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Friday, May 8, 2009
An interesting experiment by 22 year old Dublin student Shane Fitzgerald recently generated a healthy debate around the use of the Internet by journalists, and particularly Wikipedia. firmly believe that for the most part the information on Wikipedia is correct, otherwise it wouldn’t be the number one spot for research.
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Monday, April 7, 2008
Wikipedia is a terrific reference tool if you (or your students) happen to be at an internet-connected computer, but it’s a lot harder to use as a reference tool when you’re out and about. Which is why I was ecstatic today when I found the best mobile version of Wikipedia yet - and it’s free. Authored by Leonard Low.
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Wednesday, September 12, 2007
They have put together a top 10 list of wikipedia tricks. Think about the MASSIVE amounts of content stored in the Wikipedia system. In place of wikipedia visulize your corporate intranet. Lifehacker is a great site! If you are still scratching your head just go through a little exercise with me. Close your eyes. If you can't.you
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Friday, December 19, 2008
Wikipedia. The scientific journal, RNA Biology , will now require all authors that submit a paper for review to the journal to also submit a summary of the article to Wikipedia. RNA Biology is now feeding original cutting edge research into Wikipedia. For academics you either love it or you hate it. love it! just love it.
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Wednesday, June 6, 2007
I just wanted to relate something that I think shows the power of a Wiki in general and Wikipedia particularly. Of course, my son read the Wikipedia California Gold Rush page (it comes up first in Google). And it shows the beauty of a Wiki and Wikipedia It did point us to a detailed article on the California Trail.
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Wednesday, September 10, 2008
Wikipedia is read by people who know it is not true, and that is its value. Tags: wikipedia altc2008 Hans Rosling #altc2008 ALT-C 2008 The weather here yesterday in Leeds was appalling. It poured down from the start of the day until the evening, but were our spirits dampened? The main global trend now, he declared, is convergence.
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Thursday, April 30, 2009
Wikipedia is the first place I check for basic, “good enough&# information on many topics. Tags: Lifelong Learning Tools Captivate Diigo Sakai Google Docs Skype Jane Hart top ten tools Google Reader Wordpress Wikipedia Dreamweaver I’m updating my Top Ten Tools for Learning for Jane Hart’s Top 100 list.
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Tuesday, October 28, 2008
got on a riff comparing Wikipedia to Britannica on a number of fronts. meetings I had the pleasure of meeting Jean Baptiste Souffron, who was the attorney at Wikipedia. So as I riffed yesterday I talked about how Wikipedia only had two employees which I assumed would be a lot less that Britannica.
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Friday, September 22, 2006
Friday, September 22, 2006 Wikipedia for the classroom I hope its not a secret that I am a supporter of Wikipedia. This is not the first time I write about Wikipedia here ( see this ). The page is called Wikipedia: School and university Projects. five students opted to use those 10 hours contributing to Wikipedia."
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Tuesday, April 27, 2010
and social networking tools, and specifically, the wisdom of crowds, as we have long understood, defines why web services such as Wikipedia and Google Search have become to popular and accurate over the last few years. Tags: wisdom of crowds wikipedia Andrew Keen wiki Sir Francis Galton Psychology ew Keen Plymouth
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