Hello Students!
This site will grow and develop during the semester, just like you will grow and develop as critical readers and writers.
As we get to know each other, I believe that you will find that I am very fond of reading, and I am interested in new digital technologies. In particular, I like to examine digital tools that can help students work more efficiently. One such digital tool is Wikipedia. Hardly a week goes by when a friend, or a parent of a college student, or a colleague rips into Wikipedia (a new digital research tool) for its flimsy research, its weak documentation, its biased approach. Well, I’ve always thought that Wikipedia keeps gaining ground on other encyclopedias, and it looks like it has truly reached the tipping point, especially when esteemed historian William Cronon gives it the thumbs up:
Try this exercise: look up the terms “immigration”and “Brooklyn Bridge” on Encyclopedia Britannica and Wikipedia and tell me which one is more complete with more footnotes and more resources.
Next, here is a small photo of the textbook that we will use this semester:
Please use the ISBN to get the correct version of this book. ISBN: 9781465228314
If you have any questions, please let me know via email:
sscanlan@citytech.cuny.edu
Best wishes,
Prof. Scanlan
