How Google, Wikipedia Have Changed Our Lives — For Better and Worse

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A lecturer in the U.K. made headlines this month when she banned her students from using Wikipedia and Google for research assignments in her classes. The professor, Dr. Tara Brabazon, said that students “don’t come to university to learn how to Google.” I’m sure they don’t, but I can imagine the fear that the ban struck in the hearts of her students.

Read the full blog article at http://www.pbs.org/mediashift/2008/01/before_and_afterhow_google_wik.html


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