for a technology activist are... but I have figured out that there is little room for advancement. :-) -- Taran Rampersad Presently in: San Fernando, Trinidad and Tobago [EMAIL PROTECTED] Looking for contracts/work! http://www.knowprose.com/node/9786 New!: http://www.OpenDepth.com http://www.knowprose.com http://www.digitaldivide.net/profile/Taran Pictures: http://www.flickr.com/photos/knowprose/ Criticize by creating. — Michelangelo ___ DIGITALDIVIDE mailing list DIGITALDIVIDE@mailman.edc.org http://mailman.edc.org/mailman/listinfo/digitaldivide To unsubscribe, send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the body of the message.
[DDN] New Contact Details
Dear All, During the past weeks, I have been less active with my postings in the different lists because I have taken the position of IT Manager and Head of IT Department at Teleforma Ltd (US based Company) in Mauritius. Now that I have settled at my new position, I will be posting more frequently. Please find below my contact details Dave Kissoondoyal, ACMI IT Manager - Head of IT Department Teleforma (Mauritius) Ltd 10th Floor Cyber Tower Ebene Cybercity Rose Hill Mauritius Tel: +230 465 7474 | Fax: +230 465 7171 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Website: www.teleforma.cc http://www.teleforma.cc/ Best regards Dave Kissoondoyal President ISOC Mauritius Member PIR .ORG Advisory Council ISOC Ambassador to WSIS ___ DIGITALDIVIDE mailing list DIGITALDIVIDE@mailman.edc.org http://mailman.edc.org/mailman/listinfo/digitaldivide To unsubscribe, send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the body of the message.
[DDN] using squeet.com to support the digg submissions of friends
hi DDN community - when andy carvin submitted this story to digg.com a few minutes ago, i was alerted via email by a free service at http://squeet.com(see appended short email below.) last week i told squeet.com to send me an email from the rss feed of digg submissions by my digg.com friends. i copied and pasted the rss feed located at the bottom left of this web page. http://digg.com/users/pshapiro/friends/submitted it takes me just a second to digg (i.e. vote my approval of an story) by clicking on the number to the left of the story. if a story receives 50 or more diggs within a 12 hour period, it usually reaches the front page of digg.com, which gets 800,000 web sites visits per day. digg.com is growing like wildfire. i wouldn't be surprised if the site receives 5 million web sites visits per day by the end of this year. we can use our smarts to empower the technology access movement. we can place the issue of technology and educational access in the forefront of people's minds. we have the tools to do that. - phil - Forwarded message from [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Date: 28 Mar 2006 10:27:18 -0700 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: items submitted by friends of pshapiro - Wikipedia Blocks School's Editing Privileges Due to Vandalism To: phil shapiro [EMAIL PROTECTED] Wikipedia Blocks School's Editing Privileges Due to Vandalism - Date: 3/28/2006 11:59 AM Link: http://digg.com/technology/Wikipedia_Blocks_School_s_Editing_Privileges_Due_to_Vandalism There's been so much talk among educators on whether Wikipedia should be banned from school, that it may come as a surprise to some that a school has actually been banned from Wikipedia. This raises questions as to why aren't more schools teaching students about using Wikipedia constructively. -- This email was sent to you based on your requested RSS feeds and schedule. To manage your Squeet account and subscriptions, visit http://www.Squeet.com Powered by Squeet.com. Read our blog at http://squeetblog.blogspot.com - End forwarded message - -- -- Phil Shapiro [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.digitaldivide.net/profile/pshapiro http://digg.com/users/pshapiro/submitted http://www.his.com/pshapiro/stories.menu.html Wisdom starts with wonder. - Socrates Learning happens through gentleness. ___ DIGITALDIVIDE mailing list DIGITALDIVIDE@mailman.edc.org http://mailman.edc.org/mailman/listinfo/digitaldivide To unsubscribe, send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the body of the message.
