Charles Matthews wrote:
Thomas Dalton wrote:
We should issue a statement supporting the Ofqual report and
correcting the Telegraph article:
http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/Press_releases/Ofqual_report
See the "Wikipedia guide for teachers" thread from 6 December for some
online refs I gave for article evaluation. Rebutting what the Telegraph
said is probably a cul-de-sac: the Telegraph isn't going to print it,
and other papers have no reason to write about the Telegraph rather than
some expert source.
So I'd suggest developing a press release along the lines of amplifying
the good points in what Ofqual said, taking it as an endorsement of
"always read the label" type. Needs work, though. What is the story we
are putting across? Roughly, there is the "riff" that school students
will use the Web, like it or not; and so knowing how to use WP properly
is a research skill of our time, just as is using a search engine.
Charles
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I always describe Wikipedia as an "advanced Google". While Google
gathers together sources that match your search term, Wikipedia weeds
out the facts you are most likely to want, summarises them, and gives
you a link to the source. It generally helps people to get the gist.
--
George D. Watson
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