I thought this article was interesting. Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales says that teachers who ban the use of wikipedia is like trying ban rock and roll--and says that teachers who ban students from reading wikipedia are bad teachers. My favorite quote is as follows: "We are the Red Cross for information. We won't sell out to Google."
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7130325.stm
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Wow! I can tell Jimmy Wales is not in education. His statement that teachers that ban Wikipedia are bad is quite judgmental. Hopefully, it was meant as a joke. Most of us teachers realize Wikipedia is a good base from which to jump to other areas where the source can can be verified. Colleges and universities in the United States will not accept it as a reliable source either. I wish there was a way that writers of each entry could be verified for authenticity to properly document it.
I completely agree with you, Leslie!
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