On Thu, Mar 26, 2009 at 12:13 AM, Thomas Dalton <[email protected]>wrote:
> 2009/3/26 Al Tally <[email protected]>: > > At school today I was busy admiring some of the work on the wall. The > kids > > (year 2) had been working on important buildings, and one particular one > on > > Buckingham Palace caught my eye. It went something like "Buckingham > Palace > > is the official London residence of the British monarch.[1] Located in > the > > City of Westminster, the palace is a setting for state occasions and > royal > > hospitality, and a major tourist attraction." (With the bolded text, and > > blue linked words, and the little 1 in superscript). Is blatant > plagiarism > > really the sort of thing that should be displayed as "best" work on a > > primary classroom wall? Wikipedia is a great resource I think - as long > as > > you know how to use it properly. If Wikipedia is to become a part of > primary > > school life, those using it ought to be trained to use it properly. > > While I wouldn't expect teachers to recognise the Wikipedia house > style as easily as we can, they should have been made suspicious by > the formatting! However, are you sure it was displayed as "best work"? > In primary school they generally put everyone's work on display. > Hopefully not! -- Alex (User:Majorly)
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