Wikipedia

I think that the Richardson chapter was one of the hardest that I have had to read, because as an English teacher who does research, I don't recommend Wikipedia to my students. While there were some great arguments and a lot of information that I have doubled checked, the thought that people can just change an article, scares me as a teacher.

I think that as a whole Wiki's are a great addition to the Web 2.0 generation where there is a complete example of what collaboration is. I like the idea of having a class wiki where the students can collaborate on a full set of curriculum. I think as a teacher, this would be great for a school to have to produce an example of what it looks like to work in a open concept learning environment.

I have never participated in a Wiki before, but have had different trainings on it. I think that Richardson does a great job of presenting the concepts of Wiki's to allow for a teacher to make a well-informed decision. Overall, I like the concept of Wiki's in the world of education, but believe that if someone is doing research, Wikipedia cannot be the only source that they look at.