Wikipedia: 4 Reasons to Use it In the Classroom | Tech & Learning | Help and Support everybody around the world | Scoop.it

Using Wikipedia in the classroom has been shunned traditionally by some teachers because it is written by volunteers on the internet. But it is precisely that crowdsourced nature that makes Wikipedia such a compelling tool in the classroom, says Nichole Saad, senior program manager for education at Wikimedia Foundation, the nonprofit that owns Wikipedia. 


Via Elizabeth E Charles