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Hi Everyone,

This is a post from a library listserv, but I thought you'd be interested.  Most of it is geared towards higher education, but there is some great information here for all levels.  Do check out the Wikipedia site.  See below.

Judy Graves

 

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It looks like Wikipedia  has its own entry for tracking school writing
assignments.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:School_and_university_projects


> Here's another example, from British Columbia:
> 
> http://www.dailyheraldtribune.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=1100567, and http://tinyurl.com/csa4dx
>
> And one from Alberta:
> 
> http://www.international.ualberta.ca/prospective/news.cfm?story=80428
>
> And another example:
> 
> http://www.insidehighered.com/views/2009/03/12/cummings
> 
> And one from the UK:
> 
> http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2007/mar/07/highereducation.elearning

> Martha J. Groom, Assoc. Prof. at Univ. of Washington also had her students write
> articles for Wikipedia in 2007:
>
> http://faculty.washington.edu/groom/teaching/wikipedia.html
>

> Prof. Mills Kelly in the history department at George Mason University had
> his students create a Wikipedia entry about a fictitious "last American
> pirate" last year. You can read about it here:
>
> http://lastamericanpirate.net/
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Owens

 

Judith K. Graves
Digital Projects Coordinator
Library of Congress
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Washington, DC 20540-4604

 

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