👨💻 Navigating Digital Information #05: Using Wikipedia
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🔇 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...
🔇 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! | |
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🔇 notification sounds. | ||
📱 on-screen notifications. | ||
👨👧👦 classmates, friends, family, or other people. | ||
📺 other devices, screens, or media. |
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You should use a single site as a definitive source.
You should use a single site as a definitive source.
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It is now harder to create and edit Wikipedia articles than it used to be.
It is now harder to create and edit Wikipedia articles than it used to be.
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Why might a Wikipedia page be locked, so only a select few people can edit it?
Why might a Wikipedia page be locked, so only a select few people can edit it?
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Thanks to recent policy changes and its new warnings system, Wikipedia should be used as a one-stop-shop for conducting research.
Thanks to recent policy changes and its new warnings system, Wikipedia should be used as a one-stop-shop for conducting research.
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Define fallible in your own words. Feel free to look it up first.
Define fallible in your own words. Feel free to look it up first.
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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?
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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Has Wikipedia been accused of gender and racial bias?
Has Wikipedia been accused of gender and racial bias?
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You might have been told not to trust Wikipedia. According to John Green, what is a good use of Wikipedia?
You might have been told not to trust Wikipedia. According to John Green, what is a good use of Wikipedia?
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In addition to the articles themselves, what other useful information can we find on Wikipedia?
In addition to the articles themselves, what other useful information can we find on Wikipedia?
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🧠 Retrieval Practice:Summarize the content of this lesson. What topics, ideas, and vocabulary were introduced?
🧠 Retrieval Practice:
Summarize the content of this lesson. What topics, ideas, and vocabulary were introduced?