Comments on: situating Wikipedia http://www.zephoria.org/thoughts/archives/2005/03/06/situating_wikipedia.html making connections where none previously existed Mon, 06 Feb 2012 07:10:26 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: KT http://www.zephoria.org/thoughts/archives/2005/03/06/situating_wikipedia.html/comment-page-1#comment-8159 KT Mon, 07 Mar 2005 10:36:24 +0000 http://ubuntu.my/wp30/archives/2005/03/06/situating_wikipedia.html#comment-8159 And math teachers hate calculators. The question is whether students are taught how to think algorithmically instead of being mere database lookeruppers. It's one thing to know that "I can go to google to find any bit of knowledge" it's another to have a thought about what that knowledge is, demonstrate understanding, and synthesize it into something resembling unique thought. And the more unique thoughts captured on Wiki, the harder to come up with something new. And math teachers hate calculators. The question is whether students are taught how to think algorithmically instead of being mere database lookeruppers. It’s one thing to know that “I can go to google to find any bit of knowledge” it’s another to have a thought about what that knowledge is, demonstrate understanding, and synthesize it into something resembling unique thought. And the more unique thoughts captured on Wiki, the harder to come up with something new.

]]> By:   http://www.zephoria.org/thoughts/archives/2005/03/06/situating_wikipedia.html/comment-page-1#comment-8158   Mon, 07 Mar 2005 01:09:06 +0000 http://ubuntu.my/wp30/archives/2005/03/06/situating_wikipedia.html#comment-8158 Joe, you can link to a particular version now. Click the "history" link at the top of any article, and you will see a list of unchangable old revisions which you can link to. There isn't currently a permanent link to the newest revision, but this should be solved with the next release of the software. Joe, you can link to a particular version now. Click the “history” link at the top of any article, and you will see a list of unchangable old revisions which you can link to. There isn’t currently a permanent link to the newest revision, but this should be solved with the next release of the software.

]]> By: joe http://www.zephoria.org/thoughts/archives/2005/03/06/situating_wikipedia.html/comment-page-1#comment-8157 joe Sun, 06 Mar 2005 16:11:41 +0000 http://ubuntu.my/wp30/archives/2005/03/06/situating_wikipedia.html#comment-8157 You know what would be neat? Being able to link to a particular version of a wikipedia entry based on the day (or version) of that wikipedia page (Further, to trust that it will still be the same when you come back to it). Has anyone ever done an analysis that tracked changes to certain wikipedia pages? That would neat too... because it would get at, in general, what you're talking about, danah. You know what would be neat? Being able to link to a particular version of a wikipedia entry based on the day (or version) of that wikipedia page (Further, to trust that it will still be the same when you come back to it).

Has anyone ever done an analysis that tracked changes to certain wikipedia pages? That would neat too… because it would get at, in general, what you’re talking about, danah.

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