Almost done and still learning!

Today I almost completed my fifth and final task for the DPS Technology Challenge.  We had to collaborate and I did something I always warned the kids about--I went to Wikipedia and edited a post!  In my first years at HHS, I told kids they should never use Wikipedia because it isn't trustworthy since someone "like you or I" could go on and make changes.  That was my assignment--to look at a topic I knew something about and add information or edit a mistake.  (I am not so adamant about not using Wikipedia anymore.)

What do I know that much about? I wondered.  I read the entire post about Idaho, looking to see if they listed the state song (or at least the state song I had to learn in 4th grade.)  I mean, it's Idaho.  How many people write and read about it, right?  Sadly, "Here We Have Idaho" was listed in the state emblems at the bottom of the entry. (See me if you want to hear the first verse and chorus.  What I learned in 4th grade stays in my mind even though I can barely remember what I learned today!)   I was stuck.  Then I saw the list of famous Idahoans.  Ernest Hemingway's name was given since he lived in Ketchum, Idaho, but they didn't show his granddaughter, Margaux.  I had to make sure she did live in Idaho (not using a Wikipedia site for accuracy's sake), create a Wikipedia account and then edit the H's.

Not as easy as it sounds, actually.  Creating the account was fine, but the edit button was strange so I added Margaux in the K's by mistake.  She only stayed there for several minutes while I figured out how to delete my post and add her to the H's using all the same symbols so that her name would look like everyone else's on the list.

Ahh, the power of wikis!  No entry may be safe from my computer.  I will probably use my powers for good, but that little bit of Loki that is in me needs to come out sometimes!  Read everything that is shared for good sense and accuracy, my friends.  You've been warned!