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<\/a><\/p>\nI had to agree. For some topics, the most recent article may be unreliable, but unlike an encyclopedia, Wikipedia lets you see every argument from every side of the story up until the current article. The history feature of Wikipedia lets you see the article as it is written today, and how it was written yesterday and even last year. There may hundreds of modifications to an article.<\/p>\n
We looked up “genetic engineering<\/a>” in Wikipedia. There have been more than 2000 edits to the article since 2001. Every one of those edits is available for review.\u00a0 In addition there is a discussion<\/a> attached to the article.\u00a0 Here the editors talk about the edits, why parts have been modified and what changes could be made in the future.\u00a0 Sometimes a real debate between experts is right there in the discussion.\u00a0 This insight benefits the educational process.<\/p>\n It is the process of determining what is correct that is most important to the educational process.\u00a0 Anyone can look something up using an encyclopedia. Today’s student should be able look at a plethora of information and determine what is correct. Wikipedia provides the opportunity for this kind of learning.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Over dinner we were talking about a paper one of the kid’s is writing.\u00a0 The topic is genetic engineering and the ethical issues involved if parents are able to pre-determine attributes of children. At some point I brought up Wikipedia. … Continue reading