…do not, I REPEAT, do not go here.

I mean it.
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The New York Times calls Wikinews “The Unassociated Press” in an article in the Circuits section today.

The system’s primary check is its transparency. Inspired, in part, by the success of open source software development, the writing process is completely public. Anyone at any time can compose a new Wikinews article, edit an existing one and see an inventory of all prior changes.

I’m really starting to get smitten with the concept of “open-text” which is obviously what Wikinews and Wikipedia are all about. It’s just such a perfect description of where we are heading…stories, essays, blog posts created and edited collaboratively, always with the potential for improvement, never finished. I know that’s more concept than reality right now, the idea that products aren’t final. It would require a whole new way of looking at assessment, wouldn’t it? More emphasis on the products relevance, its usability, its worth to the community rather than whether or not it’s “correct”.

Hmmm…
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We’re looking at Weblogs.
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The journalism project that Anne and I did is featured in a short article on Weblogs in the new issue of Edutopia magazine.

In the last few years, blogs have turned the political and technological world upside down. Now they’re turning the classroom inside out.

Blogs, short for “Web logs,” are personal online journals; millions exist, ranging from sophisticated legitimate news sources to tedious (and often abandoned) digital scribble. They’re cheap — you can start a basic one free or pay up to $40 a month for special features — and they give an audience to individual reflection and experience. They’re also giving classrooms a new way to face the world.

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Matthew Bischoff
Dylan Verdi
Tess’s Book
Pedablogue
Northwest Voice
Blog For America
Kerry/Edwards
Microsoft Blogs
Simmons College
Networked Rhetorics
Literacy of Cooperation
IST 110
Neurosporacrassa
UPEI
Harvard Law
EComp
Barbara Ganley
Ken Smith
Calgary Library
Bloglines
Feedster

Academic Blogging

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Another sobering survey from The Pew Internet and American Life Project.

Only 1 in 6 users of internet search engines can tell the difference between unbiased search results and paid advertisements, a new survey finds.

The worst part is that 92 percent of those polled are confident about their Web searching abilities.

Oy. There is much to be done…
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