Point/Counterpoint: Are Wikis Worth the Time? By Dean Shareski and Carol Ann K. Winkler

http://www.iste.org/Content/NavigationMenu/Publications/LL/LLIssues/Volume_33_2006_2005_/December_January_No_4_1/33406s.pdf


Hannah Kim
EDUC 422
3 September 2006
Assignment 5 – Journaling/Wiki

1. Post-Impressionism: In this article, I found information describing an introduction to this topic, links to different art terms relevant to post-impressionism, examples of artists and their works from this era, short critical and historical reviews, along with notes and references at the end. Although for general references this article could be useful, for in-depth information, more research would have to be done.

2. Interior Design: This article was also useful in giving a general introduction to the topic. The article started with a simple definition of what interior design is and continued with explanations of The Profession, Specializations, Styles and links to more information about the topic.

3. Science Fair: Although I am not very knowledgeable in the area of science, I know that someday as an elementary school teacher, I will be working with students and their science fair projects. This article gave an overview of the history of science fairs and was also useful in providing links such as to the Discovery Channel website to find good science fair project ideas.

After searching through Wikipedia’s database for different research topics, I have found that it was useful in providing general and concise information, but also directing you to different websites that could be of more service. As a public website that receives its information from anonymous submitters, there is always the chance that the information that you read could be illegitimate, but one must be careful not to rely on just one source of information. I believe that if used in the right way, Wikipedia could be a very useful in aiding your research of information.