Wikipedia

=Should students use Wikipedia?=

Leading & Learning with Technology asked about wikis in the Point/Counterpoint article in January 2006. [|Wikis-worth-time.pdf] Yes -- //"the days of one truth, one perspective are coming to an end"// No -- //"cheap imitation of a traditional scholarly resource"//

**Students SHOULD use Wikipedia**


 * Easy open access to everyone
 * Great starting tool for research
 * Great collaborative tool
 * Up-to-date, up-to-the-minute community monitored resource

**Students SHOULD NOT use Wikipedia**
 * Accuracy concerns
 * Everchanging not reliable site
 * Shouldn't be used as a cited source