Wiki Wiki......

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Ok, so I thought that the whole Wikipedia thing was pretty nifty. I had no idea that people could just go in and change things though, and all this time I was thinking that it was a reliable source. Even though people can go in and change the info I still have not seen anything crazy like people just making up lies or stories, at least not anything obvious anyways. This could be bad in the fact that anyone can change things but it can also have advantages such as keeping the information up to date. This is especially good when it comes to anything medical or technological.

I also thought that it was such a neat feature how it can be used to create a web page collaboratively with others. This might make group work a lot easier to handle. This is nice because no one has to meet up and things can easily be changed and reverted back if things aren't to everyones liking. It is hard enough to get together so this can save everyone a lot of time. This will definitely be a grand tool for most of us since we are entering the teaching field. We can use this in our classroom or with our colleagues. We can keep parents up to date or even just each other. I had no idea that Wikipedia had so much to offer. I just thought that it was an on line encyclopedia.

Now on to the reading. It's crazy to think that technology still is not being learned about in schools, hence the digital gap. This is where schools need teachers to bring in and incorporate technology in the classroom. This is very important. Kids should feel that computers are more than just an extra, or a reward for doing something good. Computers should just be integrated into the curriculum regardless if you have three computers or three hundred computers. There needs to be a way that children are more involved and comfortable with technology. It is the way that our society has come dependent on. If students have to share a computer then so be it, but we as future teachers need to make that a goal to make sure to integrate technology in the classroom. It is a must!