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I know it's somewhat of a popular question but what should a teachers policy on Wikipedia be? Personally I feel that it can be used to give a student somewhat of an idea on the subject material. Obviously it's probably not a great referencing tool (people can change the page at their own will) but at the bottom of any given Wikipedia page there are good references that can tip a student off to other good pages.
Vicky On 1/21/13, Mark wrote: > I know it's somewhat of a popular question but what should > a teachers policy on Wikipedia be? Personally I feel that > it can be used to give a student somewhat of an idea on the > subject material. Obviously it's probably not a great > referencing tool (people can change the page at their own > will) b...See More
Jan 22, 2013
History Teacher On 1/22/13, Vicky wrote:

I don't get the issue with Wickipedia - does Encyclopedia Britanica have a monopoly on knowledge? Wickipedia does a very good job and the people who write the articles are most often very dedicated - they're populists - and scholars should know that word.

In the old days, teachers would discourage us from...See More
Jan 28, 2013
HS-SS-Teacher On 1/21/13, Mark wrote: > I know it's somewhat of a popular question but what should > a teachers policy on Wikipedia be?

My policy is simple. You can use Wikipedia as a source, but you must use at least two other sources for every wikipedia source.

Oftentimes students will learn more from Wikipedia sources because they're b...See More
Feb 9, 2013


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