I want to consider the effect of wikipedia on education. Many kids consider wikipedia to be a (or the) definitive source of information for projects. It is interesting that at the Web 2.0 conference they spoke of how wikipedia is now the number one “educational” web site, having surpassed the other on-line encyclopedia sites. Can wikipedia be considered a proper source for information to be used in school? I have heard that many teachers will not allow wikipedia to be used as a source? What other sources are allowed to be cited in a report?

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