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More Wikipedia Banning

By alex | Published: 11/29/2007
How do you teach students to be critical users of information? Ban Wikipedia. At least that seems to be the answer for some terribly misguided teachers. One school district has gone so far as to restrict access to the Wikipedia website. Why? Because it is inaccurate. The stupidity of this approach is manifold. First, it […]
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Self-history

By alex | Published: 1/28/2007
“I was born in Oslo, Norway, the son of a Volvo factory worker and part-time ice fisherman,” a mock self-tribute begins. “My mother was a backup singer for Abba. They were good folks.” In Chicago, “I discovered I was black, and I have remained so ever since.” – Obama’s send-up of Obama, while he was […]
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