How to use our knowledge
I would like to propose that we use our online discussions as an opportunity to share our knowledge with the outside world. There is a Wikipedia article on digital divide, but it is not very good - it needs more references, and it is also tagged with "This article or section is in need of attention from an expert on the subject.". It doesn't even acknowledge the main topic of our recent Blackboard discussion - the concept of 'have now' vs. 'have later' is not mentioned at all in it (!). What do you say we try to improve it, with knowledge gained from our books and articles? I think it would be great if as one of the 'digital artifacts' of our class we can leave a vastly improved Wikipedia article on digital divide. And from a certain perspective, working on Wikipedia in such a way is a community activity, and 'service learning', too.
posted by Piotr Konieczny @ 3:08 PM
4 Comments:
I think that's a great idea!
Katie
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I'm interested, too, Piotr. You may have to guide us through the wiki editing process. Trying to put my photo up wasn't as easy as I thought, and people refer to wiki editing as a special skill. Anything we need to know?
Sheryl
I am glad somebody liked this idea :) I would be happy to work on this with some others, if you guys want to meet at some point 'face to face' or online I am sure we can arrange it. But overall, editing the article should be easy - after all, Wikipedia's 4 million registered contributors (and millions non-registered) are not all computer geeks :)
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Than go to article on Digital Divide; read the article and see if there is anything you'd like to change. There is content missing, reference s to be added, and I am sure - many grammar and style issues.
I think we should be able, if we spend few hours on it, to make it at least a Good Article, and perhaps a Featured Article - both official statuses on Wikipedia, and last one goes with 24h front page exposure...
Oh, and maybe we can convince prof. Stu that this is worth a few 'service learning' hours as an added incentive :)
An interesting idea indeed. You should bring it up in class and see where we can take it from there.
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