This is a presentation I gave to the Marlborough Boys College/Marlborough Girls College Cluster teachers only day. It is divided into four sections: 1. What is Wikipedia? 2. Why does Wikipedia matter? 3. Analysing the anatomy of an article 4. Projects in the classroom The forth section needs expansion, to fulfill the title's promise.

1. Teaching information literacy with Wikipedia Matt Lane [email_address] Thanks to Brianna Laugher ( http://tr.im/iMj9 ) Teachers Only Day April 9 2009 Marlborough Boys College/ Marlborough Girls College Cluster Blenheim

3. 1. What is Wikipedia?

4. 0.9. Wikimedia Foundation

5. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_foundation

13. W ikipedia is a w iki Proper noun is a noun

15. Media bottlenecks Voice Writing Newspapers Books Film Television/radio Website Voice box Scribes (-1439) Printing press (1439-) Publisher (Binders, distributors, bankroll) Film studio (Directors, producers, editors, film) Channel (Frequency) Web administrator Broadcast tool Bottleneck

17. Media bottlenecks? Voice Writing Newspapers Books Film Television/radio Website Voice box Scribes (-1439) Printing press (1439-) Publisher (Binders, distributors, bankroll) Film studio (Directors, producers, editors, film) Channel (Frequency) Web administrator Broadcast tool Bottleneck

19. 1. What is Wikipedia? Wikipedia is an online, not-for-profit, multi-lingual, free, wiki-encyclopedia

20. 2. Why does Wikipedia matter?

21. 2. Why does Wikipedia matter?

22. 2. Why does Wikipedia matter? 1. “If they’re going to do it, let’s make sure they do it safely”

23. 2. Why does Wikipedia matter? 2. The lessons we learn using Wikipedia are applicable to all information we encounter

24. 2. Why does Wikipedia matter? 2. The lessons we learn using Wikipedia are applicable to all information we encounter (=critical analysis)

25. 2. Why does Wikipedia matter? 3. Wikipedia is a useful resource

27. 3. Analysing the anatomy of an article

41. Timestamp

42. User/IP

43. Edit summary

44. Edit summary

55. 4. Projects in the classroom

56. 4. Projects in the classroom Checking references

58. 4. Projects in the classroom Evaluating articles

60. 4. Projects in the classroom Analysing the collaborative process

62. Teaching information literacy with Wikipedia Matt Lane [email_address] Thanks to Brianna Laugher Teachers Only Day April 9 2009 Marlborough Boys College/ Marlborough Girls College Cluster Blenheim