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"Where
is the wisdom we have lost in knowledge? Where is the knowledge
we have lost in information?"
-- T.S. Eliot
Practice
distinguishing the difference between information and knowledge.
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Knowledge is information
that we have digested and now understand. Knowledge is assembled
from information resources. In connecting, analyzing, interpreting,
and finding patterns within pieces of information, knowledge builds
understanding. For the individual person, knowledge involves both
understanding, and the ability to make use of data and information
to answer questions, solve problems, and make decisions.
Suppose you were studying
flooding problems in the San Lorenzo Valley (which is just north
of Santa Cruz). Below are links to some relevant Web sites.
Which of these Web
sites offer only information? Which ones present some knowledge
about the subject?
No. 1 Daily
weather forecast
No. 2 Flooding
of the San Lorenzo River at Big Trees, CA
No. 3 San
Lorenzo River at Big Trees
No. 4 San
Lorenzo River, Boulder Creek - Felton: Past Floods
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