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| Collection Name: | Internet Scout Project
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| Collection Description: | The Internet Scout Report provides evaluation and annotation of high-quality online resources, particularly those that will be of value to the education community. Each resource is selected, researched, and annotated by a team of professional librarians and subject-matter experts, who evaluate sites on the basis of their content, authority, upkeep, presentation, availability, and cost. Published since 1994, the Report is one of the internet's oldest and most respected publications. The Internet Scout Project is part of the College of Letters and Sciences, University of Wisconsin-Madison. |
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Collection Information:
| Grade Level |
Elementary School
High School
Higher Education
Informal Education
Middle School
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| Intended Audience |
Educator
Learner
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| Language |
En
Eng
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| Link |
Http://scout.wisc.edu/
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| Publisher / Resource Provider |
University Of Wisconsin-Madison
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| Resource Format |
Text/html
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| Resource Type |
Audio/Visual
Collection
Instructional Material
Reference Material
Text
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| Subject Keyword(s) |
General Science
Social Sciences
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| Resource Title: | Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia
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| Description: | Wikipedia is a free online, editable encyclopedia that "all Internet users can collaborate on by writing and submitting new articles or improving existing ones." The project, which claims to be "living proof that content and knowledge can also organize themselves," uses a wiki, i.e. software to allow users to revise content. The website encourages community participation by listing Open Tasks, such as copy-editing, merging, and peer reviewing needing to be done for particular entries. The texts and media presented on Wikipedia are available to the public "to process the content further and disseminate it." There are also wikipedias in 50 other languages, including one in Esperanto, the invented international language. Users must create an account to contribute to Wikipedia, but anyone can browse the entries by topic area or search on a specific term. Within each entry are links to related items and some of the more extended entries include a table of contents for ease of navigation. Other sections of the website let you view the most recent changes (within the past seven days) or browse entries related to current events. |
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Additional Resource Information
| Language |
En
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| Subject Keyword(s) |
Social Studies
Social Studies -- Technology and Civilization
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