Comments on: Using our brains? http://www.web2learning.net/archives/1516 Web 2.0 and programming tips from a library technology enthusiast, What I Learned Today... covers blogs, rss, wikis and more as they relate to libraries. Fri, 04 Jul 2008 20:14:47 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Nicole http://www.web2learning.net/archives/1516#comment-85069 Nicole Wed, 06 Feb 2008 22:11:25 +0000 http://www.web2learning.net/archives/1516#comment-85069 Ha! Very interesting! Ha! Very interesting!

]]> By: Dave Pattern http://www.web2learning.net/archives/1516#comment-85059 Dave Pattern Wed, 06 Feb 2008 21:10:05 +0000 http://www.web2learning.net/archives/1516#comment-85059 The lecturer (Tara Brabazon) is someone who likes generating news headlines, so I wouldn't read too much into it. She's also an author and I'm sure this is all good publicity for her new book. The lecturer (Tara Brabazon) is someone who likes generating news headlines, so I wouldn’t read too much into it. She’s also an author and I’m sure this is all good publicity for her new book.

]]> By: Brad Czerniak http://www.web2learning.net/archives/1516#comment-85055 Brad Czerniak Wed, 06 Feb 2008 20:45:21 +0000 http://www.web2learning.net/archives/1516#comment-85055 This really irks me. I've heard of teachers not accepting internet and wikipedia sources as viable before (understandable), but banning the use of those tools is irresponsible. I'd imagine that a student in the context-seeking phase of research will use G & W anyway, but will now not cite sources they may have otherwise included [after all, it is plagiarism to not cite IDEAS, not just verbatim phrases]. Her policy is simply encouraging academic dishonesty. Where does this professor go for brief synopses of unfamiliar subjects? If not Google or Wikipedia, then she is incredibly inefficient... This really irks me. I’ve heard of teachers not accepting internet and wikipedia sources as viable before (understandable), but banning the use of those tools is irresponsible.

I’d imagine that a student in the context-seeking phase of research will use G & W anyway, but will now not cite sources they may have otherwise included [after all, it is plagiarism to not cite IDEAS, not just verbatim phrases]. Her policy is simply encouraging academic dishonesty.

Where does this professor go for brief synopses of unfamiliar subjects? If not Google or Wikipedia, then she is incredibly inefficient…

]]> By: Nicole http://www.web2learning.net/archives/1516#comment-84955 Nicole Wed, 06 Feb 2008 12:20:47 +0000 http://www.web2learning.net/archives/1516#comment-84955 And unfortunately a common thing that happens in our educational system. And unfortunately a common thing that happens in our educational system.

]]> By: Emily http://www.web2learning.net/archives/1516#comment-84783 Emily Wed, 06 Feb 2008 00:32:41 +0000 http://www.web2learning.net/archives/1516#comment-84783 Yeah, any time you say "Hey, you absolutely, positively have to do things in exactly THIS way," you're specifically asking people NOT to use their brains. It's such a silly approach to the situation! Yeah, any time you say “Hey, you absolutely, positively have to do things in exactly THIS way,” you’re specifically asking people NOT to use their brains. It’s such a silly approach to the situation!

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