Today we will work on a collaborative research project. Here is the assignment:
Wikipedia presents itself as an online encyclopedia–a factual resource which we expect will provide us with reliable information. Using all the resources available to you, spend this class period looking for evidence that will help you take a position on the question, “Is Wikipedia a reliable resource (and why or why not)?”
This is not an easy question to answer. Your evidence may come from things such as things others have written online, from your own examination of Wikipedia itself, or from your understanding of Wikipedia’s collaborative production process. Discuss with your colleagues in class how to discover and evaluate evidence.
By class time Tuesday, everyone should post an entry on his or her individual weblog (a couple of paragraphs is fine) offering some evidence to support your individual answer to the question.
