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Why Not Wikipedia?

Why Not Wikipedia?. Appropriate Uses of Online Resources. OELMA Annual Conference - October 14, 2011 Don Boozer, KnowItNow24x7 Coordinator. www.knowitnow.org. One of INFOhio’s “21 Essential Things” learningcommons.infohio.org. www.knowitnow.org. One of INFOhio’s “21 Essential Things”

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Why Not Wikipedia?

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  1. Why NotWikipedia? Appropriate Uses of Online Resources OELMA Annual Conference - October 14, 2011 Don Boozer, KnowItNow24x7 Coordinator

  2. www.knowitnow.org One of INFOhio’s “21 Essential Things” learningcommons.infohio.org

  3. www.knowitnow.org One of INFOhio’s “21 Essential Things” learningcommons.infohio.org

  4. !

  5. What is Wikipedia? Why Not Wikipedia? What are appropriate uses of it? What about other online resources? How can I get involved?

  6. What is Wikipedia? “a free, web-based, collaborative, multilingual encyclopedia project supported by the non-profit Wikimedia Foundation.”

  7. What is Wikipedia? • Free • Web-based • Collaborative • Multilingual • Non-profit

  8. www.wikimedia.org

  9. The “Googleplex”

  10. www.wikimedia.org

  11. www.wikimedia.org

  12. www.wikimedia.org

  13. www.wikimedia.org

  14. “Wikipedia is not evil.”

  15. Wikipedia is a tool.

  16. “Anyone can edit anything!”

  17. Case in point… Tecumseh

  18. Added July 6, 2010, at 6:27pm

  19. (→Tecumseh in popular culture: self promotional - not third party coverage) Deleted July 6, 2010, at 6:30pm

  20. Added July 11, 2010, 3:13pm

  21. 7th most popular website in the world • 380,000,000 visitors • 280+ languages • 19,800,000 articles • 90,000+ editors By the numbers…

  22. By the numbers…

  23. English Wikipedia equals 2,600+ printed volumes Encyclopedia Britannica By the numbers…

  24. Wikipedia is a tool.

  25. What are appropriate uses of it?

  26. What are appropriate uses of it? • Introduction to a topic • Popular culture • Foreign language study

  27. Introduction to a topic…

  28. Pop culture…

  29. Foreign language study…

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