Wikipedia as a Learning Opportunity in Information Literacy

Posted on July 31st, 2008 by cthompson0168

Wikipedia is now one of the most viewed websites in the world.  When your students conduct online research it will inevitably come up.  Since Wikipedia is open for editing by anyone, can you really trust it?  Many teachers do not and tell their students to steer clear of it.  However, Wikipedia is not going away [...]

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Blogging in the Classroom

Posted on July 21st, 2008 by cthompson0168

First off, teachers, what is a blog?  The term blog is a shortened version of web log.  A web log is simply an online journal.  And perhaps in the beginning that’s all you will use it for, but there is much more you and your students can do.  “Blogs are useful teaching and learning tools [...]

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Filed under: Tech Integration