here is the source http://www.soschildrensvillages.org.uk/charity-news/wikipedia-for-schools.htm
2009/2/11, Wong Leo <[email protected]>: > > hey Maria , well , you are surely right , however , is there anyone here > from German in this group , I heared that German has made a school policy to > require the students to use wikipedia in their assessment . > > I am a teacher from China , I dream one day Chinese students can get access > to wikiepedia , in one of classes I am teaching ( primary school ) the kids > here are copying information to my winter assignment instead of creating > something , I am also againist the mere information consumption ,instead of > creation , but I think German is doing something right , what others think > of this ? > > I also dream one day wikieducator can support Chinese character for both > teachers and students . > > Leo > > > 2009/2/11, Maria Droujkova <[email protected]>: >> >> I think it's a really bad idea. It kills many key ideals of Wikipedia in >> general and wikis in particular. For example, it makes students consumers >> rather than creators of content, and removes any possibility of current >> relevance and constant updating of the information. It also re-institutes >> the division into experts and everybody else. >> >> On Tue, Feb 10, 2009 at 8:46 AM, Wong Leo <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> >>> http://schools-wikipedia.org/ >>> -- >>> Leo Wong >>> -------------------------------------- >>> http://helpsuzhou.blogbus.com/ HELP >>> >>> >>> >> >> >> -- >> Cheers, >> MariaD >> >> Make math your own, to make your own math. >> >> http://www.naturalmath.com social math site >> http://www.phenixsolutions.com empowering our innovations >> >> >> >> > > > -- > Leo Wong > -------------------------------------- > http://helpsuzhou.blogbus.com/ HELP > -- Leo Wong -------------------------------------- http://helpsuzhou.blogbus.com/ HELP --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "WikiEducator" group. To visit wikieducator: http://www.wikieducator.org To visit the discussion forum: http://groups.google.com/group/wikieducator To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
