👨‍💻 Navigating Digital Information #05: Using Wikipedia

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👨‍💻 Navigating Digital Information #05: Using Wikipedia

Last updated about 4 years ago

11 questions

Watch the video carefully and respond to the questions and prompts.
For valuable tips to help you get the most from instructional videos, check out How to Watch an Instructional Video.

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2

10

Define fallible in your own words. Feel free to look it up first.

10

How can Wikipedia be used in lateral reading about a specific website?
HINT: How was it used to investigate the site Natural News in the video?

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🧠 Retrieval Practice:
Summarize the content of this lesson. What topics, ideas, and vocabulary were introduced?

Watch the video carefully and respond to the questions and prompts.
For valuable tips to help you get the most from instructional videos, check out How to Watch an Instructional Video.

🔇 Distractions Check: Identify the measures you have taken to help prevent distractions and improve your opportunity to focus and learn from this activity.

I have taken steps to help ensure that I will NOT be distracted by...

You should use a single site as a definitive source.

True

False

It is now harder to create and edit Wikipedia articles than it used to be.

True

False

Why might a Wikipedia page be locked, so only a select few people can edit it?

Some topics are sensitive or controversial, and are more likely to be vandalized, so these articles are locked to better ensure that they remain factual.

Wikipedia is a fascist entity that only wants you to have access to information that it approves.

Thanks to recent policy changes and its new warnings system, Wikipedia should be used as a one-stop-shop for conducting research.

True

False

Define fallible in your own words. Feel free to look it up first.

How can Wikipedia be used in lateral reading about a specific website?
HINT: How was it used to investigate the site Natural News in the video?

Has Wikipedia been accused of gender and racial bias?

Yes, so take that into account when deciding whether to use it and when reading the articles.

No, Wikipedia is entirely infallible.

You might have been told not to trust Wikipedia. According to John Green, what is a good use of Wikipedia?

as a starting point in your research

as the one and only source in your research

In addition to the articles themselves, what other useful information can we find on Wikipedia?

The titles of the articles are very informative, too.

The sources at the bottom of an article offer many places to find information on the topic we are researching.

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🧠 Retrieval Practice:
Summarize the content of this lesson. What topics, ideas, and vocabulary were introduced?

🔇 Distractions Check: Identify the measures you have taken to help prevent distractions and improve your opportunity to focus and learn from this activity.

I have taken steps to help ensure that I will NOT be distracted by...

👎 Not done

👍 Prevented!

🔇 notification sounds.

📱 on-screen notifications.

👨‍👧‍👦 classmates, friends, family, or other people.

📺 other devices, screens, or media.

You should use a single site as a definitive source.

True

False

It is now harder to create and edit Wikipedia articles than it used to be.

True

False

Why might a Wikipedia page be locked, so only a select few people can edit it?

Some topics are sensitive or controversial, and are more likely to be vandalized, so these articles are locked to better ensure that they remain factual.

Wikipedia is a fascist entity that only wants you to have access to information that it approves.

Thanks to recent policy changes and its new warnings system, Wikipedia should be used as a one-stop-shop for conducting research.

True

False

Has Wikipedia been accused of gender and racial bias?

Yes, so take that into account when deciding whether to use it and when reading the articles.

No, Wikipedia is entirely infallible.

You might have been told not to trust Wikipedia. According to John Green, what is a good use of Wikipedia?

as a starting point in your research

as the one and only source in your research

In addition to the articles themselves, what other useful information can we find on Wikipedia?

The titles of the articles are very informative, too.

The sources at the bottom of an article offer many places to find information on the topic we are researching.

	👎 Not done	👍 Prevented!
🔇 notification sounds.
📱 on-screen notifications.
👨‍👧‍👦 classmates, friends, family, or other people.
📺 other devices, screens, or media.

👨‍💻 Navigating Digital Information #05: Using Wikipedia

👨‍💻 Navigating Digital Information #05: Using Wikipedia

Watch the video carefully and respond to the questions and prompts.

Define fallible in your own words. Feel free to look it up first.

How can Wikipedia be used in lateral reading about a specific website? HINT: How was it used to investigate the site Natural News in the video?

🧠 Retrieval Practice:Summarize the content of this lesson. What topics, ideas, and vocabulary were introduced?

Watch the video carefully and respond to the questions and prompts.

🔇 Distractions Check: Identify the measures you have taken to help prevent distractions and improve your opportunity to focus and learn from this activity.I have taken steps to help ensure that I will NOT be distracted by...

You should use a single site as a definitive source.

It is now harder to create and edit Wikipedia articles than it used to be.

Why might a Wikipedia page be locked, so only a select few people can edit it?

Thanks to recent policy changes and its new warnings system, Wikipedia should be used as a one-stop-shop for conducting research.

Define fallible in your own words. Feel free to look it up first.

How can Wikipedia be used in lateral reading about a specific website? HINT: How was it used to investigate the site Natural News in the video?

Has Wikipedia been accused of gender and racial bias?

You might have been told not to trust Wikipedia. According to John Green, what is a good use of Wikipedia?

In addition to the articles themselves, what other useful information can we find on Wikipedia?

🧠 Retrieval Practice:Summarize the content of this lesson. What topics, ideas, and vocabulary were introduced?

How can Wikipedia be used in lateral reading about a specific website?
HINT: How was it used to investigate the site Natural News in the video?

🧠 Retrieval Practice:
Summarize the content of this lesson. What topics, ideas, and vocabulary were introduced?

🔇 Distractions Check: Identify the measures you have taken to help prevent distractions and improve your opportunity to focus and learn from this activity.

I have taken steps to help ensure that I will NOT be distracted by...

How can Wikipedia be used in lateral reading about a specific website?
HINT: How was it used to investigate the site Natural News in the video?

🧠 Retrieval Practice:
Summarize the content of this lesson. What topics, ideas, and vocabulary were introduced?