I have seen this post mentioned several times over the past two days, so I decided it is time to share it.
I'm always a bit annoyed when I hear that teachers ban use of Wikipedia. I realize that anyone can contribute to Wikipedia, but as this post points out, everything must be documented, and if it's not, you'll know it's not.
We are too busy banning our students from useful sites and tools when we could use the opportunity to help them develop critical thinking skills by choosing for themselves what is credible and what isn't, and how a device (such as a cell phone or iPod) should be used in school.
The part of this blog that I like the most is at the end:
We don’t need to teach our kids not to use Wikipedia. We need to teach them to make those extra few clicks and decide for themselves if the Wikipedia entry has merit. It’s a skill that is broadly applicable in an age of information overload and Google’s billions of search results.
I hope you will learn from reading the entire post:
http://www.zdnet.com/blog/education/teachers-please-stop-prohibiting-the-use-of-wikipedia/4319
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