Before reading chapter 4 of Richardson's book I was hesitant to use Wiki's in my classroom, especially wikipedia. However, that was because I did not know much about wiki's. Before reading the entire chapter I researched some of the wikis he suggested. Like most tools I enjoyed some (wikitravel.org) and did not like others (wikirecipes.net). Previously, I assumed it would be not be smart for my students to use wikipedia when creating research. However, Richardson defends the ideas of using wikipedia and was able to change my mind. I am in the middle of a research report with my students and I think i may allow them to research on wikipedia now as well. Did Richardson change anyone else's mind on the idea of using wikipedia?
Has anyone used simple.wikipidia.org before? I am still hesitant to use this as my students struggle with the English language and I think this still may be to advanced for them?
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Yes, in reading chapter 4, thoughts on Wikipedia have changed. I also thought well if anyone can publish to it, how accurate would and could it be. Obviously, I was wrong and Richardson's researched has proved that it is one of the most accurate sites out there. It is amazing. I am wondering though...Who has the time to sit and monitor that huge amount of information that is out there that may be put in there by a clown??
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