Thursday, January 10, 2008

Who Needs Encyclopedias? Use Wikipedia.

Remember the cumbersome set of encyclopedias we had to use in high school (ours were from the 70s so it wasn't the most updated info). I'm sure you do like I do now and just "google" a search to find an answer to almost anything you'd like to know. By the way who knew "google" would become a verb? Then again, who ever knew we'd communicate like we do over the internet (probably Al Gore). But if you ever yearn to use an encyclopedia again, use one that is continually updated. It's called "Wikipedia". "Wikipedia (pronounced /ˌwiːkiˈpiːdiə/ or /ˌwɪkiˈpiːdiə/) is a multilingual, web-based, free content encyclopedia project. The name Wikipedia is a portmanteau of the words wiki (a type of collaborative website) and encyclopedia. Wikipedia's articles provide links to guide the user to related pages with additional information. (from Wikipedia)" You can find so much in here. I even found information on Jonesboro High School. Check it out.

2 comments:

Kevin Myatt said...

Just wondering from our teacher classmates ... wouldn't a student get marked down for using Wikipedia as a source?

It's a big no-no for journalists to cite it as a source.

Angie Stricklin Buhrmester said...

I would think so since anyone can contribute to a Wikipedia subject (although I'm not a teacher..I just play one on TV ;)