Talk:User-Generated Content in Education/Wikipedia

T.M. - Located resources, part of Pros and Cons section, References, External Links, Redundant upload of pictures

M.P - Located resources (but not as many as T.M.), inserted pictures, added content, added headings and formated the paragraphs

Just one request: In order to have a uniform reference format for the User-Generated Content wikibook, I requested that we follow the reference format in our sample page at: http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Talk:Assistive_Technology_in_Education. Do you have time to make that change? --Sgarrigan (talk) 04:46, 8 March 2010 (UTC)

S.B.~ Nicely laid out page! Great information and I liked the offset of the pictures. The information you published was worthy of a good read and presented an unbiased representataion of what Wikipedia is, good and bad. I wondered, though, if the in paragraph links should have read as numbers rather than words to bring the reader to your reference list. It seemed that one particular citation showed numerous times. I am in no way an expert on this format, but saw that as something that stood out to me. I love the idea that anyone can post comments but everything is reviewed when posted to Wikipedia. I think that really helps to support the reliability of the project as a whole.

J.F.- Page was very well done! I liked the pictures as well. Excellent list of resources that can be utilized for further research. Information on Wikipedia was well laid out and objective.

R.Y. - I love Wikipedia and I love this overview of how to use it in the classroom. You did a very nice job of being objective with what is a controversial topic in our field!

KC- I really liked the layout of the Wikipedia in Education page! Nice quote at the end: "A Wikipedia entry should not be “used as a source of truth but as a springboard to further inquiry." Definitely information everybody should remember!

The wikipedia book was easy to follow. I liked how the external links are set up. It lets you know what type of media you are going be seeing.(MH)

March 2011 Edits
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S.K. - Useful content to add: Examples of classroom use of Wikipedia

S.K. - Added Doug Johnson "Advantages" section. Learning to set up references properly. Also added punctuation to directly quoted text in "How to Approach" section.

S.K. - Working now to clean up original posts by formatting citations properly. Using tags and APA citation formatting to create proper inline citations and references list.

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LH - Learned how to set up references properly and helped clean up original posts and citations in APA format

LH- Completed part of the definition of Wikipedia at the top of the page.

LH - Added more concise lines to the Advantages of Wikipedia topic area.

LH - Cleaned up some spelling and grammar mistakes throughout the article.

LH - Added an additional line to Advantages to using Wikipedia and fixed a spelling mistake in the Pros and Cons section but both are coming up with a pending review message.

LH - Added additional external links to the bottom of the page. Also, some of the external sites were not working so I fixed those problems.

LH - Edited Videos and Articles section to add embedded hyperlinks and brief annotations to help direct readers

SK - Finished revising citations and reference list. I followed the citation pattern suggested by the previous class (SGarrigan) patterned on the Assistive Technologies wikibook. Some of these citations needed updating with accessible versions.

SK - Edited Blogs and Websites section to add embedded hyperlinks and brief annotations directing readers.

S & L--Nice job on the Wikipedia page! I enjoyed reading the pros/cons of Wikipedia and how it can be used in the classroom. At my school, Wikipedia is often not encouraged as a resource. It is helpful to have some background knowledge in which to use for support when questioned. ---N.K. 2011.