Teacher-Librarian

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Daren Kuropatwa Shares an example of questioning the content/source on a wiki regarding South African Curriculum.   The final point, that when viewing and using content from wikis we need to verify with other sources…

Seems like a connection to the recent conversations about value vs source from David Warlick. 

Yesterday, I had similiar conversations with a group of  school librarians exploring blogs and wikis.  It seems that we- educators/librarians are reluctant to trust some of these new publishing venues like blogs and wikis.  Yet, students more and more like to turn first  to wikipedia as a source.  What makes it so attractive?

I feel like I’m going in circles.  We start out the year teaching documenting sources, evaluating sources, thinking critically about information, synthesizing…  Which I always to connected to a project, and I do try to emphasize the goal or essential question while planning with teachers and working with students.

I think as this year starts I need to include blogs, wikis, myspace whatever in the discussion with students.  I bet they will see how this works and  will help me learn a few things about their thought process.  Then I just need to keep them thinking about the “value” of information throughout the year.

I see what Warlick is saying, and it seems we are on the same track just maybe talking tangerines and navels,  or maybe it’s how you peel that orange.  In any case we want to get at the good fruit.