First off, let me start out by explaining what a Wiki is. A Wiki is a piece of server software that allows users to freely create and edit web page content using any Web browser. The collaborative encyclopedia Wikipedia is one of the best-known wikis.
You can find anything you are looking for on Wikipedia. The only thing is that since Wikipedia is a wiki the information you read on there may not be entirely true. Because of this, most teachers will not accept Wikipedia as a resource for a research paper.
While I think Wikipedia is a fun source to look at and read I do not think that I will incorporate it into anything I am teaching. I actually did not know what a wiki was before I entered EDM 310 nor did I really realize that anyone could get on Wikipedia and change things. With that said, since I know this now I will most likely not let my students use Wikipedia as a resource as well.
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