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February 2021

February 27, 2021

Polybook: A New App for Lifelong Learners and #LearningInPublic

It was great to have a Zoom conversation with Joe White yesterday. Joe is the...

November 2020

November 30, 2020

Prove It

When Donald Trump makes his claims about voting fraud and the election being “stolen,” he...

January 2018

January 04, 2018

Wikipediatricians and Ways of Knowing

Until relatively recently, I had no idea that there was such a word as "Wikipediatrician." But having come...

December 2017

December 26, 2017

Seven Steps to Jesus

A while back I was told that there is a Wikipedia game "Seven Steps to Jesus" which...

November 2017

November 10, 2017

Not to Miss at #AARSBL17 on Sunday, November 19th

There are two events that I unfortunately cannot attend at AAR/SBL in Boston, but which...

February 2017

February 09, 2017

Using Wikipedia

Via Butler University Libraries on Twitter.

January 2017

January 06, 2017

Not Really An Expert

Internet, I need your help. According to a commenter who randomly showed up on my...

February 2015

February 06, 2015

Wikipistemology

The blog Only a Game had a wonderful post recently about the issue with Wikipedia,...

January 2015

January 12, 2015

Quote for the Start of Semester

The quote from Jimmy Wales, founder of Wikipedia, comes from an article in the Chronicle...

December 2014

December 15, 2014

Mythicism as Pseudoscholarship on Wikipedia

David Fitzgerald posted this on Facebook: If a "war is brewing," are you involved in...

September 2014

September 16, 2014

TIL Wikipedia is not always reliable…from Wikipedia

Today I Learned is a popular subreddit on Reddit. One very recent post is this...

August 2014

August 12, 2014

Amelia Bedelia and the Sinister Buttocks

Wikipedia has been making headlines again. If you haven't seen it yet, read the article...

June 2014

June 09, 2014

Betascript Publishing

Sometimes when I'm on eBay, I'll type in a word related to my research interests,...

May 2014

May 31, 2014

Jesus is #5

A list has been drawn up of the 100 most frequently edited Wikipedia articles (HT...

April 2014

April 24, 2014

TL; DR Wikipedia

Via 22 Words, I learned of the existence of TL; DR Wikipedia, which condenses Wikipedia...

December 2013

December 06, 2013

A New Two-Source Hypothesis

I came across the above image in a comment on Mark Goodacre's NT Pod website....

June 2013

June 06, 2013

Scholars Behaving Badly – Er, I Mean, Citing Wikipedia

I've been discussing information literacy in general and Wikipedia in particular not only here, but...

June 03, 2013

Hymn to Wikipedia

On the wonderful wiki-based storehouse of public-domain sheet music IMSPL, I discovered a gem today....

August 2012

August 16, 2012

Do Students Still Need to Steer Clear of the Internet?

Jona Lendering posted a reply on his blog to a recent post on mine, about...

August 15, 2012

Online Sources in the Classroom

In my current teaching, I focus increasing amounts of attention on the discerning use of...

January 2012

January 18, 2012

“Emergency Access” to Wikipedia during the SOPA and PIPA Protests

New Scientist posted some ways to get access to Wikipedia today in spite of the...

January 17, 2012

PIPA and SOPA Blackouts

Very shortly, Wikipedia and many other sites around the internet will be going dark for...

August 2011

August 25, 2011

What Students Don’t Know: Mindset Lists and Digital Natives

I had a post on this topic in mind since I read the piece in...

June 2011

June 05, 2011

Palin Revere Rides Again: Is Christianity About Learning the Truth or Making What You Already Believe “The Truth”?

In the hullabaloo about Sarah Palin's lack of familiarity with Paul Revere, some of the...

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