Jennifer Robins, Ed. D Floyd Pentlin, Ed. S. University of Central Missouri School Library and Information Science Warrensburg, Missouri Certain materials are included under the fair use exemption of the U.S. Copyright Law and have been prepared according to the fair use guidelines and are restricted from further use
In a debate between Jenny Robins, professor, and Floyd Pentlin, LMS retired and madman, these slides present the side of the debate questioning an over reliance on database information as the source of vetted, edited information without considering some of the weaknesses of pre-digested information which isn't always as accurate as we would like to believe.
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Jennifer Robins, Ed. DFloyd Pentlin, Ed. S.
University of Central Missouri
School Library and Information Science
Warrensburg, MissouriCertain materials are included under the fair use exemption of the U.S. Copyright Law and have been prepared according to the fair use guidelines and are restricted from further use
“From presumed authority to collective credibility. Reliance on the knowledge authorities or certified experts is no longer tenable amid the growing complexities of collaborative and interdisciplinary learning. A key challenge in collaborative environments will be fostering and managing levels of trust.”
quoted by Jonathan Tarr
“Your world is different from ours. We are taught to share information and collaborate. We do it all the time. No one really cares where is came from.”
quoted: Jacqueline Hicks Grazette: Wikiality in my classroom
“satisfice”
quoted by Alison Head and Michael Eisenberg
Good Riddance, Encarta!Christopher Dawson, ZDNet Education, 31 Mar. 2009
“The encyclopedia is dead.
Long live critical thinking.” - Dawson
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Credibility of information
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Credibility of information
From Searchisaurus
John Quincy Adams, the sixth President of the United States, was active all of his life. This was to a great extent because of his politician father, John Adams. They are the only father-son Presidents in the history of the country.
Monkeyshines on the United States Presidents: Games, Puzzles & Trivia: 1990, p. 15-16, 2p. 1bw
Database Tabs
Search Results
Academic Journals
(190)
Magazines(798)
Books
(2)
News
(798)
Multimedia
(2)
Chinese ‘World Book’ Omits Tianamen Square Massacre, Says
Taiwan Belongs to China
Debra Lau Whelen, School Library Journal, 5/23/2007
Wikipedia Hoax Points to Limits of Journalists’ Research
Richard Byrne “Beyond Google - Improve Your Search Results (Repost), Free Technology For Teachers. Oct. 26, 2009http://www.freetech4teachers.com/2009/10/beyond-google-improve-your-search_26.html#at
Works Cited• Byrne, Richard. “Beyond Google – Improve Your Search Results (Repost).” Free Technology for Teachers. 26 Oct. 2009. Web. 28 Oct. 2009.• Dawson, Christopher. “Good Riddance, Encarta!” ZDNet Education. CBS Interactive, 31 Mar. 2009. Web. <http://education.zdnet.com/?p=2328>. • Dewald, Nancy H. “What Do They Tell Their Students? Business Faculty Acceptance of the Web and Library Databases for Research.” Journal of Academic Leadership 31.3 (2005): 209-
215. Academic Search Complete. Web. 5 Nov. 2009.• Druin, Allison et al. How Children Search the Internet with Keyword Interfaces. Department of Computer Science, University of Maryland. n.d. PDF file.
http://hcil.cs.umd.edu/trs/2009-04/2009-04.pdf• Foote, Carolyn. “Database Vendors – This One’s for You.” Not So Distant Future. Edublogs. 8 Oct. 2009. Web. 27 Oct. 2009.
http://futura.edublogs.org/2009/10/08/database-vendors-this-ones-for-you/.• Grazette, Jacqueline Hicks. H. “Wikiality in my Classroom.” Washington Post, p. B01. 25 Mar 2007. Web. 2 Nov. 2009.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/03/23/AR2007032301614.html• Harris, Christopher. “21st Century Databases.” Infomancy. N.p. 9 Oct. 2009. Web. 27 Oct. 2009. http://schoolof.info/infomancy/?p=601.• Head, Alison J. and Michael B. Eisenberg. What Today’s College Students Say About Conducting Research in the Digital Age. 4 Feb. 2009. Web. 27 Oct. 2009.
http://projectinfolit.org/pdfs/PIL_ProgressReport_2_2009.pdf• Maney, Jan. “Database Licensing – How Much is Too Much?” School Library Journal. 1 Apr. 2009. Web. 24 Oct. 2009. < http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/article/CA6647835.html?
nid=4302&rid=&source=link>.• Ohler, James. “The Semantic Web in Education.” EDUCAUSE Quarterly 31.4 (2008): n.p. Web. 27 Oct. 2009.
<http://www.educause.edu/EDUCAUSE+Quarterly/EDUCAUSEQuarterlyMagazineVolum/TheSemanticWebinEducation/163437>. • Perrault, Anne. “An Exploratory Study of Biology Teachers’ Online Information Seeking Practices.” American Association of School Librarians. Web. 5 Nov. 2009.
<http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/aasl/aaslpubsandjournals/slmrb/slmrcontents/volume10/perrault_biologyteachers.cfm>• Reuser, Arno. H. P. “When InterNET is InterNOT.” Online 32.1 (2008): 32-36. Academic Search Complete. Web. 27 Oct. 2009.• Tal, Naama. “Which One to Choose? A Comparison Between Three Aggregators.” Knowledge Quest 34.3 (2006): 24-9. Library Literature and Information Science Full Text. Web. 22 Oct.
2008.• Tarr, Jonathan. “The Future of Learning Institutions in a Digital Age Report Now Available from MIT Press.” HASTAC: Humanities, Arts, Science and Technology Advanced Collaboratory. 26
June 2009. Web. 24 Oct. 2009 <http://www.hastac.org/node/2238>,• Timmer, John. “Wikipedia Hoax Points to Limits of Journalists’ Research.” Ars Technica. 7 May 2009. Web. 24 Oct. 2009. < http://arstechnica.com/media/news/2009/05/wikipedia-hoax-
reveals-limits-of-journalists-research.ars>• Valenza, Joyce. “On Database 2.0: Reflecting on Our Panel and Developing the PSAs.” Neverendingsearch. School Library Journal. 12 Oct. 2009. Web. 27 Oct. 2009.
http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/blog/1340000334/post/10049601.html.• Whelan, Debra Lau. “Chinese ‘World Book’ Omits Tiananmen Square Massacre, Says Taiwan Belongs to China.” School Library Journal. 23 May 2007. Web. 24 Oct. 2009.