Last week, we did wikipedia editing.
After I edited, I felt something wrong. The topic I wrote is not what I was familiar with. I had to search Internet to find some reliable (relatively) resources. This made me feel bad.
I'm used to trust the publication as being authorized. And I ranked Wikipedia as reliable knowledge pool before. But now, it seems I'm not right.
In the class, Kevin tell us that Wikipedia can be used as a resource, for starting up. But it should not be used as the only resources.
It's a bit clear. At least, I think in high school level, I can encourage my students using it. But I'm not sure if we can use Wikipedia as a resource for the high level scientific research.
In addition, Kevin suggest to use google scholar. The resources there is more scholarly. I checked it, the google scholar can reduce about 85-99% in the amount of info that we get from google search. This is a big difference. Also, the university library is a more reliable resources for scientific research, although the authority to use it online is limited.
After I edited, I felt something wrong. The topic I wrote is not what I was familiar with. I had to search Internet to find some reliable (relatively) resources. This made me feel bad.
I'm used to trust the publication as being authorized. And I ranked Wikipedia as reliable knowledge pool before. But now, it seems I'm not right.
In the class, Kevin tell us that Wikipedia can be used as a resource, for starting up. But it should not be used as the only resources.
It's a bit clear. At least, I think in high school level, I can encourage my students using it. But I'm not sure if we can use Wikipedia as a resource for the high level scientific research.
In addition, Kevin suggest to use google scholar. The resources there is more scholarly. I checked it, the google scholar can reduce about 85-99% in the amount of info that we get from google search. This is a big difference. Also, the university library is a more reliable resources for scientific research, although the authority to use it online is limited.
So, now thing's getting more clear. Wikipedia can be used at a rich resource for starting, even in a rigorous research. Or, we can use Wikipedia as a good resource for normal level research, such as elementary or high school. For high academic level research, after starting with Wikipedia and google scholar, we probably need to seek more reliable research results from academic orientated library, quoting on more specific and more recent research results with a carefully identification.
I'm happy for knowing more about Wikipedia, through the Wikipedia writing. And I'm happy for knowing more about learning resources. Those inexhausible resources will moisten our knowledge field.
I'm happy for knowing more about Wikipedia, through the Wikipedia writing. And I'm happy for knowing more about learning resources. Those inexhausible resources will moisten our knowledge field.
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