Thanks for the links, Maarja! Here are some others people should read: Arreguin, C. (2004). "Wikis". In B. Hoffman (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Educational Technology. Retrieved January 9, 2006, from: http://coe.sdsu.edu/eet/articles/wikis/index.htm Davis, Matthew. "Congress 'made Wikipedia changes'" BBC News, Washington DC. Thursday, 9 February 2006: BBC Newsfeed. Lamb, Brian. "Wide Open Spaces: Wikis, Ready or Not". EDUCAUSE Review, vol. 39, no. 5 (September/October 2004): 36–48. These three cites are from a bibilography I compiled while gathering information for my lecture on wikis that I give as part of the bibliographic instruction sessions here at my university. We use wikis in bibliographic instruction to stress the idea of critical thinking while doing research. -Elizabeth Keathley On 3/15/06, [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > I've never used or looked at Wikipedia although I have heard about it. > Just by way of FYI, I thought I'd bring to the List's attention an > article about how Wikipedia handles history on the History News Network > in December 2004. > > See > http://hnn.us/articles/8837.html > Also, be sure to read the comments, some of which are from teachers who > discuss the reliability issue. See, for example, the comments from > Lisa Roy Vox at http://hnn.us/readcomment.php?id=49192&bheaders=1#49192 > or > http://shrinkster.com/d0q. > > Also take a look at the comments posted by another professor, Ed > Schmitt, at http://hnn.us/readcomment.php?id=49229&bheaders=1#4922or > http://shrinkster.com/d0p. He discusses how he teaches Sources and > Methods and critical thinking. He also posts some university links for > judging Internet information. > > Maarja > > A posting from the Archives & Archivists LISTSERV List sponsored by the Society of American Archivists, www.archivists.org. > For the terms of participation, please refer to http://www.archivists.org/listservs/arch_listserv_terms.asp. > > To subscribe or unsubscribe, send e-mail to [log in to unmask] > In body of message: SUB ARCHIVES firstname lastname > *or*: UNSUB ARCHIVES > To post a message, send e-mail to [log in to unmask] > > Or to do *anything* (and enjoy doing it!), use the web interface at > http://listserv.muohio.edu/archives/archives.html > > Problems? Send e-mail to Robert F Schmidt <[log in to unmask]> > A posting from the Archives & Archivists LISTSERV List sponsored by the Society of American Archivists, www.archivists.org. For the terms of participation, please refer to http://www.archivists.org/listservs/arch_listserv_terms.asp. To subscribe or unsubscribe, send e-mail to [log in to unmask] In body of message: SUB ARCHIVES firstname lastname *or*: UNSUB ARCHIVES To post a message, send e-mail to [log in to unmask] Or to do *anything* (and enjoy doing it!), use the web interface at http://listserv.muohio.edu/archives/archives.html Problems? Send e-mail to Robert F Schmidt <[log in to unmask]>