Friend or Foe

Wikipedia is a good site to gather information from. A student can broaden their horizon, and get other opinions from this search engine. As the article said, you should answer the question that we did in class to find out proper credentials of a subject. I enjoyed the class assignment, I learned how to find out if an article on the web it viable. My opinion about Wikipedia is that it is a good site to find information, but make sure the information establishes credit, or a "relavent hyperlink." Also the information must not be bogus, plus the information must be legitamate. In my future class room I would allow the students to use Wikipedia as a source. But, my main focus would be that the students would need at least 3 search engines that end in .gov. All my professors I have ever had let us use any site with .gov as a reference. I would also challenge the student to provide at least ONE book from the library.