tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8937414969460147900.post3404484114326130193..comments2024-03-06T07:06:38.928-08:00Comments on JSBlog - Journal of a Southern Bookreader: In praise of WikiquoteRay Girvanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05556764642402680159noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8937414969460147900.post-17135464197066859502009-11-26T00:06:11.076-08:002009-11-26T00:06:11.076-08:00I thoroughly agree with you about Wikiquote.About ...I thoroughly agree with you about Wikiquote.<br><br>About the teacher's embargo, though ... my guess is that the student has both misunderstood and exaggerated it, but I do understand it's reasons. Everyone who teaches anything, these days, gets very used to reading block copied chunks of Wikipedia and some of its relatives.<br><br>It's standard, as a result, to apply one of the plagiarism tools to any submission before reading it, handing it back (unread) for rewrite if it gets more than a trivial hit or two.<br><br>My guess is that the teacher was making this point, in a few words. It has then been accepted, misremembered, regurgitated, and (as with Wikipedia text!) without thought...<br><br>Wikipedia itself is a good resource ... provided it is, as you say, used with discrimination as a starting point and not as an oracle.Felixnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8937414969460147900.post-86090815645753788732009-11-26T03:05:08.170-08:002009-11-26T03:05:08.170-08:00Everyone who teaches anything, these days, gets ve...<i>Everyone who teaches anything, these days, gets very used to reading block copied chunks of Wikipedia and some of its relatives.</i><br><br><i>reactionarymodeon ironymodeon</i> Have they ever thought of using a single annual test without access to outside information? <br><i>ironymodeoff reactionarymodeoff</i>Ray Girvanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05556764642402680159noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8937414969460147900.post-2556731699700879412009-11-26T11:18:03.937-08:002009-11-26T11:18:03.937-08:00IR> ...a single annual test withoutIR> acces...IR> ...a single annual test without<br>IR> access to outside information? <br><br>Talking to the Ironic Reactionary who is, of course, not you :-) ...<br><br>[shudder] yes, it's suggested all the time. Fortunately, they are not listened to! Apart from the fact that such a closed test is worthless as assessment, it also offers nothing to the process of education which is intended to go on in the rest of the year...Felixnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8937414969460147900.post-87106234064407936592010-01-16T03:53:49.038-08:002010-01-16T03:53:49.038-08:00Yes I agree, wikiquote is probably the best,other ...Yes I agree, wikiquote is probably the best,<br>other sites I find enjoyable are <br>quote Garden and Quotemaniac.comMikenoreply@blogger.com