Exactly why I require all intro psych students to learn how to evaluate websites and they have assignments with feedback on them. Nothing wrong with the web, if you know how to use it. I know I do it all the time.
Annette Annette Kujawski Taylor, Ph.D. Professor of Psychology University of San Diego 5998 Alcala Park San Diego, CA 92110 619-260-4006 [EMAIL PROTECTED] ---- Original message ---- >Date: Mon, 14 Jan 2008 09:01:54 -0500 >From: "Christopher D. Green" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: [tips] Banning Google >To: "Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS)" <[email protected]> > > From today's Inside Higher Ed: > > Some professors ban their students from citing > Wikipedia in papers. Tara Brabazon of the > University of Brighton, bars her students from > using not only Wikipedia, but Google as well, The > Times of London reported. Google is "white bread > for the mind," Brabazon said. "Google offers easy > answers to difficult questions. But students do > not know how to tell if they come from serious, > refereed work or are merely composed of shallow > ideas, superficial surfing and fleeting > commitments," she said. "Google is filling, but it > does not necessarily offer nutritional content." > > Next they'll be requiring students to use quills and > ink bottles too. :-) > > Chris > -- > > Christopher D. Green > Department of Psychology > York University > Toronto, ON M3J 1P3 > Canada > > > > 416-736-2100 ex. 66164 > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www.yorku.ca/christo/ > > "Part of respecting another person is taking the > time to criticise his or her views." > > - Melissa Lane, in a Guardian obituary for > philosopher Peter Lipton > > ================================= > > --- > To make changes to your subscription contact: > > Bill Southerly ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
