Clarify the Role of Wikipedia

Conversations among teachers regarding research-writing units inevitably include a few minutes about Wikipedia. This dialogue often consists of a list of reasons why students should not be utilizing the website. Common rationale includes: Anyone can post information. It is not credible; you can’t trust it. They have inaccurate information.

Although each of these statements can be supported with examples, they are overgeneralizations…

Duration: 4:13 | Grades K-12