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Monday, September 21, 2009
The video Crystal refers to points out that wikipedia has more entries and is more accurate than Britannica - a change of view from the old"don't trust Wikipedia."
Wikipedia Information changes so quickly. We noticed today in our math book that it talks about 9 planets by including Pluto. We also have books that picture New York with the Twin Towers. So we had a great discussion that when books are published they print what the knowledge is then but it can change quickly. The updates online give us a more current account of the world. Deb
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ReplyDeleteInformation changes so quickly. We noticed today in our math book that it talks about 9 planets by including Pluto. We also have books that picture New York with the Twin Towers. So we had a great discussion that when books are published they print what the knowledge is then but it can change quickly. The updates online give us a more current account of the world.
Deb