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Check out this link for the group's newest Wikipedia.org entry:
The Benefits of Web 2.0 in Education
Well, when it is all said and done I must say that I am pretty impressed with Wikipedia. Having spent the last few years telling students not to trust Wikipedia because you never know who is posting stuff, I finally have some insight into the inner-workings of this mysterious site. They promptly took down my erroneous information from before and have, thus far, left my group's very informational contribution in place. While it is true that as researchers, we must always be careful of our sources, Wikipedia may have just climbed a little higher on my list. At the very least, I know I will feel better about allowing my students to use this site.
There is certainly plenty of information on Wikipedia for students to use. As with all other educational technology tools, it has become more important for teachers to show students how to sift through all of the information available rather than just find the information. We continue to see the role of the teacher change in our modern classrooms. Instead of simply delivering knowledge to students, teachers become more of a check-stop for students as they find their own information. This does not lessen our responsibility in the classroom, but merely change our focus.
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