Posts Tagged ‘ wikipedia ’

Taking control of your school’s profile: Where to start

May 22, 2008
Taking control of your school’s profile: Where to start

0So I woke up this morning to find that my post last night on school’s taking control of their profiles has started a little conversation. I gave a talk on this topic to educators and administrators at the EARCOS conference in March that scared a few, made a few jump into action, and others...
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Schools: Take control or forfeit your profile

May 21, 2008
Schools: Take control or forfeit your profile

0Who is controlling your school’s online profile? In my presentation to educators I usually say: You need to take control of your online presence, because if you don’t…someone else will! Do schools have someone looking after their online profile? Do we need to create a new position in the communication office? I just got done editing my school’s wikipedia...
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Wikireader or Wikicreator

March 31, 2007
Wikireader or Wikicreator

0Yesterday in my presentation I talked about how educators and schools view Wikipedia. Where some schools have blocked the site and other schools have not blocked the site. How some teachers are allowing students to use it as a research site, while others are not. This is still in debate, but I think we’re...
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Gollum browser-The Wikipedia Browser

January 18, 2007
Gollum browser-The Wikipedia Browser

0Our web designer here at school just e-mailed this to me. Gollum Browser works best with Firefox and opens and overlays a layer on Firefox that allows you to quickly and easily search Wikipedia articles. If Wikipedia is blocked at your school is this away around it? I was impressed with the speed. Wikipedia is...
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