From time to time I wonder, is all that money we pour into the movie industry going to good uses? You be the judge.
Thursday, March 22, 2007
Prompt #5: To Wiki or not to Wiki?
As you have learned from the panel yesterday, the use of internet sources is a highly contentious issue in academia, particularly in regards to sites like Wikipedia, where users are free to edit content.
Although the Writing Program currently doesn't aprove of Wikipedia as a valid source, I understand that this notion is not necessarily shared by the rest of university. Thus, for your prompt this week, you will locate an article on Wikipedia that is related to the issue that you have selected for your assignent and assess the article's quality, taking into consideration such elements as the "discussion" page and any relevant controversies therein.
In addition, you may wish to consider comparing the article to other sources such as Encarta, Grolier, and Encyclopaedia Brittanica (please note that online access to these sites may require you to use the library computers).
Please note that it may be helpful to use the Toulmin model to break the articles down into their relevant components. Also, when reading through the articles, keep an eye out for anything that seems to resonate or dissonate with your own ideas.
Answers to this prompt and classmate comments are due by 10pm on Friday, March 30th.
Although the Writing Program currently doesn't aprove of Wikipedia as a valid source, I understand that this notion is not necessarily shared by the rest of university. Thus, for your prompt this week, you will locate an article on Wikipedia that is related to the issue that you have selected for your assignent and assess the article's quality, taking into consideration such elements as the "discussion" page and any relevant controversies therein.
In addition, you may wish to consider comparing the article to other sources such as Encarta, Grolier, and Encyclopaedia Brittanica (please note that online access to these sites may require you to use the library computers).
Please note that it may be helpful to use the Toulmin model to break the articles down into their relevant components. Also, when reading through the articles, keep an eye out for anything that seems to resonate or dissonate with your own ideas.
Answers to this prompt and classmate comments are due by 10pm on Friday, March 30th.
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