Many
of us have issues with the curse of knowledge. We take everything we know for
granted and at times, we believe that everybody else is on the same page.
However, this is not the case. During our afternoon’s learning, we
learned how to use Google in a way that many of us did not know. We learned how
to search up information with different perspectives. For example, to find a government, whether the United States or a different country, we can use “site:gov” to find information about a certain topic. Also, we learned how to sort the information by time frames and looking up older
newspapers. These are the tricks that educators need to teach to their
students. It sure would’ve been helpful knowing this while in high school.
Also,
I remember being told that Wikipedia is not a trusted source and that we should
find more trusted websites for sources. Today, we just learned the opposite.
Wikipedia can be very trusted for many reasons. One of them is that even though
anybody is able to edit on a Wikipedia page, the managers of the certain page
will get notified and they have the authority to remove the misleading
information. We also learned that by clicking on the talk tab on a Wikipedia page,
we can see the ranking of that page and how valuable it is. So, Wikipedia can be a reliable source that the students will be able to use. Plus, there is an option to make an assignment out of using Wikipedia. A way to give back to the internet is to add information from a person or topic that has been researched in class onto an existing page on Wikipedia. In this way, they are practicing their writing skills and they are able
to contribute to society through the internet. Therefore, instead of forcing the students to get away from using technology, especially Wikipedia, we need to embrace what the internet has and teach our students how to use the internet.
As
a source, I looked up Pikachu and learned that Pikachu is rated GA-class with
Top-performance. This means that this page is well respected and it is
encouraged to improve the site if needed. There is also a chat further down in
the page that incorporates the suggestions and comments about the page to try
and improve the page more. As a student, we don’t typically look this far into
the Wikipedia website. However, this needs to change. If I were to make a paper
or presentation about Pikachu, then this Wikipedia page will be just as
reliable as any other website.
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