I am debting whether I think Wikipedia is a good tool to use in the classroom or not. I have been hearing from parents that teachers do not allow their children to site Wikipedia as a source of information. Therefore, I wonder if using Wikipedia only confuses students saying well it's ok to use Wikipedia as a tool but not for it's content? I think there are other tools that provide the same services and features as Wikipedia and not have a double standard. Does anyone else have this concern as well?
I started by observation today and found out the high school where I will be doing my observation does not use technology. They do not even use powerpoint presentations only white boards. It really makes a difference in how to present the material to students. I noticed she used a lot of shorthand notations for words like for instance increases she used an up arrow. This did not seem to really effect to speed or the content of the information provided. The 3 classes I sat in on were reviewing for the most part and she got through a lot of material pretty quickly.
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