One of the assignments in my senior level "Communication and New Technologies" class is a group project called Tech Update. Students love it, and sometimes you get real jewels. In small groups, students are required to find new technologies or new applications of existing technologies and report on (positive and negative) effects these technologies have on society in general, and our lives in specific. I'd like to share today's Tech Update topic with you, because I think it is very related to some of the discussions we've had on this list, such as the community built listserve database we are currently considering. Today's Tech Update will be about Wikipedia [http://wikipedia.com/], an online, community built encyclopedia. It exists in multiple languages (though the English site is largest). EVERYONE can edit EVERY PAGE of this online encyclopedia. The site/database is backed up once a week. Obviously, this creates many issues, such as credibility of information, active history shaping, etc., but what an excellent example of community built cyber culture! What a very exciting discussion topic, and what a wonderful case study this would make. ulla ******************************************** Ulla K. Bunz Ph.D. Candidate, Teaching Assistant University of Kansas 102 Bailey Lawrence, KS 66045 785-864-1160 ulla@ukans.edu ******************************************** Never Surrender ... ********************************************