Gigi Johnson: You guys are just a thrill a manner, you know that?
Speaker: It's just a what?
Gigi Johnson: A thrill a manner.
Speaker: Yeah.
Speaker: We are so, what's the word? Thrill-ful, yeah, that word.
Gigi Johnson:: That's the word?
Speaker: I don't know.
Gigi Johnson: How do you find out if that's a word?
Speaker: Huh?
Gigi Johnson: How do you find out if that's the word?
Speaker: Google.
Seaker: Wikipedia.
Gigi Johnson: Wikipedia. Well, let's maybe wrap up them with Wikipedia. We have talked about Wikis, creating your own knowledge. What is Wikipedia?
Speaker: The Wiki site.
Gigi Johnson: It's a Wiki site. So that means, it's been put together by lots of people. Right?
Speaker: Lots and lots and lots of people.
Speaker: From lots of different countries.
Gigi Johnson: Well, evidently it comes in all these different languages, countries and cultures.
Speaker: Polaski.
Speaker: Hispania.
Gigi Johnson: Hispania, Polaski, Uruski?
Second speaker: Italiano.
Gigi Johnson: Well, so, here we are with Wikipedia, and it's got a nice feature, all that we can do is a search. Who has written Wikipedia?
Speaker: Everybody pretty much.
Gigi Johnson: Have you written anything in Wikipedia?
Speaker: No.
Gigi Johnson: Have you written anything in Wikipedia? You don't remember if you have? So people write in and they add it and they make suggestions. So is this true?
Speaker: Mostly.
Speaker: Ah! I think.
Gigi Johnson: Could you use this for school?
Speaker: Ah, yeah.
Gigi Johnson: Really?
Speaker: Yeah.
Gigi Johnson: What I would suggest instead -- so let's go back to our friend, peanut butter.
Speaker: Whatever happened to jelly?
Gigi Johnson: I know jelly is getting such short shrift. They have picture. You have information. It's primary use, a basic sandwich spread. It's different in different countries. There are other nut butter, there is even the history of peanut butter. Notice these things. What are those?
Speaker: Arrows.
Gigi Johnson: Footnotes, and it takes you to other information and resources. So how do you check what's in here? You can find out where things came from, and it will even take you links. There's a National Peanut Board, and even the Federal Peanut Butter Law. So this a great starting space. You even have the USDA's commercial item description for peanut butter and peanut spread. Um, so, and it even takes you to other categories, American cuisine, Spread, Food Ingredients.
Speaker: Peanuts.
Gigi Johnson: So what is Wikipedia? It's a tool.
Speaker: It's a place
Third speaker: It's a website.
Speaker: Where people come together, they mash
Speaker: And a website is formed.
Gigi Johnson: And it ends up being the ninth most popular website in the world.
Speaker: Yeah, pretty much.
Speaker: With 54 billion people.
Gigi Johnson: 54, 55 million users.
Speaker: Oh that's a million. 55 million if you round up.
Gigi Johnson: If you round up. Can you use this for homework?
Speaker: Yes.
Gigi Johnson: Starting point for homework?
Speaker: Yes.
Speaker: Sort of.
Gigi Johnson: Starting point for truth?
Speaker: Sort of.
Speaker: Maybe.
Gigi Johnson: Maybe. Can you cut and paste right out of this, right into your homework?
Speaker: Yes.
Gigi Johnson: No.
Speaker:You will get beaten.
Gigi Johnson: You will not get beaten if you do that, but you do need to paraphrase, site that it came from here, right?
Speaker: Do our own different word, but the same thing basically.
Speaker: You can't do that, I just don't think it's legal.
Speaker: Of course not.
Gigi Johnson: So this is a great place to start. It's a Wiki. It's together. It's search.
Speaker: Footnotes.
Gigi Johnson: It's footnotes. It's great additional information.
Speaker: Peanut butter has been patented.
Gigi Johnson: And it even shows how peanut butter can be used for rodent control solutions.
Speaker: Wow!
Speaker: Wow! Why waste peanut butter on rodents?
Gigi Johnson: Maybe their mouth gets stuck together?
Speaker: Ha ha ha.
Speaker: I think I will get a broom. Get out, get out.
Gigi Johnson: Excellent! So, any other words of wisdom today?
Speaker: Peanut butter jelly.
Gigi Johnson: So, here's my quiz question for you. Is there any important things we should know about peanut butter, ending our session today?
Speaker: It's patented
Speaker: What's the Peanut Butter Law?
Speaker: Very important.
Gigi Johnson: What is it?
Speaker: Yeah. What is that? I don't know what it is. I want to know.
Gigi Johnson: See most of things that you may end up with is looking at George Washington carver with the history of peanut butter in the United States.
Third speaker: So, peanut butter.
Gigi Johnson: But let's go, and finish up with what did we want to look out?
Speaker: Peanut Butter Law.
Speaker: Yeah. What is it?
Gigi Johnson: So peanut -- the Federal Peanut Butter Law, and we don't have permission evidently to get that.
Speaker: Oh!
Gigi Johnson: We will never know.
Speaker: What the Federal Peanut Butter Law is?
Gigi Johnson: What the Federal Peanut Butter Law is. But you can use it to get gum out of fabrics.
Speaker: You can make gum out of fabrics? Revolution!
Gigi Johnson: Thank you guys.
Speaker: My legs are asleep.
Speaker: Ah, Oh, my God! Oh look at that. Oh, next time we should have chairs and pillows or something.
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